Barak Aharonson

Barak S. Aharonson is an assistant professor in the Strategic Management Department at Recanti Graduate School of Business, Tel Aviv University, Israel. His research focuses on inter-organizational networks, organizational ecology and patters of technological competition and cooperation among firms and their influence on a firm's performance.

Research Interests

• Strategic management
• Entrepreneurship
• International Business Strategy.
• Knowledge flow
• Technology Innovation
• Networks
• Alliances

Education

• BA, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
• CPA, Recanati Business School, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
• MBA, Recanati Business School, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
• MBA, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
• Ph.D. in Strategic Management and Organization Theory, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Publications

• Aharonson, B.S., Wang Z., Ellis S. and Ginsberg A. 2019. Understanding the Symbiotic Relationship between Venture Capitalists and New Ventures Academy of Management Proceedings, 118
• Aharonson, B.S., S Bort, J Baum. 2018. Network imprinting, learning and subsequent alliance tie formation Academy of Management Proceedings 2018 (1), 16406
• Aharonson, B.S., Boersma FK, Drori I, Ellis S, Sagiv T. 2018. The Mobilization of Legacy Discourse During a Period of Crisis and Change. Academy of Management Global Proceedings, 101
• King MJ, Schilling M, Aharonson, B.S. 2017. Exploring Unchartered Territory: Knowledge Search Strategies in the Origination of Outlier Patents. Academy of Management Proceedings
• Bort S, Aharonson, B.S. 2015 What Drives CSA Reporting Engagement among Large Firms? Academy of Management Proceedings (1), 17132
• Tzabbar, D., Aharonson, B.S., Amburgey, L. T., & Al-Laham, A. 2008. The effects of bundled knowledge stocks on innovative success. Academy of Management Proceedings. (1), 1-6

Papers in Refereed Journals

• Aharonson, B.S., Bort, S., and Woywode M. “The Influence of Multinational Corporations on International Alliance Formation Behavior of Colocated Start-Ups”. Organization Science, 31(3): 770–795.
• Schilling M.A., King M.J., and Aharonson B.S. Exploring uncharted territory: An analysis of the origination and success of outlier patents. Organization Science. , 31(3): 535–557.
• Ellis S., Aharonson B.S., Drori I., and Shapira Z. (2017). “Imprinting through inheritance: A multi-genealogical study of entrepreneurial proclivity” Academy of Management Journal, 60(2): 500-522.
• Aharonson, B.S., and Schilling M. (2016) “Mapping the Technological Landscape: Measuring Technology Distance, Technological Footprints, and Technology Evolution.” Research Policy Vol. 45: 81–96
• Aharonson, B.S. and Bort, S. (2015) “Institutional pressure and an organization’s strategic response in Corporate Social Action engagement: The role of ownership and media attention” Strategic Organization. Vol. 13 (4): 307 - 339
• Manos R., Drori I., Shoham A., and Aharonson B.S. (2015) “National culture and national saving: Is there a link?” International Review Applied Economics. Vol. 29 (4): 455–481
• Tzabbar, D., Silverman, B.S. and Aharonson, B.S. (2015) “Learning by Hiring or Hiring to Avoid Learning?” Journal of Managerial Psychology Vol. 30(5): 550 – 564
• Tzabbar, D., Aharonson, B.S., and Amburgey, T.L., (2013) “When does tapping external sources of knowledge result in knowledge integration?” Research Policy Vol. 42, 481– 494
• Tzabbar, D., Aharonson, B.S., and Amburgey, T.L. (2008) “When the sum is Bigger than its parts? The effects of Bundled Knowledge Stocks on Innovative Success”. Strategic Organization Vol 6(4): 375–406.
• Aharonson, B.S., Baum, J.A.C. and Plunket A. (2008) “Inventive and Uninventive Clusters: The Case of Canadian Biotechnology”. Research Policy Vol. 37, 1108–1131.
• Amburgey, T.L., A., Al-Laham, D., Tzabbar, and Aharonson, B.S., (2008) “The Structural Evolution of Multiplex Organizational Networks: Research and Commerce in Biotechnology” in Advances in Strategic Management Vol. 25. Joel A.C. Baum, T. Rowley. Eds.
• Aharonson, B.S., Baum, J.A.C., and Feldman, M.P. (2007) “Desperately Seeking Spillovers? Increasing Returns, Social Cohesion and the Location of New Entrants in Geographic and Technological Space.” Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol.16: 89- 130.
• Shipilov, A. V., Rowley, T J., Aharonson B.S. (2006). “When do Networks Matter? A Study of Tie formation and Decay”. In Advances in Strategic Management Vol. 23. Joel A.C. Baum, Stanislav D. Dobrev, Arjen van Witteloostuijn. Eds.