Orly Yeheskel

Professor of Organizational Behavior and International Management at The Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University, and manager of Top Management Programs Development at LAHAV, Tel Aviv University. A researcher, lecturer and consultant, developing and presenting senior executive programs. Fields of research interest: organizational change, international strategic alliances and cross-border mergers/acquisitions.

Fields of Research

International Strategic Alliances, Organizational change, Cross – culture mgt.

Education:

• Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Management, 1994
  Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  Dissertation: Differentiation of structural-managerial and cultural variables of the parent organizations of the international joint venture, and its relations to the venture’s effectiveness. Supervisor: Prof. Yoram Zeira.
• Master of Science, Organizational Behavior, 1985 Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
• Bachelor of Arts, Sociology and International Relations, 1979 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Awards And Recognition:

• Outstanding Paper Award Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence, “Knowledge Inflows and Outflows in International Business”, May 2010
• Best Paper Award 1st Annual EuroMed Conference, “Knowledge Inflows and Outflows in International Business”, November 2008
• Annual Award for Research – Kibbutz Fund, The Institute for Research of the Kibbutz, Haifa University, “Radical Changes, Ideological Embeddeness, Demographic Depletion and Financial Performance: A Macro Longitudinal Study”, 2004
• Annual Award for Research – The Bengis Center for Entrepreneurship and Hi-Tech Management, Ben Gurion University, “Managing Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation”, 2003
• Best Paper Award – Proceedings of the 23rd Annual European International Business Academy (EIBA) Annual Conference, “Foreign Parent and CEO Assessment of Equity International Joint Venture (EIJV) Performance in China”, December 1997

University Awards:

• Rector’s “100 Club” (list of 100 outstanding teachers at TAU), 2012 Dean Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2012
• Rector’s Prize for Outstanding Teachers, Tel Aviv University, 2002
• Dean Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2013