Research Areas
Impact of political hazards on international investment strategy; analyzes(1) the political and economic determinants of substantive changes in government policy; government attempts to redistribute investor returns to the broader polity; (2) the strategic responses by organizations to such policy changes; (3) the determinants of the success of these strategic responses; large capital intensive investments with a high degree of political salience often in emerging market settings
Current Projects
Predicting disputes between investors and host country governments in electricity generation and wireless telecommunications services; performance of wireless carriers as a function of regulatory and market structures; predicting trade liberalizations; examining the political risk management strategies of firms in the energy industry.
Representative Publications
(with E. Mansfield)
“Votes and Vetoes: The Political Determinants of Commercial Openness.” International Studies Quarterly 50.1 (2006).
(with B. Zelner and M. Guillén)
“The Worldwide Diffusion of Market-Oriented Infrastructure Reform” American Sociological Review 70.6 (2005).
(with B. Zelner)
“Legitimacy, Interest Group Pressures and Change in Emergent Institutions: The Case of Foreign Investors and Host Country Governments”, Academy of Management Review 30.2 (2005).
(with J. Macher)
“Firm- and Country-Level Tradeoffs and Contingencies in the Evaluation of Foreign Investment: The Semiconductor Industry, 1994-2002.” Organization Science 15.6 (2004).
(with A. Delios)
"Political Hazards, Experience and Sequential Entry Strategies: The International Expansion of Japanese Firms, 1980-1998." Strategic Management Journal 24.12 (2003).
(with A. Delios)
"Uncertainty, Imitation and Plant Location: Japanese Multinational Corporations, 1990-96." Administrative Science Quarterly 46.3 (2001).
"The Institutional Environment for Multinational Investment." Journal of Law Economics and Organization 16.2 (2000).
Education
PhD, University of California at Berkeley, 1998; MA, Johns Hopkins University, 1993; BA, Stanford University, 1991
Recent Consulting
Principal, Political Risk Identification and Management, LLC.
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Finalist, Aspen Institute’s 2006 Faculty Pioneer Award. Bronze Prize ($10,000) in International Finance Corporation/Financial Times 2006 Essay Competition on Topic of “Business and Development: The Private Path to Prosperity.”; Excellence in Teaching Award, Wharton Undergraduate Division, 2007; Faculty teaching award (electives), MBA for Executives Program, Class 31East, 2007 and 28East, 2004; Finalist, Haynes Prize for Best Paper by a scholar under the age of 40, 2005 & 2002 Academy of International Business Annual Conference; Finalist, Best Overall Paper at 2002 Academy of International Business Annual Conference; Richard N. Farmer Award for best dissertation in International Business, Academy of International Business, 1999; Finalist, The Free Press Doctoral Dissertation Award, Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of Management, 1999
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1998-present
Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Departmental Editor, Journal of International Business Studies, 2007; Associate Editor, Economics and Politics, 2004-present; Co-Departmental Editor, Journal of International Business Studies, 2005-2007; Editorial Board, Academy of Management Journal, 2004-present; Business and Politics, 2004-present; Strategic Management Journal, 2007-present; Strategic Organization, 2005-present and Journal of International Business Studies, 1999-2005; Research Committee Member, International Management Division, Academy of Management, 2003; Consortium Co-Chair, Junior Faculty Consortium, International Management Division, Academy of Management, 2003-2004; Consortium Chair, Doctoral Consortium, Academy of International Business, 2002
