Corporate Strategy IG

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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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…

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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…

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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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Upgrading Without Formal Integration in M&A: The Role of Social Integration

by Rui Torres de Oliveira  Emerging markets firms are increasingly looking for opportunities in developed economies that frequently result in acquisitions.  The common wisdom sees these foreign acquisitions in developed…

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The Corporate Parenting Advantage, Revisited

By Emilie R. Feldman GE, Alphabet, Siemens, Facebook, Honeywell, Amazon, LVMH, Apple, and 3M. What do these companies have in common? All of them are modern-day “corporate parents” that own…

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Strategic Responses to Crisis

A Virtual Special Issue edited by Matthias Wenzel, Sarah Stanske, and Marvin Lieberman Currently, the pandemic crisis is affecting the lives of people and organizations around the world. As the…

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Research Chatter 6: Experimental Capitalism

by Charlie Williams   In this episode we discuss Steven Klepper’s new book, Experimental Capitalism. The book synthesizes Klepper’s wide-ranging industry studies to examine the origins and impact of US…

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