Dmitry Sharapov

Dmitry Sharapov joined Imperial College Business School in 2012 after completing his PhD at the University of Cambridge and is an Associate Professor of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy.

Dmitry's research interests lie at the intersections of the literatures on competitive strategy, innovation management, and decision-making under uncertainty. His research, which has been published in outlets including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, and Research Policy, aims to improve our understanding of (1) the antecedents, processes, and consequences of organizations imitating one another, (2) the inventive process and how organizations select which novel ideas to support, and (3) strategy in business ecosystems. Empirical settings for exploring these questions include large multinational technology companies, smartphone application markets, the US movie industry, and the America's Cup World Series sailing competition.

Dmitry is on the Editorial Review Boards of the Academy of Management Discoveries and the Journal of Management. He is a member of the Research Committee of the Strategy (STR) Division of the Academy of Management and a guest editor of an Academy of Management Discoveries Special Research Forum: A Whole Different Ball Game - Exploring the Modern Organizational Context Through the Lens of Sport (initial submission window: 1 December 2022 to 1 January 2023).

Dmitry teaches Entrepreneurship and Corporate Strategy, and has also taught and coached on the Innovation and Entrepreneurship summer school.

Education

• 2012 Ph.D. in Management
  Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
• 2011 Visiting Ph.D. Student
  Management and Organization Group, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. August to December 2011.
• 2008 M.Sc. in Development Studies
  School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
• 2006 B.A. (Hons.) in Economics
  University of Cambridge.

Research Interests

• Imitation.
• Competitive dynamics.
• Management of external and internal sources of innovation.
• Ecosystem development strategies.

Peer-reviewed Publications

• 2022 Sharapov, D., and Ross, J.-M. “Whom should a leader imitate? Using rivalry-based imitation to manage strategic risk in changing environments” Strategic Management Journal, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3120 An early, abridged version of this paper, titled “Whom should a leader imitate in multiple-competitor settings?”was included in the Academy of Management 2015 Best Paper Proceedings.
• 2022 Uzunca, B., Sharapov, D., and Tee, R. “Governance rigidity, industry evolution, and value capture in platform ecosystems.” Research Policy, 51(7): 104560. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2022.104560 An earlier version of this paper, titled “From decanter to bottleneck? How industry evolution and governance inseparability shape value migration in ecosystems,” was selected as finalist for 2014 SMS Best Conference PhD Paper Prize.
• 2022 Sharapov, D., and MacAulay, S. C. “Design as an isolating mechanism for capturing value from innovation: From cloaks and traps to sabotage.” Academy of Management Review, 47(1): 139-161. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2018.0413
• 2021 Sharapov, D., Kattuman, P. A., Rodriguez, D., and Velazquez, F. J. “Using the Shapley Value approach to variance decomposition in strategy research: Diversification, internationalization, and corporate group effects on affiliate profitability.” Strategic Management Journal, 42(3): 608-623. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3236 An earlier, abridged version of this paper, titled “Revisiting profitability: Firm, corporate network, industry, and country effects” was included in the Academy of Management 2011 Best Paper Proceedings.
• 2019 Criscuolo, P., Alexy, O., Sharapov, D., and Salter, A. “Lifting the veil: Using a quasi-replication approach to assess sample selection bias in patent-based studies.” Strategic Management Journal, 40(2): 230-252. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2972
• 2015 Ross, J.-M. and Sharapov, D. “When the leader follows: Avoiding dethronement through imitation.” Academy of Management Journal, 58(3): 658-679. Lead article. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2013.1105 An early, abridged version of this paper, titled “Follow the follower? Performance implications of leaderfollower imitation under uncertainty” was included in the Academy of Management 2013 Best Paper Proceedings.
• 2013 Fiss, P. C., Sharapov, D., and Cronqvist, L. “Opposites attract? Opportunities and challenges for integrating large-N QCA and econometric analyses.” Political Research Quarterly, 66(1): 191-197. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23563602

Book Chapters, Policy Reports, Practitioner-oriented Papers, and Best Paper Proceedings

• 2018 Thomas, L. D. W., Sharapov, D., and Autio, E. “Linking entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems: The case of AppCampus.” In S. A. Alvarez, E. G. Carayannis, G. Dagnino, & R. Faraci (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and the Diffusion of Startups. Chelthenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
• 2018 Sharapov, D. “Complementor strategies in smartphone application markets.” Academy of Management 2018 Best Paper Proceedings.
• 2016 Alexy, O., Criscuolo, P., Salter, A., and Sharapov, D. “Going off-piste: The role of status in launching unsponsored R&D projects.” Academy of Management 2016 Best Paper Proceedings.
• 2015 Sivonen, P., Borella, P., Thomas, L. D. W., and Sharapov, D. “How an accelerator can catalyse your ecosystem.” The European Business Review, September-October 2015: 78-83.
• 2015 Bock, A. J., Eisingerich, A. B., Sharapov, D., George, G. “Innovation and leadership: When does CMO leadership improve performance from innovation?” Sage Open, 5(2).
• 2014 Sharapov, D., Thomas, L. D. W., and Autio, E. “AppCampus.” In Healy, A., Perkmann, M, Goddard, J, and Kempton, L. (eds.): Measuring the impact of university business cooperation (EAC/23/2012): Case Studies: 4-16. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.