Using Smartphone Location Data for Strategy Research
by Young Hou, Christopher Poliquin, Mariko Sakakibara, and Marco Testoni
A new open-access article demystifies smartphone location data for strategy research, detailing their creation, access, business location coverage, and relationship to firm revenue. It outlines methods for matching locations to Compustat, and provides sample codes, an event study example, and new research ideas. (Sample code: https://www.mobilitydataresearch.com/)
Published August 6, 2025
Rapid Learning and Adaptive Search in Complex Environments: How Underestimating Noise in Performance Feedback Can Leverage and Resolve Errors of Commission
by Daniel Albert
This paper shows how underestimating noise in performance feedback drives rapid belief updating, causing decision makers in an agent-based model to initially explore aggressively and commit more commission errors. However, these rapid learners quickly self-correct, ultimately outperforming cautious and even Bayesian decision makers in complex environments.
Published July 22, 2025
Theorizing as Problem Solving: A Pragmatist Perspective on the Logic of Pursuit
by Akhil Bhardwaj, Anastasia Sergeeva, Joseph Mahoney, and Jackson Nickerson
This study treats theorizing as a problem-solving activity and offers non-empirical indicators that can inform theorists whether they should pursue a particular problem formulation and line of inquiry or pivot.
Published June 11, 2025
The Strategic Imperative: Do We Need Normative Considerations in Strategic Theories of Stakeholder Engagement?
by Sergio G. Lazzarini
Should firms engage with stakeholders because they help create value or because it is morally appropriate to do so? This paper tackles this question connecting with the evolving "new stake holder theory" in strategy.
Published April 16, 2025