Alex Makarevich

Alex holds an M.Phil. from Oxford and a Ph.D. in Economic Sociology from Stanford. He is currently an Associate Professor of Management at California State University East Bay, where he teaches Strategy and Entrepreneurship and coaches MBA teams in venture investing. He brings experience in entrepreneurship, angel investing, startup advising, and research on the U.S. venture capital industry. Previously, Alex was an Assistant Professor at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain, a research Associate in the Institute of Management at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, an intern in management consulting with Arthur D. Little and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young in Germany, and a Marketing Director at a Silicon Valley startup.

Education

• 2011 Ph.D., Stanford University
• 2004 M.Phil., University of Oxford
• 2002 MSc., London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
• 1999-2000 Visiting student (non-degree), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
• 1999 BA (with Distinction), International University in Moscow

Positions Held

• 08/2019 – Associate Professor of Management, College of Business and Economics, California State University East Bay
• 09/2011 – 08/2019 Assistant Professor of Management, ESADE Business School
• 09/2017 – 01/2018 Visiting Scholar, Stanford University
• 07/2014 – 01/2015 Visiting Scholar, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS), Hitotsubashi University
• 06/2010 – 06/2011 Graduate Lecturer, Stanford University
• 02/2001 – 08/2001 Research Associate, Institute of Management, University of St. Gallen
• 06/2000 – 11/2000 Intern, Management Consulting, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
• 03/2000 – 06/2000 Intern, Management Consulting, Arthur D. Little
• 03/1999 – 08/1999 Intern, Audit and Business Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Publications

• Makarevich, A., Kim, Y-C. (in print) Following in Partners’ Footsteps: Entry into New Business Domains in the U.S. Venture Capital Industry, Special Issue on Market Entry, Journal of Management Studies.
• Zhang, L., Makarevich, A. (forthcoming) Breaking in Together: Partnership Formation Patterns in New Market Entry in the Venture Capital Industry. In T.K. Das (Ed.), Managing Interpartner Risk in Strategic Alliances. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
• Makarevich, A. (2019) Organization and Success Factors of Internal Corporate Venturing Programs: A Case Study Using Inductive Methodology, SAGE Research Methods Case Study.
• Makarevich, A. (2018) Performance feedback as a cooperation ‘switch’: A behavioral perspective on the success of venture capital syndicates among competitors, Special Issue on Competition and Cooperation, Strategic Management Journal, 39(12), 3247-3272.
• Makarevich, A. (2018) Ties of Survival: Specialization, Inter-firm Ties, and Firm Failure in the U.S. Venture Capital Industry, Journal of Business Research, 86(C), 153-165.
• Makarevich, A. (2017) Organizing for success in internal corporate venturing: An inductive case study of a multinational consumer goods company, Creativity and Innovation Management, 26 (2), 189-201.
• Makarevich, A. (2017) Right partner for the right venture: Successful collaboration with new and old partners in new and existing markets, Organizational Dynamics, 46 (3), 148-156.
• Makarevich, A. (2016) Extra-and Intra-Alliance Behavioral Moderators of Success in Alliances with Competitors, Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
• Makarevich, A., Acosta-Flamma, C., Dolan, S. (2016) The Missing Puzzle Piece? How Action Learning Can Help Solve the Dual Challenge of Talent Development and Talent Sourcing, European Business Review, May-June.
• Dolan, S., Makarevich, A., Kawamura, K. (2015) Are You – and Your Company – Prepared For the Future of Work? Assessing Your Level of Preparedness in 10 Key Domains, European Business Review, May-June (Editors' Pick)
• Makarevich, A. (2013) Organizational Roles and Network Centrality in the U.S. Venture Capital Industry. In T.K. Das (Ed.), Managing Knowledge in Strategic Alliances. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
• Makarevich, A., Enkel, E. (2001) Boosting Organizational Conditions for Corporate New Ventures with Knowledge Networks, KnowledgeSource paper series, Vol. 05, University of St. Gallen.
• Makarevich, A., Enkel, E. (2001) Knowledge Management for Corporate New Ventures, KnowledgeSource paper series, Vol. 04, University of St.Gallen.
• Enkel, E., Gibbert, M., Makarevich, A., Vassiliadis, S. (2001) Innovation, Knowledge creation, Customer Integration and Corporate New Ventures, KnowledgeSource paper series, Vol. 03, University of St. Gallen.

Additional Training

• 2016 Wharton Global Faculty Development Program
• 2014 Harvard Business School course on Case Teaching
• 2006 Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning program
• 2003 Essex Summer School
• 2003 Oxford Tutorial Teaching course