Research Areas
The Organizational Economics of Corporate Strategy; Entry; Learning
Current Projects
Age Effects in Hedge Fund Product Diversification; “Entrepreneurial Spawning: Evidence from Hedge Funds; Learning Effects in Liver Transplants.”
Education
PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2007; MBA, University of Chicago, 1998; BA, Michigan State University, 1993
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Business Policy and Strategy Division Glueck Best Paper Award Academy of Management conference, 2008; Business Policy and Strategy Dissertation Award finalist, Academy of Management conference, 2008; Best Strategy Paper Award, European Academy of Management conference, 2007; Ewing Marion Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship, 2006; Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley, 2005
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2007-present
Other Positions
Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group, 1998-2002; Analyst, Deloitte Consulting, 1994-1996;
Senior Assistant, Deloitte & Touche, 1992-1994