CURRICULUM VITAE MARIE LOUISE MORS January 2015 Copenhagen Business School Strategic Management and Globalization Kilevej 14, 2.92 DK-2000 Frederiksberg Denmark Email: lm.smg@cbs.dk ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2012- Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark Professor with special responsibilities, Strategic Management and Globalization Maternity leave 2012-2013 2006-2013 London Business School, London, United Kingdom Assistant Professor of Strategic & International Management Visiting, academic year 2006-2007 Leave of absence, academic year 2012-2013 Maternity leave 2010 2004-2006 MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA Post-Doctoral Fellow working w Roberto Fernandez EDUCATION 2000-2004 INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France PhD in Management specializing in Strategy Dissertation: Accessing and Transferring Opportunities and Resources in Global Networks. Committee: Thomas D Aunno (co-chair); Miklos Sarvary (co-chair); Herminia Ibarra; Subramanian Rangan. 1992-1996 Norwegian School of Management, Sandvika, Norway Bachelor and Master of Business and Economics Thesis: Control in Project-Based Organizations. 1995 Babson College, Boston, MA Exchange on the MBA program RESEARCH INTERESTS - Competition for resources and opportunities in global firms
- Innovation and knowledge sharing processes across firm and geographic boundaries - Formal and informal boundaries of the firm - Social networks - Professional services and multinational firms PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed articles: A network perspective on individual level ambidexterity in organizations. (with M Rogan). Organization Science. December 2014, 25(6): 1860-1877. Innovation in a global consulting firm: When the problem is too much diversity. Strategic Management Journal, August 2010, 31(8): 841-872. Competing for jobs: Labor queues and gender sorting in the hiring process (with R M Fernandez). Social Science Research, December 2008, 37(4): 1061-1080. Knowledge sharing in organizations: Multiple networks, multiple phases. (with M T Hansen and B Løvås). Academy of Management Journal, October 2005, 48(5): 776-793. Conference proceedings: The investment of individual resources in professional relationships (with Michelle Rogan). Academy of Management Best Paper Conference Proceedings, 2009. WORKING PAPERS Reversing the flow of influence: Networks, power, and resistance to organizational change (with S Lynch,), Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Management Studies. The threshold effect of boundary spanning across knowledge domains and exploration. (with S Lynch). Revise and Resubmit at Strategic Management Journal. Crossing boundaries and executives access to help: Evidence from a professional services firm (with S Miller and M McDonald). Under review at Journal of International Business Studies. Firm growth and managerial networks: The investment of individual resources in professional relationships (with M Rogan). The costs and benefits of collaborating across geographic distance and organizational boundaries (with D Waguespack). Different ties, different constraints: Resource flows and financial performance in a global professional services firm (with M Rogan). WORK IN PROGRESS Inside the nodes: Rediscovering the individuals that alter and shape networks in organizations (with M Reinholt Fosgaard and S Friis) Gender at the top: Board and TMT dynamics and access (with M Wiersema) Cultural Brokers: How multicultural networks affect job performance. (with X Zou) 2
CONFERENCE AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS - Workshop on Networks and Formal Organizational Structure, Imperial College, London, January, 2015. The costs and benefits of collaborating across geographic distance and organizational boundaries. - SMS Special Conference, Copenhagen, June 2014. Academy of International Business, Vancouver, June 2014. Helping behavior in multinational executive networks. - SMS Special Conference, Geneva, March 2013. Druid Conference, Copenhagen Business School, June 2012. Multi- and Micro-Level Issues in Strategic Entrepreneurship, Copenhagen Business School, October 2011. Novak Druce Annual PSF Conference, Said Business School, Oxford University, July 2011. Ambidextrous managers and their networks. - Norwegian School of Management, December 2011. University of Southern Denmark, December 2011. Toulouse School of Economics, April 2012. Boundary spanning across knowledge domains and the effects on exploration. - Keio University, Tokyo, June, 2011. Utilizing networks in global firms. - Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, August 2009. Druid Conference, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, June 2009, INSEAD Network Evolution Conference, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, October 2008. The investment of individual resources in professional relationships. - London School of Economics, November 2010. University of Southern Denmark, November 2009. École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, December 2009. Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, August 2009. Strategy Research Forum, Annapolis, MD, May 2009. AIM Workshop on Innovation and Networks, Imperial College London, UK, May 2009. SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy, May 2009. Druid Conference, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, June 2008. MIT Sloan BPS Mini Conference, MIT Cambridge, May 2008. A bridge too far: Informal ties across formal boundaries and individual exploration performance. - Druid Conference, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, June 2009. Reversing the flow of influence: Networks, power, and resistance to organizational change. - Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA, August 2007. American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August 2007. Boundary spanners and brokers: Effects on individual exploration performance. - London Business School, London, UK, February 2006. Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2006. Innovation in a global firm: The role of informal networks when the problem is too much diversity. - Carnegie Bosch Institute, 7th Biennial International Conference, Stuttgart, Germany, September 2005. Creating new knowledge in a global firm: How managers use networks to integrate diverse information. - American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 2005. Competing for jobs: Queues and gender sorting in the hiring process. - Academy of Management, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2005. Networks and financial performance: The role of internal ties in accessing opportunities. - MIT-Harvard Economic Sociology Seminar, MIT, Cambridge, March 2005. Knowledge creation in a global firm: When the problem is too much diversity. 3
- Academy of Management, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 2004. Strategy/OB Seminar Series, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, December 2003. HEC School of Management, Paris, December 2003. Knowledge creation in global networks. - Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference in Business Research, London Business School, May/June 2003. Using global networks to develop new knowledge. - Academy of Management, Denver, Colorado, August 2002. Shifting and acquiring resources and opportunities in global networks. - Academy of International Business, Sydney, Australia, November 2001. Local resources and global opportunities: The effect of global network ties on managerial performance in different economic environments. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Courses offered: 2012-2013 Copenhagen Business School, Denmark PhD sessions on Strategy Process, Theory Building, and Network Theory (evaluation: 4.2/5) 2013 - Masters elective on Competing on Social Networks (evaluation: 4.4/5) 2013- EMBA sessions on Strategy Implementation (evaluation: 4.4/5) 2014- MBA course on Strategic Management (evaluation: 4.8/5) MBA introductory sessions for Integrated Strategy Projects (evaluation: 4.5/5) 2006-2012 London Business School, London, UK MBA/Executive MBA/Sloan elective: Global Strategy and Management (evaluation average: 4.0/5.0) PhD seminar: Strategy Process (evaluation average: 4.8/5.0) 2008-2011 EMBA / MBA Core Course: Understanding General Management (evaluation average 4.0/5.0) PhD supervision: Olga Zarzecka, CBS, scheduled for completion August 2015. Tor Bøe-Lillegraven, CBS, scheduled for completion May 2015. Maitane Elorriaga, CBS, Scheduled for completion August 2017. OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE 2006- Ad-hoc Consulting and Teaching with variety of firms Included teaching global strategy to mid-level managers at global engineering and consulting firm; sessions on strategic networks to senior managers at an engineering company; expert academic participant at Tuck round-table on global digital strategies (included senior executives from BT, BMW, Holcim, KLM, and Nestle). 4
1996-2000 MLM Strategy Consulting Ltd., Independent Consultant Established own consulting firm. The largest projects involved: Advice on Online Strategy of Large Media and Communications Firm, UK Conducted strategic analysis of the online business of a multinational media and communications firm. Administered firm wide survey, interviewed product managers and prepared database for all online products. Presented recommendations for future focus to senior management. Advice on Growth Strategies to Large Industrial Conglomerate, Germany Advised top management of one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Europe ($50 billion in annual revenues) on growth strategies and the role of corporate identity. Annual Planning Conference of Dutch Private Bank, Netherlands Analyzed survey given to senior managers on strategy, structure, processes, and organization. Led multiple focus groups as part of annual planning conference. SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS - EuOpstart Grant Danish Ministry of Education (2014) - CBS Competitiveness Platform grant (2013-2014) - Danish Society for Education and Business (DSEB) and CBS Entrepreneurship Platform grants for workshop organized at CBS (2014) - London Business School Research and Materials Development Fund (2007-2012) - London Business School Chris Ingram Research Fund (2006-2007) - INSEAD PhD Scholarship (2000 2004) - Sasakawa Foundation Young Leaders Fellowship (2002-2003 and 2003-2004) ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS - Co-organizer of workshop on the Micro Foundations of Social Networks and the Implications for Strategy and Entrepreneurship Research at CBS, June 2014. - Faculty member of Academic Council CBS (2013-2015) - Career mentor for PhD students at CBS (since 2013); Career mentor for junior faculty at CBS (since 2014). - Member of Academy of Management, Academy of International Business, American Sociological Association, Strategic Management Society and the Strategy Research Forum (2008-2014). - Representative at large for Knowledge and Innovation Interest Group, Strategic Management Society (2014-2016). - Reviewer for the AoM meetings OMT division (2012, 2014, 2015), BPS division (2002-2003, 2014, 2015), IM division (2005), Druid conference (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015), AIB meetings (2014), SMS Meetings and SMS special conferences (2012-2014) - Ad-hoc reviewer for the Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Management Science, Industrial and 5
Corporate Change, Journal of International Business Studies, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Making Processes, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies and The Sociological Quarterly PERSONAL INFORMATION AND INTERESTS Danish citizen, born 1974, married to Marcus Asplund, two boys (Thor 2010 and Einar 2012). Languages: Fluent Danish / English; competent in Norwegian, Swedish, and German; some French. Enjoy the outdoors: Running and occasionally horse riding, fly fishing, skiing and rock climbing. 6