Competitive Strategy

SMJ Video Abstract | Who depends on why: Toward an endogenous, purpose-driven mechanism in organizations’ reference selection

Focus on Customers, not Competitors, when Responding to First-Movers  

When a competitor adopts a new innovation, others in the market have two ways to respond: They can also adopt the technology to directly compete (imitation) or they can choose…

Innovation & profitability following antitrust intervention…dominant platform

Video abstract for the Strategic Management Journal article “Innovation and profitability following antitrust intervention against a dominant platform: The wild, wild west?” authored by Sruthi Thatchenkery and Riitta Katila. Click…

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

This paper was nominated for a Concurrences Antitrust Writing Award. In January, the Justice Department sued Google, claiming the tech company abused a monopoly in online advertising by seizing control of…

How to nurture and develop your ecosystem: Insights for ecosystem architects

What insights does strategy research offer to practitioners interested in nurturing the creation and ongoing development of a range of different types of ecosystems? In our introduction to an SMS…

Toward an endogenous…mechanism in organizations’ reference selection

Video abstract for the Strategic Management Journal article “Who depends on why: Toward an endogenous, purpose-driven mechanism in organizations’ reference selection” authored by Johannes Luger. Click here to read the…

Don’t Trap Your Customers

by Niloofar Abolfathi Industry changes that lower customer frictions can be surprisingly beneficial for companies. Building on the global telecommunications industry, we document how a reduction in customer switching costs…

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

Video abstract for “How Does a Partner’s Acquisition Affect the Value of the Firm’s Alliance with That Partner?” by Dovev Lavie, Randi Lunnan, and Binh Minh T. Truong published in…

On Top of The Game When Freemium Products Succeed

Video abstract for “On top of the game? The double-edged sword of incorporating social features into freemium products” by Joost Rietveld and Joe N. Ploog published in the Strategic Management…

In Vogue: How mere proximity to high-status neighbors affects aspirational pricing in US fashion

Video abstract for the Strategic Management Journal article “To be in Vogue: How mere proximity to high-status neighbors affects aspirational pricing in the U.S. fashion industry” authored by Heeyoon Kim…

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