Strategy, Globalization and Society
The SGS group is conducting research on the sources of firms’ long term competitive advantage and sustainable performance. In doing so, however, a founding belief of our group is that firms’ strategies in a globalizing world often have to take into account not only market dimensions and opportunities (competition, price, differentiation, innovation, diversification, M&As, etc.) but also nonmarket ones (ethics, environmental aspects, regulation, macroeconomic policies, politics, media influences, etc.).
Our scholars are therefore dedicated to an interdisciplinary approach building on research in economics, political science, sociology or philosophy.
Among our current research interests are:
- Theory of the firm and its boundaries, diversification
- Growth strategies
- Industry and competitive analysis
- Competitive dynamics and game theory
- Corporate strategy and organization of multibusiness firms
- Strategy and organization of multinational companies
- Merger and acquisitions
- Strategic alliances and joint ventures
- International strategies
- Determinants and impact of globalization
- Foreign direct investments and political risks
- Trade policies
- Firms’ relations with international institutions such as the WTO
- Firms-activists / firms-NGOs relationships
- Business ethics
- Business and the natural environment, self-regulation
- Reputation, external communication and greenwashing
- Firms and democracy
- Political competition: firms versus other interest groups
- Political tactics: lobbying, campaign contributions, constituency building
- Firms-Regulators relations
- Regulation and multinational firms
Current full time members of the SGS group include
Current Visiting Professors/Research Fellows: Emmanuelle Fauchard, Jeffrey Petty
