GEOGRAPHY, LOCATION, AND STRATEGY

ADVANCES IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

Series Editor: Brian S. Silverman

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ADVANCES IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT VOLUME 36

GEOGRAPHY, LOCATION, AND STRATEGY

EDITED BY

JUAN ALCÁCER

Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA

BRUCE KOGUT

Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

CATHERINE THOMAS

London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

BERNARD YIN YEUNG

National University of Singapore, Singapore

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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Juan AlcácerHarvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA
Laura AlfaroHarvard Business School and NBER, Boston, MA, USA
Pino G. AudiaTuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
René BelderbosKU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Maastricht University and UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Heather BerryGeorge Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Karin BeukelUniversity of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kjell Carlssonathenahealth, Inc., Watertown, MA, USA
Bruno CassimanIESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Giada Di StefanoHEC Paris, Paris, France
Mazhar IslamTulane University, Freeman School of Business, New Orleans, LA, USA
Andrew A. KingTuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
Bruce KogutColumbia University, New York, NY, USA
Hyeog Ug KwonCollege of Economics, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
Xiaoyang LiShanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
Shinya SuzukiMusashi University, Tokyo, Japan
Katalin SzemerediLondon School of Economics, and the Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK
Catherine ThomasLondon School of Economics, the Centre for Economic Performance, and CEPR, London, UK
Gianmario VeronaDepartment of Management and Technology, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Fiona Kun YaoLondon School of Economics, and the Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK
Bernard YeungNational University of Singapore, University Town, Singapore
Minyuan ZhaoThe Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Yue Maggie ZhouUniversity of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, MI, USA