Corporate Strategy

Most Research on Corporate Outsourcing Falls Short on a Holistic Level, Says a New Study

This pivotal work uncovers an empirical relationship between governance style and location choice—previously treated as independent. By Steve HeislerWhen outsourcing and offshoring decisions need to be made, companies often turn…

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When Freemium Succeeds

By Joost Rietveld In 2012, the Wall Street Journal published an articled titled “When Freemium Fails”. The article remarked that, despite the attractive features of the popular digital business model,…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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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