1648: Geography and Strategic Management: Innovation and Firm Location Decisions (14862)

Organizer(s)

• RJ

  Roxanne Jaffe

  Vanderbilt U., United States

Presenter(s)

• PC

  Prithwiraj Choudhury

  Harvard U., United States

Participant(s)

• DB

  Dany Bahar

  Brown U.
• SS

  Sara Signorelli

  Ecole Polytechnique
• JS

  James Sappenfield

  The Brattle Group

Presenter(s)

• GD

  Gianni De Bruyn

  Darla Moore School of Business, U. of South Carolina, United States

Organizer(s)

• MK

  Min Jung Kim

  U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Korea, Republic of

Discussant(s)

• MZ

  Minyuan Zhao

  Washington U. in St. Louis, Olin Business School, United States
• MF

  Maryann Feldman

  Arizona State U., United States

Presenter(s)

• SS

  Siddharth Sharma

  Indian School of Business, India

Participant(s)

• WC

  Wilbur Chung

  U. of Maryland, United States

Presenter(s)

• EH

  Exequiel Hernandez

  Wharton, United States

Participant(s)

• EK

  Elena Kulchina

  North Carolina State U., United States
• JK

  Jaeho Kim

  The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania, United States

Geography plays an important role in firms’ decision-making and consequent performance. Firms choose geographic locations for a variety of reasons, such as expanding to new markets, accessing new resources—including knowledge and human capital—or benefiting from positive agglomeration spillovers (Shaver and Flyer, 2000). Yet, understanding the relationship between firm strategy and geography is challenging, given variations in competition levels, regulatory intensity, and other institutional factors across different geographic markets and over time. The objective of this symposium is to bring together a diverse set of papers and scholars interested in the intersection of geography and strategy. The symposium highlights four papers related to how geography shapes firm knowledge flows and innovation, as well as firm location choices.

Presentations:

• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1648: Firm Capabilities, Heterogeneous Business Environments, and Geographic Expansion Limits (14862)
  

  Author: Roxanne Jaffe – Vanderbilt U.

  Author: Siddharth Sharma – Indian School of Business

  Author: Wilbur Chung – U. of Maryland
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1648: Immigrants and The Assignment of Expatriate Managers: Evidence from South Korean MNCS (14862)
  

  Author: Elena Kulchina – North Carolina State U.

  Author: Jaeho Kim – The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania

  Author: Exequiel Hernandez – Wharton
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1648: Talent Flows and The Geography of Knowledge Production: Casual Evidence from Multinational Firms (14862)
  

  Author: Dany Bahar – Brown U.

  Author: Prithwiraj Choudhury – Harvard U.

  Author: Sara Signorelli – Ecole Polytechnique

  Author: James Sappenfield – The Brattle Group
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1648: Policy Uncertainty, Innovation, and Geographic Agglomeration (14862)
  

  Author: Gianni De Bruyn – Darla Moore School of Business, U. of South Carolina

  Author: Min Jung Kim – U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign