Corporate Strategy IG

Entry, Exit and the Potential for Resource Redeployment

The ability to redeploy resources inside the firm reduces the cost of entry “mistakes.” If a new business turns out to have poor profitability, the ability to redeploy more of…

Replication using templates

Transferring valuable practices within the firm is an important yet difficult task for many firm types, especially multi-unit firms. One way that firms choose to transfer practices is through the…

The Dark Side of Institutional Intermediaries

Investors and entrepreneurs face uncertainty when deciding what firms to start and fund. We show that an intermediation effort to make entry easier for entrepreneurs increases the uncertainty that entrepreneurs…

Hyperspecialization and Hyperscaling: A Resource-Based Theory of the Digital Firm

Digital firms tend to be both nar-row in their vertical scope and large in their scale. Weexplain this phenomenon through a theory about howattributes of firms’ resource bundles impact their…

How Does a Partner’s Acquisition Affect the Value of the Firm’s Alliance with That Partner?

How does an acquisition initi-ated by a firm’s alliance partner affect the value thatthe firm can create and capture from its alliance withthat partner? We conjecture that the similarity betweenthe…

The effect of coordination requirements on sourcing: Evidence from patent prosecution services

Although the link betweencoordination requirements and vertical integration istheoretically well established, empirical tests of thisrelationship are hard to implement due to the simulta-neous determination of both variables. In this study,we…

Strategy Imagination Forum – Vantage Point: The Multi-polar World is Already Here – Spotlight on Africa and India

Release date: June 17, 2021 Speakers: Andrew S. Nevin (PwC Nigeria) and Shashank Tripathi (PwC India) Description: We are all aware of the rapid economic transformation of China, which had…

Market Exit: Divestment or Redeployment

Originally published at SMS Journals Press Releases Multi-business firms have flexibility advantages over single-business rivals because they have the option to redeploy resources across businesses. This flexibility, it has been…

Corporate Strategy Masterclass: The Evolution of Corporate Strategy

Release date: June 1, 2021 Speakers: Connie Helfat (Dartmouth) and David Teece (UC Berkeley) Description: The SMS Corporate Strategy interest group is launching a Corporate Strategy Masterclass virtual series. Join…

Acquisitions of Founder Led Firms- Risks and Sources of Value

by Shyam Kumar Nearly 11% of large public firms in the United States are led by CEOs who are also their original founders. Give the sizeable proportion, not surprisingly, firms…

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