Japan (Peng et al.
2001 JIM)
Chaebol diversification South Korea
(Lee et al. 2008 JWB)
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FROM CHINA STRATEGY TO GLOBAL STRATEGY
Firm growth & social networks
(Peng & Luo 2000 AMJ)
Organizational
learning (Luo & Peng
1999 JIBS)
Corporate governance (Peng 2004
SMJ)
Organizational slack (Tan & Peng 2003 SMJ)
M. W. Peng (2005)
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Frontiers of strategy/OT research
• The relationship over time and around the world
The scope of the firm over time (Peng, Lee, & Wang 2005 AMR) Research in Central and Eastern Europe (Meyer & Peng 2005 JIBS) Bankruptcy laws and entrepreneurship (Lee, Peng, & Barney 2007 AMR)
Lee, Peng, & Barney (2007 AMR)
Peng, Wang, & Jiang (2008 JIBS)
• Qualitative: Peng (1997 OS)
• Quantitative: Luo & Peng (1999 JIBS)
Peng & Luo (2000 AMJ)
Tan & Peng (2003 SMJ)
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Research Formulation
• Minimum standards:
– “That’s interesting!” – 4 - 6 smart people test
• Maximum goals:
– “I’ll never think about the issue the same way again!” – Publication becomes a ritual citation (e.g., Barney,
Challenges in Strategy and Organization Theory Research
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Provost’s Distinguished Professor of Global Strategy University of Texas at Dallas
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• How much research attention has the topic received so far?
• What is my competitive advantage in this area?
• Am I truly passionate and excited about the topic?
– Stay away from simple linear relationship – Strategic choices during institutional transitions
• Example of a recent stream
– What determines the scope of the firm over time? (Peng, Lee, & Wang, 2005 AMR)
Strategic groups
(Peng, Tan, & Tong 2004 JMS)
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Geographic & substantive Figure 20.6
diversification
THEORY PAPERS: Strategy research in emerging economies (Wright et al. 2005 JMS)
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Data issues
• Qualitative: Peng (1997 OS)
• Quantitative/survey: Luo & Peng (1999 JIBS); Peng & Luo
(2000 AMJ); Peng, Buck, & Filatotchev (2003 JWB); Peng, Tan, & Tong (2004 JMS)
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Macro organizational research
• Strategy and OT: Boundaries are blurred
• The big question: What determines the success and failure of firms around the world? (Peng, 2004, JIBS)
Interlocks Hong Kong (Au et al. 2000 APJM)
Internationalization
Thailand (Peng et al. 2001 APJM)
Corporate governance
Russia (Peng et al. 2003 My experience and advice: Be programmatic in your research
– Of course, you will learn from and collaborate with your advisor as a PhD student
– But you don’t want to do your advisor’s research
– What determines the scope of the firm over time and around the world? An Asia Pacific perspective (Peng & Delios, 2006 APJM)
– From diversification premium to diversification discount during institutional transitions (Lee, Peng, & Lee, 2008 JWB)
• Special issue: Wright, Filatotchev, Hoskisson,
& Peng (2005 JMS)
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Textbook: 2006: Global Strategy
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Export strategies (dissertation) Peng & Ilinitch (1998 JIBS)
Trabold (2002 JIBS) – A test of Peng & Ilinitch
Peng, Hill, & Wang (2000 JMS) Peng & York (2001 JIBS)
Peng, Zhou, & York (2006 JWB) -- A replication of Trabold
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A programmatic research strategy
Emerging markets strategies
• Conceptual: Peng & Heath (1996 AMR)
Peng (2003 AMR)
Peng, Lee, & Wang (2005 AMR)
Meyer & Peng (2005 JIBS)
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China/Asia researchers need more self-confidence
• Self-confidence: Meyer (2006 APJM) • Debate in APJM (2007/4, 25th anniversary)
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Guidelines on topic selection
(R. Tung, 2005, Asia Pacific Journal of Management)
• What are the significant and important trends that have broad implications for theory and practice in the future?
Peng (2004 SMJ)
Tong, Reuer, & Peng (2007 AMJ)
Peng, Zhang, & Li (2007 MOR)