My dissertation focuses on how firms compete effectively in new markets, and explores
several strategic issues faced by firms in these contexts. These include how firms …

Prior research examines how firms compete effectively in established markets. This study
investigates new markets, and traces how entrepreneurial rivals in such a market search for …

Competing head-to-head can be cutthroat, especially when markets are flat or growing
slowly. Managers caught in this kind of competition almost universally say they dislike it and …

A growing body of research within strategy recognizes the role of strategic actions as key
mechanisms through which firms exploit market opportunities, create competitive advantage …

In this paper, we return to the roots of strategic entrepreneurship research by examining the
dynamic tension between opportunity-seeking and advantage-seeking activities and by …

Research Summary: Our study shows how institutional intermediaries established to foster
the creation of new firms might hinder new firm growth instead. We show that intermediaries …

Research has examined firms' use of rhetoric and symbolic activities in the process of
creating new markets. This study analyzes how entrepreneurial firms use these cultural …

When do opportunities emerge? How do firms exploit opportunities? These questions
remain foundational to strategy research. The existing debate centers on why opportunities …

Optimal distinctiveness postulates that entrepreneurs need to position themselves as distinct
as legitimately possible. Extending this view on strategic positioning as a one-time decision …

While much attention has been devoted to how established organizations and
entrepreneurial organizations explore, less attention has been devoted to how …