Corporate Strategy IG

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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SMS PhD Chats: Planning Your Dissertation

Release date: December 6, 2021 Speakers: Anita McGahan (University of Toronto), Phanish Puranam (INSEAD), Samina Karim (Northeastern University), and Aseem Kaul (University of Minnesota) Description: Following extensive discussions of job market issues, the SMS…

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Most Research on Corporate Outsourcing Falls Short on a Holistic Level, Says a New Study

This pivotal work uncovers an empirical relationship between governance style and location choice—previously treated as independent. By Steve HeislerWhen outsourcing and offshoring decisions need to be made, companies often turn…

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When Freemium Succeeds

By Joost Rietveld In 2012, the Wall Street Journal published an articled titled “When Freemium Fails”. The article remarked that, despite the attractive features of the popular digital business model,…

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Corporate Strategy Masterclass: Diversification

Release date: November 18, 2021 Speakers: Robert Hoskisson (Rice University) and Belén Villalonga (New York University) Description: In the second session in the Corporate Strategy Masterclass series, please join Robert…

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SMS PhD Chats: Job Talks and Visits

Release date: August 25, 2021 Speakers: Marie Louise Mors (Copenhagen Business School), Chris Rider (University of Michigan), Samina Karim (Northeastern University), and Aseem Kaul (University of Minnesota) Description: As we head…

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Christian Stadler on Product & International Diversification

We establish prior diversification experience as a key determinant of the relationship between growth of product and international diversification. Prior diversification experience allows firms to overcome short-run constraints on simultaneous…

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Christian Stadler on Erwin Danneels about innovation & competence renewal

This study examines how product innovation contributes to the renewal of the firm through its dynamic and reciprocal relation with the firm’s competences. Field research in five high-tech firms of…

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Kim Boal on emerging from bankruptcy

Applications of signaling theory to predict reorganization outcomes are in their infancy. The dynamic integrative framework developed in this study is useful in identifying different types of signals and predicting…

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