Competitive Strategy

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…

High-Performer Mobility to Entrepreneurship and Parent-Firm Performance

Video abstract for the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal article “High-Performer Mobility to Entrepreneurship and Parent-Firm Performance” authored by Pernille Gjerløv-Juel and Michael S. Dahl. Click here to read the full article:…

A universe of stories: Mobilising narrative practises during transformative change

How 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…

When your problem becomes my problem

What happens to my operations when a competitor’s operations are disrupted? While research has examined how a disrupted firm can recover, little attention has been paid to competitors, except their…

Toward a dynamic notion of value creation and appropriation in firms

Most managers and the business press regard “value creation” as the increase in shareholder wealth represented by a rise in corporate profit or stock price. A broader conception of value…

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