Harbir Singh Faculty Profile

Harbir Singh
The Mack Professor; Professor of Management
Acting Chairperson, Management Department
Co-Director, Mack Center for Technological Innovation

PhD, University of Michigan, 1984; MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 1978; BTech, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 1975

Research Areas
Strategies for corporate acquisitions; Corporate governance; joint ventures; management buyouts; corporate restructuring

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1984-present (Acting Chairperson, Management Department, 2007-present; named the Mack Professor, 2005; Co-Director, Mack Center for Technological Innovation, 2001-present; Chairperson, Management Department, 1999-2001; named Edward H. Bowman Professor of Management, 1999-2005).

Other Positions
Sales Management, Madura Coats, Ltd., 1978-79; Sales Officer, Philips India, Ltd., 1975-76

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

Professional Leadership 2003-2007
Editorial Board, Strategic Management Journal, 1989-present; Editorial Board, Academy of Management Review, 1993-present

Representative Publications
(with P. Puranam and M. Zollo)
"Organizing for Innovation: Managing the Coordination-Autonomy Dilemma In Technology Acquisitions." Academy of Management Journal 49:2 (2006).

(with P. Kale and J. Dyer)
"Alliance Capability, Stock Market Response and Long-Term Alliance Success: The Role of the Alliance Function." Strategic Management Journal 23:8 (2002).

(with R. Gulati)
"The Architecture of Cooperation: Coordination Costs and the Governance of Strategic Alliances." Administrative Science Quarterly (1999).