Competitive Strategy
Platform ecosystems have spurred new products and services, sparked innovation, and improved economic efficiency in various industries and technology sectors. A distinctive feature of the platform architecture is its modular…
Read MoreThis 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…
Read MoreFirms that compete with business units owned by larger corporate parents face additional considerations. Such subsidiary competitors can be motivated by broader corporate considerations, shifting their objectives, and consequently, their…
Read MoreIf firms want to make more profit than their competitors for prolonged periods of time, they must have access to resources that competitors cannot effectively obtain, such as brands, patents,…
Read MoreAlliance partners often struggle with identifying what their contributions and their partner’s contribution are to the alliance performance. We use a new method to identify each side’s contribution to their…
Read MoreThe debate about how investors perceive corporate social responsibility (CSR) predates Milton Friedman’s famous statement that the only social responsibility of business is to increase profits. Although extensive research has…
Read MoreFirms create value not only for shareholders, but also for other stakeholders, including employees, customers and suppliers. This article applies a method to quantify the “new” economic value created by…
Read MoreWe examine one prevalent source of conflict: platform owners’ entry into complementary product spaces. We show that app developers on Google’s Android system are strategic and nimble actors. They respond…
Read MoreThis study examines whether product market competition affects corporate social responsibility (CSR). To obtain exogenous variation in product market competition, I exploit a quasi-natural experiment provided by large import tariff…
Read MoreHow can storytelling be used to influence acceptance of an ongoing organizational transformation? In this article, we try to answer this question by examining how, over three decades, Italian company…
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