“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.