Organizations and Entrepreneurship Area Director … 2017 Vita JOHN E. PRESCOTT Thomas O’Brien...

May, 2017

Vita

JOHN E. PRESCOTT Thomas O’Brien Chair of Strategy

Organizations and Entrepreneurship Area Director

Office: Residence:

Katz Graduate School of Business 122 Wilmar Drive

246 Mervis Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15238

University of Pittsburgh (412) 996-2032

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

(412) 648-1573

FAX: (412) 648-1693

E-mail: [email protected] http://www.business.pitt.edu/faculty/prescott.html

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. - 1983 The Pennsylvania State University

Major: Strategic Management

Minors: Economics and Quantitative Business Analysis

M.S. - 1978 Stevens Institute of Technology

Concentration: Industrial/Organizational Psychology

B.A. - 1976 Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Major: Psychology - Concentration: Personnel Management

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

September 2004 – present Thomas O’Brien Chair of Strategy

Director, Doctoral Program (2005 – 2009)

September 1994-present: Professor of Business Administration

University of Pittsburgh

September 1989-August 1994: Associate Professor of Business Administration


January 1982-August 1989: Instructor, then Assistant Professor of Business Administration


September 1978-December 1981: Teaching and Research Assistant

The Pennsylvania State University

February 1978-September 1978: Consultant

American Telephone and Telegraph

January 1977-February 1978: Research Associate

Center for Municipal Studies and Services

Hoboken, New Jersey

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.business.pitt.edu/faculty/prescott.html

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DISSERTATION:

“Competitive Environments, Strategic Types, and Business Performance: An Empirical Analysis,” The

Pennsylvania State University, 1983

PUBLICATIONS:

Referred Journal Articles: (Google citation count 9122 as of May 14, 2017)

1. Flow Signals: Evidence from patent and alliance portfolios in the US biopharmaceutical

Industry (with Olga Bruyaka and Turanay Caner) Journal of Management Studies, 2017

2. The Alliance Experience Transfer Effect: the case of convergence in the

telecommunication Industry (with Sean Tsu-Hsiang Hsu) British Journal of Management,

2016

3. Lost in your neighbor’s yard or lost in translation: Protecting and leveraging MNC

subsidiary technology sourcing (with Sean Tsu-Hsiang Hsu and Akie Iriyama) Journal of

International Management, 2016, 22 (1), 84-99

4. Retail Capability Systems (with Efua Obeng, John Hulland, Robert Gilbert, James

Maxham AMS Review – 2015 5 (3-4) 103-122.

5. When a firm's centrality in R&D alliance network is (not) the answer for invention:

The interaction of centrality, absorptive and desorptive capacity (with Turanay Caner and

Jing Sun) Journal of Engineering and Technology Management – July – September,

2014, 33, 193-209

6. "Frequency and Directional Reversal of Equity Ownership Change in International Joint

Ventures," (with Akie Iriyama and Weilei Shi) Asia Pacific Journal of Management

March 2014, Volume 31, 1, pp 215-243

7. Rhythm and Synchronization of Acquisition and Alliance Behavior: An Entrainment View

(with WeiLei Shi) – Organization Studies, 2012, 33, 10, 1281 – 1310.

8. A Temporal Perspective of Merger & Acquisition and Strategic Alliance Initiatives:

Review and Future Research Directions (with WeiLei (Stone) Shi and Jing Sun) Journal

of Management, 2012, 38, 1,

9. Sequence patterns of firms’ acquisition and alliance behavior and their performance

implications (with WeiLei (Stone) Shi) Journal of Management Studies, 2011

10. Ambidextrous organizations and firm performance: the role of marketing function

implementation (with Matt Sarkees and John Hulland) Journal of Strategic Marketing,

Vol. 18, No. 2, April 2010, 163-182


11. The strategic role of the board: the impact of board structure on top management team

strategic action capabilities (with Michael Burns and Bongjin Kim) Corporate

Governance: An International Review – 17, 6, 728-743, 2009

12. Designing Alliance Networks: The influence of network position, environmental change

and strategy on firm performance– (with Balaji Koka) Strategic Management Journal, 29,

6, 639-661, 2008

13. "An exploratory comparative study on competitive intelligence of Korean and American

companies" 2006 (with Kwangsoo Kim and Ravi Madhavan) Korean International

Business Review, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp.153-169

14. "The Evolution of Interfirm Networks: Environmental Effects on Patterns of Network

Change" (with Balaji Koka and Ravi Madhavan) Academy of Management Review, 31,

3, 2006

15. “Differentiated governance of foreign subsidiaries in transnational corporations:

An agency theory perspective” (with Bongjin Kim and Sun Min Kim) Journal of

International Management, volume 11, 1, March 2005, 43-66

16. “Forms of Deregulation, Variations in Speed of Governance Adaptation and

Performance” (with Bongjin Kim) Academy of Management Review, 30, 2, April, 2005,

414-425

17. “The Global Acquistion, Leverage and Protection of Technological Capabilities” (with

Susan McEvily and Kathleen Eisenhardt) Strategic Management Journal, July 2004.

18. “The Global Integration of Business Functions: A Study of Multinational Business Units

in Global Industries,” (with Kwangsoo Kim and Jong-Hun Park). Journal of International

Business Studies. 2003, 34, 4, 327 – 344. (An earlier version was the 1999 Winner of

the Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award)

19. “Strategic Alliances as Social Capital” (with Balaji Koka) Strategic Management Journal,

23, 9, 795-816, 2002

20. “Contagion Influence on Trade and Investment Policy: A Network Perspective” (with

Balaji Koka and Ravi Madhavan), Journal of International Business Studies, (30, 1,

1999).

21. “Competitive Intelligence: Designing a Process for Action,” APMP Professional Journal,

(1999).

22. “A Manager’s Guide to the Ethics of Competitive Intelligence,” Ethics in Economics,

(1999)

23. “Small Business Solutions: Building and Leveraging a Competitive Intelligence

Capability Without Going Broke” (with Cynthia E. Miree), Journal of Small Business

Strategy, (Fall/Winter 1998).


24. “Networks in Transition: How Industry Events (re)Shape Interfirm Relationships” (with

Ravi Madhavan and Balaji Koka), Strategic Management Journal, May 1998.

25. “Parallel Competitive Intelligence Processes in Organizations” (with Patrick Gibbons),

The International Journal of Technology Management, 1996

26. “Market Value Impact of Joint Ventures: The Effect of Industry Information Processing

Load” (with Ravi Madhavan), Academy of Management Journal, June 1995

27. “Antecedents and Consequences of Project Team Cross-Functional Cooperation” (with

Mary Beth Pinto and Jeffrey Pinto), Management Science, October 1993.

28. “Towards an Objective Classification Scheme for Organizational Task Environments”

(with Abdul Rasheed), British Journal of Management, 3, 197-206, 1992

29. “Europe 1992: A New Dimension for Competitive Intelligence” (with Patrick Gibbons), The

Journal of Business Strategy. November-December 1991.

30. “Planning and Tactical Factors in the Project Implementation Process” (with Jeffrey K.Pinto),

Journal of Management Studies, May 1990.

31. “The Effects of Technological Sophistication on Strategic Profiles, Structure and Firm

Performance” (with Jeffrey G. Covin and Dennis P. Slevin), Journal of Management Studies

(November 1990).

32. “Determinants of Top Management Compensation: Explaining the Impact of Economic,

Behavioral and Strategic Constructs and the Moderating Effects of Industry” (with Nandini

Rajagopalan), Journal of Management vol. 16, 3, 503-526, 1990.

33. “The Market Share-Profitability Relationship: Testing Temporal Stability Across Business

Cycles” (with N. Venkatraman), Journal of Management vol. 16, 4, 1990.

34. “Environment-Strategy Coalignment: An Empirical Test of Its Performance Implications” (with

N. Venkatraman), Strategic Management Journal January-February 1990

35. “Strategies, Styles, and Structures of Small Product Innovative Firms in High and Low

Technology Industries” (with Jeffrey G. Covin), Journal of High Technology Management

Research, Vol. 1, 1, 1990

36. “The Largest Survey of “Leading-Edge” Competitor Intelligence Managers” (with Daniel C.

Smith), Planning Review, Vol. 17, 3, pp. 6-13, May-June 1989. (Reprinted in From Vision to

Reality, 1989 Proceedings of the Planning Forum International Conference)

37. “Variations in Critical Success Factors Over the Stages in the Project Life Cycle” (with

Jeffrey K. Pinto), Journal of Management, Vol. 14, 1, pp. 5-18, 1988.


38. “A Manager’s Guide for Evaluating Competitive Analysis Techniques” (with John H.

Grant), Interfaces, May-June 1988. Reprinted in Strategic Management Practice: Readings in

Strategic Management by John Pearce II and Richard Robinson, Jr. Irwin: Boston 1991.

39. “De-Mystifying Competitive Analysis” (with Daniel C. Smith), Planning Review,

September-October 1987.

40. “A Project-Based Approach to Competitive Analysis” (with Daniel C. Smith), Strategic

Management Journal, September-October 1987 Reprinted in I.E.E.E. Engineering

Management Review, June 1988, 16, 2, pp. 25-37

41. “Couple Competitive Analysis to Sales Force Decisions” (with Daniel C. Smith), Industrial

Marketing Management, February 1987.

42. “Environment as a Moderator of the Strategy-Performance Relationship,” Academy of

Management Journal, June 1986.

43. “The Market Share-Profitability Relationship: An Empirical Assessment of Major Assertions

and Contradictions” (with Ajay Kohli and N. Venkatraman), Strategic Management Journal,

July-August 1986

Books:

44. Establishing A World-Class Competitive intelligence Function: Workbook. (with Alessandro

Comai) EMECOM Ediciones, (April 2007)

45. Competitive Intelligence: A Guide for Your Journey to Best-Practice Processes. (with Farida

Hasanali, Paige Leavitt and Darcy Lemons) APQC (March 2004)

46. Proven Strategies in Competitive Intelligence: Lessons from the Trenches (John E. Prescott

and Steve Miller, editors), New York: John Wiley & Sons (April 2001). Translated into

Chinese, Korean, Russian and Portuguese (For the Brazilian Market)

47. Global Perspectives on Competitive Intelligence (John E. Prescott and Patrick Gibbons,

editors), Alexandria, VA: Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (August 1993).

48. Advances in Competitive Intelligence (John E. Prescott, editor; also, author of two chapters),

Vienna, Virginia: Society of Competitor Intelligence Professionals (March 1989).

Chapters in Books:

49. Surviving Alliance Network Evolution during Industry Convergence: Observations and

Future Research Directions (with Tuhin Chaturvedi and Tsuhsiang (Sean) Hsu). Frontiers

of Alliance Research. Editors: Farok Contractor and Jeffrey Reuer, Cambridge University

Press, forthcoming

50. The Network Perspective of Alliances: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead (with Ravi

Madhavan). Collaborative Strategy: Critical Issues for Alliances and Networks, Editors:


Luiz Mesquita, Roberto Ragozzino, and Jeffrey J. Reuer, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

2017

51. Intelligence Studies in Business. The Encyclopedia of U.S. Intelligence, Edited by Greg

Moore. Auerbach Publications, December, 2014

52. Early warning during the industry convergence process: the influence of alliances on

acquisition timing (with Sean Tsu-Hsiang Hsu) In X. Xie (Ed.) Progress in Competitive

Intelligence: Beijing, Science and Technology Literature Press 2012

53. Strategic pacing in acquisition and alliances: A temporal view (with Weilei Shi) 2012 in

Strategic Alliances for Value Creation (T.K. Das, editor)

54. TOWS Analysis: The Role of Competitive Intelligence (with Richard Herko). In X. Xie

(Ed.) Progress in Competitive Intelligence: 113-130.Beijing, Science and Technology

Literature Press, 2010

55. "Smarter Mover Advantage: A Longitudinal Analysis of International Joint Ventures in

China's Auto Market" (with Tom Tao and Sean Hsu) in Strategic Alliances in a

Globalizing World (T.K. Das, editor) 2011

56. Competitive Intelligence and Ethics: Either You Have it or You Don’t. SCIP Anthology,

2010.

57. A Temporal Perspective of Corporate M&A and Alliance Portfolios (with WeiLei (Stone)

Shi - Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions, Volume 7, 2009

Editors: Sydney Finkelstein and Cary Cooper Elsevier Publishers

58. “Bringing the firm back in: networking as antecedent to network structure” (with Ravi

Madhavan, Balaji Koka and Turanay Caner) Advances in Strategic Management,

volume 25, Network Strategy – Editors Joel Baum and Timothy Rowley 2008

59. “Shared Mental models and Conflict in Boards of Directors: Implications for Board

Effectiveness” in M. A. Rahin (editor) 2007 Current Topics in Management, volume 12,

Transaction Publishers; New Brunswick, N.J.

60. “Competitive Intelligence: An Introduction” In X. Tao & Z. Zhang (Eds.), 2006

Competitive Environment Scanning, Beijing, China, Hua Xia Press

61. “Competitive Intelligence and Ethics: Either You Have It or You Don’t”, In Competitive

Intelligence: Navigating the Grey Zone, Vienna, VA: Society of Competitive Intelligence

Professionals, 2006

62. “Afterword – The Role of CI in Academia”, In Working the Web in Competitive Intelligence:

Analytical Strategies for Management and Staff by Conor Vibert. Mason, Ohio: South-

Western, 2003.


63. “John Prescott: CI Teacher”. In Super Searchers on Competitive Intelligence: the online

and offline secrets of top CI researchers Edited by Reva Basch.. Medford, New Jersey:

Information Today, Inc.; CyberAge Books, 2003 pp 245-262.

64. “Preface to Competitive Intelligence Series,” Series of Competitive Intelligence (Professor

Bao, editor). China: Huaxia Publishing House. (23 pages) (2001).

65. “Competitive Intelligence: Lessons from the Trenches,” in Proven Strategies in Competitive

Intelligence: Lessons from the Trenches (John E. Prescott and Steve Miller, editors), New

York: John Wiley & Sons (February 2001).

66. “Patterns of Strategic Alliance Activity in the Global Steel Industry” (with Ravi Madhavan

andBalaji Koka) in Advances in Strategic Management. New York: Wiley (1996).

67. “Reinventing the (Competitive Intelligence) Wheel – In Navigating in a Sea of Change.”

SCIP Publications, 1996.

68. “Evolution of Competitive Intelligence” in Rethinking Strategic Management (edited by

David Hussey, Wiley, 1995).

69. “Self-Deception in Strategic Management: Conceptualizing the Influence” (with Reginald

Litz) in Advances in Applied Business Strategies (edited by L. Foster, 1995).

70. “The Role of Competitive Intelligence in Maintaining Strategic Leadership in High

Technology Settings” (with Jeffrey Allenby) in Gomez-Majia & Lawless (editors),

Management of Competitive Strategy in High Technology (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, Inc.;

1995).

71. “Global Competitive Intelligence: An Overview” (with Patrick Gibbons) in Global

Perspectives on Competitive Intelligence (John E. Prescott and Patrick Gibbons, editors),

1993.

72. “A Framework for the Design and Implementation of Competitive Intelligence Systems” in

Charles C. Snow (editor), Strategy, Organization Design, and Human Resource Management

(Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, Inc.; 1989).

73. “Competitive Intelligence: Its Role and Function in Organizations” in John E. Prescott

(editor), Advances in Competitive Intelligence (Vienna, VA: Society of Competitor

Intelligence Professionals), 1989.

74. “A Survey of Competitor Intelligence Professionals” (with Daniel C. Smith) in John E.

Prescott (editor), Advances in Competitive Intelligence (Vienna, VA: Society of Competitor

Intelligence Professionals), 1989.

75. “A Process for Applying Analytic Models in Competitive Analysis” in King, William R. and

Cleland, David (editors), Strategic Planning and Management Handbook (New York: Van

Nostrand and Reinhold Company), 1987.


Proceedings Papers Refereed:

76. The Synchronization Trap: Cross-border Acquisition Pacing during Institutional Transition

(with Yinuo Tang and WeiLei (Stone) Shi) August 2014 - Academy of Management Best

Paper Proceeding – finalist for International Best Paper Award

77. Alliance Experience Transfer Effect on Acquisition Likelihood in an Industry Convergence

Context (with Sean Hsu) Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013 - Best

Empirical Paper Award winner

78. The Taxonomy of Sequence of firms’ M&A and Alliance Behaviors:

An Exploratory Analysis (with WeiLei (Stone) Shi) 2008 Academy of Management Best

Paper Proceeding.

79. "Rhythm and Synchronization of Firms' M&A and Alliance Behaviors: An Entrainment

View” (with WeiLei Shi) 2007 Academy of Management Best Paper Proceeding

80. “The Global Integration of Distinctive Competencies: A Study of Multinational

Businesses in Global Industries” (with Kwangsoo Kim and Jong-Hun Park), National

Academy of Management Proceedings, 1999 (Winner of the Carolyn Dexter Best

International Paper Award.)

81. “Intermediary Agents’ Roles in Interorganizational Exchange Transactions” (with Steve

Osborne), Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings, 1993.

82. “Lagged Impact of Market-Share on Profitability: A Distributed Lag Analysis” (with Abdul

Rasheed), Southwest Academy of Management Proceedings, 1992.

83. “Investment Intensity Effects Across Business Cycles: A Panel Data Analysis” (with Kunal

Sadhu and John Grant), National Academy of Management Proceedings, 1990

84. “The Market Share-Profitability Relationship: Testing Temporal Stability Across Business

Cycles” (with N. Venkatraman), National Academy of Management Proceedings, 1989.

85. “A Comparison of the Strategic Profiles, Structure, and Performance of Small Firms in High-

and Low-Tech Industries” (with Jeffrey Covin and Dennis Slevin), 1989 Southern

Management Association Proceedings.

86. “An Empirical Test of the Performance Implications of Environment-Strategy Coalignment”

(with N. Venkatraman), National Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 1988.

87. “Strategic Patterns of Small Product Innovative Firms in High and Low Technology

Industries” (with Jeffrey G. Covin), Proceedings of Managing the High Technology Firm,

1988.

88. “Changes in Critical Success Factor Importance over the Life of a Project” (with Jeffrey K.

Pinto), National Academy of Management Proceedings, 1987.


89. “Top Management Compensation: An Integration of Economic,Behavioral and Strategic

Perspectives”(with Nandini Rajagopalan), Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings,

1987.

90. “The Role of Trade Associations in Transorganizational Development: A Strategy for

Survival in Declining Industries” (with Frances Amatucci), Eastern Academy of Management

Proceedings, 1987.

91. “The Relative Importance of Corporate and Business Strategy for Performance: An

Assessment of the Strength and Form of Their Interaction” (with Barry McClune), Eastern

Academy of Management Proceedings, 1986.

92. “Comparison of Intra-Industry Membership of Strategic Groups Along Five Alternative

Perspectives” (with Kunal K. Sadhu), Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings, 1986.

93. “Feedforward and Feedback in Strategic Management: A Comparative Analysis” (with

Rajaram Veliyath and John C. Camillus), Midwest American Institute for Decision Sciences

Conference Proceedings, 1986.

94. “Is the Relationship Between Market Share and Business Profitability Spurious?: An

Empirical Assessment” (with Ajay K. Kohli and N. Venkatraman), Academy of Management

Best Paper Proceedings, 1984.

95. “An Integration of Market Structure, Business Strategy, and the Product Life Cycle,”

Proceedings of Eastern Academy of Management, 1981.

Other Publications:

96. Forward in Intelligence in Action (2012) by G. Scott Erickson and Helen N. Rothberg.

Palgrave, London; ix – xi.

97. TOWS Analysis: the Role of Competitive Intelligence (with Richard Herko), Competitive

Intelligence Magazine, November-December, 2010.

98. The CI Professionals’ Competency Framework (with Richard Herko), Competitive

Intelligence Magazine, January-February, 2009

99. “Competitive Intelligence and Ethics: Either You Have It or You Don’t”, Competitive

Intelligence Magazine, March-April, 2006 (an expanded version is in the book “Competitive

Intelligence: Navigating the Grey Zone)

100. “The User-Driven Competitive Intelligence Model: A New Paradigm for CI (with

Rachele Williams) Competitive Intelligence Magazine, volume 6, 5, 2003

101. “CI Field Research: Moving the Field Forward by Setting a Research Agenda” (with

Usha Ganesh and Cynthia Miree). Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management,

2003


102. “The Social Capital of CI Professionals”. Competitive Intelligence; volume 6, 1, 33-

35, 2003

103. “Consortium Benchmarking of CI Practices” (with Rachele Williams) Competitive

Intelligence Magazine (2002)

104. “The P&G Dilemma: Espionage and Ethics” Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 4, 6,

November-December 2001, 22-24. (Reprint in PPG.)

105. “Competitive Intelligence: Lessons from the Trenches, Competitive Intelligence

Review, 12, 2, 5-19, 2001.

106. China: Competitive Intelligence Practices in an Emerging Market Environment,”

(with Tom Tao), Competitive Intelligence Review (11 (4) April 2000).

107. “Products of the Mind: Assessment and Protection of Intellectual Property” (with

Jennifer Doviak Brown), Competitive Intelligence Review (11(3), March 2000).

108. “TAP-IN to Strategic and Tactical Intelligence in the Sales and Marketing Function”

(with Cynthia Miree), Competitive Intelligence Review, 11, 1, 2000. (Reprinted in Proven

Strategies in Competitive Intelligence.)

109. “Debunking the ‘Academic Abstinence’ Myth of Competitive Intelligence,”

Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 2, 4, 1999.

110. “Leveraging Information for Action: A Look into the 1996 Consortium Benchmarking

Study” (with Jan Herring and Pegi Panfely), Competitive Intelligence Review, January-

March 1998

111. “Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead,” Competitive Intelligence Review, Spring

1997 (with L. Fuld, J. Herring, L. Kahaner, and L. Kight).

112. “Introduction to the Special Issue on Fundamentals of Competitive Intelligence,”

Competitive Intelligence Review, 1996

113. “Competitive Intelligence Practices: A Survey” (with Gaurab Bhardwaj), Competitive

Intelligence Review (1995).

114. “The Seven ‘Seas’ of Global Competitive Intelligence” (with Patrick Gibbons),

Competitive Intelligence Review, (Fall 1993).

115. “The Parallel Processing of Competitive Intelligence: Why It Exists and What Can

We Do About It?” (with Patrick Gibbons), Competitive Intelligence Review (Summer 1992).

116. “The Role of Competitive Intelligence for U. S Competitiveness,” Competitive

Intelligence Review. 2, #3, Winter 1992 (Also in Congressional Record).

117. “SCIP: Who We Are, What We Do,” Competitive Intelligence Review (Spring 1991).


118. “A Process for Designing Competitive Intelligence Workshops,” (with Patrick

Gibbons), Competitive Intelligence Review, (Spring 1991)

119. “Getting the Global Perspective,” Managing (Spring 1990).

120. Book review of “Monitoring the Competition: Finding Out What’s Really Going on

Over There” (by Leonard Fuld), in Academy of Management Executive (November 1989).

121. “Designing Strategic Intelligence Programs,” Managing (June 1988)

122. “Government’s Role in High Technology via Industry Analysis” (with John H. Grant),

Harvard International Review, 10, 2 (January 1988)

REPORTS AND TECHNICAL STUDIES:

“User Driven Competitive Intelligence” American Productivity and Quality Center, 2002

“Science and Technology Intelligence: Driving Business Results” American Productivity and Quality

Center, 2001.

“Designing a CI Program,” American Productivity and Quality Center, 1999.

“Effective Strategic and Tactical Competitive Intelligence for the Sales and Marketing Functions,”

American Productivity and Quality Center, 1998

“Managing Competitive Intelligence Knowledge,” American Productivity and Quality Center, 1997

“Leveraging Information for Action,” American Productivity and Quality Center, 1996.

“A Survey of Competitor Intelligence Professionals” (with Daniel C. Smith), Working Paper #686,

1988

“Collective Actions Undertaken by Trade Associations in Declining Industries” (with Frances M.

Amatucci), Strategic Management Institute, Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh,

1985

“Employee Compensation and Business Profitability: An Examination of Some Key Relationships”

(with John H. Grant), Strategic Management Institute, Graduate School of Business, University of

Pittsburgh, 1985

“Some Values of Bankers,” working paper, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1976.

“Analysis of the Structured Interviews and Validation of the Hoboken Travel Demand Survey of

1976,” Center for Municipal Studies and Services, 1976.

“Attitudinal Assessment Appendix: Waterfront Redevelopment Project: Report #2, Research

Findings,” Center for Municipal Studies and Services, 1976


WORK IN PROGRESS OR UNDER REVIEW (subject to modification)

SURVIVING THE “LIABILITY OF FERMENT” – THE ROLE OF CORPORATE

DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN AN ERA OF FERMENT (with Tuhin Chaturvedi) submitted

to Strategic Management Journal, Revise and Resubmit offered in March, 2017.

In the eye of the beholder: Mangers’ long-term orientation and firm decision making (with

Haibin Yang and Weilei Shi) R&R from Journal of Management Resubmitted, June, 2017

Cross Border Acquisition Pacing and the Synchronization Trap (with WeiLei Shi and Yinuo

Tang) submitted to Academy of Management Journal - May, 2017

Temporal synchronization of marketization reform and firm innovation (with Li Sun, Victor

Chen and WeiLei Shi) – submitted to Management and Organization Review (March, 2017)

Intra-Alliance coalitions: the case of compatriot syndication (with Akie Iriyama and Ravi

Madhavan) – R&R Global Strategy Journal, July 2015 – under revision

When close is not enough: the role of goals and partners on the influence of relational

embeddedness on strategic initiative performance (with Karolin Frankenberger, Dirk Voelz and

Oliver Gassmann) under revision

Industry change and its impact of firm outcomes: review and future research opportunities (with

Sean Tsu-Hsiang Hsu, Gwendolyn Lee, Tuhin Chaturvedi)

Competing in the world of industry convergence: A co-evolutionary process perspective (with

Sean Tsu-Hsiang Hsu) –to be submitted (draft is available)

"The Roads to Success--Sustained Inter-firm Performance Differences in China’s Auto Market”

(with Tom Tao, Sean Tsu-Hsiang Hsu and Jing Sun) target journal is Strategic Management

Journal – target date is ? (a draft is available)

"Does network position really matter and when? A meta-analysis of the network position-firm

performance relationship in interfirm networks (with Balaji Koka and Bert Canella) – under

revision

Competitive intelligence body of knowledge competency framework – author of book – data and

analysis are complete– Society of Competitive Intelligence Professional

SELECTED ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS (excludes those in Proceedings Section):

Industry Change: An Integration of the Industry Demographic Profile and Boundary Literatures

(with Sean Tsu and Tuhin Chaturvedi) 2017 Strategic Management Society Conference –

Houston


Mitigating a Liability of Ferment: Corporate Strategy as an Enabler of Survival in Eras of

Ferment (with Tuhin Chaturvedi) 2017 Academy of Management Annual Conference - Atlanta

Surviving Alliance Network Evolution during Industry Convergence: An Event Theory

Perspective (with Tuhin Chaturvedi and Sean Hsu) Rutgers-Colorado Alliance conference,

October, 2016

The Era of Ferment, Liability of Ferment and the Role of Corporate Development in Firm

Survival (with Tuhin Chaturvedi) Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August, 2016

Alliance Portfolios: In Memory of Ulrich Wassmer – Professional Development Workshop with

Olga Bruyaka; West Virginia U.; Dovev Lavie; Technion Israel Institute of Technology; Werner

Helmut Hoffmann; WU Vienna; Deborah Philippe; U. of Lausanne; Xavier Castañer; U. of

Lausanne; Lorne N Switzer; Concordia U.; Miguel Rivera-Santos; Babson College; and Sanjay

Sharma; U. of Vermont. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August, 2015

Patent and Alliance Portfolio Flow Signals: Evidence from the US Biopharmaceutical

Industry with Turanay Caner; North Carolina State U. and Olga Bruyaka; West Virginia U.

Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August, 2015

Competing in a World of Industry Convergence: A Co-evolutionary Process Perspective with

Sean Hsu; California State U., Fullerton in Industry Convergence: Drivers, Mechanisms, and

Consequences Symposium sponsored by BPS, YIM and ENT divisions. Academy of

Management Annual Meeting, August, 2015

Understanding Industry Convergence though a Co-Evolutionary Process Perspective” (with Sean

Hsu) SMS conference, October, 2015 - nominated for the SMS Best Conference Paper Prize

The Strategic Dynamics of Industry Convergence (Session chairs: John E. Prescott (University of

Pittsburgh), Samina Karim (Boston University), Sean Tsu (Niagara University) - Panelists:

Alfonso Gambardella (Bocconi University), Anita McGahan (University of Toronto), Johann

Peter Murmann (University of New South Wales), Fernando Suarez (Boston University) Strategic

Management Society conference, 2014

Cross Border Acquisition Pacing and the Synchronization Trap (with WeiLei Shi and Yinuo

Tang) Strategic Management Society conference, 2013

All things work together for innovation: Market reform synchronization and firm network

prominence (with Li Sun, Victor Chen and WeiLei Shi) Academy of Management Annual

Meeting, 2013

Managers’ long-term orientation and firm decision making processes (with Haibin Yang and

WeiLei Shi) Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2013

Alliance Experience Transfer Effect on Acquisition Likelihood in an Industry Convergence

Context (with Sean Hsu) Eastern Academy of Management Meetings, 2013


Time Orientation, Strategic Decision Making and the contingency effects of temporal era,

industry and firm life cycle (with WeiLei Shi and Haiban Yang) SMS 2012 conference

Competing in the world of industry convergence: A co-evolutionary process perspective (with

Sean Tsu-Hsiang Hsu) – Journal of Management Studies special conference at Oxford University

– March, 2012

Navigating industry convergence: depth of field and firm performance (with Sean Tsu-Hsiang

Hsu) 2012 Academy of Management Meetings

International Joint Venture Equity Ownership Change: Frequency and Directional Reversals

(with Akie Iriyama and WeiLei Shi) 2012 Academy of Management Meeting

Cognitive Board Diversity, Board Monitoring of Corporate Responsibility Rankings and Firm

Performance (with Richard Herko) 2011- Board Diversity and Economic Performance

Conference at Copenhagen Business School

"Relative Contribution of Alliance Ties and Partners' Diversity to Firm Performance” (with Olga

Bruyaka and Turanay Caner) 2011 Academy of Management Meetings

CORPORATE EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER INDUSTRY CONVERGENCE: ALLIANCE

EXPERIENCE EFFECTS ON INITIAL INTERINDUSTRY ACQUISITION (with Sean Tsu-Hsiang

Hsu) Strategic Management Society, 2010

The impact of cognitive board diversity on investments in sustainability initiatives (with Richard

Herko) - Corporate Governance & Global Financial Crisis conference September 24-25, 2010 at

the Wharton School

COMPETITIVE NETWORKS AS FILTERS: COMPETITIVE NETWORK POSITION AND

FIRM PERFORMANCE (with Sean Tsu-Hsiang Hsu) Academy of Management conference,

2010

The Industry Convergence Process: the Case of Telecommunications Equipment and Computer

Networking (with Sean Tsu-Hsiang Hsu) - Academy of Management Conference, 2009

The Paradox of Governance Structure Adaptation and Firm Performance (with Bongjin Kim and

Michael Burns) - Academy of Management Conference, 2009

"Governance Adaptation under the Interactional Impact of Regulatory and Institutional Forces,"

(with Bongjin Kim) Academy of Management Conference, 2008

"Boards of Directors and External Crisis: A Time for Action or a Time to Retreat?" (with

Bongjin Kim) Academy of Management Conference, 2008

“Geographical Clusters, Alliance Networks, and Innovation in the US Biopharmaceutical

Industry” (with Turanay Caner) Academy of Management Conference, 2007

"Do Alliance Networks Really Affect Firm Outcomes?" (with Balaji Koka) Academy of


Management Conference, 2007

“The Typology of Sequence of Firms’ M&A and Alliance Behaviors:

An Exploratory Analysis” (with WeiLei Shi) Strategic Management Society conference 2007

“Bringing the Firm Back In: Networking as an Antecedent to network Structure” (with Ravi

Madhavan, Turanay Caner & Balaji Koka) Advances in Strategic Management: Network Strategy

Conference, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto 2007

"The Roads to Success--Sustained Inter-firm Performance Differences In China’s Auto Market”

(with Tom Tao) Academy of Management Meetings 2005

"CEO Duality, Board Composition, and the Speed and Breadth of Strategic Behavior" (with

Bongjin Kim) Academy of Management Meetings 2005

"The Compatriot Syndication Effect: Exercising Call Options in International Joint Ventures"

(with Akie Iriyama and Ravi Madhavan) Academy of Management Meetings 2005

“Extent of Regulation, Speed of Governance Adaptation and Firm Performance” (with Bongjin Kim)

Academy of Management Annual Conference, August 2003.

“Government regulation as an intermediary in the principal-agent relationship” (with Bongjin

Kim). Western Academy of Management Conference, 2003

“Diffusing the shadow of the future: Technological Innovation and (Non) Mutual Forbearance”

(with Raja Roy). Academy of Management Conference, August, 2002.

“Establishing Corporate Governance Structures for Foreign Subsidiaries of

Multinational Corporations” (with Bongjin Kim). Academy of Management Conference, August

2002.

“The Information Dimensions of Social Capital and Firm Performance” (with Balaji Koka),

Academy of Management conference, August 2001.

“Differentiating Corporate Governance Structures for MNC’s Foreign Subsidiaries as a Contingency

Requirement for MNC Support Performance” (with Bongjin Kim), Academy of International

Business Conference, Charleston, SC, November 1999.

“Coordinating Strategic and Tactical Intelligence in Organizations” (with Cynthia Miree), Strategic

Management Society, 1998.

“The Interactive Effects of Board Attributes on Strategic Behavior and Organizational Performance”

(with Bongjin Kim), 1998 Annual Academy of Management Meeting

“Towards a Theory of Social Capital” (with Balaji Koka), 1998 Annual Academy of Management

Meeting

http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/~baum/v25_drafts/Madhavan%20et%20al.doc


“Integrating Competitive Intelligence in Organizations” (with Mohinder Dugal) National Academy

of Management Meetings, 1997

“Strategic Flexibility in Interfirm Networks: An Empirical Analysis” (with Ravi Madhavan)

Academy of Management Meeting, 1997

“Towards a Theory of Network Evolution” (with Balaji Koka and Ravi Madhavan) National

Academy of Management Meetings, 1996

“Contingency Theory: Past, Present and Future.” Symposium at National Academy of Management

Meetings, 1996

“Determinants of National Trade and Investment Policies: A Network Perspective” (with Balaji Koka

and Ravi Madhavan) National Academy of Management Meetings, 1996

“Knowledge Maps and Relationship Maps: Linking Knowledge Architecture with Network

Structure.” Strategic Management Society, 1996

“Network Analysis for Competitive Intelligence” (with Ravi Madhavan), Society of Competitive

Intelligence Professionals, 1995.

“A Structuration Theory Analysis of Strategic Change” (with Patrick Gibbons and Usha Ganesh)

International Eastern Academy of Management, 1995

“Patterns of Strategic Alliance Activity in the Global Steel Industry” (with Ravi Madhavan and Balaji

Koka), SMS, 1994.

“Governance Structure, Strategy and Performance in the Commercial Banking Industry: A

Longitudinal Study” (with James Mulick and John Grant), Strategic Management Society, 1993

“Structuration Theory and the Strategy Process” (with Patrick Gibbons and Usha Ganesh), National

Academy of Management Meeting, 1993

“The Impact of 1992 on the Banking Industry: Integrating Findings from Three Field Studies,”

Academy of Marketing Science, Istanbul, Turkey, 1993.

“Competitive Intelligence and Intelligence Gathering in the Environmental Industry,” Environmental

Marketing and Contracting Conference, Washington, DC, 1992

“Making the Most of Your Competitive Intelligence Efforts,” Life Insurance Marketing and Research

Association, Baltimore, MD, 1992.

“Lagged Impact of Market Share on Profitability: A Distributed Lag Analysis” (with Abdul Rasheed),

Southwest Academy of Management Meetings 1992.

“Parallel Competitive Intelligence Processes in Organizations,” (with Patrick Gibbons), Strategic

Processes: State-of-the-Art Research Issues, Oslo, Norway, 1991.


“Environmental Attributes: Their Impact on the Content of Business Strategies” (with Abdul

Rasheed), Southwest Academy of Management, 1991

“Managing the Competitive Intelligence Function,” 1990 Special Library Association Conference,

Pittsburgh, PA.

“SCIP: Who We Are, What We Do,” 1990 Society of Competitor Intelligence Professionals

International Conference, San Francisco, CA.

“Competitive Intelligence: What Companies Are Doing,” 1989 International Planning Forum Annual

Conference

“Economic, Behavioral and Strategic Determinants of Top Management Compensation” (with

Nandini Rajagopalan), 1988 National Academy of Management Meetings.

“Dimensions of Organizational Task Environments: Revisited” (with Abdul Rasheed), 1987 National

Academy of Management Meetings.

“Competitor Intelligence Models” (with John H. Grant), 1986 TIMS/ORSA National Meetings.

“Strategic Adjustment: A Longitudinal Analysis,” 1986 National Academy of Management Meetings

“The Influence of Business Strategy on the Entrepreneurship-Performance Relationship” (with

Jeffrey S. Covin), 1985 National Academy of Management Meetings

“A Framework for Project-Based Competitive Analysis” (with Daniel C. Smith), 1985 National

Academy of Management Meetings

“The Environment’s Role as a Moderator of the Strategy-Performance Relationship,” 1985 National

Academy of Management Meetings

“A Longitudinal Analysis of Strategic Fit,” paper presented at the International Strategic

Management Society Conference, Philadelphia, October 1984.

“Environmental Fit and Performance,” paper presented at the National Academy of Management

Meetings, Boston, 1984 (W/P #560).

“The Development of an Industry Typology,” paper presented at the National Academy of

Management, San Diego, 1981.

“Job Satisfaction and Organizational Effectiveness: An Examination of a Relationship,” First Annual

National Conference of Graduate Students in I/O Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 1980

HONORS AND AWARDS:

2017 University of Pittsburgh – Provost Mentoring Award


2013 - Alliance Experience Transfer Effect on Acquisition Likelihood in an Industry Convergence

Context (with Sean Hsu) Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013 - Best Empirical

Paper Award winner

2005 – 2007 Elected to Competitive Intelligence Foundation, Trustee and Vice President

2004 – 2006 Elected to Board of Directors, Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals

2000 Fay Brill Service Award finalist from the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals

1999 Winner of the Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper

United Nations participant in China Program on Competitive Intelligence

Received the 1994 Meritorious Award from the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals

Elected to Board of Director of Strategic Leadership Forum, Pittsburgh Chapter 1993-2000

International Advisor to the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, China

Elected President of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, 1991-1992

Invited as part of Expert Panel on Competitive Intelligence by United Nations Industrial

Development Organization - Vienna, Austria, 1991

Elected to Beta Gamma Sigma, 1990

Elected as a “Fellow” of the Society of Competitor Intelligence Professionals, 1990

Participated as a Faculty Leader in the 1988 Doctoral Consortium of the Business Policy and

Planning Division of the Academy of Management

Received the 1986 Valley Forge Honor Certificate for Excellence in the category of Economic

Education for designing and implementing the MBA elective in Competitive Analysis

Won Honorable Mention in the 1986 Foundation for Administrative Research/ Planning Forum “Best

Paper in Corporate and Organizational Planning” Competition for the paper “De-Mystifying

Competitive Analysis”

Participated in the Junior Faculty Consortium of the Business Policy and Planning Division of the

Academy of Management, 1984.

Finalist in the 1984 Doctoral Dissertation Award Contest of the Business Policy and Planning

Division of the Academy of Management.

Participated in the Doctoral Consortium of the Business Policy and Planning Division of the

Academy of Management, 1982.


FUNDING AND GRANTS:

The Globalization of the Steel Industry (with Ravi Madhavan and Frank Giarratani) $10,000 from

IBC with matching funds from Steel Industry Center (2005)

“Global Knowledge Agents and the State of Globalization in the Steel Industry” (with Ravi

Madhavan and Frank Giarratani (Economics). Global Academic Partnership Grant, 2003 $20,000

“The Geography of Competition” (with Ravi Madhavan), International Business Center, $7,000

(2002).

“The Acquisition, Protection and Leveraging of Technological Capabilities” (with Sue McEvily)

Carnegie Bosch Institute - $40,000 (2001 – 2002).

Supplemental funding for above projects by:

- Institute for Industrial Competitiveness - $5,000

- International Business Center - $5,000

“Science and Technology Intelligence: Driving Business Results” American Productivity and Quality

Center, 2001 - ~ $202,000 Consortium sponsor funding.

“Competitive Intelligence in China (with Tom Tao), International Business Center, $5,000 (3001).

Sloan Foundation Steel Industry Project, 1995-1996. Funded doctoral student (~ $9,000) and two

terms of faculty (~$60,000).

Previous years funding needs to be added

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

Elected - Strategy Process Interest Group Representative-at-Large for the

Strategic Management Society 2013 - 2015

Evaluation and review of Drexel’s Business School’s PhD Program, 2008 –

Team leader

“The Global Acquisition, Leverage and Protection of Technological

Capabilities” (guest editor for Strategic Management Journal with Susan

McEvily and Kathleen Eisenhardt) – July 2004 (conference held at University

of Pittsburgh, October 2003)

Co-editor of Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management (2002 –

2004)

Executive Editor for Competitive Intelligence Review. (1994 – 2001)

International advisor to Society of Competitive Intelligence in China – 1999 -

present

Editorial Review Board for Academy of Management Journal, 1997-1999.

1991-1993 Executive Committee of BPP Division of Academy of

Management.


1991-1992 President of Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals.

Editorial Review Board for Journal of Management (1989-1992).

Editorial Review Board For International Journal for Commerce and

Management.

Research Committee of the Business Policy and Planning Division of the

Academy of Management, 1990-1993.

Editorial Board, Journal of Small Business Strategy.

1987 Vice President, Society of Competitor Intelligence Professionals

(Founding Member); also Board of Directors (1985 to 1992)

Academy of Management

Strategic Leadership Forum, Board of Directors, Pittsburgh chapter (1994-

present)

Strategic Management Society

Board of Directors, Foxwall - Emergency Medical Service

(1988-1992)(1996-2000)

Program Coordination

Globalization in the Steel Industry (with Ravi Madhavan and Frank Giaratani) GAP

funded conference at University of Pittsburgh - April, 2003 (John Surma, President

of USS keynote speaker)

The Global Acquisition, Leverage and Protection of Technological Capabilities (with

Susan McEvily and Kathleen Eisenhardt) – conference held at the University of

Pittsburgh as part of our special issue in Strategic Management Journal – October,

2002.

Research Track chair for SCIP-Drexel University Academic Conference on CI,

December 2000. (Also Keynote Speaker.)

Dean of Texas Instruments Virtual University - Business Analyst Program (1997-

1998).

Subject Matter Expert in Competitive Intelligence for the American Productivity and

Quality Center (APQC) (1996-present).

Program Director for the 1988 Annual Conference of The Society of Competitor

Intelligence Professionals. Two-day conference attended by 270 practitioners

and academics featuring 30 presentations (April, in Atlanta).

Track Chairperson in Business Policy/Planning for The 1988 Eastern Academy of

Management Meetings.

Current Editorial Boards

Associate Editor – Journal of Management Studies (July, 2015 - )

Strategic Management Journal


Academy of Management Review (2011-2014) (2014 – 2017)

Journal of Management (served three consecutive editors)

Management International Review

Service Business

Chinese Studies http://www.scirp.org/journal/chnstd

EMAJ Emerging Markets Journal – advisory board

Journal of Intelligence Studies in Business – honorary editor

Ad hoc Reviewing

Academy of Management Review

Academy of Management Journal

Management Science

Planning Review

European Journal of Operational Research

Sloan Management Review

Journal of Management Studies

Organization Science

Strategic Management Journal

National Academy of Management Meetings

Eastern Academy of Management Meetings

Administrative Science Quarterly

Eastern Academy of Management Meetings

Group and Organization Studies

COMMITTEES AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

Current

ExCom – elected member – 2014 - 2017

Doctoral Committee, chair (2012 - 2017)

Organizations and Entrepreneurship Area Director (2013 - )

Past

Promotion and Tenure Committee elected member (2013 - 2016)

University Planning Committee (2010 - 2011)

Promotion and Tenure Committee (2009 – 2011)

Executive Education (2008 - 2011)

Executive Committee (2008 – 2010), Chair 2008

Director, Doctoral Program (2004 – 2009)

University Council on Graduate Study (2004 - 2009)

Promotion and Tenure Committee (2005 – 2008, elected member)

Executive Committee (2003 – 2005)

Promotions and Tenure Committee (2000 – 2003, elected member)

http://www.scirp.org/journal/chnstd


Doctoral Admissions and Policy Committee (1994 - 2003

University Research Council (2000-2003)

Executive Committee (1999-2002), Co-chair (1999-2001)

SEO Interest Group Coordinator (1990-2000)

Small Business Administration

Interim MBA Director (1994)

New Curriculum Committee (Chairperson)

Master’s Programs Policy Committee (Chairperson)

Affirmative Action Committee

Executive Committee, 1989-1992

Doctoral Admissions Committee

Executive Programs Committee (Chairperson)

Library Committee

Physical Plant Committee

Ad Hoc Committee on Research Methodology

EMBA Admissions Committee

MBA Admissions Committee

MBA Policy Committee

Undergraduate Programs Committee

Acting Coordinator, SPP Interest Group, 1982-83

DISSERTATION COMMITTEES:

In Progress

Jing Sun – chair – defended dissertation May 2017

Tuhin Chaturvedi – chair – overview defended January 2017

Emily Bulger – member – proposal passed May, 2017

Midhu Balasubramanian – member

Completed

Alessandro Comai – ESADE – committee member 2016. Competitive Intelligence

Expenses: Organizational Characteristics and Environmental Contingencies

Rand Gerges Yammine 2015 (external member for EMLYON Business School) –

Exploring network microdynamics: tie formation, tie dissolution and tie duration

in the context of open multipartner alliances

EunJoo Yi 2015 (member) – Too Much Information: The Moderating Role of

Analyst Scrutiny in M&A Announcements

Yinuo Tang – 2015 (member) - The Value of Productivity in Emerging Market

Firms' Cross-Border Acquisitions of Developed Market Firms

Sangyoon Shin – 2014 (member) – Network Advantage in Venture Capital


Syndicates: the Role of Diversity and Lead Firm Reputation

Richard Herko – (2014) (Chair) – Going Beyond What’s Expected: Cognitively

Diverse Board of Directors and Their Impact on Firm Sustainability Initiatives

Efua Obeng (2013) (member) - Understanding The Key Determinants of Retail

Success

Supriyadi, Franky (2012) (member) “The Influence of Strategic Leadership on

Firm Inventive and Innovative Performance”

Hsu, Tsuhsiang (2012) (Chair) NAVIGATING AN ERA OF CONVERGENCE:

COMPETITIVE CONSEQUENCES OF ALLIANCE EXPERIENCE AND

ATTENTION FOCUS.

Suiter, Jeremy W. (2012) (member) DISTANCE, DEVIATION FROM A

TEMPLATE, AND PERFORMANCE: INVESTIGATING A MODERATED

MEDIATION MODEL.

Cruz, Kevin (2011) (member) Three Essays on the "Dark Side" of Teams.

Jason Park - member RIDING THE WAVE: DISTRIBUTIONAL PROPERTIES

AND PROCESS EXPLANATIONS OF MERGER AND ACQUISITION

WAVES - 2010

Don Lee – member STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE DISCLOSURE: ITS EFFECT

ON COMPETITIVE RESPONSE AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED

COMPETENCIES IN THE GLOBAL HARD DISK DRIVE INDUSTRY - 2010

N.Swedass (external reviewer) Competitive intelligence in the public sector –

university of Pretoria, South Africa - 2009

Marcel Mnutolo – member ANALOGICAL REASONING FROM PRIOR TO

TARGET ACQUISITIONS - 2009

Akie Iriyama – member REAL OPTIONS IN SEQUENTIAL STOCK

ACQUISITIONS - 2008

WeiLei (Stone) Shi (Chair) RHYTHM AND SYNCHRONIZATION OF M&A

AND ALLIANCE BEHAVIOR: AN ENTRAINMENT VIEW - 2008

Christopher Groening (committee member) – A marketing perspective of

stakeholders influence on long and short term financial measures - 2008

Jonathan Pinto (Chair) Biases and Heuristics in Team-Member Selection

Decisions - 2008

Jay Lee (committee member) STRATEGIC ACTION PORTFOLIOS AND FIRM

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PERFORMANCE IN THE US TELECOM INDUSTRY (1984~2004) - 2008

Matthew E. Sarkees (committee member) EXPLOITATION VERSUS

EXPLORATION: GETTING THE MIX RIGHT - 2007

Enrique Mu (Committee member) The Role of Scanning, Evaluation, and

Mindfulness in the Assimilation of Information Technology: The Case of

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems - 2007

Tim Few – (committee member) Competitor Identification: Integrating the

Categorization, Economic and Organizational Identity Perspectives (Penn State –

branch campus) - 2007

Kathy Tully – (Chair) Déjà Vu: Why Firms Respond More Than Once To A

Competitor Action (Wells Fargo)-2007

Turanay Caner – (Chair) Geographical Clusters, Alliance Networks, and

Innovation in the US Biopharmaceutical Industry (North Carolina State

University) - 2007

Emery Yao (committee member) Knowledge flow and value creation: integrating

structural embeddedness and knowledge embeddedness in alliance networks

(currently at University of Kentucky) - 2006

Tom Tao (Chair) The Road to Success: A Resource-based View of joint Venture

Evolution in China’s Auto Industry (currently at Leigh University) - 2004

Vivian W. Y. Lee (committee member) CI Values: the Relationship Between E-

Business Information and Competitive Intelligence (CI) in the Digital Era

Studying the CI Speed, Width and Depth of Intelligence in five digital Networks

(Capella University www.capella.edu) - 2004

Natashi Munshi (committee member) Where is the Money?: How entrepreneurs

Search for New Venture Funding in the Biotech Industry – Currently at London

University - 2003

Raja Roy (committee member) Incumbent Resurgence: The Case of the Machine

Tool Industry – Currently at Tulane University – finalist in the BPS division

dissertation award - 2003

Carey Durkin Treado (member) Economics in the Steel Industry, 2002 (need the

correct title)

Bongjin Kim (Chairperson), “Boards of Directors, Managerial Incentive

Compensation and Deregulation: A Longitudinal Study of the U.S. Banking

Industry,” 2000. Currently at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. Finalist in BPS

dissertation contest, winner of OMT dissertation paper, 2002.

http://www.capella.edu/


Sanjay Seth (External Reviewer), “Competitive Intelligence Measurement and Its

Relationship with Market Orientation, Competitive Strategic Orientation and

Performance,” 2000. Currently at Southern Cross University, Australia.

Cynthia Miree (Chairperson), “Coordinating Strategic and Tactical Intelligence in

Organizations,” 1999. Currently at Oakland University.

Balaji Koka (Chairperson), “Strategic Alliances as Social Capital: The Strategic

Implications of Social Capital for Firm Performance,” 1999. Currently at Arizona

State University.

Sven Hamrefors (Opponent), “Spontaneous Environmental Scanning,” 1999.

Currently at Stockholm School of Economics.

Diana Burley Gant (CMU, Member), “The Web of Affiliation: Theoretical Motives

for the Strategic Establishment of Inter-organizational Relationships on the World

Wide Web,” 1998. Currently at Indiana University

K.S. Kim (Member), “Distinctive Competencies, Global Integrating Modes, and

Economic Performance of MNEs in Global Industries,” 1997. Currently at the City

University of Hong Kong.

John Zhang (Chairperson), “Adapting to Nowhere? An Empirical Study of U.S.

Manufacturing Firms’ Strategies for Adaptation to Competition from Foreign Firms

During 1984-1993,” 1996. Currently at Long Island University

Bob Atkin, “The Finances of U.S. Labor Unions,” 1996. Currently at the

University of Pittsburgh.

Mohinder Dugal (Chairperson), “Integrating Competitive Intelligence in

Organizations,” 1996. Currently at Moody’s.

Ravi Madhavan (Chairperson), “Strategic Flexibility and Performance in the

Global Industry: The Role of Interfirm Linkages,” 1996. Finalist for the BPS

dissertation awards –Academy of Management.

Debbie Good. “Human Resource Strategies in Small Business: Definition and

Determinants,” 1995. Currently at Seton Hill College and the University of

Pittsburgh.

James Mulick (Chairperson), “Governance Structure, Firm Product-Market

Strategy and Performance: A Longitudinal Study of The Banking Industry During

Delegation,” 1993. Currently Vice President of Strategic Planning at PNC Bank,

Pittsburgh, PA.

Patrick Gibbons (Chairperson), “The Integration of Formal and Personalized

Competitive Intelligence: A Comparative Analysis of Organizational Responses to

Europe 1992,” 1992. Currently at University College, Dublin, Ireland.


Steve Osborne (Chairperson), “The Use of the Intermediate Agent Function in

Interorganizational Exchange Transactions: An Examination of the International

Oil Trading Industry,” 1992. Currently at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Jeff Sampler, “An Experimental Study of the Efforts of Expertise and Problem

Solving Cues on the Formulation of Strategic Information Systems,” 1992.

Currently at London Business School.

John Ryan, “Management of Personal Computing and Organization Structure:

Towards a Contingency Approach,” 1992. Currently at Indiana University of

Pennsylvania.

Ken Calhoun, “The Application of Information Technology in Decision Making,”

1991. Currently at Slippery Rock State University.

Amy Fried, “The Effects of Causal Information and Attributional Style on

Escalation Behavior,” 1991.

Tom Hawk, “Collateral/Parallel Organizing for Strategic Change,” 1990.

Currently at Frostburgh State University.

Rajiv Sabherwal, “Strategic Utilization of Information Resources: A Contingency

Approach,” 1990. Currently at Florida International University.

Kunal Sadhu (Chairperson), “Strategies for Investment Intensive Businesses:

Contrasting Performance Across Economic Conditions,” 1989. Late of Temple

University.

Vijay Sethi, “Development of Measures to Assess the Extent to Which an

Information Technology Application Provides Competitive Advanges,” 1989.

Currently at SUNY-Buffalo.

Abdul Rasheed (Chairperson), “Environmental Attributes: Their Impact on the

Content of Business Strategies and Performance,” 1988. Currently at the

University of Texas, Arlington.

Nandini Rajagopalan, “Strategic Adaptation Under Uncertainty: An Empirical

Study of Electrical Utility Firms,” 1988. Currently at University of Southern

California.

Daniel Smith, “Creating Synergy Across Product Lines: The Role of Marketing

Operating Resources and Brand Reputation,” 1988. Currently at Indiana

University.

Mary Beth Barber, “Cross-functional Cooperation in the Implementation of

Marketing Decisions: The Effect of Superordinate Goals, Rules and Procedures,


and Physical Environment,” 1988. Currently at the Pennsylvania State University,

Behrend Campus.

Mary Jane Saxton (Chairperson), “The Validation of the Kilmann-Saxton

Culture-Gap Survey to Test a Theory of Work Group Cultural Norms and an

Exploration of a Nomological Network of Culture,” 1987. Currently at the

University of Houston.

Daniel Sands, “Strategic Control Through a Multiple Objectives Model,” 1987.

Formerly at Pennsylvania State University, Behrend Campus (Retired).

Thomas Kirk, “Effects of Contingency Variables on Strategy Formulation in

Mature Natural Resources Industries.” Currently at Rhone Poulenc Corporation.

Deepak Datta, “Assimilation of Acquired Organizations: An Empirical

Assessment of the Impact of Selected Organizational and Behavioral Factors on

Acquisition Performance,” 1986. Currently at the University of Kansas.

Jeffrey Pinto, “Project Implementation: A Determination of its Critical Success

Factors, Moderators, and Their Relative Importance Across the Project Life

Cycle,” 1986. Currently at the Pennsylvania State University, Behrend Campus.

Jeffrey Covin, “The Influence of Business Strategy and Environmental

Uncertainty on Top Management Style Effectiveness,” 1985. Currently at Georgia

Institute of Technology.

Ari Ginsberg, “Strategic Adaptation During a Period of Industry Transition: An

Empirical Investigation of Strategic Changes Among Financial Depository

Institutions,” 1985. Currently at New York University.

Natarajan Venkatraman, “Strategic Orientation of Business Enterprises: The

Construct and its Measurement,” 1985. Currently at Boston University.

Rajaram Veliyath, “Feedforward Orientation in the Strategic Management

Process: A Contingent Choice,” 1985. Currently at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Ravi R. Chinta, “Competitive Advantage from Pooling Divisional Activities:

Theory and Empirical Tests for Strategy Implications,” 1985. Currently at Sentron

Medical, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.

PERSONAL:

Birthdate: October 7, 1954

REFERENCES:


Furnished upon request.


Courses taught as a member of the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh:

Ph.D.:

SPP 325 – Theory Development and Strategic Management Research

SPP 313 - Foundations of Strategic Management Research

SPP 312 - Competitive Strategy

SPP 389 - The Interface of Industrial Organization Economics and Strategic Management

Reading Courses in Strategic Alliances and Interorganizational Networks.

MBA or EMBA:

SPP xxx Strategic Visioning for a Global Future

SPP xxx Chindia

SPP xxx Transition to a General Manager

SPP xxx Strategic Management

IND 2001 - Competing in a Global Environment

SPP 250 - Management Policy

SPP 231 - Planning and Control

SPP 201 - Management Systems and Decision Making

SPP 2525 - Competitive Intelligence

SPP 2011 – Technology Strategy and Intelligence

SPP 2045 - Managing Strategic Performance (full time and executive MBA)

SPP 2525 - Web-Based Course on Competitive Intelligence (first of its kind at the University of Pittsburgh)

IND 2500 - International Research Course (including 10 days in Eastern Europe and separate course in Asia)

UNDERGRADUATE:

SPP 1080 – Strategic Management

BUS 161 - Management Policy

BUS 861 - Management Policy and Administration

SELECTED INTERNATIONAL TEACHING:

2006 – Present – EMBA Worldwide programs

2003 -2005 – IEMBA – International Project course

2001 – IEMBA – Czech Republic – Competitive Intelligence elective

2000 – 2004 Executive MBA Program in Brazil (Katz School)

1997-1996 - Samsung Program

1996 - POSCO Program


1992 - Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovakian Management Center, Prague

1991 - Hungary - International Management Center - Strategic Management

four-week program.

1988 - Yugoslavia - Executive Training in Strategic Management

Additional lectures/presentations in countries including Japan, Korea, England, China, Belgium,

Brazil, France, Mexico, and Austria.

EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT:

Numerous sessions in Strategic Management and Competitive Intelligence. Available upon request

CONSULTING CLIENTS (representative set)

General Motors, Samsung, POSCO, General Electric, IBM, APQC, Texas Instruments, Intel, Pfizer, Astra

Zenatec, Westinghouse, Cigna, J&J,

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