Research Areas
Technological and organizational evolution; innovation diffusion; learning in interorganizational networks
Current Projects
Understanding how networks of technical professionals and firms shape technological evolution: Evaluating the strategic value of alliances and hiring from competitors for knowledge acquisition in the semiconductor industry; tracking connections between technical committee activity, director/officer interlocks and alliances in the cellular industry; exploring how and when social capital of individuals accrues to firms.
Representative Publications
(with G. Dokko)
“Mobility of Technical Professionals and Firm Influence in Wireless Standards Committees.” Organization Science (forthcoming).
(with R. Corredoira)
“Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot: The Reverse Transfer of Knowledge through Mobility Ties.” Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming).
(with G. Padula)
“Investigating the Microstructure of Network Evolution: Alliance Formation in the Mobile Communications Industry.” Organization Science (2008).
(with D. Lavie)
“Balancing Exploration and Exploitation in Alliance Formation.” Academy of Management Journal 49:797-818 (2006).
(with P. Almeida)
”Overcoming Local Search through Alliances and Mobility.” Management Science 49:751-766 (2003).
(with A. Metiu and V. George)
"From the Bottom Up? Technical Committee Activity and Alliance Formation." Administrative Science Quarterly 46:748-772 (2001).
(with A. Nerkar)
"Beyond Local Search: Boundary-Spanning, Exploration, and Impact In the Optical Disc Industry." Strategic Management Journal (2001).
Education
PhD, Columbia University, 1994; MS, Stanford University, 1986; BS, Cornell University, 1984
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Best Management Paper Award, SDA/Bocconi, 2007; David W. Hauck Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2006; Excellence in Teaching Award, 2006; Best Paper Award, Technology and Innovation Management Division of Administrative Sciences Association of Canada / International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management, 2000; Best Paper Award, Organization and Management Theory Division of the Academy of Management, 1990
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1993-present
Other Positions
Systems Engineer, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1985-88; Industrial Engineer, Eastman Kodak Company, 1982-85
Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Past Division Chair, Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of the Academy of Management (AoM), 2008-09; Division chair and Division Chair-Elect, TIM Division of the AoM, 2006-2008; Program Chair and Program Chair-Elect, TIM Division of the AoM, 2004-06; Senior Editor, Organization Science, 2008-present; Editorial Board, Organization Science, 2004-2008; Editorial Board, Academy of Management Review, 2002-05; Editorial Board, Strategic Organization, 2001-present; Representative at large, Organization and Management Theory Division of the Academy of Management, 1999-2002
Corporate and Public Sector Leadership 2005-2009
Board Member, The Caring Center, 1998-2002
