Competitive Strategy

A rivalry-based theory of gender diversity

Video abstract for the Strategic Management Journal article “A rivalry-based theory of gender diversity” authored by John Kenneth Mawdsley, Lionel Paolella, and Rodolphe Durand. Click here to read the full…

How Do Acquisitions in Digital Platforms Shape the Tech Landscape?

Video abstract for the Strategic Management Journal article “The entry-deterring effects of synergies in complementor acquisitions: Evidence from Apple’s digital platform market, the iOS app store” authored by Yongzhi (Alex)…

Multimarket Contact between Partners and Strategic Alliance Survival

Video abstract for the Strategic Management Journal article “Multimarket contact between partners and strategic alliance survival” authored by Tadhg Ryan-Charleton and Robert J. Galavan. Click here to read the full…

Competitive Strategy and AI: AI Methods in Strategy Research

The Competitive Strategy Interest Group presents “Competitive Strategy and AI: AI Methods in Strategy Research”

Are startups more vulnerable to innovation imitation?

  When entrepreneurs bring an innovation to the market, they can’t always capitalize on its potential. Large corporations stealing inventions from “the little guy” is an overworked Hollywood script for…

Sticking with old technology can be a strategic move

Technological innovation — especially disruptive innovation — is often heralded as the best strategy for a company. But new research published in Strategic Management Journal found that as competitors adopt…

For Some Companies, There’s Strategy (and Success) to Sticking with Older Technology

When many phone companies shifted to making smart devices, one firm in particular — Nokia — stuck by its flip phone design. This summer, the device saw a burst in…

SMJ: Research Shows How Organizations Evaluate Whether to Imitate or Differentiate When a Competitor Adopts New Technology

How an organization reacts to a nearby competitor adopting an important innovation may be influenced by the type and difficulty of problems it handles for its customers, according to a new…

SMJ: New Antitrust Study Shows Reining in Big Tech Doesn’t Spur Rival Profits

SMJ authors address the complexity of competition and innovation in platform ecosystems By J Katherine Bahr / Vanderbilt University In January, the Justice Department sued Google, claiming the tech company abused…

SMS 44th Annual Conference Istanbul

Strategic Management of Fault Lines, Contradictions, and Divergences