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SMS Best Paper Prize Winners
2012
Winner:
- “Board Composition in International Joint Ventures”
- Ilya Cuypers, Singapore Management University
- Gokhan Ertug, Singapore Management University
- Jeffrey Reuer, Purdue University
- Ben M. Bensaou, INSEAD
Honorable Mention:
- “Dining and Drinking with Government Officials: Organizational and Environmental Determinants of Political Networking during Transition”
- Pei Sun, Fudan University
- Jianjun Zhang, Peking University
- Kamel Mellahi, University of Warwick
- “Hocus-Pocus: The Shareholder-Value Effects of Delusive Payouts by Specialized and Diversified Firms”
- Guilhem Bascle, Catholic University of Louvain
- “Managing Ambiguity: Growing a New Business in a Nascent Industry”
- Tiona Zuzul, Harvard University
- Amy Edmondson, Harvard University
- “Do Managers Face a Uniqueness Paradox in Crafting Corporate Strategy within Strategic Factor Markets: Evidence from Mergers and Acquistions”
- Lubomir Litov, Washington University - St. Louis
- Todd Zenger, Washington University - St. Louis
2011
Winner:
- “How Anticipated Employee Mobility Affects Acquisition Likelihood: Evidence from a Natural Experiment”
- Kenneth Younge, University of Colorado-Boulder
- Tony Tong, University of Colorado-Boulder
- Lee Fleming, Harvard University
Honorable Mention:
- “Competing Over Whom Your Customers Hire: The Other Talent War”
- Seth Carnahan, University of Maryland
- Deepak Somaya, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
- “Lighting the Way or Stealing the Shine? Duality in Star Scientists' Effects on Colleagues' Performance”
- Rebecca Kehoe, Rutgers University
- Daniel Tzabbar, Drexel University
- “Agglomeration vs. Organizational Reproduction: The Molds Cluster in Portugal”
- Carla Costa, Carnegie Mellon University
- Rui Baptista, Technical University of Lisbon
- “Ripples through the Value Chain: Scope & Profit Evolution Over the Industry Lifecycle as Technologies Change”
- Michael G. Jacobides, London Business School
- Francisco Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University
- Claudio Wolter, Carnegie Mellon University
2010
Winner:
- “Do CEOS Matter: The Use of Variance Decompositon in the Investigation of CEO Effects.”
- Markus Fitza, University of Colorado-Boulder
Honorable Mention:
- “Fast Mover Advantages: Speed Capabilities and Entry into the Emerging Subfield of Atlantic Basin LNG”
- Ashton Hawk — Ohio State University
- Gonçalo Pacheco de Almeida — New York University
- Bernard Yeung — New York University
- “Getting it Right and Righting it Afterwards: Experience, Ownership (Mis)Alignment and Subsidary Dynamics”
- Xavier Martin — Tilburg University
- Ilya Cuypers — Singapore Management University
- “Absorptive Capacity and the Temporal Dynamics of Inter-Organizational Learning in Alliances and Joint Ventures”
- Henri Schildt — Imperial College
- Thomas Keil — Aalto University
- Markku Maula — Aaalto University
- “Opening the Black Box: What Firms Explicitly Learn from Their Process Experiences”
- Chris Bingham — University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
- Kathleen Eisenhardt — Stanford University
2009
Winner:
- “Group Polarization on Corporate Boards: Theory and Evidence on Board Decisions about Acquisition Premiums”
- Hongquan Zhu, Arizona State University
Honorable Mention:
- “Employee Mobility, Employee Entrepreneurship and the Effects on Parent Firm Performance”
- Benjamin Campbell, Ohio State University
- Martin Ganco, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
- April Franco, University of Toronto
- Rajshree Agarwal, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
- “Growth and Divestiture in a Recession: Evidence from Emerging Markets in East Asia”
- Abhirup Chakrabarti, McGill University
- “How Capital Budgeting Differs as Uncertainty and Controversy Vary: Bridging Bower and Brealey & Myers”
- Hyoung Goo Kang, Ewha Womans University
- Richard Burton, Duke University
- Will Mitchell, Duke University
- “Some Animals are More Equal than Others: What Makes Strategic Initiatives Survive the Firm’s Internal Selection Environment?”
- Marcus Matthias Keupp, University of St. Gallen
- Steven Floyd, University of St. Gallen
- Oliver Gassmann, University of St. Gallen
2008
Winner:
- “Value Creation in the Knowledge Economy: The Rigor, Relevance, and Morality of the Resource-Based View”
- JW Stoelhorst, University of Amsterdam
- Flore Bridoux, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Honorable Mention:
- “Making Sense of Top and Middle Managers' Cognitions of McKinsey's 7S +3 in Practice”
- Robert Wright, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Richard Sopoarnot, Group ESCEM
- “The Affects of Practices Of Governance and Leadership On Capabilities and Performance Of Alliances”
- Jochen Schweitzer, University of Technology, Sydney
- Siggi Gudergan, University of Technology, Sydney
- “Meta-Analysis in Strategic Management Research: On Evidence-based Management, Hunter/Schmidt, and Hedges/Olkin”
- Andreas Bausch, University of Jena
- Frithjof Pils, Jacobs University Bremen
- Adalbert Wilhelm, Jacobs University Bremen
- “The Impact of CEO Tenure on Exploitation and Exploration: A Longitudinal Modeling”
- Zeki Simsek, University of Connecticut
- David Souder, University of Connecticut
2007
Winner:
- “Knowing When to Acquire: The Relation Between Acquisition Timing And Price In High Technology Acquisitions”
- Nir Brueller, Tel Aviv University
- Shmuel Ellis, Tel Aviv University
- Eli Segev, Tel Aviv University
Honorable Mention:
- “The Different Performance Impacts Of Employee Mobility Between Competitors and Cooperators”
- Deepak Somaya, University of Maryland
- Ian Williamson, University of Melbourne
- Natalia Lorinkova, University of Maryland
- “Cracking The Code: The Joint Importance Of Experience Homogeneity and Heterogeneity In Acquisition Capability Development”
- Mario Schijven, Texas A&M University
- Harry Barkema, Tilburg University
- “Building Improvisation Capability In R&D Teams”
- Louise Nemanich, Arizona State University
- Dusya Vera, University of Houston
- “Dynamic Capabilities And The Ambidextrous Organization: Empirical Results From Research-Intensive Firms”
- Wolfgang Güttel, Vienna University of Economics & Business Administration
- Stefan Konlechner, Vienna University of Economics & Business Administration
2006
Winner:
- “Long-Distance Collaborations Inside The Firm: Promoting Knowledge Flow Or Facilitating Internalization?”
- Minyuan Zhao, University of Michigan; Mazhar ul Islam, University of Minnesota
Honorable Mention:
- “Persistence Or Convergence: Institutional And Modernization Determinants Of Multinationality”
- Laszlo Tihanyi, Texas A&M University
- Robert E Hoskisson, Arizona State University
- Albert A Cannella Jr, Arizona State University
- “Time-Based Competitive Performance And Entrepreneurial Orientation”
- Mathew Hughes, University of Nottingham
- Paul Hughes, Loughborough University
- Robert E Morgan, Cardiff University
- “Strategic Organization In Traditional Industries: Boundary Architecture As A Source Of Competitive Advantage”
- Filipe Santos, INSEAD
- Ana Maria Pereira Abrunhosa, University of Coimbra
- Maria Inês dos Santos Costa, Technical University of Lisbon
- “The Value Socially Constructed Performance Information: Certification And Sense-Making In Baseball”
- Scott D Graffin, University of Georgia
- Andrew J Ward, University of Georgia
2005
Winner:
- “The Role Of Authority, Justification, And Coalition-Building In Strategic Renewal”
- Christoph Lechner, University of St Gallen
- Steven W Floyd, University of Connecticut
Honorable Mention:
- “Strategic Actions And Value Creation: The Case Of Firms Facing Crisis”
- J L Morrow Jr, Birmingham-Southern College
- Michael A Hitt, Texas A&M University
- David G Sirmon, Clemson University
- Tim R Holcomb, Texas A&M University
- “Integrating Multiple Acquisitions: Organizational Form And Absorptive Capacity”
- Thomas Keil, York University
- Tomi Laamanen, Helsinki University of Technology
- “Diversification, Dividends, And Firm Value”
- Tyson Mackey, Ohio State University
- Jay B Barney, Ohio State University
- “A Dynamic Model Of Inter-Firm Interaction: An Agent-Based Model Of Market-Oriented And Customer-Led Strategies”
- Duncan A Robertson, University of Warwick
2004
Winner:
- “Balancing Vertical Integration and Strategic Outsourcing: Product Portfolios, New Product Success, and Firm Performance”
- Frank T Rothaermel, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Michael A Hitt, Texas A&M University
- Lloyd Jobe, VizX Labs LLC
Honorable Mention:
- “Real Options, Corporate Investment, and the Volatility Construct”
- Rita Gunter McGrath, Columbia University
- Margaret A Peteraf, Dartmouth College
- Luohua Zhou, University of Shanghai
- “Framing Discontinuities: Incumbents Face the Internet”
- Gabriel Szulanski, INSEAD
- Yves Doz, INSEAD
- “The Adoption of External Technologies: Existing and Emergent Capability Pathways to Superior Performance”
- Oana Branzei, York University
- Stewart Thornhill, University of Western Ontario
- “Dynanmic Capabilities and the Process of Structuration”
- Ken G Smith, University of Maryland
- Qing Cao, University of Maryland
- Shawn M Lofstrom, University of Maryland
2003
Winner:
- “University Technology Transfer: The Intersection between Strategy, Structure, and Pay and the Link to Licensing Revenues and Firm Creation”
- Gideon Markman, University of Georgia
- David Balkin, University of Colorado-Boulder
- Phillip Phan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Peter Gianiodis, University of Georgia
Honorable Mention:
- “Reconsidering Strategies for Emerging Economies”
- Ted London, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
- Stuart Hart, Cornell University
- “Investing in New Ventures as A Strategy to Generate Innovations”
- Gary Dushnitsky, New York University
- Michael Lenox, Duke University
- “Firms' Technological Search Behavior under Uncertainty”
- Wei-Ru Chen, INSEAD-Singapore
- “The Commercialization of Nursing Home Care: Does for-profit Efficiency mean Lower Quality or do Corporations Provide the Best of both Worlds?”
- Will Mitchell, Duke University
- Joel Baum, University of Toronto
- Aparna Venkatraman, Duke University
- Jane Banaszak-Holl, University of Michigan
- Whitney Berta, University of Toronto
2002
Winner:
- “A Bayesian Application of the Resource-based view: Closing the Gap Between Theory and Practice”
- Mark H Hansen, Brigham Young University
- Lee Tom Perry, Brigham Young University
- C Shane Reese, Brigham Young University
- Gilbert W Fellingham, Brigham Young University
Honorable Mention:
- “The Point of Departure: The Consequences of Adaptation of Franchising Knowledge for Local Network Growth”
- Gabriel Szulanski, University of Pennsylvania
- Robert Jensen, University of Pennsylvania
- Tanya Lee, University of Pennsylvania
- “Sustaining Superior Performance through a Bubble: Inter-firm Differences in the e-Consulting Industry”
- Maria Julia Prats, Harvard University
- Ashish Nanda, Harvard University
- “Not the Usual Suspects: An Exploration and Conceptualization of Board Process”
- Sydney Finkelstein, Dartmouth College
- Ann C Mooney, Stevens Institute of Technology
- “Robust Capabilities? An Empirical Study of Incumbent-Entrant Product Development Capabilities after Radical Technological Change”
- Neil Jones, INSEAD
2001
Winner:
- “Real Options Reasoning and a New Look at the R&D Strategy of Pharmaceutical Firms”
- Rita Gunther McGrath, Columbia University
- Atul Nerkar, Columbia University
Honorable Mention:
- “Designing Incentive Systems that Shape Competitive Interaction”
- Javier Gimeno, INSEAD
- Jay Dial, Case Western Reserve University
- Metin Sengul, INSEAD
- “Achieving Competitive Advantage by Leveraging Star Knowledge Workers: Performance Drivers of Ranked Analysts”
- Boris Groysberg, Harvard University
- “Governance and International Diversification: The Moderating Effects of Board of Directors, Technological Opportunity, and Firm Innovation”
- Laszlo Tihanyi, University of Oklahoma
- Robert Hoskisson, University of Oklahoma
- Richard Johnson, University of Missouri-Columbia
- “Internal Markets: Emerging Governance Structures for Innovation”
- Liisa Välikangas, Strategos Institute
- Gary Hamel, London Business School
- “Incumbent's Adaptation and Capability Building on the Internet: Empirical Tests of Innovativeness in the United States Banking Industry”
- Carmen Weigelt, Duke University
2000
Winner:
- “Evolution of Fit: The Voyage of Vanguard”
- Nicolaj Siggelkow, University of Pennsylvania
Honorable Mention:
- “The Organizational Advantage: Combining and Exchanging Resources to Create Value”
- Kevin Clark, Bentley College
- Ken Smith, University of Maryland
- Chris Collins, Cornell University
- Cynthia Stevens, University of Maryland
- “Crisis and Competition in Strategic Decision-Making: Credit-Rating Agencies and Their Response to Turbulence in Emerging Economies”
- Gerry McNamara, Michigan State University
- Paul Vaaler, Tufts University
- “Corporate Venture Capital and the Creation of US Public Companies: The Impact of Sources of Venture Capital on the Performance of Portfolio Companies”
- Markku Maula, Helsinki University of Technology
- Gordon Murray, London Business School
- “Value Drivers of e-Commerce Business Models”
- Raffi Amit, University of Pennsylvania
- Christoph Zott, INSEAD
1999
Winner:
- “New CEOs and Strategic Change Across Industries: An Interdisciplinary Study of How Successful Strategic Change Varies According to Unique Characteristics of CEOs, Executive Teams, Organization Profiles, and Industry Characteristics”
- Arvind Bhambri, University of Southern California
- Larry Greiner, University of Southern California
Honorable Mention:
- “Knowledge Characteristics and Competitive Advantage: An Empirical Investigation”
- Susan McEvily, University of Pittsburgh
- Bala Chakravarthy, University of Minnesota
- “Deconstructing a Knowledge-Based Advantage: Rent Generation, Rent Appropriation, and ‘Performance’ ”
- Aya Chacar, London Business School
- Russell Coff, Washington University-St Louis
- “Diversification and Performance: Which Causes Which?”
- Belén Villalonga, University of California-Los Angeles
- “Strategies to Raise A Firm's Capacity to Absorb New Knowledge: The Case of Network Forms of Organizing”
- Raymond van Wijk, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Frans A J Van den Bosch, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Henk Volberda, Erasmus University Rotterdam
1998
Winner:
- “Interorganizational Learning and Competitive Advantage: Does Supplier Performance Differ for Different Customers?”
- Jeff H Dyer, University of Pennsylvania
Honorable Mention:
- “What is the Role of Performance Goals in Product Development? A Study of Japanese Camera Manufacturers”
- Antonio Davila, IESE/University of Navarra
- Kentaro Koga, Harvard University
- “Technological Acquistions and the Innovation Performance of Acquiring Firms: A Longitudinal Study of the Chemicals Industry”
- Gautam Ahuja, University of Texas-Austin
- Riitta Katila, University of Texas-Austin
- “The Influence of Leveraging Tacit Knowledge Across Borders for Global New Product Development Capability: An Empirical Examination”
- Mohan Subramaniam, University of Connecticut
- N Venkatraman, Boston University
- “Reconfiguring Business: Bilateral Resource Redeployment Following Acquisitions”
- Laurence Capron, INSEAD