Anne Marie Knott
Robert and Barbara Frick Professor of Business at Olin Business School

Biography
Olin Business School
Education
- PhD 1996, UCLA, Anderson Graduate School of Management
- MBA 1986, UCLA, Anderson Graduate School of Management
Area of Expertise:
- Business/Corporate Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth, Technology Management, Business/Corporate Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth
Research Interests:
- Innovation, R&D, entrepreneurship
Selected Publications:
- "RQ Innovative Efficiency and Firm Value", Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Issue 5, 1649 - 1694, with M. Cooper, W. Yang
- "Reconciling the Firm Size and Innovation Puzzle", Strategic Management Journal, Issue 2, 245-434, with C. Vieregger, 2020
- "An Innovation Theory of Headquarters Value in Multibusiness Firms", Organization Science, Issue 1, 19-39, with S. Turner, 2019
- "Outside CEOs and Innovation", Strategic Management Journal, Issue 8, 2095-2119, with T. Cummings, 2018
- "Equity Stakes and Exit: An Experimental Approach to Decomposing Exit Delays", Strategic Management Journal, Issue 2, 278-299, with D. Elfenbein, 2017
- "How Innovation Really Works", 2017
- "Time to Exit: Rational, Behavioral and Organizational Delays", Strategic Management Journal, Issue 7, 957-1114, with D. Elfenbein, 2015
- "R&D Returns Causality: Absorptive Capacity or Organizational IQ", Management Science, Issue 12, 2054-2067, 2008
- "Entrepreneurial Risk and Market Entry", Management Science, Issue 9, 1315-1330, with X. Wu, 2006
- "Is Failure Good?", Strategic Management Journal, Issue 7, 617-641, with H. Posen, 2005
Academic/Professional Activities:
- Member, Academy of Management
- Member, American Economic Association
- Editor, Senior Editor, Strategic Management Journal
- Member, Strategic Management Society
- Member, US Association of Small Business & Entrepreneurship
- Fellow, Wharton Financial Institutions Center
- Co-founder, Strategy Research Forum
- Founding Member, Strategy Research Initiative
Awards/Honors:
- 2015 Winner- Olin Award: Research That Transforms Business, Olin, 2015
- SBA Best Student Paper, U.S. Small Business Administration, 2005
- Award of Distinction, Emerald Reviews, 2004
- Finalist - Award for Innovative Entrepreneurship Teaching Pedagogy, U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 2002
- Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference, Best Paper Award
- College on Organizational Dissertation Proposal Award, Second Place, INFORMS
- NSF Award 0965147: Firm IQ: A Universal, Uniform and Reliable Measure of R&D Effectiveness
- NSF Award 1246893: The Impact of R&D Practices on R&D Effectiveness
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2021 Olin Award Presentation featuring Anne Marie Knott
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