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Strategic Commitment Decisions

Strategic Commitment Decisions is a strategic management concept denoting a firm-level choice to irreversibly allocate resources toward long-term initiatives in order to establish a sustained competitive advantage, thereby constraining future flexibility while signaling resolve to stakeholders.

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113

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88

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality, and Growth in Historical Perspective

Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2000 · 2K citations

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Strategy making as iterated processes of resource allocation

Tomo Noda, Joseph L. Bower · Strategic Management Journal · 2007 · 549 citations

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Strategic Commitment with R&D: The Symmetric Case

James A. Brander, Barbara J. Spencer · The Bell Journal of Economics · 1983 · 452 citations

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Real options in equity partnerships

Timothy B. Folta, Kent D. Miller · Strategic Management Journal · 2001 · 331 citations

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Reinvestment decisions by entrepreneurs: Rational decision-making or escalation of commitment?

Anne Marie McCarthy, F. David Schoorman, Arnold C. Cooper · Journal of Business Venturing · 1993 · 276 citations

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Authors

113

  1. JA
    James A. Brander

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    2 publications · 477 citations

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  2. VC
    Viswanath Cvsa

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    2 publications · 314 citations

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  3. JA
    James A. Robinson

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 2K citations

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  4. SM
    Stephen M. Gilbert

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 225 citations

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  5. BJ
    Barbara J. Spencer

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    2 publications · 477 citations

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Institutions

88

  1. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    643 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    2K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    2K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    723 citations

  5. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    165 citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    141 citations

  7. Renmin University of China

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    45 citations

  8. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.2K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 3 publications · 44 citations

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  2. European Journal of Operational Research

    3 publications · 338 citations

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  3. Management Science

    3 publications · 276 citations

    3

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  4. Strategic Management Journal

    SMJ · 3 publications · 931 citations

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  5. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 2 publications · 44 citations

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