Lori Rosenkopf Faculty Profile

Lori Rosenkopf
Associate Professor of Management

PhD, Columbia University, 1994; MS, Stanford University, 1986; BS, Cornell University, 1984

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.

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1993-present

Other Positions
Systems Engineer, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1985-88; Industrial Engineer, Eastman Kodak Company, 1982-85

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
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

Professional Leadership 2003-2007
Program Chair and Program Chair-Elect, Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management, 2004-06; Editorial Board, Organization Science, 2004-present; 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 2003-2007
Board Member, The Caring Center, 1998-2002

Representative Publications
(with D. Lavie)
“Balancing Exploration and Exploitation in Alliance Formation.” Academy of Management Journal (Forthcoming).

(with P. Almeida)
”Overcoming Local Search through Alliances and Mobility.” Management Science 49:751-766 (June 2003).

(with A. Metiu and V. George)
"From the Bottom Up? Technical Committee Activity and Alliance Formation." Administrative Science Quarterly 46:748-772 (December 2001).

(with A. Nerkar)
"Beyond Local Search: Boundary-Spanning, Exploration, and Impact In the Optical Disc Industry." Strategic Management Journal (April 2001).

"Managing Dynamic Knowledge Networks." Wharton on Managing Emerging Technologies G. Day and P. Schoemaker, eds., New York: John Wiley, 2000.