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Matthew YEATON

Assistant Professor

Strategy and Business Policy

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Biography

Matthew Yeaton is an Assistant Professor at HEC Paris and is affiliated with the Hi! Paris Center on Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence for Science, Business and Society. He obtained his PhD in Management from Columbia University. He is a Strategy scholar and computational social scientist focused on topics at the nexus of organizational culture and social network structure. He is interested in social learning, language and coordination, and organizational structure and social networks, especially in the context of digitization. 

Prior to starting his PhD, he worked as a senior research analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He received his bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Economics from Columbia University.

Proceedings

(Partial) Exit and Voice in the Gig Economy: Evidence from the Digital Water Cooler

2019 Academy of Management Annual Meeting , 2019 , 2019 , 1 (N. Carlson, S. Meier)

Language and Echo Chambers

2019 Academy of Management Annual Meeting , 2019 , 2019 , 1

Working papers

The Organizational Ship of Theseus: Routines Store Knowledge during Turnover

Working paper , 2022

Workers of the World, Unite (Online): Evidence from the Digital Water Cooler

Working paper , 2022

Testing a theory of cultural evolution withinorganizations: Evidence from alt-right echo chambers

Columbia University working paper , 2021

Clashing Fashions and Institutions: Mid-Life Uncertainty in Innovation Diffusion

Working paper , 2020

Fake News via Intentional Distraction

Working paper , 2020

Positioning, Status, and Quality in a Dynamic Information Environment

Working paper , 2020

Proceedings

(Partial) Exit and Voice in the Gig Economy: Evidence from the Digital Water Cooler

2019 Academy of Management Annual Meeting , 2019 , 2019 , 1 (N. Carlson, S. Meier)

Language and Echo Chambers

2019 Academy of Management Annual Meeting , 2019 , 2019 , 1

Working papers

Education

  • PhD, Management, Columbia University - USA

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2021- Assistant Professor, Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
  • 2021- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris, GREGHEC HEC Paris