Organization and Strategy Seminar（2017-02）

Topic：Systematic and Dynamic Thinking in Organization and Strategic Management Research

Speaker: Guangrui Guo,University of Windsor

Time: Friday, 21 April, 10:00-11:30 am

Location: Room 115 , Guanghua Building 1

Abstract:

From my observation, business reality has at least five attributes for academic research to capture. First, it is an adaptive system with complex structure, such as hierarchical, cross–classified, and multiple–membership structure. This system is full of interactions. Second, it changes forever at each level. Third, these changes have different effects on different firms. Fourth, there are feedback mechanisms in the input and output process of the system. Finally, effects of a given factor differ both over firms and over time. Theoretical and empirical frameworks have to take these five attributes into account to be useful.

In this presentation, I will introduce my efforts in developing a systematic dynamictheoryof strategicmanagement. I will also present several applications of multilevel longitudinal approach and results of these empirical studies.

Introduction:

Guangrui Guo is an assistant professor of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and International Business at the Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, Canada. He received his Ph.D. in Management (Strategy and International Business) from theUniversityof Miami in 2015. Dr. Guo also received his Master of Economics (Management) from Nankai University (1992) andBachelor of Engineering (Engineering Physics) from Tsinghua University (1989). He has many years of work experience in MNCs and startups.

Dr. Guo’s research interest focuses on developing a systematic dynamic framework to make theories of strategy closer to business reality and of substantial guide to executives, modeling dynamic processes in which competitive advantage arises, and applications of these theoretical and empirical frameworks to relevant issues in Strategic Management, Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, International Business, and Emerging Market research.

One of these applications,Demystifying Variance in Performance: A Longitudinal Multilevel Perspective, was accepted by Strategic Management Journal in 2016 (//onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smj.2555/full).

Your participation is warmly welcomed!