Corporate Strategy

The Dark Side of Institutional Intermediaries

Investors and entrepreneurs face uncertainty when deciding what firms to start and fund. We show that an intermediation effort to make entry easier for entrepreneurs increases the uncertainty that entrepreneurs…

Entrepreneurial Strategies During Institutional Changes

Video abstract for Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal article “Entrepreneurial Strategies During Institutional Changes: Evidence from China’s Economic Transition” authored by You (Willow) Wu, Charles E. Eesley, and Delin Yang.

Market Exit: Divestment or Redeployment

Originally published at SMS Journals Press Releases Multi-business firms have flexibility advantages over single-business rivals because they have the option to redeploy resources across businesses. This flexibility, it has been…

Surrendering Control to Gain Advantage

Video abstract for the Strategic Management Journal article “Surrendering control to gain advantage: Reconciling openness and the resource‐based view of the firm” by Oliver Alexy, Joel West, Helge Klapper, and…

Uneven Knowledge Geographies and Corporate Knowledge Strategies

by Pengfei Li and Harald Bathelt Think about where innovative firms in high-tech industries are based: Silicon Valley, Boston, Shenzhen, Bangalore, Waterloo, Tel Aviv, London, Berlin, Toronto, and so on.…

The Corporate Parenting Advantage, Revisited

By Emilie R. Feldman GE, Alphabet, Siemens, Facebook, Honeywell, Amazon, LVMH, Apple, and 3M. What do these companies have in common? All of them are modern-day “corporate parents” that own…

Strategic Responses to Crisis

A Virtual Special Issue edited by Matthias Wenzel, Sarah Stanske, and Marvin Lieberman Currently, the pandemic crisis is affecting the lives of people and organizations around the world. As the…

Research Chatter 6: Experimental Capitalism

by Charlie Williams   In this episode we discuss Steven Klepper’s new book, Experimental Capitalism. The book synthesizes Klepper’s wide-ranging industry studies to examine the origins and impact of US…

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