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John Georges Professor of Technology Management and Strategy

I am interested in the effect and causes of technological change, and their impact on industry characteristics and firm behavior.  My work straddles the areas of strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship.  Earlier, I  focused on the introduction of new product markets and firm performance within the different stages of product life cycle.  In line with my move to strategy, my current research projects investigate issues related to a) technology entrepreneurship and creation of new industries, and b) knowledge capabilities and their inter-organizational transfer.  The general focus of my research is on how knowledge based capabilities affect innovative behavior and subsequent performance of firms, with an emphasis on entrepreneurial entry.

 Curriculum vita

Recent publications:

The Role of Pre-Entry Experience, Entry Timing and Product Technology Strategies in Explaining Firm Survival  with Barry Bayus, Management Science, (forthcoming)

Death Hurts but it is not Fatal:  The Post Exit Diffusion of Knowledge Created by Innovative Companies with Glenn Hoetker  Academy of Management Journal  2007, 50(2): 446-467(Winner of Stephen Shrader Award, Academy of Management Meetings, 2005)

Creating Growth in New Markets: A Simultaneous Model of Firm Entry and Price  with Barry Bayus and Wooseong Kang, Journal of Product and Innovation Management 2007, 24:  139-155

Encouraging Best Practice in Quantitative Management Research: An Incomplete List of Opportunities, with Benjamin Campbell and Raj Echambadi, forthcoming in  Journal of Management Studies 2006, 43(8): 1801-1820

Reap Rewards:  Maximizing Benefits from Reviewer Comments with Raj Echambadi, April Franco and MB Sarkar, Academy of Management Journal 2006, v 49, no 2, p 191-196

The Effect of the Innovative Environment on the Exit of Entrepreneurial Firms with Raj Echambadi,  MB Sarkar, and Bisakha Sen, Strategic Management Journal 2006 27:519-539

Knowledge Transfer through Inheritance: Spin-out Generation, Development and Performance with Raj Echambadi, April Franco and MB Sarkar, Academy of Management Journal  2004 , 47(4): 501-522 (Winner of AMJ Best Paper Award for 2004)

Creating and Surviving in New Industries  with Barry Bayus,  Advances in Strategic Management   (2004) in Business Strategy over the Industry Life Cycle: Advances in Strategic Management, 21

The Conditioning Effect of Time on Firm Survival:  A Life Cycle Approach with Raj Echambadi and MB Sarkar, Academy of Management Journal,  2002, v 45 n 8, p 971-994

 The Market Evolution and Take-off of New Product Innovations with Barry Bayus,   Management Science, 2002, v 48 n 8, p1024-1041.

Working papers:

The Knowledge Context & The Entrepreneurial Process: Academic, User & Employee Entrepreneurship with David Audretsch and Sonali Shah

Decision Making in Strategic Alliances:  An Experimental Investigation with Rachel Croson and Joseph Mahoney

Abandoning Innovation in Emerging Industries with Barry Bayus and Mary Tripsas

The Tortoise and the Hare:  The Moderating Effects of Technological Capabilities on the Market Pioneering - Firm Survival Relationship with Raj Echambadi, April Franco and MB Sarkar

Do Pre-Acquisition Alliances Help in Post-Acquisition Coordination: An Experimental Approach with Jay Anand and Rachel Croson

Technology and Industry Evolution with Mary Tripsas (for the Handbook of Technology Management and Innovation, edited by Scott Shane)