Lawrence G. Hrebiniak Faculty Profile

Lawrence G. Hrebiniak
Associate Professor of Management

PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1971; MBA, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1968; AB, Cornell University, 1964

Research Areas
Strategy implementation; organizational structure and design; strategy formulation; organizational adaptation

Recent Consulting
Strategy implementation, strategy formulation, organizational design, and corporate restructuring. Clients have included Johnson & Johnson, AT&T, Mars, Inc., Chemical Bank, Isuzu (Japan), Weyerhaeuser, Dunn & Bradstreet, General Motors (U.S. Brazil, Japan, Venezuela), Chase Manhattan, Studio Ambrosetti (Italy), Squibb, Management Centre (Europe), Microsoft, Philips (Netherelands), Deutsche Post (Germany) and General Electric

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1976-present. Previous appointment: Pennsylvania State University

Other Positions
Strategic Management Commentator, Financial News Network (FNN), 1988-91; District Field Manager, Business Management Representative and Sales Planning Analyst, Ford Motor Company, 1964-68

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Miller-Sherrerd MBA Core Curriculum Teaching Award, 1993, 1995, 1996

Representative Publications
"Organizational Adaptation: Strategic Choice and Environmental Determinism." Administrative Science Quarterly 30.3 (September 1985).

"Implementing Global Strategies." European Management Journal 10 (December 1992).

"Implementing Strategy: An Appraisal and Agenda for Future Research." Blackwell Publishing (2001).

Making Strategy Work Wharton School Publishing, 2005

"Obstacles to Effective Strategy Implementation." Organizational Dynamics 35 (March 2006).