Faculty Research Seminar Series
This series invites speakers to present working papers in the general areas of entrepreneurship, strategy, management and sustainability in 2009. It is also intended to provide a vehicle for COB faculty to present working papers (from all disciplines) to one another. These seminars are designed to inspire greater research and collaboration amongst COB faculty and invited speakers.
Organized by Austin Entrepreneurship Program Scholars
For more information contact:
Theodore A. Khoury, PhD
Assistant Professor - Management and Entrepreneurship
College of Business, Oregon State University
ted.khoury@bus.oregonstate.edu
http://faculty.bus.oregonstate.edu/khoury
p: 541-737-6066 f: 541-737-4890
Seminar Dates:
February 5
March 5
April 9
May 14
June 4
February 5, 2010, 11am-1pm, Bexell 202
Dr. Amy Hillman, The Jerry and Mary Ann Chapman Professor in Business, Executive Dean, Chair of Management, Editor of Academy of Management Review, Arizona State University
Faculty Seminar on Theory Writing Techniques / Publishing in AMR
Dr. Hillman will present a theoretical working paper and dovetail this into a separate talk on her approach to writing good theory and external contingencies improve financial performance, boards of directors, corporate political strategies.
http://wpcarey.asu.edu/directory/stafffaculty.cfm
March 5, 2010, 11am-1pm, Bexell 202
Dr. Mark Ahn, Associate Professor, Willamette University
Dr. Ahn's research interests include global strategy and innovation management; biotechnology and life science industries; leadership and transformational change; and social responsibility and venture philanthropy.
http://www.willamette.edu/agsm/full-time/faculty/ahn.htm
April 9, 2010, 11am-1pm, Bexell 202
Dr. Desiree Pacheco, Assistant Professor, Portland State University
Dr. Pacheco's research interests relate to the interface between institutions, competitive advantage, and firm and entrepreneurial innovation. She often applies these areas of research to the study of sustainable business. One of her recent research projects examines the development and growth of the wind and solar energy sectors across the U.S. Through this work, she investigates how the organization of entrepreneurial firms, the strength of the environmental social movement and the position of electric utilities collectively influence the development and growth of these sectors.
http://www.pdx.edu/sba/fp-desiree-pacheco
May 14, 2010, 11am-1pm, Bexell 202
Dr. Sonali Shah, Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Dr. Shah's research interests examine the social structures that support innovation and entrepreneurship. Her primary work examines the creation and maintenance of innovation communities that support the development and diffusion of new technologies in fields ranging from software to sports equipment to medical imaging devies; and the process by which innovations developed by users are commercialized.
http://faculty.washington.edu/skshah/
June 4, 2010, 12-1pm, Bexell 202
Dr. Dave Berger, Assistant Professor, Finance, Oregon State University
Dr. Berger's research interests include asset pricing models, risk and return, conditional performance, and international contagion.
Past Seminars
Anne Parmigiani, University of Oregon
11:00am, January 16, 2009, Moss Adams classroom (Bexell 328)
"The Hollow Corporation Revisited: Can Governance Mechanisms Substitute for Technical Expertise in Managing Buyer-Supplier Relations?"
By Anne Parmigiani and Will Mitchell
ABSTRACT
This paper compares how a firm's internal technical expertise and its supplier governance mechanisms, including contractual and relational governance, influence supplier performance, both independently and jointly. The core question is whether inter-firm governance mechanisms can substitute for a firm's internal technical skills in maintaining supplier performance or whether, instead, a firm risks hollowing itself out by de-emphasizing internal expertise when it outsources. The arguments build on the capabilities, inter-organizational governance, and supply management literatures. We find that internal technical expertise influences multiple dimensions of supplier performance, including cooperation, quality, price, delivery, and communication, while contractual governance and relational governance mechanisms have a more focused impact on supplier performance. In turn, combinations of technical expertise, relational governance, and contractual agreements jointly affect several aspects of supplier performance. The study suggests that firms generate superior supplier performance if they retain internal technical skills even as they increase their use of external governance mechanisms to manage buyer-supplier relationships.
BIO
Anne Parmigiani, Assistant Professor. Ph.D., 2003 and M.A., 2000, University of Michigan; M.B.A.., 1996 and B.S. 1987, The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Parmigiani conducts research involving vertical interfirm relationships, procurement decisions, and firm capabilities. Formerly a market analyst and then a procurement manager, she has worked in various manufacturing industries for ten years and is certified as a professional purchasing manager (CPM). Her research has been published in the Journal of Management Inquiry, Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, and the Strategic Management Journal.
http://www.uoregon.edu/~annepa/
Rob Wiltbank, Willamette University
February 27, 2009, Moss Adams conference room (Bexell 326)
"Prediction and Control under Uncertainty: Outcomes in Angel Investing"
By Rob Wiltbank
ABSTRACT
Venture investing plays an important role in entrepreneurship not only because financial resources are important to new ventures, but also because early investors help shape the ventures' managerial and strategic destiny. In this study of 121 angel investors who had made 1038 new venture investments, we empirically investigate angel investors' differential use of predictive versus non-predictive control strategies. We show how the use of these strategies affects the outcomes of angel investors. Results show that angels who emphasize prediction make significantly larger venture investments, while those who emphasize nonpredictive control experience a reduction in investment failures without a reduction in their number of successes.
BIO
Dr. Wiltbank is Associate Professor of Strategic Management for the Atkinson Graduate School of Management at Willamette University. His research focuses on strategy making under uncertainty, particularly as it relates to new venture development. His research on angel investing performance is the first large empirical examination of the outcomes achieved by angel investors in the U.S. At Willamette University he teaches courses on New Venture Creation, Strategic Management, and Industry Analysis. He has published research in top tier academic journals covering topics from top management teams to non-predictive strategies, to formal venture capital practices among angel investors. He is co-author of the forthcoming book The Catalyst, based on his research as a Batten Institute Research Fellow with the Darden School at the University of Virginia, detailing how managers in existing companies successfully drive organic revenue growth. Additionally, he serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Business Venturing. He holds a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Washington, and a degree in Finance and Accounting from Oregon State University. Dr. Wiltbank is also a partner with Buerk Dale Victor LLC, a growth stage venture capital firm headquartered in Seattle. His experience prior to entering academics includes work in finance and sales for a major electronics manufacturer, strategic marketing for two startup firms, and performing due diligence for dozens of private equity investments
http://www.willamette.edu/agsm/students/faculty/wiltbank.htm
Keven Malkewitz, Oregon State University
March 13, 2009, 12 - 1 pm, Bexell 202
"Differences in NPD Decision-Making Between High- and Low Technology Uncertainty Industries"
By Keven Malkewitz
ABSTRACT
Although industries have varying degrees of technology uncertainty affecting managers' decisions, the majority of new product development (NPD) research has been conducted in high technology uncertainty industries. Technology uncertainty influences NPD decisions by instilling technical complexity, unproven technologies, and new technologies into developments. Because of technology uncertainty's influence on NPD, managers in low technology uncertainty industries seem to face substantially different decisions than do their high technology uncertainty counterparts. In this manuscript, the types and frequency of decisions made by managers from high- and low technology uncertainty industries are compared, and found to be significantly different. Hypothesized differences between industries are found in decisions regarding product change intensity, the risk incurred in the NPD process, and in the attribute focus of NPD. The industries compared are athletic footwear and apparel industry (a low technology uncertainty industry, e.g., adidas, Nike, and Under Armour) and two high technology uncertainty industries (industrial products and high-tech). Both qualitative and quantitative data are collected from senior managers in athletic footwear and apparel firms comprising 2/3 of the industry's worldwide sales. In an attempt to minimize common-respondent bias, a unique and novel data collection approach is utilized, obtaining data from respondents in each firm's three functional NPD areas (marketing, design, and development/engineering). This manuscript's contribution is three-fold: it provides empirical evidence technology uncertainty levels influence NPD decisions, it provides future researchers with a data collection approach reducing common-respondent bias, and it encourages future research by detailing the benefits of using industries with varying levels of technology uncertainty in NPD decision-making research.
BIO
Keven Malkewitz researches the general theme of design's influence on consumer decision-making. For fifteen years prior to entering academia and obtaining his PhD from the University of Oregon, Keven was an international marketing manager at adidas, where he developed an appreciation for design's ability to communicate both product and brand information. In addition to his recent research on package design's influence on consumer brand impressions published in the Journal of Marketing (May 2008), Keven is currently conducting research on the new product development process in the sports industry, on the effectiveness of different information presentation formats on consumer memory, and on how knowledge is used in the new product development process.
Talya Bauer, Portland State University
12 - 1 pm, April 24, 2009, Location: Bexell 202
"Publishing in the Journal of Management: From the Editor's Perspective"
By Talya Bauer
BIO
Talya N. Bauer has a Ph.D. degree in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources from Purdue University in Indiana. She joined the Portland State University faculty in 1994. Dr. Bauer teaches organizational behavior, negotiations, as well as training and development at the graduate and undergraduate level. She conducts research about relationships at work. More specifically, she works in the areas of leadership, selection, and new employee socialization, which have resulted in dozens of journal publications. She has acted as a consultant for dozens of government, Fortune 1000, and start-up organizations. Dr. Bauer is involved in professional organizations and conferences at the national level such as serving on the Human Resource Management Executive Committee of the Academy of Management. She has co-authored textbooks on Organizational Behavior and Principles of Management. She has served on the editorial boards for the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, and Journal of Organizational Behavior and is the current editor of the Journal of Management.
On the Journal of Management:
The Journal of Management is committed to publishing scholarly empirical and theoretical research articles, that have a high impact on the management field as a whole. The journal encourages new ideas or new perspectives on existing research. The journal covers such areas as:
• Strategic management
• Organizational behavior
• Human resource management
• Organizational theory
• Entrepreneurship
12 - 1 pm, May 29, 2009, Bexell 202
Jorge Walter, Portland State University
"Rent Appropriation in Technology Licensing Deals"
By Jorge Walter
ABSTRACT
Our study examines the relationships between firm characteristics, industry network structures, and firms' rent appropriation from their technology licensing activities. We argue that explanations for licensing can be categorized into two distinct sets of strategic motivations-resource-based and network-based-and that each has a unique effect on firms' ability to appropriate rents from a licensing agreement. Analyzing eleven years of inward and outward licensing transactions in the U.S. computer and pharmaceutical industries, we find that these two sets of motivations-and their associated rent appropriation effects-have a different relevance for different industry contexts. Understanding the strategic motivations underlying technology licensing activity should help us explain when and why firms use licensing to exploit their proprietary technology and make better predictions about the impact of licensing agreements on firm performance.
BIO
Dr. Jorge Walter is an assistant professor in the School of Business Administration at Portland State University (PSU). He teaches the undergraduate capstone course on "Business Strategy", the Master of International Management (MIM) course on "Global Business Strategy", and the MBA-level capstone course on "Business Policy & Strategy". Prior to joining PSU, he was an assistant professor in residence at the University of Connecticut, teaching courses on strategic management at the undergraduate and MBA level, and has collected industry experience in manufacturing, corporate finance, and strategic management consulting. Dr. Walter received his M. S. degree and doctorate from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and has spent one year as a visiting researcher in the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and one year as a postdoctoral researcher at the Stern School of Business, New York University. His research interests include strategic decision making, knowledge/technology transfer, social networks, and social capital. He examines these issues in the contexts of entrepreneurial firms, interfirm alliances, and high technology industries. Dr. Walter's research has been presented at numerous national and international conferences, was nominated for the 2004 Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper Price, and has been published in the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, the Journal of Management, the Journal of Management Studies, and the Journal of Business Research.
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