“Behavioral Strategy.” PDW Panel at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, 2015.
“Psychological Foundations of Management.” Distinguished speaker on PDW Panel at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, 2015.
“Do CEOs Matter.” Plenary panel at the Strategic Management Society Special Conference in Copenhagen, June 15, 2014.
“Leaders and Strategy: The Unbreakable Bond.” Panel presentation at the Executive Conference on Next Generation Companies, Copenhagen Business School, June 13, 2014.
“Managers in Strategic Management.” Keynote presentation at the 5th Israel Strategy Conference, Tel Aviv, December 2012.
“Capabilities in Mergers and Acquisitions.” Panel presentation at the 32nd Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Prague, October, 2012.
“Strategic Leadership: Research Questions.” Panel presentation at the 32nd Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Prague, October, 2012.
“The fog of feedback: Performance feedback amidst turbulent, complex and ambiguous environments.” Paper presentation at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Antonio, 2011.
“Why do some acquirers pay more for targets?” Paper presented at the 28th Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Cologne, October, 2008.
“Can acquirers learn to pay less for targets?” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, 2008.
“Cognitive moral development and follower perceptions of executive ethical leadership.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, 2008.
“The effects of strategic and locational complementarity on acquisition performance: Evidence from the U.S. commercial banking industry, 1989-2001. Paper presented at the Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference, 2008.
“What boards need to know: Early warning signs that provide insight to what is really going on in companies.” Paper presented at the Kravis Leadership Conference, New York, 2008.
“Managerial activities: A missing link in managerial discretion theory.” Presentation at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 2007.
“Executive job demands: Definition and measurement.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 2007.
“Upper echelons: Top management teams, board, and governance practices.” Common Ground facilitator at the 26th Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Vienna, October, 2006.
“The effects of firm growth, strategic complementarity, and acquisition performance on acquisition premiums.” Paper presented at the 26th Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Vienna, October, 2006.
“Diversification/M&A: Learning to buy and buying to learn.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, August, 2006.
“Governance: A high powered look at CEO incentives.” Discussant for panel at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, August, 2006.
“Dynamic capabilities: Understanding strategic change in organizations.” Presentation at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, August, 2006.
“In search of mediocrity: Contrarian perspectives on competence and incompetence.” Presentation at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, August, 2006.
"Scholars and practitioners: Advancing theory and practice through symbiotic relationships." Presentation at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, August, 2006.
“What are they feeling? Perspectives on emotions and leadership.” Presentation at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, August, 2006.
"Building smart leadership." Paper presented at the IPSI conference, Marbella, Spain, February, 2006.
“Delivery vision: Shaping a dynamic strategic future through realizing stakeholder needs and aspirations.” Paper presented at the 25th Strategic Management Annual International Conference, Orlando, October, 2005.
“Strategy research: Retrospective and forward view.” Panel presentation at the 25th Strategic Management Annual International Conference, Orlando, October, 2005.
“Dynamic capabilities and resource-based change.” Panel presentation at the 25th Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Orlando, October, 2005.
“The effects of strategic and acquisition complementarity on acquisition performance.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, August, 2005.
“The role of aspiration in acquisition likelihood.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans, August, 2004.
“Why smart executives fail: Effects on corporate reputation.” Presentation at the Reputation Institute Conference, Fort Lauderdale, May, 2004.
“Why smart executives fail.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, August, 2003.
“Organizational capabilities: emergence, development, change.” Presentation at the 23rd Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Baltimore, November, 2003.
“The Future of the CEO.” Presentation at the 23rd Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Baltimore, November, 2003.
“Executive slack: A conceptual introduction and explanation for CEOs’ outside board seats,” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Denver, August, 2002.
“Learning from acquisition experience in the US commercial banking industry.” Paper presented at the 22nd Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Paris, September, 2002.
“Not the usual suspects: An exploration and conceptualization of board process.” Paper presented at the 22nd Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Paris, September, 2002. Winner of the McKinsey & Company Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper Prize Honorable Mention.
“Brother can you spare a (para)digm? The role of particularism and universalism on research outcomes,” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Washington, August, 2001.
“Accumulation advantage within the strategy discipline: Determinants and relationship to paradigm development,” Paper presented at the 21st Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, San Francisco, October, 2001.
“Choosing not to cope: Lessons from the “Great Mistakes” project.” Paper presented at Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, June, 2000.
"Isomorphism in reverse: How macrocultural forces have worked against the ‘inexorable homogenization hypothesis’." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Toronto, August, 2000.
“Learning from corporate mistakes.” Paper presented at the CEO Leadership Summit, Atlanta, September, 1999.
“Toward developing an organizational capability of learning from mistakes.” Paper presented at the Conference on Evolution of Firm Capabilities, Hanover, NH, September, 1999.
“Psychodynamic problems in organizations: Arrogance and risk-taking in strategic leadership.” Paper presented at the American Psychoanalytic Association Fall Meeting, New York, December, 1999.
“Boards or directors, CEOs, and corporate governance.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Diego, August, 1998.
“The influence of prior acquisition performance on subsequent acquisition likelihood: A behavioral learning theory perspective.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Diego, August, 1998.
“CEO compensation: A study of the effects of CEO external linkages.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Diego, August, 1998.
"Reaction to the MESO perspective in strategy research." Presented at the MESO Annual Conference, Amos Tuck School, Hanover, April, 1997."Understanding acquisition performance: The role of transfer effects." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, August, 1997.
"Understanding acquisition performance: The role of transfer effects." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, August, 1997.
"The influence of organization acquisition experience on acquisition performance: A behavioral learning theory perspective." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, August, 1997.
"How much does the CEO matter? The role of managerial discretion in the setting of CEO compensation.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, August, 1997.
"A social capital perspective on CEO compensation.” Paper presented at the Seventeenth Strategic Management Society Conference, Barcelona, November, 1997.
"Matching CEO compensation practices to diversification strategies.” Paper presented at the Seventeenth Strategic Management Society Conference, Barcelona, November, 1997.
"Inter-industry merger patterns and resource dependence: A replication and extension of Pfeffer (1972)." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual National Meeting, Cincinnati, August, 1996.
"Understanding pay dispersion within top management teams: A social comparison perspective." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual National Meeting, Cincinnati, August, 1996.
"Does Strategy Research Matter? An Examination of Published Research & Influence." Paper presented at the Sixteenth Strategic Management Society Conference, Phoenix, November, 1996.
"Research on top management teams." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual National Meeting, Dallas, August, 1994.
"Where do we go from here? Future directions for research on strategic leadership.” Ascendant Scholar presentation at the Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Jose, March, 1993.
"Dual board objectives of CEO accountability and entrenchment avoidance: The case of CEO duality." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual National Meeting, Atlanta, August, 1993.
"Ideological, social, and strategic perspectives on corporate governance.” Chair of session at the Thirteenth Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Chicago, September, 1993.
"The adoption of an administrative innovation: The case of outcome-based compensation plans.” Paper presented at the National TIMS/ORSA Conference, Orlando, April, 1992.
"Mergers and organizational interdependence: A longitudinal reanalysis.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual National Meeting, Las Vegas, August, 1992.
"The effects of top management team size and CEO dominance on performance in turbulent and stable environments.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual National Meeting, Las Vegas, August, 1992.
"The determinants of top management teams.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual National Meeting, Miami, August, 1991.
"Effects of strategic orientation and environmental change on senior management reward systems.” Paper presented at the Minnesota Conference on Strategy Process, Minneapolis, October, 1991.
"Chief executive compensation systems in changing environments and their impact on performance.” Paper presented at the Eleventh Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Toronto, October, 1991.
"Senior management reward systems: How managerial power makes a difference.” Paper presented at the Eleventh Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Toronto, October, 1991.
"Structural interdependence and organizational response to technological innovation.” Paper presented at the Second Conference on Strategic Leadership in High Technology Organizations, Boulder, CO, January, 1990.
"Top management teams and strategic innovation: An empirical study in the life insurance industry.” Paper presented at the Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March, 1990.
"Effects of strategic group membership and environmental change on senior management reward systems.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual National Meeting, San Francisco, August, 1990.
"The role of top management team power in senior management reward systems.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management 50th Annual National Meeting, San Francisco, August, 1990.
"Organizational integration of mergers and acquisitions: A case survey of synergy realization.” Paper presented at the Tenth Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, September, 1990.
"Power in top management teams: Dimensions, measurement, and future research directions.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management 49th Annual National Meeting, Washington, DC, August, 1989.
"Top management teams: Toward a new research agenda.” Chair of symposium at the Academy of Management Annual National Meeting, Washington, DC, August, 1989.
"Mergers and acquisitions.” Chair of session at the Ninth Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, San Francisco, October, 1989.
"The role of experience in post-acquisition acquirer performance.” Paper presented at the Ninth Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, San Francisco, October, 1989.
"The strategic management of technology: Competing with technology in ethical pharmaceuticals.” Paper presented at the Ninth Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, San Francisco, October, 1989.
"Senior management reward systems and strategic groups: The case of the electric utility industry.” Paper presented at the Ninth Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, San Francisco, October, 1989.
"Managerial orientations and organizational outcomes: The moderating role of managerial discretion.” Paper presented at the Ninth Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, San Francisco, October, 1989.
"The diffusion of innovation in mergers and acquisitions: The role of experience.” Paper presented at the Conference on Strategic Human Resource Management of Mergers and Acquisitions, Charleston, SC, October, 1988.
"Managerial orientations and strategic outcomes.” Paper presented at the Seventh Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Boston, October, 1987.
"The acquisition integration process.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual National Meeting, Chicago, 1986.
"Managerial discretion: A bridge between polar views on organizations." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual National Meeting, San Diego, 1985.
"Chief executive compensation: Beyond the economist's lens." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual National Meeting, San Diego, 1985.
