John R. Kimberly Faculty Profile

John R. Kimberly
Henry Bower Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies; Professor of Management, Health Care Systems, and Sociology
Executive Director, Wharton/INSEAD Alliance

PhD, Cornell University, 1970; MS, Cornell University, 1967; BA, Yale University, 1964

Research Areas
Organizational design; organizational change; institutional creation; health policy; managerial innovation

Recent Consulting
Organizational consultant, several organizations in the public and private sectors; Directorate for Science, Technology, and Industry, and Directorate for Scientific Affairs, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France; Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress; Association of American Medical Colleges, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Science

Current Projects
Innovation across national borders. Competition and collaboration among health care organizations in local markets. Organizational identity and its consequences. Structure and mobility of managerial elites. Competition and change in business education. The business of addiction treatment.

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1982-present (named Henry Bower Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, 1989; Chairperson, Management Department, 1986-89). Previous appointments: Yale University; University of Illinois; Cornell University. Visiting appointments: Ecole Polytechnique, France; University of Paris-Dauphine; Ecole Superieure en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC), Paris; Novartis Professor of Healthcare Management, INSEAD

Professional Leadership 2003-2007
Editorial Board, British Journal of Management, 1990-present; Editorial Board, M@n@gement, 1998-2006; American Journal of Medical Quality, 2005-present; International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 2007-present

Corporate and Public Sector Leadership 2003-2007
Board Member, Chestnut Hill Healthcare Foundation; Board Member, St. Regis Foundation; Board Member OESO Foundation; Board Member, Arto Monaco Historical Society

Representative Publications
(with G. de Pouvourville)
The Migration of Managerial Innovation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.

(with E. Minvielle)
The Quality Imperative: Measurement and Management of Quality in Health. London: Imperial College Press, 2000.

(with H. Bouchikhi)
"The Dynamics of Organizational Development and Change." Organization Science (1995).

(with H. Bouchikhi)
“Built to fail? Escaping the identity trap.” Sloan Management Review (2002).

(with R. Corredoira)
“Industrial Evolution Through Consolidation: Implications for Addiction Treatment.” Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (2006).

(with C. Rye)
“The Adoption of Innovations by Provider Organizations in Health Care.” Medical Care Research and Review (2007).