Heather Berry Faculty Profile

Heather Berry
Assistant Professor of Management

PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001; MSc, University of Edinburgh, Scotland 1991; BA McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1989

Research Areas
Global strategy, foreign direct investment, trade policy, and competitiveness

Current Projects
Analyzing how multinational firms develop their intangible assets in foreign markets; Comparing how US and Japanese MNEs develop and exploit their intangible assets in foreign markets; Exploring the impact of geographic and product diversification on firm performance.

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2000-present

Other Positions
Ways and Means Committee Associate, U.S. Congress, 1994-1995; Research Associate, U.S. Congress, 1992-1994; Policy Analyst, U.S. Department of Labor, 1989-1990

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
The Barry Richman Best Dissertation Award, International Management Division, Academy of Management, 2002; Richard Farmer Award for Best Dissertaion in International Business, Academy of International Business, 2001; Finalist (1 of 4), The Free Press Doctoral Dissertation Award, Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of Management, 2001

Representative Publications
"Leaders, Laggards and the Pursuit of Foreign Knowledge." Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management, (2003).

"Do Foreign Assets Harm Stock Prices? A Comparison of the Effects of Multinationality on US and Japanese Firm Values." Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management (2001).

(with M. Sakakibara)
"Resource Accumulation and Overseas Expansion by Japanese Multinationals: An Empirical Analysis of the Internalization Theory."