Competitive Strategy

On Top of The Game When Freemium Products Succeed

Freemium products requirewidespread diffusion for their success. One way to dothis is by incorporating social features (e.g., multiplayerfunctionality, virtual collaboration, ridesharing), whichcan generate network effects and result in a productbecoming…

Health insurance benefits as a labor market friction

This study examines whethersmall firms that offer health insurance to theiremployees have better performance outcomes. Eventhough health insurance is a costly investment for smallfirms, there has been scant strategy- and…

Fainshmidt, Smith and Judge

This study examines how national competitiveness, measured as productivity per worker, is fostered within an economy using a sample of 90 developed and developing economies. We build upon Porter’s popular…

Competitive Strategy and Climate Change

Release date: September 6, 2024 Panelists: Olga Hawn, Xia Li, Leandro “Leo” Pongeluppe, and Angelyn Fairchild Sponsor: The Competitive Strategy Interest Group Session Description: This interactive session helped attendees understand…

Competitive Strategy and Climate Change

This interactive session will help attendees understand how they can get engaged in research on Competitive Strategy and Climate Change, what types of actions companies take and risks they experience, and what explains some of the heterogeneity among firms.

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…

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