This study offers a new approach to understanding the diffusion of a new technology; specifically on the process of information sharing and its influence on a market based standards contest. Since diffusion relies upon adopting firms to gather information and learn about a new technology prior...

This study draws upon organizational learning in the management domain and analogical reasoning in the psychology arena to examine the antecedents of acquisition success in a study of 655 firms from 54 industries that conducted 2622 acquisitions from 1991 through 2005. Where previous work in...

Why does a firm respond to a competitor's action as it does? Prior to this grounded theory study, there was no transparency, the black box of competitive response remained dark. Using a series of three embedded case studies and examining eighteen competitive responses, this study has illuminated...

My dissertation seeks to address ambiguities in the common usage of real options as thecounterpart of financial options in management, focusing on a specific management context:sequential acquisitions of equity stock. Despite its popularity, the metaphoric use of real optionson sequential...

Traditional theory and practice of strategic management explains the behavior of organizations in their business environments. Current turbulence means traditional models of strategic management are having to give way to alternative explanations. John Camillus reviews the 'predictive' and...

Purpose: The business environment is increasingly fraught with societal disruptions—caused by factors such as pandemics, climate change and the probability of sentient machines—that are fundamentally different than the industry disruptions that firms have experienced and determined how to...