Strategic Leadership & Governance IG

Narcissism Harms Inter-Unit Knowledge Transfer

High inter-unit competition worsens the situation as narcissistic executives are concerned with their sense of superiority and uniqueness; however, high environmental complexity or dynamism can combat such negative effects as…

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How Should Top Management Teams be Structured?

Read this post and learn: Three reasons for top management team (TMT) structure development: instrumental, institutional, and instructionalist The interplay of formal and informal structures: competing vs. complementary dynamics It…

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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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Figure depicting underwriting fee, # of IPOs in 2009-2017

How Are Underwriters and IPO Firms Paired in a Nascent Stock Market?—Implications for Securities Regulators and Investors

By Yan “Anthea” Zhang (Rice University), Jin Chen (University of Nottingham Ningbo China), Haiyang Li (Rice University), Jing Jin (University of International Business and Economics, China) In a mature stock…

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Impact? What’s That?

Donald C. Hambrick, recipient of the 2021 CK Prahalad Award for Scholarly Impact on Practice, was interviewed by Andreas König, University of Passau, in this webinar.

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How to Choose Patents as Loan Collaterals

By Yan “Anthea” Zhang, Zhuo Chen and Yuandi Wang Patents are important assets to many firms. Firms can not only use patents to protect their new inventions, but also can secure…

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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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Saxton, Wesley, & Saxton on “Venture Advocates”

Founders of new ventures need to understand the factors that encourage others to give them the help they need for their new firms to survive and grow—what we call venture…

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Competitive repertoire complexity: Governance antecedents and performance

In boxing, the fight does not always go to the bigger or stronger person, or even to whomever throws the most punches—the fight is sometimes won by the boxer who…

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From proprietary to collective governance

As firms consider transitioning proprietary products to more open platforms to grow market share and relevance, we suggest that managers consider the concerns of external participants when designing a system…

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