Brian Wu

University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

701 Tappan Street

Ann Arbor, MI MI 48109

United States

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1.

When Suppliers Climb the Value Chain: A Theory of Value Distribution in Vertical Relationships

Forthcoming at Management Science
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 May 2014 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2015
Zhixi Wan and Brian Wu
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Value chain climbing, value chain, value distribution, capabilities, competition, market entry

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Complementary Assets as Pipes and Prisms: Innovation Incentives and Trajectory Choices

Forthcoming, Strategic Management Journal
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 07 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 07 May 2013
Brian Wu, Zhixi Wan and Daniel Levinthal
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Management Department
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Complementary assets, technology strategy, innovation incentives, complement-preserving trajectory, complement-disrupting trajectory

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Institutional Barriers and Industry Dynamics

Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference 2009 Paper
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2013
Sea-Jin Chang and Brian Wu
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Business Policy and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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industry dynamics, institutional barriers, incumbents, new entrants, liberalization

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Opportunity Costs and Non-Scale Free Capabilities: Profit Maximization, Corporate Scope, and Profit Margins

Strategic Management Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 27 Dec 2011
Daniel Levinthal and Brian Wu
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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corporate diversification, firm capabilities, opportunity cost, diversification discount, market maturity

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Adaptation Across Multiple Landscapes: Relatedness, Complexity, and the Long Run Effects of Coordination in Diversified Firms

Strategic Management Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 25 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 28 May 2019
Mo Chen, Aseem Kaul and Brian Wu
University of Maryland - Department of Management & Organization, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Diversification, Coordination Cost, Adaptation, Complexity, Relatedness, NK Model

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A Capabilities-Based Perspective on Target Selection in Acquisitions

Strategic Management Journal, Forthcoming, Ross School of Business Paper No. 1270
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2015
Aseem Kaul and Brian Wu
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Acquisitions, Organizational Capabilities, Acquisition Capabilities, Geographic Diversification, Target Choice

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Designing Online Platforms for Offline Services: The Bigger, the Better?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2018
Leon Yang Chu and Brian Wu
University of Southern California - Data Sciences and Operations and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Incumbent Repositioning with Decision Biases

Strategic Management Journal
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 30 May 2019
Xianjin Du, Meng Li and Brian Wu
Hefei University of Technology - School of Business, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Management and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Repositioning Costs, Overestimation, Underestimation, Behavioral Strategy, Awareness

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The Performance Effects of Creative Imitation on Original Products: Evidence From Lab and Field Experiments

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2019
Liangyan Wang, Brian Wu, Cornelia Pechmann and Yitong Wang
Antai Management School, Shanghai Jiaotong University, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of California Irvine and UTS Business School, University of Technology
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Creative imitation, Choice set, Product quality, Consumer satisfaction, Expectancy disconfirmation

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How Incentive Structure Affects the Effectiveness of Referral Strategy: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment on a Lending Platform

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 16 Oct 2017
John (Qiang) Li, Bo Zhao and Brian Wu
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Incentive structure; Referrals; Firm growth; Platform

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Capability Interactions and Adaptation to Demand-Side Change

Strategic Management Journal, Forthcoming, INSEAD Working Paper No. 2019/55/EFE
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Dec 2019
Tang Wang, Vikas A. Aggarwal and Brian Wu
University of Central Florida - Department of Management, INSEAD - Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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demand shock, adaptation, customer preferences, capabilities

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The Dynamics of Learning and Competition in Schumpeterian Environments

Forthcoming at Organization Science
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 03 Jun 2019
Gianluigi Giustiziero, Aseem Kaul and Brian Wu
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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competitive dynamics, evolutionary theory, absorptive capacity, Schumpeterian environments, creative divergence, knowledge spillovers

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A Resource-Based Theory of Hyperspecialization and Hyperscaling

Number of pages: 43
Gianluigi Giustiziero, Deepak Somaya and Brian Wu
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Business Administration and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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digital business models, scalability, opportunity costs, scale and scope, resource-based view