Paul Almeida

Paul Almeida is Dean, William R. Berkley Chair, and Professor of Strategy and International Business at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He received his Ph.D. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Professor Almeida’s research studies innovation, knowledge management, alliances and informal collaborations across firms and countries. He is particularly interested in understanding how knowledge builds across people and organizations and how this affects performance. He has published in leading journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies, and Research Policy as well as in scholarly books. He has served on the editorial boards of several leading journals and as Area Editor for the Journal of International Business Studies. Professor Almeida was also previously Chair of the Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management. He has received the Georgetown’s Faculty Research Award and the Dean’s Service Award. Professor Almeida has taught executives, MBAs and undergrads at Georgetown in the areas of strategy, international business, technology and knowledge management. He has won the Joseph LeMoine Award for Graduate and Undergraduate Teaching Excellence, Best Professor Award for Executive Programs at Georgetown University, and is a seven-time winner of the Best Professor Award for Georgetown's Executive MBA program.

Professor Almeida previously served as Deputy Dean leading the Office of Executive Education and Innovation at MSB. The office focuses on developing and running innovative degree and customized certificate programs for executives with an emphasis on global education and technology-enhanced learning. Executive Education offers six highly successful degree programs including the Executive MBA, Georgetown-ESADE Global Executive MBA, Executive Master's in Leadership program (EML), EML for DC Public School Principals, Executive Master's in International Business (Brazil), and Master's of Science in Finance (online). In addition, Executive Education offers numerous customized programs in as many as 30 countries around the world for companies like Rio Tinto (UK), ICBC (China), Panasonic, Bayer (Germany), Abengoa (Spain) and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Paul Almeida also leads the innovation function at MSB and is charged with leading the development of new programs, applying technology to enhance existing programs, and exploring opportunities for enhancing organizational efficiencies.

Paul Almeida has conducted executive education and corporate seminars with over 75 organizations, including Microsoft, Gucci, Rolls Royce, IBM, Bechtel, Nextel, Sprint, Samsung, ARAMARK, AREVA, ENI, the World Bank, US Chamber of Commerce, National Public Radio, OPIC, the Department of Agriculture, FDIC, Federal Election Commission, Department of Commerce and Social Security Administration.

Education

• University of Pennsylvania - Ph.D.
• University of Pennsylvania - M.A.
• Indian Institute of Management - M.B.A., Business Administration
• Pune University - BE, Electrical Engineering

Publications

Articles in Journals (16)

Jan Hohberger, Paul Almeida and Pedro Parada. "The direction of firm innovation: The contrasting roles of strategic alliances and individual scientific collaborations." Research Policy, 44, 8 (October 2015): 1473-1487. 10.1016/j.respol.2015.04.009.

Paul Almeida, Anupama Phene And Sali Li. "The Influence Of Ethnic Community Knowledge On Indian Inventor Innovativeness." Organization Science, 26, 1 (September 25, 2014): 10.1287/orsc.2014.0931.

Anupama Phene, Stephen Tallman and Paul Almeida. "When Do Acquisitions Facilitate Technological Exploration and Exploitation?." Journal of Management, 38, 3 (May 2012): 753-783. 10.1177/0149206310369939.

P. Almeida, J. Hohberger And P. Parada. "Individual Scientific Collaborations And Firm-level Innovation." Industrial And Corporate Change, 20, 6 (December 01, 2011): 1571-1599. 10.1093/icc/dtr030.

Anupama Phene and Paul Almeida. "Innovation in multinational subsidiaries: The role of knowledge assimilation and subsidiary capabilities." Journal of International Business Studies, 39, 5 (July 2008): 901-919. 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400383.

J. Hoheberger, P. Parada,P. Almeida. "Individual Collaborations, Strategic Alliances and Innovation: Insights from the Biotechnology Industry." OPUS, 2008, 1 (January 2008): 353-364.

Paul Almeida and Anupama Phene. "Subsidiaries and knowledge creation: the influence of the MNC and host country on innovation." Strategic Management Journal, 25, 89 (August 2004): 847-864. 10.1002/smj.388.

Paul Almeida. "Conocimiento y Competitividad de las Multinacionales." Estudios Empresariales, 114, 1 (2004)

Anupama Phene And Paul Almeida. "How Do Firms Evolve? The Patterns Of Technological Evolution Of Semiconductor Subsidiaries." International Business Review, 12, 3 (June 2003): 349-367. 10.1016/S0969-5931(03)00020-9.

Lori Rosenkopf and Paul Almeida. "Overcoming Local Search Through Alliances and Mobility." Management Science, 49, 6 (June 2003): 751-766. 10.1287/mnsc.49.6.751.16026.

Jaeyong Song, Paul Almeida and Geraldine Wu. "Learning–by–Hiring: When Is Mobility More Likely to Facilitate Interfirm Knowledge Transfer?." Management Science, 49, 4 (April 2003): 351-365. 10.1287/mnsc.49.4.351.14429.

Paul Almeida, Gina Dokko And Lori Rosenkopf. "Startup Size And The Mechanisms Of External Learning: Increasing Opportunity And Decreasing Ability?." Research Policy, 32, 2 (February 2003): 301-315. 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00101-4.

Paul Almeida, Jaeyong Song and Robert M. Grant. "Are Firms Superior to Alliances and Markets? An Empirical Test of Cross-Border Knowledge Building." Organization Science, 13, 2 (April 2002): 147-161. 10.1287/orsc.13.2.147.534.

Paul Almeida and Bruce Kogut. "Localization of Knowledge and the Mobility of Engineers in Regional Networks." Management Science, 45, 7 (July 1999): 905-917. 10.1287/mnsc.45.7.905.

Paul Almeida And Bruce Kogut. "The Exploration of Technological Diversity and Geographic Localization in Innovation: Start-up firms in the Semiconductor Industry." Small Business Economics, 9, 1 (1997): 21-31. 10.1023/A:1007995512597.

Paul Almeida. "Knowledge sourcing by foreign multinationals: Patent citation analysis in the U.S. semiconductor industry." Strategic Management Journal, 17, S2 (December 1996): 155-165. 10.1002/smj.4250171113.

Articles in Books (13)

P. Almeida, A. Phene. "Managing Knowledge within and outside the MNC: A Managerial Perspective." Innovation and Growth: From R&D Strategies of Innovating Firms to Economy-wide Technological Change, edited by Martin Andersson, Börje Johansson, Charlie Karlsson, and Hans Lööf, Oxford University Press, 2012.

P. Almeida, J. Hohberger, P. Parada. "Informal Knowledge and Innovation." Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge, edited by M. Easterby-Smith and M. Lyles, John Wiley and Sons, 2011.

P. Almeida, J. Hoheberger & P. Parada. "Individual Collaborations, Strategic Alliances and Innovation: Insights from the Biotechnology Industry." Handbook of Technology and Innovation Management, edited by Scott Shane, John Wiley and Sons, 2008.

Paul Almeida. "Innovation and Knowledge Management: Scanning, Sourcing and Integration." The Blackwell Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management, edited by Mark Easterby-Smith; Marjorie A. Lyles, Wiley-Blackwell, 2003.

Paul Almeida, Robert Grant and Anupama Phene. "Knowledge Acquisition through Alliances: Opportunities and Challenges." The Blackwell Handbook of Cross‐Cultural Management, edited by Nancy J. Adler, Paul Almeida, Pino G. Audia, Paul Beamish, Robert J. Bies, Michael Harris Bond, Chris Brewster, John B. Cullen, P. Christopher Earley, William Egelhoff, Richard H. Franke, Martin J. Gannon, Michele J. Gelfand, Robert Grant, Jerald Greenber, 66-77. Blackwell Reference Online, 2002.

Jaeyong Song, , Paul Almeida, , Geraldine Wu. "Mobility of engineers and cross-border knowledge building: The technological catching-up case of Korean and Taiwanese semiconductor firms." Comparative Studies of Technological Evolution, edited by Robert A. Burgelman, Henry Chesbrough, 57 - 84. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2001.

Robert M. Grant, Paul Almeida and Jaeyong Song. "Knowledge and the Multinational Enterprise." International Business, edited by Millar C.C.J.M., Grant R.M., Choi C.J., 102-129. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2000.

P. Almeida. "Knowledge Transfer though Alliances: The Role of Culture." Handbook of Cross-cultural Management, edited by Karen Newman and Marty Gannon, Blackwell Press, 2000.

Almeida, P.. "Semiconductor Start-ups and the Exploration of New Technological Territory”." Are Small Firms Important?, edited by Zoltan Acs, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.

Joanne E. Oxley, Bernard Yeung, Paul Almeida. "The Exploration of Technological Diversity and Geographic Localization in Innovation: Start-up firms in the Semiconductor Industry." Structural Change, Industrial Location and Competitiveness, edited by Joanne E. Oxley; Bernard Yeung, Edward Elgar Pub, 1998.

Paul Almeida, et al. "The Role of the International Corporation in Cross Border Knowledge Transfer." Managing Strategically in an Interconnected World, edited by M. Hitt and J. Ricarrd, Sussex, England: John Wiley and Sons, 1998.

P. Almeida & B. Kogut. "The Exploration of Technological Diversity and Geographic Localization in Innovation: Start-up firms in the Semiconductor Industry." Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Global Economy, edited by Zoltan Acs, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1997.

P. Almeida. "Knowledge Sourcing by Foreign Multinationals: Patent Citation Analysis in the US Semiconductor Industry." Foreign Direct Investment and Technological Change, Globalization of the World Economy Series, edited by Mark Casson, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1996.

Articles in Conference/Workshop Proceedings (4) P Almeida, F. DiLorenzo. "A Behavioral Perspective on Inventors’ Mobility: The Case of Pharmaceutical Industry." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, , 2012.

Di Lorenzo, Francesco; Almeida, Paul; Parada Balderrama, Pedro. "Aspirations, Performance, and Changes in Partnering Behavior: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry 1990 - 2006." SMS 31st Annual International Conference Best Paper Proceedings, Strategic Management Society (SMS), 2011.

Lori Rosenkopf and Paul Almeida. "Who's Building on Whom? Overcoming Localization Biases through Alliances and Mobility." Academy of Management Proceeding, , 2001.

P. Almeida. "LEARNING AND CONTRIBUTING: PATENT CITATION ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN MULTINATIONALS IN THE US SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY.." Academy of Management Proceedings, edited by P. Almeida, 363-367. The Academy of Management, 1996. 10.5465/AMBPP.1996.4980939