BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam//NONSGML v1.0//EN NAME:ABRI Lunch Seminar Amber Geurts METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260317T120000 DTEND:20260317T130000 DTSTAMP:20260317T120000 UID:abri-lunch-seminar-amber-geurt@8F96275E-9F55-4B3F-A143-836282E12573 CREATED:20260924T223403 LOCATION:VU Main Building, 1105, De Boelelaan, 1081 HV, Amsterdam SUMMARY:ABRI Lunch Seminar Amber Geurts X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

We are happy to invi te you to the ABRI Lunch Seminar Getting a grip on Control Points: Re thinking strategic management in an era of intensifying geopolitical and -economic competition by Dr. Amber Geurts (TNO Vector, Center for Societal Innovation and Strategy, NL) organized by ABRI and the KIN Center for Digital Innovation.

The seminar will take place on Tuesday, March 17th, from 12:00 to 13:00 (HG-8A37). The same semi nar on Tuesday February 17 has been cancelled.  

This is a lunch seminar; please register your attendance by accepting/declini ng your emailed invitation by Friday, March 13th, at 10 AM  at t he latest (for catering).

Abstract
A natio n’s competitiveness strongly depends on its industry and firms to i nnovate and improve. Nevertheless, the geopolitical dimension of comp etitive advantage has been far less visible in strategic management a nd innovation studies literature. In the last few years, however, int ensifying geopolitical and geo-economic competition have triggered de bates among national governments how they can preserve their ability to act strategically and autonomously (i.e. strategic autonomy) and p roduce and use technological knowledge (i.e. technological sovereignt y). Against this background, we aim to further the debate by introduc ing the concept of ‘control points’ - or unique and valuable firm activities for a state’s capacity to act, upon which others in the geopolitical context are dependent. Control points, we argue, thus m ix firm-level strategic management concerns with state-level policy c oncerns. As such, control points not only include classical competiti veness characteristics such as a unique or leading position and a cer tain degree of dependency. Rather, they also concern an element of po sitioning from a geopolitical and geo-economic point of view to susta in competitiveness in times of open strategic autonomy and technologi cal sovereignty. In this theoretical paper, we conceptualize the conc ept and its implications further, and provide future research avenues in line with our conceptual approach.

DESCRIPTION: We are happy to invite you to the ABRI Lunch Seminar Gett ing a grip on Control Points: Rethinking strategic management in an e ra of intensifying geopolitical and -economic competition by Dr. Ambe r Geurts (TNO Vector, Center for Societal Innovation and Strategy, NL ) organized by ABRI and the KIN Center for Digital Innovation. The se minar will take place on Tuesday, March 17th, from 12:00 to 13:00 (HG -8A37). The same seminar on Tuesday February 17 has been cancelled. & nbsp;

This is a lunch seminar; please register your attendance by accepting/declining your emailed invitation by Friday, March 13th , at 10 AM  at the latest (for catering).

Abstrac t
A nation’s competitiveness strongly depends on its in dustry and firms to innovate and improve. Nevertheless, the geopoliti cal dimension of competitive advantage has been far less visible in s trategic management and innovation studies literature. In the last fe w years, however, intensifying geopolitical and geo-economic competit ion have triggered debates among national governments how they can pr eserve their ability to act strategically and autonomously (i.e. stra tegic autonomy) and produce and use technological knowledge (i.e. tec hnological sovereignty). Against this background, we aim to further t he debate by introducing the concept of ‘control points’ - or uni que and valuable firm activities for a state’s capacity to act, upo n which others in the geopolitical context are dependent. Control poi nts, we argue, thus mix firm-level strategic management concerns with state-level policy concerns. As such, control points not only includ e classical competitiveness characteristics such as a unique or leadi ng position and a certain degree of dependency. Rather, they also con cern an element of positioning from a geopolitical and geo-economic p oint of view to sustain competitiveness in times of open strategic au tonomy and technological sovereignty. In this theoretical paper, we c onceptualize the concept and its implications further, and provide fu ture research avenues in line with our conceptual approach. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR