Corporate Strategy IG

Corporate Strategy Interest Group

The Corporate Strategy Interest Group considers the actions associated with changing the firm’s scope and profile of business lines including vertical integration, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate diversification strategy/organization, implementation, and performance.

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Corporate Strategy Masterclass on Resource Allocation Across Business and Countries

Release date: July 31, 2023 Speakers: Aseem Kaul, Samina Karim, Denisa Mindruta, and Zeke Hernandez. Please join the SMS Corporate Strategy Interest Group for its eighth Masterclass on the topic…

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Corporate Strategy Masterclass on M&As

Release date: January 24, 2023 Speakers: Laurence Capron (INSEAAD), Melissa Graebner (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Description: This session is presented and organized by the Corporate Strategy Interest Group Interest…

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Corporate Strategy Masterclass on Divestments

Release date: December 13, 2022 Speakers: Professors Emilie Feldman (Wharton) and Aseem Kaul (University of Minnesota) Description: This session is presented and organized by the Corporate Strategy Interest Group Interest…

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Corporate Strategy Masterclass: Organization Design

Release date: January 27, 2022 Speakers: Phanish Puranam (INSEAD) and Metin Sengul (Boston College) Description: In this session in the Corporate Strategy Masterclass series, please join Phanish Puranam (INSEAD) and…

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Don’t Trap Your Customers

by Niloofar Abolfathi Industry changes that lower customer frictions can be surprisingly beneficial for companies. Building on the global telecommunications industry, we document how a reduction in customer switching costs…

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Why Should Managers Care About Their Alliance Partner’s Acquisitions?

by Dovev Lavie, Randy Lunnan, and Binh Minh T. Truong Managers consider alliances and acquisitions as alternative choices for creating value, yet a recent study reveals that the value of…

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Can Established Companies Adapt From Product Strategies to Ecosystem Strategies?

By J Katherine Bahr The largest and fastest growing companies of the 21st century almost unilaterally seem to leverage an ecosystem strategy: putting themselves at the center of a platform…

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Corporate Strategy Masterclass: Theories of the Firm

Release date: March 16, 2022 Speaker: Heather Berry (George Washington University) and Minyuan Zhao (University of Washington in St Louis) Description: Please join the SMS Corporate Strategy Interest Group for…

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When are Freemium Strategies Effective?

By J Katherine BahrIn many digital markets that arose over the last 20 years, companies face a conundrum: before their products can create value, they first need to establish a…

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