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The dominant logic: A new linkage between diversity and performance
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1986-11)
Current research offers alternative explanations to the ‘linkage’ between the pattern of diversification and performance. At least four streams of research can be identified. None of these can be considered to be a reliable, ...
Managerial foresight and attempted rent appropriation: insider trading on knowledge of imminent breakthroughs
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2005-09)
In order to establish a competitive advantage, firms must acquire or create resources at a price below their value in use. Absent pure luck, this requires managers to exercise foresight about a resource's future value ...
With greater power comes greater responsibility? takeover protection and corporate attention to stakeholders
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2009-03)
Using takeover protection as an indicator of corporate governance, this study examines how an exogenous shift in power from shareholders to managers affects corporate attention to non-shareholding stakeholders. Two competing ...
Blocked But Not Tackled: Who Founds New Firms When Rivals Dissolve?
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2017-11)
Doing well by doing good—case study: ‘Fair & Lovely’ whitening cream
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007-12)
According to the ‘doing well by doing good’ proposition, firms have a corporate social responsibility to achieve some larger social goals, and can do so without a financial sacrifice. This research note empirically examines ...
Does complexity deter customer‐focus?
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2012-02)
Economic models suggest that firms use a simple cost‐benefit calculation to evaluate customer requests for new product features, but an extensive organizational literature shows the decision to implement innovation is more ...
Capability interactions and adaptation to demand‐side change
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2020-09)
Research summaryWe examine how interactions among a firm’s capabilities influence the extent and direction of firm adaptation under conditions of demand‐side change. Our empirical context is the U.S. defense industry, ...
Multipoint contact without forbearance? How coverage synergies shape equity analysts’ forecasting performance
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2020-10)
Research Summary: Scholars regularly use multipoint contact (MPC) to explain how encountering rivals in different domains shapes performance. While most explanations rely on mutual forbearance theory, I propose that ...
Strategic alliances and interfirm knowledge transfer
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1996-12)
This paper examines interfirm knowledge transfers within strategic alliances. Using a new measure of changes in alliance partners' technological capabilities, based on the citation patterns of their patent portfolios, we ...
Are network effects really all about size? The role of structure and conduct
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2013-03)
Rooted in neoclassical economics, network effects research has revolved around size, arguing that the more users a network has, the more valuable that network will be to each user. I argue that a network's structure ...