Research Identity
I study the effects of corporate governance on a firm’s competitive behavior. My research utilizes behavioral agency mechanisms to link CEO wealth to competitive interactions between firms. I use expectancy-valence model to explain the effects of executive and firm-level contingencies of competitive aggressiveness and forbearance. My research contributes to strategic entrepreneurship by investigating the role of specialization and network effects on survival in technology-based competition, and decision-making in entrepreneurial teams. The second area of my research interest is in research methods, where I study model selection bias in event history analysis.
Dissertation
Title: Executive Compensation and Competitive Behavior of the Firm: A Behavioral Agency Perspective
My dissertation aims to link executive compensation research and competitive dynamics. Behavioral agency research explains executive compensation as a key driver of executive behavior and firm risk-taking. Building on this premise, I argue that behavioral agency research may help expand competitive dynamics research that studies how firms systematically interact with each other via competitive actions and responses that represent firms’ competitive behavior. In competitive dynamics, the effect of top executives on a firm’s competitive behavior has been studied in terms of executive cognition, TMT demographics, and some scholars have argued that CEO-TMT pay gap may also motivate executives into more aggressive rivalry. However, the link between CEO wealth, as a driver of a CEO’s risk-taking, and a firm’s competitive behavior remains less understood. I address this gap by introducing the behavioral agency mechanisms to the competitive dynamics research by examining the role of CEO wealth in the initiation of competitive wars and the competitive reaction of the rivals.
Committee:
Dr. Tianxu Chen, Associate Professor & Chair, Dr. Olga Bruyaka Collignon, Associate Professor
Dr. Abhishek Srivastava, Associate Professor and Department Chair
Dr. Hyeonsuh Lee, Assistant Professor
Dr. Gerry McNamara, Professor, Michigan State University
Papers Under Review
Tsaruk, O. (Revise & Resubmit) [title withheld for blind peer review]. 1st round R&R at Long Range Planning.
Working Papers
Tsaruk, O., Chen, T., Pan, L. When A Rival Does Not Turn the Other Cheek: Competitive Interactions Between Long Standing Rivals. In preparation for submission to Academy of Management Journal (late stage).
Tsaruk, O., Srivastava, A., Lee, H. Pitfalls of Model Selection Bias in Event History Analysis: Importance of TTT Statistics. In preparation for submission to Academy of Management Journal (late stage).
Tsaruk, O. Entrepreneurs are From Mars, Venture Capitalists are From Venus: Mind Reading Biases in Decision-Making. In preparation for submission to Decision Sciences (late stage).
Tsaruk, O., Chen, T. Executive Compensation and Competitive Behavior of the Firm: A Behavioral Agency Perspective (dissertation)
Study 1: CEO Wealth and Initiation of Competitive Wars. In preparation for submission to Academy of Management Journal.
Study 2: CEO Wealth Sensitivity and Competitive de-Escalation. In preparation for submission to Strategic Management Journal.
Tsaruk, O., Chen, T., Bruyaka, O, Fessmann, A. Rivals’ Cloud Technology Adoption and CEO Overconfidence Effect on the Focal Firm Adoption. In preparation for submission to Strategic Management Journal (Data analysis stage).
Tsaruk, O., Srivastava, A. Bathtub Hazard Curve as Theory Development and Testing Opportunity. In preparation for submission to Organizational Research Methods
Other Research Outcomes
(a) Refereed Journal Articles Published
Tsaruk, O., Korniiets, M. (2020). Hybrid Nature of Modern Threats for Cybersecurity and Information Security. Smart Cities and Regional Development (SCRD) Journal 4(1), p. 57-78
Tsaruk, O. (2015) E-Invoicing in E.U. Public Procurement as a Tool of Cross-Border Trade Barriers Elimination in Ukraine. Eastern European Journal of Regional Studies, 1 (2), p. 5-10
(b) Book Chapters
Tsaruk, O. (2018) Evaluation of the Ukrainian Internet Governance Eco-System as a Key Element for Inter-stakeholder Strategic Communication. Grasping the Virtual: (Geo)politics, Economics and Privacy in a Digital Era. College of Europe, Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy, 2018, College of Europe, Warsaw, Poland, p. 48-57
(c) Conference Presentations and Proceedings
Tsaruk, O., Srivastava, A. (2023) Pitfalls of Discrepancy in a Time-to-Event Analysis and the Value of TTT Tests for Model Selection. Academy of Management Proceedings 2023 (1)
Tsaruk, O., Srivastava, A. (2023) Extending Survival Analysis in Organizational Research with Hazard Shape Analysis. 2023 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference
Tsaruk, O. (2023) Entrepreneurs Are From Mars, Venture Capitalists Are From Venus: Cross-Gender Mind Reading Biases in Decision-Making. 2023 Australian Center for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Conference
Tsaruk, O. (2022) Entrepreneurs Are From Mars, Venture Capitalists Are From Venus: Gender Biases in Decision-Making. Academy of Management Proceedings 2022 (1), 13516
Tsaruk, O., Srivastava, A. (2022) Extending Boundaries of Time-To-Event Analysis with Bathtub Curve And TTT Statistics. Academy of Management Proceedings 2022 (1), 14944
Tsaruk, O. (2022) In the Moment of Weakness: Why and When CEO Dismissal Instigates Competitive Attacks. Academic Career Development Conference 2022
Tsaruk, O. (2021) The Emperor’s New Clothes: Competitive Dynamics Between Complementors and Platform Owner For Technology Survival. 2021 Strategic Management Society Annual Conference
Tsaruk, O. Srivastava, A. (2021). When Shape of Distribution Matters: Repercussions of Varying Hazard Rates on Robustness of Time-to-Event Analysis. 2021 Meeting of the Southern Management Association
Tsaruk, O. (2020). Changing Our Attitude About Errors in Decision-Making in R&D Teams. 2020 Midwest Academy of Management Conference
Tsaruk, O. (2020). Congruence and Strategic Ambidexterity Between Stakeholders, Strategies, and Business Models: Why Stakeholders Want Impossible From the Firm? 2020 Midwest Academy of Management Conference
Tsaruk, O. (2020). Reputation Complementarity Price Premium Effect in Platform-Based Markets: Conceptualizing Reputation Intra-Level Gap. 2020 Midwest Academy of Management Conference
Tsaruk, O. (2019). Cyber Transformation Strategy Pathfinder: Threats and Opportunities Embedded in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Proceedings of the 1st International Economic Forum Economics. Finance. Business. Management. 1st ed., vol. 1, p. 152
(d) Patents
Tsaruk et al. (2023) Method of quick connection of PSTN modems and PSTN modem with fast connection according to such method. U.S. patent #11736621 (Publication date 2023/8/22); WIPO PCT application WO2021183091A1; Patent UA A202001777