Understanding why some firms outperform others is central to strategy research. The
resource-based view (RBV) suggests that competitive advantages arise due to possessing …

This chapter reviews the empirical literature on the determination of firms' and industries'
innovative activity and performance, highlighting the questions addressed, the approaches …

Search and recombination are important mechanisms in the creativity phase of innovation.
Digital transformation and the resulting pervasive digitalization of the innovation function …

The original Uppsala model that was published in 1977 explains the internationalization
process of firms. We have further developed the model several times in the intervening …

This study develops and validates the concept of Data Analytics Competency as a five
multidimensional formative index (ie, data quality, bigness of data, analytical skills, domain …

One the one hand, complex technologies offer substantial economic benefits, and on the
other, they are difficult to invent and to imitate, and they refuse a fast dissemination. This two …

We investigate the effect of corporate sustainability on organizational processes and
performance. Using a matched sample of 180 US companies, we find that corporations that …

Research Summary Strategic openness—firms voluntary forfeiting of control over resources—
seemingly challenges the premise of the resource‐based view (RBV), which posits that firms …

We argue that under certain circumstances crowdsourcing transforms distant search into
local search, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of problem solving. Under such …

The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and
measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that …