Motivated by the consequences of firm’s defensive behavior, we test the impact of market regulation on R&D effort. Our estimates show that this impact is positive, namely on high technology industries. Besides the view of monopolistic profits as innovation rewards, these results can be...

Strategic surprise lies in wait. There is no surprise if competitors can figure out one's intentions before end. We examine how enlightened strategists can enact the socially-embedded knowledge that prevails over competitors' behavior to their very own favor. Findings suggest that firms can...

The study of Internet strategies has led to the publication of numerous research in Information Systems. It is most often through different perspectives adopted, to explain the results related to the adoption of the Internet within the company. Thus the approach of alignment used to explain the...