Matthew Josefy

Areas of Expertise

Resource Acquisition, Strategic Leadership (Board/TMTs), Organizational Survival, Firm Size, Strategic Entrepreneurship, Natural Language Processing, Anti-Human Trafficking.

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D., Strategic Management, Texas A&M University, Mays Business School
• M.S., Financial Management, Texas A&M University, Mays Business School
• B.B.A., Accounting, Summa Cum Laude & Brown-Rudder Outstanding Graduate, Texas A&M University, Mays Business School

Professional Experience

• Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
• Texas A&M University, Mays Business School, Lecturer of Accounting
• HSBC
• Bank of America
• PricewaterhouseCoopers

Awards, Honors & Certificates

• Certified Public Accountant
• Chartered Financial Analyst ®
• Strategic Research Foundation Dissertation Grant, 2016
• Outstanding Reviewer, Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of Management Conference, 2015
• 12 Under 12, Association of Former Students, Texas A&M

Selected Publications

• Bakker, R.M. & Josefy, M. (2018), "More than just a Number? The Conceptualization and Measurement of Firm Age in an Era of Temporary Organizations," Academy of Management Annals, forthcoming. Available at http://tx.ag/firmageauthorversion
• Josefy, M., Dean, T.J., Albert, L.S., & Fitza, M.A. (2017), “The Role of Community in Crowdfunding Success: Evidence on Cultural Attributes in Funding Campaigns to ''Save the Local Theater,''” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 41(2): 161-182. Available at http://tx.ag/crowdfundingcommunity.
• Josefy, M., Harrison, J., Sirmon, D. & Carnes, C. (2017), "Living and dying: Synthesizing the literature on firm survival and failure across stages of development," Academy of Management Annals, 11(2): 770-799. Available at http://tx.ag/survival.
• Li, D., Eden, L. & Josefy, M. (2017), "Agent and Task Complexity in Multilateral Alliance: The Safeguarding Role of Equity Governance," Journal of International Management, 23(3): 227-241.
• Zardkoohi, A., J. S. Harrison, and M. Josefy (2017), "Conflict and Confluence: The Multidimensionality of Opportunism in Principal–Agent Relationships," Journal of Business Ethics, 146(2): 405-417. Available at http://tx.ag/confluence.
• Nalick, M., Josefy, M., Zardkoohi, A., & Bierman, L. (2016), “Corporate Socio-Political Involvement: A Reflection of Whose Preferences?” Academy of Management Perspectives, 30(4): 384-403.  Available at: http://tx.ag/CSPI. For a discussion, see http://tx.ag/CSPIvideo
• Josefy, M., Kuban, S., Ireland, R. D., Hitt, M. A. (2015), "All Things Great and Small: Organizational size, boundaries of the firm, and a changing environment," Academy of Management Annals, 9: 715-802.  Available at: http://tx.ag/firmsize
• Haynes, K.T., Josefy, M., Hitt, M. A. (2015), "Tipping point: Managers’ self-interest, greed and altruism," Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 22(3): 265-279.  Available at: http://tx.ag/altruism