ABRI Lunch Seminar Andreas König 13 November 2024 13:00 - 14:00

We are happy to invite you to the ABRI Lunch Seminar It’s All About… Us? – How CEO Narcissism Shapes Business Ecosystems by prof. Andreas König (Chaired Professor of Strategic Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Passau, Germany) organized by ABRI and the Management & Organization Department.

The seminar will take place on Wednesday, November 13th, from 13:00 to 14:00 (room NU-4A67). You can find more information below.

This is a lunch seminar; please register your attendance by accepting/declining your emailed invitation by Friday, November 8th, at 10 AM at the latest (for catering).

Abstract

We conceptualize how CEO narcissism shapes business ecosystems. Moving beyond the prevalent intra-organizational focus of extant upper echelons research, we propose that CEO narcissism influences the ecosystem not only through the actions of the ecosystem-orchestrating CEO, but also through the behaviors of affiliate firms’ CEOs and the inter-organizational interactions that stem from their respective narcissism levels. Specifically, we contend that (1) the narcissism of the ecosystem-orchestrating CEO triggers greater ecosystem salience and ecosystem consolidation; (2) this heightened salience and consolidation, in turn, attract greater participation from, and are reinforced by, affiliate firms led by highly-narcissistic CEOs; and (3) ultimately, the ecosystem salience and consolidation induced by CEO narcissism foster ecosystem growth but undermine value co-creation within the ecosystem.

Starting date

13 November 2024

Time

13:00 - 14:00

Location

VU Campus

Organised by

ABRI and the Management & Organization Department

Language

English

Andreas König is Chaired Professor of Strategic Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship and Deputy Spokesperson of the German Research Foundation (DFG) Research Training Group "Digital Platform Ecosystems" at the University of Passau. He is also a member of the visiting faculties at the Leipzig Graduate School of Management, ESMT Berlin, and VU Amsterdam, and a former Representative-at-Large of the Strategic Leadership and Governance Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society. His research focuses on discontinuous organizational transformation, strategic leadership, and executive communication. His work has appeared, for example, in Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Research Policy, Journal of World Business, and MIT Sloan Management Review. He has received numerous Best Paper Awards from the STR Division of the Academy of Management, the Cooperative Strategy IG of the Strategic Management Society, the Strategic Management IG of the European Academy of Management, and the German Academic Association for Business Research. His work is significantly influenced by his unique diverse experiences, particularly as a professional musician (he holds a Master of Music in trumpet performance from the Royal Academy of Music, London) prior to entering the field of business studies.

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