Paul Collins

Dr. Collins' interests encompass technology and innovation management, new product development processes, globally distributed project work and organization theory.

His research has focused on topics such as connectivity and distributed project team performance, concurrent product development practices and innovation performance, innovation adoption timing and firm performance, investments in knowledge and firm survival, and social and technical drivers of rates of innovation.

He has published in leading management and technology journals, is the recipient of several research awards, and has consulted with companies such as Ingersoll Rand, Rolls-Royce, and Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. 1986 Sociology (Occupations and Organizations), Rutgers University
• M.A. 1976 Sociology, University of Oklahoma
• B.A. 1974 Sociology, University of Oklahoma

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Technology and Innovation Management, Organization Theory and Design, Connectivity, Distributed Teams, Innovation Adoption and Implementation, Organizational Change, Knowledge Management, Work and Occupations

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

• 1997 - Associate Professor, Management and Organizations, UW Bothell School of Business
• 1990 - 1997 – Assistant Professor, Management and Organizations, UW Seattle School of Business
• 1985 - 1990 – Assistant Professor, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University

VISITING APPOINTMENTS

• 2011 – Visiting Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Torino, Torino Italy.
• 2005 / 2008 – Visiting Scholar, Department of Management and International Business, University of Auckland Business School, Auckland New Zealand.
• 2003 – Visiting Scholar, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan.
• 2001 – Visiting Scholar, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), Tokyo, Japan.

AWARDS

• Graduate School Research Fellowship, University of Washington, 1995.
• Best Paper in Organization and Management Theory, Academy of Management, 1992.
• Honorable Mention Paper in Technology and Innovation Management, Academy of Management, 1992.
• John W. Riley, Jr. Prize in Sociology, Rutgers University and John Wiley Press, 1983.