Strategy & Entrepreneurship
Strategic management seeks to explain variations in organizational performance that arise from differing strategies, organizational designs, and environmental conditions. Thus, we conduct research and teach courses that involve multiple levels of the organization including top management teams, structure of the firm, and the evolution of industries.
Faculty members in this area bring diverse perspectives from a number of disciplines including management and economics. They utilize a variety of tools, models, and methodologies to understand how firms are established, how they grow, and how they change.
Research
Strategy faculty maintains active research programs, addressing issues that are fundamental to the educational and public engagement missions of the college. Our research addresses topics such as corporate and business strategy, international business, entrepreneurship, knowledge management, innovation, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic alliances. Our research regularly appears in the top journals in our fields and has contributed to the development of new research domains with management. We also serve on the editorial boards of leading journals and have held editorial positions in the fields of entrepreneurship, technology management, and technological innovation.
Teaching
Research conducted by the strategy faculty serves as the basis for our high-quality teaching at all levels of the curriculum. The educational mission of the strategy faculty is to develop leaders who understand the economic and strategic implications of their decisions and responsibilities. Thus, the courses in Strategy are designed to improve students' understanding of how the decisions of managers shape the economic performance of their firms. These courses combine rigorous managerial thinking with careful attention to market structures and organizational design in order to understand as well as execute effective managerial action.
