Drawing from economic and cognitive theories, researchers have argued that firms within an industry tend to cluster together, following similar strategies. Their positioning in strategic groups, in turn, is argued to influence firm actions and firm performance. We extend this research to examine...

To gain a better understanding in how the individual characteristics of CEOs influence firm strategic choice, we explore the relationship between founder CEOs and firm-level strategic risk-taking. We argue that founder-CEO-managed firms will engage in greater risk-taking than...

We question previous research assuming that privatizing firm performance generally benefits from decreasing state ownership and the passage of time, both of which purportedly align principal-agent incentives promoting organizational decision-making that increases shareholder value. When state...