DOCTORAL RESEARCH SEMINAR IN BUSINESS STRATEGY
This doctoral level strategy research seminar invites students to explore drivers of performance heterogeneity among firms. Why do some firms out-perform others? The topic is integrative in that the answer draws on theory and empirical evidence from economics, sociology, and psychology, as well as management and organizational theory that is more interdisciplinary in nature. In studying this topic, we also focus on the research process: what is the anatomy of a scholarly contribution in strategy and how does one conduct strategy research?
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing or declared in graduate Business Exchange program Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explore foundational concepts and theories in strategic management to build a strong knowledge of seminal research. Audience: Graduate 2. Develop expertise in emerging phenomena and streams in strategic management research to link and extend seminal theories to contemporary phenomena. Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate and creatively integrate research in strategic management to identify connections between ideas, gaps, and future directions for scholarship. Audience: Graduate 4. Formulate new research questions, conceptual frameworks, or empirical designs that might serve as starting points for publishable research papers. Audience: Graduate 5. Utilize various methodological approaches in strategic management research to enable the comprehension, design, and execution of reliable and robust empirical studies. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explore foundational concepts and theories in strategic management to build a strong knowledge of seminal research. Audience: Graduate 2. Develop expertise in emerging phenomena and streams in strategic management research to link and extend seminal theories to contemporary phenomena. Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate and creatively integrate research in strategic management to identify connections between ideas, gaps, and future directions for scholarship. Audience: Graduate 4. Formulate new research questions, conceptual frameworks, or empirical designs that might serve as starting points for publishable research papers. Audience: Graduate 5. Utilize various methodological approaches in strategic management research to enable the comprehension, design, and execution of reliable and robust empirical studies. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027