Patricia H. THORNTON
Senior Research Fellow
Strategy and Business Policy

Scientific articles
American Journal of Sociology, July 2017, vol. 123, n° 1, pp 232-275, (in coll. with J. JOURDAN, R. DURAND)
International Small Business Journal, 2011, vol. 29, n° 2, pp 105-118, (in coll. with Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano, David Urbano)
Academy of Management Journal, 2002, vol. 45, n° 1, pp 81-101,
Organization Science, May-June 2001, vol. 12, n° 3, pp 294-311,
Annual Review of Sociology, 1999, vol. 25, n° 1, pp 19-46,
American Journal of Sociology, November 1999, vol. 105, n° 3, pp 801-843, (in coll. with William Ocasio)
Evaluation and Program Planning, 1990, vol. 13, n° 3, pp 231-241, (in coll. with Howard H. Goldman, Bruce L. Stegner, Maurice Rappaport, James E. Sorensen, C.Clifford Attkisson)
Books
Oxford University Press (in coll. with W. OCASIO, M. LOUNSBURY)
Emerald Group Publishing Limited (in coll. with C. JONES)
Stanford University Press
Chapters in edited books
Organizational Hybridity: Perspectives, Processes, Promises. Research In The Sociology Of Organizations, Marya L. Besharov and Bjoern C. Mitzinneck, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2, 29-52
The Sage Handbook Of Organizational Institutionalism, 2Nd Edition, Royston Greenwood, Christine Oliver, Thomas B. Lawrence, Renate E. Meyer, SAGE Publications, 4
International Encyclopedia Of The Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences, 2Nd Edition, James D. Wright, Elsevier, 550-556
Emerging Trends In The Social And Behavioral Sciences, Robert A. Scott, Marlis C. Buchmann, John Wiley & Sons US
Research In The Sociology Of Organizations, M. Lounsbry, E. Boxenbaum, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Institutional Logics in Action, 165-201
Scientific articles
American Journal of Sociology, July 2017, vol. 123, n° 1, pp 232-275, (in coll. with J. JOURDAN, R. DURAND)
International Small Business Journal, 2011, vol. 29, n° 2, pp 105-118, (in coll. with Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano, David Urbano)
Academy of Management Journal, 2002, vol. 45, n° 1, pp 81-101,
Organization Science, May-June 2001, vol. 12, n° 3, pp 294-311,
Books
Oxford University Press (in coll. with W. OCASIO, M. LOUNSBURY)
Emerald Group Publishing Limited (in coll. with C. JONES)
Stanford University Press
Chapters in edited books
Organizational Hybridity: Perspectives, Processes, Promises. Research In The Sociology Of Organizations, Marya L. Besharov and Bjoern C. Mitzinneck, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2, 29-52
The Sage Handbook Of Organizational Institutionalism, 2Nd Edition, Royston Greenwood, Christine Oliver, Thomas B. Lawrence, Renate E. Meyer, SAGE Publications, 4
International Encyclopedia Of The Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences, 2Nd Edition, James D. Wright, Elsevier, 550-556
Emerging Trends In The Social And Behavioral Sciences, Robert A. Scott, Marlis C. Buchmann, John Wiley & Sons US
Education
Academic appointments
Academic Responsibilities at HEC
- 2021- Senior Research Fellow, Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
- 2019-2020 Distinguished Visiting Professor, Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
External Academic Responsibilities
- 2015- Professor of Sociology and Entrepreneurship Texas A&M University
- 2015- Adjunct Professor Mays School of Business
- 2009-2015 Affiliate Professor Duke University
- 2004- Affiliate Professor, Department of Sociology Stanford University
Scientific Activities
Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation
- Innovation School Task Force Member
- American Sociological Association Sections: Organizations, Occupations, Work, Economic Sociology, Culture
- Academy of Management Sections: Organization Management Theory, Entrepreneurship
- European Group on Organization Studies
- Member, Advisory Council, Center for New Venture Entrepreneurship
- Member, Council for Entrepreneurial Development, Research Triangle
- Co-founder and board of directors, Interim Inc. Residential Treatment Services, authored plan to raise seed capital
- Co-founder, Monterey County Respite Child Care Center
- Monterey County Social Services Commission, supervisorial appointment
- Co-founder and board of directors, Campus Community Improvement Association