Connie Helfat
J. BRIAN QUINN PROFESSOR IN TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGY at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Schools
- Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
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Biography
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
DEGREE
- PhD, Yale University, 1985;
- MPhil, Yale University, 1982;
- MA, Yale University, 1981;
- AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1979
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Business strategy, technology
COURSES
- Strategic Principles for Internet Businesses;
- Deconstructing Apple
BIO
- Constance Helfat’s research seeks to understand the nature of strategic change in organizations, particularly change that is a result of emerging technology, knowledge, and capabilities. She teaches the elective courses Deconstructing Apple, a research-to-practice seminar, and Strategic Principles for Internet Businesses.
CURRENT RESEARCH TOPICS
- Business and corporate strategy, especially firm capabilities and adaptation to change, with application to innovation, top management, vertical integration
AWARDS
- Viipuri Prize, Lappeeranta University of Technology in Finland
- Distinguished Scholar Award, Technology and Innovation Management Division, Academy of Management
- Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
- MBA Excellence in Teaching Award, The Wharton School
- Yale University Graduate Fellowship
- Distinction on Ph.D. Qualifying Examination in Economic History
- High Honors in Economics and Great Distinction in General Scholarship, University of California at Berkeley
- Phi Beta Kappa
WORKING PAPERS
- With A. Lipparini and G. Verona, “Ambidexterity in Inter-firm Partnerships: Evidence from Buyer-Supplier Relationships in the Italian Motor Vehicle Sector”
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- With M. Campo-Remado, “Integrative Capabilities, Vertical Integration, and Innovation Over Successive Technology Lifecycles,” Organization Science, forthcoming
- With R. Bettis, A. Gambardella, and W. Mitchell, “Qualitative Empirical Research in Strategic Management,” Strategic Management Journal, 36(5), 2015
- With J. Martin, “Dynamic Managerial Capabilities: A Review and Assessment of Managerial Impact on Strategic Change,” Journal of Management, 41(5), 2015
- With R. Bettis, A. Gambardella, and W. Mitchell, "Theory in Strategic Management," Strategic Management Journal, 35(10), 2014
- With M. Peteraf, “Managerial Cognitive Capabilities and the Microfoundations of Dynamic Capabilities,” Strategic Management Journal, forthcoming
- With R. Bettis, A. Gambardella, and W. Mitchell, “Quantitative Empirical Analysis in Strategic Management,” Strategic Management Journal, 35(7), 2014
- With S. Karim, “Fit Between Organization Design and Organizational Routines,” Journal of Organization Design, 3(2), 2014
- With J. Martin, “Dynamic Managerial Capabilities: A Perspective on the Relationship Between Managers, Creativity and Innovation in Organizations,” in Christina Shalley, Michael Hitt, and Jing Zhou, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Multilevel Linkages, Oxford University Press, forthcoming
- With C. Stadler and G. Verona, “The Impact of Dynamic Capabilities on Resource Access and Development,” Organization Science, 24(6), 2013
- “Technical Fitness,” Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
- “Evolutionary Fitness,” Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
- With T. Zuzul, “Capability Lifecycle,” Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
- With A. Hugill, “Managerial Resources and Capabilities,” Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
- With A. Hill, “Managerial Rents,” Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Videos
Corporate Strategy Masterclass: The Evolution of Corporate Strategy
4th IBCI - Dynamic Competition
Resilience through Experimentation | Rajshree Agarwal & Constance Helfat on Building Resilience #02
SMS Knowledge and Innovation Foundations Interview A Conversation with Professor Constance Helfat
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