Brian Silverman

Associate Dean, Research and Academic ResourcesJ.R.S. Prichard and Ann Wilson Chair in Management Professor of Strategic Management at Rotman School of Management

Biography

Rotman School of Management

Bio

Brian Silverman is the J.R.S. Prichard and Ann Wilson Chair in Management, and Professor of Strategic Management, Area Coordinator, Strategic Management Area, and Associate Dean, Research & Academic Resources at Rotman. His research focuses on the interaction between a firm’s competitive strategy and organizational structure to affect its performance – in particular, its ability to access and exploit technological capabilities. He studies diverse industries including biotechnology, information processing, consumer electronics, and transportation. He has served in numerous roles in varied academic organizations. He also serves on the editorial boards of Organization Science, Research Policy, and Strategic Organization, and is a former Series Editor of Advances in Strategic Management.

Academic Positions

2004-Present  J.R.S. Prichard and Ann Wilson Chair in Management, and Full Professor, Strategic Management; Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

2001-2004  Magna International Professor of Strategy (2003-2004), and Associate Professor, Strategic Management; Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

1998-2001  Assistant Professor, Competition and Strategy; Harvard Business School

1995-1998  Assistant Professor, Strategic Management; Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

  SHORT-TERM VISITING APPOINTMENTS:

March-April 2016  Visiting Professor; University of Cambridge

Spring 2015  Visiting Fellow; London Business School

Feb 2014  Visiting Fellow; Technion

Fall 2010  Visiting Scholar; Stern School of Business, New York University

March 2010  Visiting Professor; Singapore Management University

March 2009  Visiting Professor; Universite de Paris I

May 2005  Visiting Professor; Universite de Paris XI

Spring 2004  Senior Fellow; The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Fall 2003  Visiting Scholar; Columbia Business School

Honors and Awards

2017  Dan and Mary Lou Schendel Best Paper Prize; Strategic Management Journal

2017  Gould Prize; American Journal of Sociology

2017  Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Article Award; American Sociology Association, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section

2005-2016  Excellence in Teaching Award; Rotman School of Management

2012  Best Paper Award; Israel Strategy Conference

2010  Best Paper Proceedings; Academy of Management, Business Policy & Strategy Division

2010  Most Impactful Paper; Journal of Business Venturing

2003  Best Paper; Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management

2003  Best Professor; University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management 2nd-year MBA class

2002  Runner-up, Best Professor; University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management 2nd-year MBA class

2001  Noted Alliance Expert; Corporate Strategy Board, Washington DC

2000  Two papers nominated for McKinsey/Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper Prize

1999  Best Paper Award of Excellence; Technology and Innovation Management Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada

1998  Honourable Mention Award of Excellence; Organization Theory Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada

1997  Best Paper Award; Organization Theory Division, ASAC

1997  Honourable Mention Award; Policy Division, ASAC

1997  Best Professor; University of Toronto 1st -Year MBA class

1997  Finalist, Best Dissertation Award; Business Policy & Strategy Division, Academy of Management

Selected Publications - Papers

Public Contracting for Private Innovation: Government Capabilities, Decision Rights, and Performance Outcomes Bruce, J.R., J.M. de Figuieredo and B.S. Silverman Strategic Management Journal 2019

On the Genesis of Interfirm Relational Contracts de Figueiredo, J.M. & B.S.Silverman Strategy Science 2017

Asset Ownership and Incentives in Early Shareholder Capitalism: Liverpool Shipping in the 18th Century Silverman, B.S. & P. Ingram Strategic Management Journal 2017

The Cultural Contingency of Structure: Evidence from Entry to the Slave Trade In and Around the Abolition Movement Ingram, P. & B.S. Silverman American Journal of Sociology 2016

The Effect of Social Interaction on Economic Transactions: Evidence from Changes in Two Retail Formats Goldfarb, A., R.C. McDevitt, S. Samila & B.S. Silverman Management Science 2015

Water under the Bridge: Determinants of Franchise Renewal in Water Provision Chong, E., S. Saussier & B.S. Silverman Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 2015

Learning by Hiring or Hiring to Avoid Learning? Tzabbar, D., B.S. Silverman & B. Aharonson Journal of Managerial Psychology 2014

Learning through Foreign Market Participation: The Relative Benefits of Exporting, Importing, and Foreign Direct Investment Almodovar, P., J. Saiz-Briones & B.S. Silverman Journal of Technology Transfer 2014

Firm Survival and Industry Evolution in Vertically Related Populations de Figueiredo, J.M. & B.S. Silverman Management Science 2012

Arms Race or Detente? The Effect of Alliance Announcements on Rivals' Market Values Oxley, J.E., R.C. Sampson & B.S. Silverman Management Science 2009

Churn, Baby, Churn: Strategic Dynamics Among Dominant and Fringe Firms in a Segmented Industry de Figueiredo, J.M. & B.S. Silverman Management Science 2007

The 'Problem' of Creating and Capturing Value Nickerson, J.A., B.S. Silverman & T.R. Zenger Strategic Organization 2007

Videos

Courses Taught

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Books

Addressing Endogeneity Issues in Alliance Research; Martinez, O., J.E. Oxley & B.S. Silverman; in L. Mesquita, R. Ragozzino & J.J. Reuer (editors), Collaborative Strategy: A Guide to Strategic Alliances, Northampton MA: Edward Elgar, in press; 2016

Collaboration and Competition in Business Ecosystems: Advances in Strategic Management, volume 30; Adner, R., J.E. Oxley & B.S. Silverman (editors); Bingley UK: Emerald Press; 2013

History and Strategy: Advances in Strategic Management volume 29; Kahl, S.J., B.S. Silverman & M.A. Cusumano (editors); Bingley UK: Emerald Press; 2012

History in Strategy Research: What, Why, and How; Ingram, P., H. Rao & B.S. Silverman; in S.J. Kahl, B.S. Silverman & M.A. Cusumano (editors), History and Strategy: Advances in Strategic Management volume 29, Bingley UK: Emerald Press; 2012

The Economic Institutions of Strategy; Nickerson, J.A. & B.S. Silverman (editors); London UK: Emerald Press; 2009

New Frontiers in the Strategic Management of Organizational Change; Nickerson, J.A. & B.S. Silverman; in J.A. Nickerson & B.S. Silverman (editors), The Economic Institutions of Strategy, London UK: Emerald Press; 2009

How Does the Government (Want to) Fund Science? Politics, Lobbying and Academic Earmarks; de Figueiredo, J.M. & B.S. Silverman; in R.G. Ehrenberg and P. Stephan (editors), Science and the University, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press; 2007

Inter-firm Alliances: A New Institutional Perspective; Oxley, J.E. & B.S. Silverman; in E. Brousseau and J. Glachant (editors), New Institutional Economics: A Guidebook, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2007

Technological Resources and the Logic of Corporate Diversification; Silverman, B.S.; London, UK: Routledge Press; 2002

The New Institutionalism in Strategic Management: Advances in Strategic Management volume 19; Ingram, P. & B.S. Silverman, editors; Stamford CT: JAI Press; 2002

Organizational Economics; Silverman, B.S.; in J.A.C. Baum, editor, Blackwell Companion to Organizations, London: Blackwell Publishers; 2001

Complexity, Attractors and Path Dependence and Creation in Technological Evolution; Baum, J.A.C. & B.S. Silverman; in R. Garud and P. Karnoe (editors), Path as Process (Hillsdale NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 2001

Complexity in the Dynamics of Organizational Founding and Failure; Baum, J.A.C. & B.S. Silverman; in M. Lissack and H. Gunz (editors), Managing Complexity in Organizations, New York: Quorum Press; 1999

Economic Performance, Strategic Position, and Vulnerability to Ecological Pressure in the U.S. Interstate Trucking Industry; Nickerson, J.A. & B.S. Silverman; in J.A.C. Baum (editor), Advances in Strategic Management 15; 1998; Pages: pp. 37-61

Papers

  • Addressing Endogeneity Issues in Alliance Research; Martinez, O., J.E. Oxley & B.S. Silverman; in L. Mesquita, R. Ragozzino & J.J. Reuer (editors), Collaborative Strategy: A Guide to Strategic Alliances, Northampton MA: Edward Elgar, in press; 2016
  • Collaboration and Competition in Business Ecosystems: Advances in Strategic Management, volume 30; Adner, R., J.E. Oxley & B.S. Silverman (editors); Bingley UK: Emerald Press; 2013
  • History and Strategy: Advances in Strategic Management volume 29; Kahl, S.J., B.S. Silverman & M.A. Cusumano (editors); Bingley UK: Emerald Press; 2012
  • History in Strategy Research: What, Why, and How; Ingram, P., H. Rao & B.S. Silverman; in S.J. Kahl, B.S. Silverman & M.A. Cusumano (editors), History and Strategy: Advances in Strategic Management volume 29, Bingley UK: Emerald Press; 2012
  • The Economic Institutions of Strategy; Nickerson, J.A. & B.S. Silverman (editors); London UK: Emerald Press; 2009
  • New Frontiers in the Strategic Management of Organizational Change; Nickerson, J.A. & B.S. Silverman; in J.A. Nickerson & B.S. Silverman (editors), The Economic Institutions of Strategy, London UK: Emerald Press; 2009
  • How Does the Government (Want to) Fund Science? Politics, Lobbying and Academic Earmarks; de Figueiredo, J.M. & B.S. Silverman; in R.G. Ehrenberg and P. Stephan (editors), Science and the University, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press; 2007
  • Inter-firm Alliances: A New Institutional Perspective; Oxley, J.E. & B.S. Silverman; in E. Brousseau and J. Glachant (editors), New Institutional Economics: A Guidebook, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2007
  • Technological Resources and the Logic of Corporate Diversification; Silverman, B.S.; London, UK: Routledge Press; 2002
  • The New Institutionalism in Strategic Management: Advances in Strategic Management volume 19; Ingram, P. & B.S. Silverman, editors; Stamford CT: JAI Press; 2002
  • Organizational Economics; Silverman, B.S.; in J.A.C. Baum, editor, Blackwell Companion to Organizations, London: Blackwell Publishers; 2001
  • Complexity, Attractors and Path Dependence and Creation in Technological Evolution; Baum, J.A.C. & B.S. Silverman; in R. Garud and P. Karnoe (editors), Path as Process (Hillsdale NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 2001
  • Complexity in the Dynamics of Organizational Founding and Failure; Baum, J.A.C. & B.S. Silverman; in M. Lissack and H. Gunz (editors), Managing Complexity in Organizations, New York: Quorum Press; 1999
  • Economic Performance, Strategic Position, and Vulnerability to Ecological Pressure in the U.S. Interstate Trucking Industry; Nickerson, J.A. & B.S. Silverman; in J.A.C. Baum (editor), Advances in Strategic Management 15; 1998; Pages: pp. 37-61

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