| Degrees |
Ph.D.,
Edinburgh University, 1970
M.B.A., University of Chicago, 1966
M.Sc., B.Sc., London University, 1965, 1964. |
| Positions
Held |
| At
the University of Illinois since 1981. Dean since 1991. Director,
Office of International Strategic Management, since 1990. Visiting
professor at MIT, 1987. Visiting professor in management, the Centre
for Business Strategy, London School of Business, 1983-84; University
of Aston Management Centre, England, 1984-86; and Kellogg School,
1990. Foundation professor of management at the Australian Graduate
School of Management, 1977-80. Faculty member, London Business School,
1969-77. |
| Recent
Publications |
| "Linking
Hypercompetition and Strategic Group Theories: Maneuvering and Entry
Pathways in the U.S. Insurance Industry," with A. Fiegenbaum, Managerial
and Decision Economics (forthcoming). "Research Opportunities in Electronic
Commerce," with D. Gardner and M. Shaw, Decision Support Systems (forthcoming).
Integrating Strategy, editor (John Wiley, forthcoming). "Introduction
to Special Issue on Electronic Commerce," with M. Shaw, Decision Support
Systems (forthcoming). "The Theory and Practice of Competence Based
Competition," with P. Gorman, Long Range Planning (forthcoming). "Strategic
Groups and the Analysis of Market Structure and Industry Dynamics,"
with J. McGee and M. Pruett, British Journal of Management (forthcoming.
"Dynamic Modeling of Business Strategies," with P. Gorman, T. Nelson,
and B. Hannon, and "Identifying and Comparing Strategic Groups Using
Alternative Methods: Method Validation and Group Consequence in a
Single Industry," with T. Gruca and D. Nath, in Statistical Models
for Strategic Management, M. Ghertman, J. Obadia, and J. Arregle,
eds. (Boston: Kluwer, forthcoming). Strategy, Structure and Style,
with D. O'Neal, and M. Ghertman, eds. (Chichester, UK: Wiley, 1997).
"Explaining Joint Ventures: Alternative Theoretical Perspectives,"
with K. Ramanathan and A. Seth, Cooperative Strategies: North American
Perspectives, P. W. Beamish and J. P. Killing, eds. (San Francisco,
CA: New Lexington Press, 1997). Dynamics of Competence Based Competition,
ed., with A. Heene and R. Sanchez (London: Elsvier Pergamon Press,
1997). "Towards the Theory and Practice of Competence-Based Competition,"
with A. Heene and R. Sanchez, and "Strategic Goals," with R. Sanchez,
in above citation. Dynamics of Competence-Based Competition: Theory
and Practice in the New Strategic Management, with R. Sanchez and
A. Heene (Oxford, UK: Elsvier, New York: Wiley, 1996). Drugs to Market,
with W. C. Bogner (Oxford, UK: Elsvier, 1996). "Formulating Competitive
Strategies,: with P. "Gorman and M. Pruett, International Encyclopedia
of Business and Management (London: Routledge, 1996). "Business Failure
Pathways: Environmental Stress and Organizational Response," with
M. Moulton and M. Pruett, Journal of Management,Vol. 22 (1996). "Thinking
about Quality and Its Links with Strategic Management, with M. Pruett,
European Management Journal, Vol. 14 (1996). Breaking Away from the
Past: Strategies of Successful Polish Firms," with K. Obloj, European
Management Journal, Vol. 14 (October 1996). "Guest Editorial: The
Transformation of Boards of Directors for the 21st Century: Culture,
Power and Accountability," Corporate Governance, Vol. 4 (July 1996).
Developing the Strategic Board," with D. O'Neal, Long Range Planning,
Vol. 29, June 1996). "A Longitudinal Study of the Competitive Positions
and Entry Paths of European Firms in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Market,"
with W. C. Bogner and J. McGee, Strategic Management Journal, Vol.
17 (February 1996). "How Directors View Boards," with D. O'Neal, Director's
Monthly, Vol. 20 (January 1996). Entrepreneurship-Perspectives on
Theory Building, editor with I. Bull and G. Willard (Elsvier Science,
Ltd., Oxford, UK: Tarrytown, New York, 1995). Strategic Renaissance
and Business Transformation, with D. O'Neal and J. Kelly (Chichester
and New York: wiley, 1995). "Planning for Dominance: A Strategic Perspective
on the Emergence of a Dominate Design," with J.-R. Lee, D. O'Neal,
and M. Pruett, R&D Management, Vol. 25, No. 1 (1995). Integrating
Strategy, editor (John Wiley, forthcoming). "Strategic Groups as Reference
Groups: Theory, Modeling and Empirical Examination of Industry and
Competitive Strategy," with A. Fiegenbaum, Strategic Management Journal
Vol. 16 (September 1995). "Rivalry and the Industry Model of Scottish
Knitwear Producers," with J. F. Porac, et al., Administrative Science
Quarterly Vol. 40 (1995). "Director Networks/Director Selection: Keys
to the Strategic Role of the Board," with D. O'Neal, European Management
Journal, Vol. 13 (March 1995). |
| Honors
and Awards |
|
Fellow of the British Academy of Management, 1995. Associate fellow,
Templeton College, Oxford, 1990-present. Visiting chair in management,
St. Andrews University, Scotland, 1988-present. Adjunct professor
at EIASM. Visiting professor in management, Imperial College, London,
1987-present. Visiting chair in management, Manchester Business School,
1985-present. University senior scholar, 1986-89. Department of Education
CIBER Grant, 1992. Commerce Alumni Association Excellence in Graduate
Teaching Award (college award), 1990. Grant from the National Science
Foundation, 1989. Outstanding Educator, Executive MBA Program, 1986,
1988, 1989. |
| Academic
Service |
|
President, Strategic Management Society, 1997-2000. Associate editor
of the British Journal of Management. Editor of several JAI press
series and of Pergamon's Technology, Strategy and Entrepreneurship
series. On the editorial boards of: Strategic Management Journal,
1988-present; European Management Journal; Quarterly Review of Economics
and Business; and Journal of Strategic Change. On the advisory board
for the International Encyclopedia of Business and Management, 1993.
Vice-chair of the Graduate Management Admissions Council. |
| Teaching
and Research |
| Teaches
courses in policy and strategy. Research focuses on risk analysis
and risk taking, decision analysis and support, strategic groups,
industry and competitive analysis, the strategic theory of the firm,
and issues of global and international management. On the board of
State Farm Bank. Has served as a consultant to many companies. |
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