RESEARCH

For an overview, see my Academic CV or Google Scholar.

Most of my research tackles the question of how to better understand, navigate, and leverage relationships. I examine with whom one should (not) partner, what derails successful collaborations, or how to overcome conflict in relationships.

• Clough & Piezunka (2020) “Tie Dissolution in Market Networks: A Theory of Vicarious Performance Feedback” Administrative Science Quarterly Vol. 65(4), 927 - 1017 [Journal, PDF] Video on evaluating suppliers🔗

• Li & Piezunka (2019) “The Uniplex Third: Enabling Single-Domain Role Transitions in Multiplex Relationships” Administrative Science Quarterly Vol. 65(2), 314 - 358 [Journal, PDF] Blogpost by Henrich Greve🔗, Interview on ASQ Blog🔗, Article on INSEAD Knowledge🔗, Article on LSE Business Review🔗, Video on Succession🔗

• Piezunka, Lee, Haynes & Bothner (2018) “Escalation of Competition into Conflict in Competitive Networks of Formula One Drivers”
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science [Journal, PDF] Article on INSEAD Knowledge🔗, Article on Harvard Business Review🔗, Blogpost by Henrich Greve🔗

• Katila, Piezunka, Reineke & Eisenhardt (2022)“Big Fish vs. Big Pond? Entrepreneurs, Established Firms, and Antecedents of Tie Formation” Academy of Management Journal [Journal, PDF] Vol. 65(2), 427 - 452 Video summary🔗

I am best known for my research on organizations tapping into the knowledge of their employees and their users. Specifically, I have studied how organizations (crowd)source ideas.

• Park, Piezunka & Dahlander (2023) “Co-evolutionary lock-in in crowdsourcing: How consistent selection reduces sourcing variety” [Journal, PDF] Academy of Management Journal

• Piezunka & Dahlander (2019) “Idea Rejected, Tie Formed - Organizations’ Feedback on Crowdsourced Ideas” [Journal, PDF] Academy of Management Journal Vol. 62(2), 503 - 530 Article on INSEAD Knowledge🔗, Source code🔗, Video summarizing the paper🔗, Podcast on Rejection🔗

• Piezunka & Dahlander (2015) “Distant Search, Narrow Attention: How Crowding Alters Organizations’ Filtering of Suggestions in Crowdsourcing” [Journal, PDF] Academy of Management Journal Vol. 58(3) 856 - 880 Video summarizing the paper🔗, Blog post by Henrich Greve🔗, Article on INSEAD Knowledge🔗, Video on Crowdsourcing🔗, Source code🔗

• Piezunka & Dahlander (2014) “Open to Suggestions: How Organizations Elicit Suggestions Through Proactive and Reactive Attention” [Journal, PDF] Research Policy Vol. 43(5), 812 - 827 Article on Harvard Business Review🔗, Article on INSEAD Knowledge🔗

Organizations need to make important decisions under uncertainty: they pick between alternative strategies, they decide whom to hire, or whom to promote. My research examines how organizations make - and how they should make - such decisions.

• Piezunka & Schilke (2023) “The Dual Function of Organizational Structure: Aggregating and Shaping Individuals’ Votes” [Journal, PDF] Organization Science

• Piezunka, Aggarwal & Posen (2022) “The Aggregation Learning Trade-Off” [Journal, PDF] Organization Science Vol. 33(3) 1095 - 1115 Video explaining the core concept learning by participating 🔗, Video on contrarians🔗

• Klapper, Piezunka & Dahlander (2023) “Peer Evaluations - Evaluating and Being Evaluated” Organization Science [Journal]

It is not by accident that a lot of my research is on sports. I care about competition. I examine how people and firms compete successfully.

• Gaessler & Piezunka, (2023) “Training with AI – Evidence from Chess Computers” [Journal, PDF] Strategic Management Journal

• Piezunka & Grohsjean, (2023) “Collaborations that Hurt Firm Performance but Help Employees’ Careers” [Journal, PDF] Strategic Management Journal

• Katila, Chen & Piezunka (2012) “All the Right Moves: How Entrepreneurs Compete Effectively in New and Old Markets” [Journal, PDF] Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Vol. 6, 116 - 132 Article on INSEAD Knowledge🔗

While my research helps to establish general insights, I am fond of the empirical contexts of my research. Most notably, (1) startups and tech companies, (2) family businesses, and (3) sports (e.g., Formula 1, soccer, and chess).