教學大綱 Syllabus

科目名稱:策略理論研討

Course Name: Seminar in Theory of Strategies

修別:群

Type of Credit: Partially Required

3.0

學分數

Credit(s)

20

預收人數

Number of Students

課程資料Course Details

課程簡介Course Description

特別注意:本課程除第一週是星期四晚上上課外,第二週開始改至星期一晚上18:30開始

This course aims to provide fundamental theories for those who are going to pursue strategy and innovation research.  We will introduce various economic theories of strategy and organization to address fundamental issues in strategy and innovation research.

Our examination of the literature covers several broad topics: definition of the field, industrial organization, behavioral theory, transaction theory, resource-based view, evolutionary theory, agency theory, exploration and exploitation, ambidextrous, and special focus will place on platform business models and relevant new economy issues.

核心能力分析圖 Core Competence Analysis Chart

能力項目說明


    課程目標與學習成效Course Objectives & Learning Outcomes

    This course aims to provide fundamental theories for those who are going to pursue strategy and innovation research.  We will introduce various economic theories of strategy and organization to address fundamental issues in strategy and innovation research.

    Our examination of the literature covers several broad topics: definition of the field, industrial organization, behavioral theory, transaction theory, resource-based view, evolutionary theory, agency theory, exploration and exploitation, ambidextrous, and special focus will place on platform business models and relevant new economy issues.

    每周課程進度與作業要求 Course Schedule & Requirements

    教學週次Course Week 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type

    特別注意:本課程除第一週是星期四晚上上課外,第二週開始改至星期一晚上18:30開始

    Session 01              Strategy and Research

    1. Arben, P. (1997). The Integrating Course in the Business School Curriculum, Or, Whatever Happened to Business Policy? Business Horizons, March-April, pp. 65-70.
    2. Tang, M. and Thomas, H. (1994). Developing Theories of Strategy Using Dominance Criteria. JMS, 31/2: 209-224.
    3. Kuhn, T. S. (1962) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 2nd ed., Chapter 1-5 & 9, Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press. (中譯本:科學革命的結構,程樹德等翻譯,pp. 43-100 & 145-164,遠流出版社)
    4. Whetten, D. (1989) What Constitutes a Theoretical Contribution? Academy of Management Review, 14(4), pp. 490-495.

     

    Session 02              Classic and Fundamentals of Strategy Research

    1. Chandler, A. D. (1962) Strategy and Structure: Chapters in the History of American Industrial Enterprise, Chapter 1 & 6, pp. 1-51 & 283-323, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
    2. Andrew, K. (1971) The Concept of Corporate Strategy, Chapter 2 & 3, pp.13-51, Homewood, IL: Dow Johns-Irwin, Inc.
    3. Rumelt, R., Schendel, D. E., and Teece, D. T. (1994). Fundamental Issues in Strategy In R. Rumelt, D. Schendel, and D. Teece (eds.) Fundamental Issues in Strategy: A Research Agenda, pp. 9-47, Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

     

    Session 03              Economics and Strategy : Industrial Organization

    1. Schmalensee, R. (1988). Industrial Economics: An Overview. Economic Journal, 98: 643-681.
    2. Porter, M. E. (1991). Towards A Dynamic Theory of Strategy. SMJ, 12 (Winter): 95-117.
    3. Foss, N. J. (1996). Research in Strategy, Economics, and Michael Porter.  Journal of Management Studies, 33/1: 1-24.

     

    Session 04    10/06 The Behavioral Theory of the Firm

    1. Barnard, C. I. (1938). The Functions of the Executive, Chapter 6-9 & 15-16, pp. 65-123 & 216-257.
    2. Cyert, R. M. and March, J. G. (1963). A Behavioral Theory of the Firm, Chapter 1-4 & 7, pp. 1-98 & 161-176, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc.
    3. Bromiley, P. (2005). The Behavioral Foundations of Strategic Management, Chapter 2, pp. 14-39, Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
    4. Joseph, J., and Wilson, A.J. (2018). The growth of the firm: an attention-based view. SMJ, 39, 1779-1800.
    5. Smulowitz, S.J., Rousseau, H.E., Bromiley, P. (2020). The behavioral theory of the firm: the differing response of community-oriented firms to performance relative to aspirations. SMJ, 41:1023-1053.
    6. Berchicci, L., and Tarakci, M. (2022). Aspiration formation and attention rules. SMJ, 1-27.

     

    Session 05                    Transaction Cost Economics

    1. Coase, R. H. (1937) “The Nature of the Firm,” Economica, 4: 386-405.
    2. Williamson, O. E. (1989) “Transaction Cost Economics” in Richard Schmalemsee and Robert Willig, eds., Handbook of Industrial Organization, Vol. 1, pp. 136-182, Elsevier Science: Netherland.
    1. David, R. J. and S. Han. (2004). A Systematic Assessment of the Empirical Support for Transaction Cost Economics. SMJ, 25: 39-58.
    2. Santos, F. M. and Eisenhard, K. M. (2005). Organization Boundaries and Theories of Organization. OS, 16(5), 491–508.
    3. Bigelow L, Nickerson JA, Park W-Y (2019). When and how to shift gears: Dynamic trade-offs among adjustment, opportunity, and transaction costs in response to an innovation shock. SMJ, 40:377–407.
    4. Lo, D., and Zanarone, G. (2022). Contracting to (dis)incentive? An integrative transaction-cost approach on how contracts govern specific investments. SMJ,

     

    Session 06              The Resource-based View of the Firm

    1. Penrose, E. T. (1959) The Theory of the Growth of the Firm, Chapter 1-6.
    2. Wernerfelt, B. (1984) “A Resource -based View of the Firm,” SMJ, 5: 171-180.
    1. Rumelt, R. (1984) “Toward a Strategic Theory of the Firm,” in R. B. Lamb (ed.) Competitive Strategic Management, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
    2. Barney, J. (1991) “Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage,” Journal of Management, 17, pp. 99-120.
    1. Pitelis, C. N. (2007) “A Behavioral Resource-base View of the Firm: The Synergy of Cyert and March (1963) and Penrose (1959),” OS, 18(3): 478-490.
    2. Alexy, O., West, J., Klapper, H, Reitzig, M. (2018). Surrendering control to gain advantage: Reconciling openness and the resource-based view of the firm. SMJ, 39:1704–1727.
    3. Wibbens, P.D. (2021). A formal framework for the RBV: Resource dynamics as a Markov Process. SMJ.1-25.
    4. Giustiziero, G., Kretschmer, T., Somaya, D., and Wu, B. (2022). Hyperspecialization and hyperscaling: A resource-based theory of the digital firm. SMJ. 1-34.
    5. Krakowski, S., Luger, J., and Raisch, S. (2022) Artificial intelligence and the changing sources of competitive advantage. SMJ.1-28.

     

    Session 07              Evolutionary Theory and Agency Theory

    1. Nelson, R. R. and Winter, S. G. (1982) An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change, Chapter 2-5, pp. 23-138, Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
    1. Jensen, M. C. and Meckling, W. H. (1976). Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure. Journal of Financial Economics, 13, pp. 305-60.
    2. Eisenhardt, K. M. (1989). Agency Theory: An Assessment and Review,” AMR, 14/1: 57-74.
    3. Holmstron, B. and Milgrom, P. (1994). The Firm as an Incentive System. American Economic Review, 84, pp. 972-91.
    4. Shi, W., Connelly, B.L., Hoskisson, R.E. (2017). External corporate Governance and financial fraud: cognitive evaluation theory insights on agency theory prescriptions. SMJ, 38:1268-1286.

     

     

    Session 8              Dynamic Capabilities

    1. Teece, D. J., Pisano, G. and Shuen, A. (1997). Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management. SMJ, 18: 509-533.
    2. Teece, D. J. (2007). Explicating dynamic capabilities: the nature and micro foundations of (sustainable) enterprise performance. SMJ, 28: 1319
    3. Girod, S.J.G. and Whittington, R. (2017). Reconfiguration, restructuring and Firm Performance: Dynamic Capabilities and Environment Dynamism. SMJ, 38:1121-1133.
    4. Helfat, C. E., & Peteraf, M. A. (2015). Managerial cognitive capabilities and the micro foundations of dynamic capabilities. SMJ, 36(6): 831–850
    5. Helfat, C.E., & Raubitschek, R.S. (2018). Dynamic and integrative capabilities for profiting from innovation in digital-based ecosystems. RP, 47: 1391-1399.
    6. Suddaby, R. , Coraiola, D. , Harvey, C, Foster, W. (2019). History and the micro foundations of dynamic capabilities. SMJ, 41:530–556.
    7. Schulze, A., and Brusoni, S. (2022). How dynamic capabilities change ordinary capabilities: reconnecting control and problem-solving. SMJ.

     

     

    Session 9         Exploration and Exploitation

    1. March, J. G. (1991). Exploration and exploitation in organizational learning. OS, 2: 71-87.
    2. He, Z., & Wong, P. (2004). Exploration vs. exploitation: An empirical test of ambidexterity Hypothesis. OS, 15: 481-494.
    3. Cao, Q., Gedajlovic, E., & Zhang, H. (2009). Unpacking organizational ambidexterity: Dimensions, contingencies, and synergistic effects. OS, 20(4), 781–796.
    4. Luger, J., Raisch, S., & Schimmer, M. (2018). Dynamic balancing of exploration and exploitation: The contingent benefits of ambidexterity. OS, 29(3), 449–470.
    5. Kang, J. and Kim, SJ. (2020). Performance implications of incremental transition and discontinuous jump between exploration and exploitation. SMJ. 41:1083–1111.
    6. Stagni, R.M., Fosfuri, A., and Santalo, J. (2021) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush: Technology search strategies and competition due to import penetration. SMJ, 42:1516-1544.

     

    Session 10              Two/Multiple-sided Market and Platform

    1. Rochet, J. & Tirole, J. (2003). Platform Competition in Two-Sided Markets” Journal of the European Economic Association, 1(4): 990-1029.
    2. Parket, G & Van Alstyne, M. (2005). Two-Sided Network Effects: a Theory of Information Product Design. MS, 51: 1494-1504.
    3. Afuah A. (2013). Are network effects really about size? The role of structure and conduct. SMJ, 34: 257–273.
    4. Mcintyre, D.P. and Srinivasan, A. (2017). Network, platforms, and strategy: emerging views and next steps. SMJ, 38: 141-160.
    5. Teece, D.J. (2018). Profiting from innovation in the digital economy: enabling technologies, standards, and licensing models in the wireless world. RP, 47:1367-1387.
    6. O’Mahoney, S., and Karp, R. (2022). From proprietary to collective governance: How do platform participation strategies evolve? SMJ.43:530–562.

     

     

    Session 11         Platform StrategyEntry and Deter-entry

    1. Eisenmann, T., Parker, G., & Van Alstyne M. (2011). Platform Envelopment. SMJ, 32: 1270-1285.
    2. Cennamo, C. and Santalo, S. (2013). Platform competition: strategic trade-offs in platform markets. SMJ, 34: 1331–1350.
    3. Seamans, R., & Zhu, F. (2014). Responses to entry in multi-sided markets: The impact of craigslist on local newspapers. MS, 60(2), 476–493.
    4. Zhu, F, Liu, Q. (2018). Competing with complementors: An empirical look at Amazon.com. SMJ. 39:2618–2642
    5. Wang, R.D., Miller, C.D. (2020). Complementors' engagement ecosystem: A study of publishers' e-book offerings on Amazon Kindle. SMJ, 41:3–26.
    6. Wen, W., and Zhu, F. (2019). Threat of platform-owner entry and complementor responses: Evidence from the mobile app market. SMJ, 40: 1336-1367.

     

    Session 12         Platform StrategyGovernance and Design

    1. Barlow, M. A., Verhaal, J.C., and Angus, R.W. (2019). Optimal distinctiveness, strategic categorization, and product market entry on the Google Play app platform. SMJ. 20(8):
    2. Taeuscher, K., and Rothe, H., (2021). Optimal distinctiveness in platform market: Leveraging complementors as legitimacy buffers. SMJ, 42:435-461.
    3. Dushnitsky, G., Piva E., Rossi-Lamastra, C. (2020). Investigating the mix of strategic choices and performance of transaction platforms: Evidence from the crowdfunding setting. SMJ,1–36.
    4. Zhang, Y., Li, J., Tong, T.W. (2020). Platform governance matters: How platform gatekeeping affects knowledge sharing among complementors. SMJ. 1-28.
    5. Park, K.F., and Seamans, R., and Zhu, F. (2021). Homing and platform responses to entry: Historical evidence from the U.S. newspaper industry. SMJ. 42:684-709.

     

     

    Session 13         Platform Ecosystem

    1. Adner, R. and Kapoor,  R. (2010). Value creation in innovation ecosystems: how the structure of technological inter- dependence affects firm performance in new technology generations. SMJ, 31: 306 – 333.
    2. Jacobides, M.G., Cennamo, C., and Gawer A. (2018). Towards a theory of ecosystems. SMJ, 39:2255–2276.
    3. Dattee, B., Alexy, O., and Autio, E., (2018). Maneuvering in poor visibility: How firm play the Ecosystem game when uncertainty is high. AMJ, 61(2), 466-498.
    4. Ganco, M., Kapoor, R., and Lee, G. (2020). From rugged landscapes to rugged ecosystems: Structure of interdependencies and firm’s innovative search. AMR, 45(3), 646-674.
    5. Kretshmer, T., Leiponen, A., Schilling, M., Vasudeve, G. (2021). Platform ecosystems as meta-organization: implications for platform strategies. SMJ. 1-20.
    6. Stonig, J., Schmid, T., Muller, G., (2022). From product system to ecosystem: How firms adapt to provide an integrated value proposition. SMJ. 1-37

     

    Session 14         Ecosystem Structure and Evolution

    1. Hannah, D.P., and Eisenhardt, K.M. (2018). How firms navigate cooperation and competition in nascent ecosystems. SMJ. 39:3163–3192.
    2. Miller, C. D., & Toh, P. K. (2020). Complementary components and returns from coordination within ecosystems via standard setting. SMJ, 43:627–662.
    3. Burford, N., Shipilov, A. V., & Furr, N. R. (2021). How ecosystem structure affects firm performance in response to a negative shock to interdependencies. SMJ.43(1), 30–57.
    4. Jones, S.L., Leiponen. A., Vasudeva, G. (2021). The evolution of cooperation in the face of conflict: Evidence from the innovation ecosystem for mobile telecom standards development. SMJ.42:710–740

     

    Session 15~16:   Presentaions and Field Study

     

    特別注意:本課程除第一週是星期四晚上上課外,第二週開始改至星期一晚上18:30開始

     

    授課方式Teaching Approach

    30%

    講述 Lecture

    40%

    討論 Discussion

    30%

    小組活動 Group activity

    0%

    數位學習 E-learning

    0%

    其他: Others:

    評量工具與策略、評分標準成效Evaluation Criteria

    Course Assignments

    1) Class Assignments

    You need to hand in a report within three pages for each class. The report has to be in English and word-processed, with reasonable line space and fonts. No credit will be accounted for late assignment.

     

    2) Research Proposal

    Students are required to submit a research proposal by the end of this semester.  The content should cover major research questions/themes, theoretical background, and methodology.

     

    Grading Policy

    Your course grade then is a composition of the above-mentioned elements with differential weights shown in below:

    1. Course Participation & Contribution    30%
    2. Write-up                                           30%
    3. Research Proposal                              40%
       

    指定/參考書目Textbook & References

    已申請之圖書館指定參考書目 圖書館指定參考書查詢 |相關處理要點

    維護智慧財產權,務必使用正版書籍。 Respect Copyright.

    課程相關連結Course Related Links

    
                

    課程附件Course Attachments

    課程進行中,使用智慧型手機、平板等隨身設備 To Use Smart Devices During the Class

    需經教師同意始得使用 Approval

    列印