Behavioral Strategy IG

From Necessity to Opportunity: Scaling Bricolage

How do organizations emerge, survive, and scale in resource-scarce environments? Traditional scaling models tend to rely on considerable financial resources and companies often struggle to adjust to diverse contexts. In…

Jana Gallus & Bruno Frey on corporate awards

Awards are widely used in the corporate sector. They fundamentally differ from monetary incentives, which risk crowding out employees’ intrinsic motivation. Among the variety of awards, two general types can…

Hakonsson, Eskildsen, Argote, Monster, Burton, & Obel on emotions and team decisions.

We analyze performance and emotions as antecedents and consequences of team strategic decisions to explore a new routine versus exploiting an existing one. In a laboratory study, we examine team…

Quantum leaps or baby steps?

While the pursuit of novel technological ideas is the driving force of sustained competitive advantage, managers often reject novel ideas in favor of more familiar ones. How then can managers…

Strategic Intelligence: The Cognitive Capability to Anticipate Competitor Behavior

Why do some entrepreneurs outperform others? How can companies succeed against tough competition? Certainly, some benefit from unique resources, such as patents, and others can winnow competition, as through mergers.…

When the weak are mighty: A two‐sided matching approach to alliance performance

Video abstract for the Strategic Management Journal article “When the weak are mighty: A two‐sided matching approach to alliance performance” by Darcy K. Fudge Kamal, Florence Honoré, and Cristina Nistor.…

Replication Using Templates

Video abstract for the Strategic Management Journal article “Replication using templates: Does the unit learn from itself, the template, or both?” by Megan Lawrence. Click here to read the full…

On the effects of authority on peer motivation

Video abstract for the Strategic Management Journal article “On the effects of authority on peer motivation: Learning from Wikipedia” by Helge Klapper and Markus Reitzig. Click here to read the…

Behavioral Strategy Video Series: Alan Meyer

In this video series the Behavioral Strategy IG asks scholars: How can behavioral strategy research inform firms and decisions makers on coping with a disrupted and disruptive world? In this…

Behavioral Strategy Video Series: Trent Williams

In this video series the Behavioral Strategy IG asks scholars: How can behavioral strategy research inform firms and decisions makers on coping with a disrupted and disruptive world? In this…