David Major
Clinical Assistant ProfessorEli Lilly & Co. Faculty Fellow at Kelley School of Business
Assoc. Professor of Professional Practice at University of Miami Business School

Schools
- Kelley School of Business
- University of Miami Business School
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Biography
Kelley School of Business
Professor David L. Major received his doctorate in Strategic Management at the University of Maryland. Before earning his
Areas of Expertise
Competitive Strategy – Competitive dynamics; resources and rivalry, International Business – Venture capital globalization; international entrepreneurship
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D., University of Maryland
Professional Experience
- Executive education instructor and management consultant, with management consulting firm, Gibson & Associates
- Automotive parts assembly management, GM
Awards, Honors & Certificates
- Allan N. Nash Outstanding Doctoral Student Award 2008, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
- Entrepreneurship Research Award Finalist, 2008, 2009, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
- Research Excellence Award Nominee, Promising Young Scholar, 2006, 2007, Ph.D. Project
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation funding, West Coast Entrepreneurship Research Consortium 2007
- Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER) funding for United Nations Global Compact Conference 2006
- Robert H. Smith School Dean’s Research Fellowship 2005-2008; AlliedSignal Corporate Scholar
Selected Publications
- Major, David L., Livengood, Waguespack, and Gupta (2010), “Vicarious experience and venture capital globalization,” Smith School Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
- Major, David L., Smith, Grimm, Maggitti, and Derfus (2009), “Reflexive and selective organizational learning,” Academy of Management.
- Major, David L., Smith, Grimm, and D’Aveni (2009), “Interactive effects of firm resources and actions on performance,” Strategic Management Society.
- Major, David L., Smith, Grimm, and D’Aveni (2009), “How firm resources and actions impact firm performance – A mediated relationship,” Strategic Management Society.
- Major, David L., Livengood, Waguespack, and Gupta (2008), “Vicarious learning in the globalization of venture capital,” Academy of Management.
- Major, David L., Livengood, Waguespack, and A. Gupta (2008), “Learning to Globalize: Interorganizational knowledge transfer on venture capital globalization,” Strategic Management Society.
- Major, David L. (2007), “Dampening Rival Actions: The moderating role of experience in dynamic competition,” Academy of Management.
- Major, David L. (2007), “Leading the firm''s response: Effects of leadership types in dynamic competition,” Academy of Management.
- Major, David L. (2007), “Prior experience as a moderator of rivalry: Firm learning through dynamic competition," Strategic Management Society.
- Major, David L. (2006), “The national entrepreneurial infrastructure: How nation-states may encourage local entrepreneurship,” Academy of Management.
- Major, David L. (2006), “Are cross-border investment decisions rational? Ramming through the expected utility model,” Academy of Management.
- Major, David L. (2006), “Conditioning the national entrepreneurial infrastructure: Towards a framework for local business creation,” Academy of Management- United Nations Global Compact Conference.
- Major, David L. (2005), “Attending toward Innovation: An attention-based model of the likelihood for product innovation,” Strategic Management Society.
- Major, David L. (2005), “Firms attending to innovation: An industry-level attention model of the likelihood for product innovation,” Strategic Management Society.
University of Miami Business School
Research Interests
List of Specialties: Competitive strategy and inter-firm rivalry; global business strategy and globalization process
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