My web presence had grown into a patchwork over nearly twenty years. My main site at professor-murmann.net was a set of hand-built static HTML pages. My books had their own WordPress site. And the bulk of my writing - hundreds of entries across my teaching and research blogs, a curated collection of Charles Tilly's methodological… More »
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Research Focus on Auto Industry
My research team is interested in studying how to improve strategic forecasting ability. As a key empirical context, we have selected the auto industry undergoing dramatic technological changes.
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My presentation at Darwin Club: Evolutionary Theory in Strategic Management
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New Competition in the auto industry: Incumbents versus startups
I have two new publications about the new competition in the auto industry. A Capabilities Framework for Dynamic Competition: Assessing the Relative Chances of Incumbents, Start-Ups, and Diversifying Entrants (with Fabian Vogt in Management and Organization Review) Exploring the structure of internal combustion engine and battery electric vehicles: implications for the architecture of the automotive… More »
Forum on ‘The Rise of China’s Digital Economy’
In this forum, we present three essays that collectively seek to document and explain the rise of China's digital economy. The first essay written by Hong Jiang – who is based in China – and myself – who is based in the West – focuses on documenting the rise of China's digital economy by comparing… More »
June 26, 2022 · Uncategorized Teaching
Adam Grant on the Four Deadly Sins of Culture
He says: People often claim their cultures are unique. But when you study thousands of organizations, you can start to see underlying patterns. It all has to do with how we balance key priorities. Research reveals that there are two fundamental tensions in organizational culture: Results vs. relationships and rules vs. risk. If you ignore… More »
Purpose and the Employee
Economist reports on research on what motivates employees. The story identifies six different archetypes, far too few to reflect the complexity of individuals but a lot better than a single lump of employees. “Pioneers” are the people on a mission to change the world; “artisans” are interested in mastering a specific skill; “operators” derive a… More »
China Innovation Capacity Growth Index 2015 and 2020
It is of interest in China and across the world to predict whether China will catch up with the most economically advanced nations in innovation capacity. To facilitate an ongoing assessment of China’s innovation capacity, the article develops a China Innovation Capacity Growth Index composed of eight separate measures. China’s performance in 2020 is compared… More »
My Writings on Chinese Firms and Innovation in the Chinese Economy
I collected all my Writings on Chinese Firms and Innovation in the Chinese Economy in one place.
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Excerpt from Last Interview with Jim March
Peter Ping Lee interviews James March. I provide here what I personally found the most interesting part of the full interview. Peter: In your MOR 2005 article (March 2005), you referred to the peripheral position of the indigenous research communities relative to the mainstream research community. Do you think the Chinese research community is like… More »