Sheen S. Levine|Mark Bernard|Rosemarie Nagel
Strategic Intelligence: The Cognitive Capability to Anticipate Competitor Behavior
Barcelona School of Economics|Pompeu Fabra University|Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
research summary pursuing sources entrepreneurial competitive advantage researchers exploring cognition examine cognitive capabilities affect competitive performance drawing two constructs rooted psychology economics familiar one analytic skill ability solve abstract problems add strategic intelligence ability anticipate competitors behavior preempt using incentivized experiments measure constructs participants let compete cash highly competitive market although market designed eliminate advantages whether market structure strategic resources profit much others trace performance differences heterogeneity analytic skill strategic intelligence show two fuel superior performance even tough competition managerial summary entrepreneurs outperform others companies succeed tough competition certainly benefit unique resources patents others winnow competition mergers entered highly competitive markets lacking obvious resources yet managed achieve impressive success think armour walmart home depot test advantage stem managerial cognition measure two kinds cognitive skill market participants let vie cash intensely competitive markets end far profit others tracing root high performance find predicted combination analytic skills ability solve abstract problems strategic intelligenceability anticipate competitors behavior preempt copyright 2017 john wiley amp sons ltd resources article earned open data badge making publicly available digitallyshareable data necessary reproduce reported results data available httpdoiorg1017605osfiop49ya learn open practices badges center open science httpsosfiotvyxzwiki