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Origin Matters: The Differential Impact of Import Competition on Innovation?
(2015-12)
We examine the impact of import competition on firms’ innovation input and output. We conjecture that U.S. firms view import competition from high-wage countries (HWCs) as “neck-and-neck” competition and will respond by ...
Coordinating Pricing and Inventory Replenishment with Nonparametric Demand Learning
(2015-06)
We consider a firm (e.g., retailer) selling a single nonperishable product over a finite-period planning horizon. Demand in each period is stochastic and price-dependent, and unsatisfied demands are backlogged. At the ...
A Capabilities-Based Perspective on Target Selection in Acquisitions
(2015-03)
We develop a capabilities-based theory of acquirer target selection, arguing that acquirers will pursue both low capability targets in existing contexts to deploy existing capabilities, and high capability targets in new ...
The Cost of Corporate Social Responsibility after a Catastrophe
(2015-05)
Catastrophes increase pressure upon all firms within the industry. However, certain firms risk larger punishments after the event. I posit that firms with substantive corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives will ...
Leveraging Physical Assets for Value Creation Through Cleanweb Firms - the Finnish Cleantech Space in Transition
(2015-05)
Cleantech has made a respectable comeback onto the global agenda of firms, investors and economic developers alike. In the midst of the resurgence, Finnish CleanTech has been recognized globally. Indeed, recent rankings ...
Combating Corruption in International Business: The Big Questions
(2015-08)
The last several years have seen a significant rise in the efforts of governments to combat the supply side of corruption. Due to these increased efforts, now is an important time to ask some of the big questions in combating ...
A Half Century Post Title Vii: Still Seeking Pathways for Women to Organizational Leadership
(2015-03)
Perhaps the most important of the many 50th anniversaries marked in 2014 is the passage of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII). Although Title VII and accompanying legislation and judicial rulings have ...
Defining "Material, Nonpublic:” What Should Constitute Illegal Insider Information?
(2015-09)
The statutory penalties for illegal insider trading have become almost as severe as first-degree murder, yet we see insiders make tens of thousands of lucrative transactions every year. Moreover, the increase in penalties ...
Risky Suppliers or Risky Supply Chains? An Empirical Analysis of Sub-Tier Supply Network Structure on Firm Performance in the High-Tech Sector
(2015-12)
Past research in supply chain risk management has focused on the interactions between buyers and their immediate suppliers and/or assumed independence of risks imposed by these suppliers. However, supply network structure ...
Certainty Equivalent Planning for Multi-Product Batch Differentiation: Analysis and Bounds
(2015-12)
We consider a multi-period planning problem faced by a firm that must coordinate the production and allocations of batches to end products for multiple markets. Motivated by a problem faced by a biopharmaceutical firm, we ...