Articles:
"Aspiration performance and railroads' patterns of learning from train wrecks and crashes", Organization Science, 2007, vol. 18, n° 3, pp. 368-285 (in coll. with J. Baum).
"Opportunity Knocks", Research Policy, 2005, vol. 34, n° 9, pp. 1404-1418 (in coll. with T. Åstebro).
"When is an invention really radical? Defining and measuring technological radicalness", Research Policy, 2005, vol. 34, pp. 717-737 (in coll. with D. Behrens).
"Team diversity and information use", Academy of Management Journal, 2005, vol. 48, n° 6, pp. 1107-1127 (in coll. with L. Weingart, P. Hinds).
"Today's Edisons or weekend hobbyists: Technical merit and success of inventions by independent inventors", Research Policy, 2004, vol. 33, n° 8, pp. 1167-1183 (in coll. with M. Taylor, M. Fichman).
"Industrial robots -- Industry structure and firm strategies", International Journal of Technology Management, 1993, vol. 8, n° 3-5, pp. 259-281.
Chapters in collective books:
"Diffusion and industrial dynamics in the robot industry", in Technological Systems and Economic Performance: The case of factory Automation, B. Carlsson (ed), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995, pp 323-357.
Working papers:
"The winner does not take it all: Survival of losing standards", Mimeo (in coll. with R. Singh).
"Merit, acceptance or access: opposing forces to adoption of a new standard", Mimeo, 2009 (in coll. with R. Singh).
"Creativity and Information use in Teams", Mimeo, 2009 (in coll. with K. Yong, K. de Valck).
"Imitation is in the eye of the beholder: Transparency and its effects on firm behavior", Mimeo, 2009 (in coll. with Y. Chuang).
Date of arrival at HEC Paris: 2008
Centers of interest
Organizational learning.
Technological change.
Information processing in groups and firms.
Research methods using archival panel data.
Research and publications
Articles:
"Aspiration performance and railroads' patterns of learning from train wrecks and crashes", Organization Science, 2007, vol. 18, n° 3, pp. 368-285 (in coll. with J. Baum).
"Opportunity Knocks", Research Policy, 2005, vol. 34, n° 9, pp. 1404-1418 (in coll. with T. Åstebro).
"When is an invention really radical? Defining and measuring technological radicalness", Research Policy, 2005, vol. 34, pp. 717-737 (in coll. with D. Behrens).
"Team diversity and information use", Academy of Management Journal, 2005, vol. 48, n° 6, pp. 1107-1127 (in coll. with L. Weingart, P. Hinds).
"Today's Edisons or weekend hobbyists: Technical merit and success of inventions by independent inventors", Research Policy, 2004, vol. 33, n° 8, pp. 1167-1183 (in coll. with M. Taylor, M. Fichman).
"Industrial robots -- Industry structure and firm strategies", International Journal of Technology Management, 1993, vol. 8, n° 3-5, pp. 259-281.
Chapters in collective books:
"Diffusion and industrial dynamics in the robot industry", in Technological Systems and Economic Performance: The case of factory Automation, B. Carlsson (ed), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995, pp 323-357.
Working papers:
"The winner does not take it all: Survival of losing standards", Mimeo (in coll. with R. Singh).
"Merit, acceptance or access: opposing forces to adoption of a new standard", Mimeo, 2009 (in coll. with R. Singh).
"Creativity and Information use in Teams", Mimeo, 2009 (in coll. with K. Yong, K. de Valck).
"Imitation is in the eye of the beholder: Transparency and its effects on firm behavior", Mimeo, 2009 (in coll. with Y. Chuang).
Main courses taught at HEC
Corporate strategy
CURSUS
2001 Ph.D., Organizational Behavior and Theory, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
1994 Master of Science, Organizational Behavior, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
1988 Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chalmers Institute of Technology, Suède.
Other academic activities
External academic responsibility:
Research Associate, Institute for Management of Innovation and Technology, 1988-1991.
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, 2001-2008.
Lecturer, University of Toronto, 1998-2001.
Scientific activities
Editorial activities:
Ad hoc reviewer : Academy of Management Journal, Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, Research Policy, Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, Academy of Management Conference, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada.
Member Editorial Review Board of Organization Science.
Honor distinction:
2006 Roman Award for Teaching Excellence given to faculty within student rating over 6 (of 7).
2002 Runner up, best paper, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Technology and Innovation Management Division.
1997 Thesis Award, The Institute for Management of Innovation and Technology.
1986 Honorary scholarship, Adlerbert Foundation, Chalmers Institute of Technology..
Centers of Interest
