CURRICULUM VITAE Frank T. Rothaermel as of June 14, 2001 Department of Management The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management Michigan State University N 475 Business Complex East Lansing, MI 48824-1122 Voice (517) 353-6428 FAX (517) 432-1111 ftr@msu.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Washington 1999 University of Washington Business School Major: Strategic Management Minor: Economics Dissertation: Creative Destruction or Creative Cooperation? An empirical investigation of technological discontinuities and their effect on the nature of competition and firm performance Chair: Charles W. L. Hill Winner of Academy of Management William H. Newman Award for 2000 Best Paper Based on a Dissertation. Runner-up for the 2000 Best Dissertation Award of INFORMS Technology Management Section and Academy of Management s Technology and Innovation Division. Finalist for The Free Press Outstanding Dissertation Award 2000 of the Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of Management. M.B.A. Brigham Young University 1995 Marriott School of Management Major: Strategic Management, Business Economics Minor: International Business M.A. Gerhard-Mercator University, Duisburg, Germany 1993 Major: International Economics, Public Policy Minor: Economic and Social History Thesis: Stabilization policy concepts of the International Monetary Fund. Possibilities and limits of the IMF for macroeconomic stabilization, especially in the transformation process of the Republic of Poland. Chair: Dieter Cassel Winner of university-wide award for extraordinary research achievement. ERASMUS Scholar Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, U.K. 1990-91 Sheffield Business School B.A. Gerhard-Mercator University, Duisburg, Germany 1990 Department of Business and Economics
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2000-present Assistant Professor, Department of Management, The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University 1995-2000 Instructor, Department of Management and Organization, University of Washington Business School REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES Rothaermel, F. T. (2001). Incumbent s advantage through exploiting complementary assets via interfirm cooperation. Strategic Management Journal, 22 (6-7), pp. 687-699. Rothaermel, F. T., & Sugiyama, S. (2001). Virtual Internet communities and commercial success: Individual and community-level theory grounded in the atypical case of TimeZone.com. Journal of Management, 27 (3), pp. 297-312. Kotha, S., Rindova, V., & Rothaermel, F. T. (2001). Identifying firm-specific factors in the internationalization of US Internet firms. Journal of International Business Studies. In Press. Rothaermel, F. T. (2001). Complementary assets, strategic alliances, and the incumbent s advantage: An empirical study of industry and firm effects in the biopharmaceutical industry. Research Policy. In Press. Rothaermel, F. T. (2000). Technological discontinuities and the nature of competition. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 12 (2), pp. 149-160. Shay, J. P., & Rothaermel, F. T. (1999). Dynamic competitive strategy: Towards a multiperspective conceptual framework. Long Range Planning, 32 (6), pp. 559-572. REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND BOOK CHAPTERS Rothaermel, F. T., & Deeds, D. L. (2001). More good things are not necessarily better: An empirical study of strategic alliances, experience effects, and innovative output in hightechnology start-ups. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, forthcoming. 2
REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND BOOK CHAPTERS (continued) Rothaermel, F. T., & Deeds, D. L. (2001). More good things are not necessarily better: An empirical study of strategic alliances, experience effects, and new product development in high-technology start-ups. In: M. A. Hitt, R. Amit, C. Lucier, & B. Shelton (Eds.), Strategy in the Entrepreneurial Millennium, New York, John Wiley & Sons. Book based on the 2000 SMS Conference Best Papers, forthcoming. Paper was nominated for the SMS Conference Best Paper Prize. Rothaermel, F. T. (2000). The virtual reconstruction of value chains: Complementary process innovation in the biopharmaceutical industry. In: R. Bresser, M. A. Hitt, D. Heuskel, & R. D. Nixon, (Eds.), Winning Strategies in a Deconstructing World, pp. 107-133, New York, John Wiley & Sons. Book based on the 1999 SMS Conference Best Papers. Paper was nominated for the SMS Conference Best Paper Prize. Kotha, S., Rindova, V., & Rothaermel, F. T. (2000). Identifying firm-specific factors in the internationalization of U.S. Internet firms. Proceedings of the CIBER conference ecommerce and Global Business Forum. Rothaermel, F. T. (1999). Creative destruction or creative cooperation? A tale of two industries. In: M. A. Hitt, P. G. Clifford, R. D. Nixon, & K. Coyne (Eds.), Dynamic Strategic Resources: Development, Diffusion and Integration, pp. 245-266, New York, John Wiley & Sons. Book based on the 1998 SMS Conference Best Papers. Paper was Finalist for the SMS Conference Best Paper Prize. TEACHING MATERIALS AND CASES Rothaermel, F. T. (2001). Instructor s resource manual: Cases, for: Hill, C. W. L., & Jones, G. R. Strategic management: An integrated approach, 5 th ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Rothaermel, F. T. (2001). Instructor s resource manual with test questions, for: Hill, C. W. L., & Jones, G. R. Strategic management: An integrated approach, 5 th ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Rothaermel, F. T., Kotha, S., & Moxon, R. (2001). Wizards of the Coast. In: Hill, C. W. L., & Jones, G. R. Strategic management: An integrated approach, pp. C40-C50, 5 th ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Rothaermel, F. T. (1998). Instructor s resource manual, for: Hill, C. W. L., & Jones, G. R. Strategic management: An integrated approach, 4 th ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 3
INVITED PRESENTATIONS Rothaermel, F. T. & Deeds, D. L. (2001). Network centrality, firm size, and new product development in high-technology start-ups. Presentation to be given at the Batten Young Scholars Conference, College of William & Mary, July 20-21. Rothaermel, F. T. (2001). How to get a job? Presentation to be given at the BPS Managing Your Dissertation Workshop, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 5. Rothaermel, F. T. (2001). Industry and firm effects in creative destructive or creative cooperative environments. Paper presented at Gerhard-Mercator University, Germany, May 16. Rothaermel, F. T. (2000). Creative Destruction or Creative Cooperation? An empirical investigation of technological discontinuities and their effect on the nature of competition and firm performance. Presentation of dissertation in recognition of Runner-up for the 2000 Best Dissertation Award of INFORMS Technology Management Section and Academy of Management s Technology and Innovation Division. INFORMS Conference, San Antonio, TX, November 6. Kotha, S., Rindova, V., & Rothaermel, F. T. (2000). Identifying firm-specific factors in the internationalization of U.S. Internet firms. Paper presented at CIBER conference ecommerce and Global Business Forum, Santa Cruz, CA, May 18. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Rothaermel, F. T. (2001). Technological discontinuities and interfirm cooperation. Paper to be presented at Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 21-24. Paper is nominated for SMS Conference Best Paper Prize. Rothaermel, F. T., & Deeds, D. L. (2001). More good things are not necessarily better: An empirical study of strategic alliances, experience effects, and innovative output in hightechnology start-ups. Paper to be presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 7. Rothaermel, F. T. (2001). Technological discontinuities and interfirm cooperation. Paper to be presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 6. Rothaermel, F. T., & Deeds, D. L. (2000). More good things are not necessarily better: An empirical study of the relationship between strategic alliances and innovative output. Paper presented at Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 16. Paper was nominated for SMS Conference Best Paper Prize. 4
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (continued) Rothaermel, F. T., & Sugiyama, S. (2000). Strategic management of virtual Internet communities: An empirical study of Timezone.com. Paper presented at Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 18. Rothaermel, F. T. (2000). Industry and firm performance in creative destructive and creative cooperative environments. Paper presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, August 7. Winner of Academy William H. Newman Award for 2000 Best Paper Based on a Dissertation. Winner of Academy of Management TIM Division Technology Studies/Walter de Gruyter Best Student Paper. Rothaermel, F. T. (2000). Incumbent s advantage through exploiting complementary assets via interfirm cooperation: Evidence from the biopharmaceutical industry. Paper presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, August 9. Rothaermel, F. T. (1999). Complementary innovation and the deconstruction of value chains: The case of the biopharmaceutical industry. Paper presented at Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Berlin, Germany, October 4. Paper was nominated for SMS Conference Best Paper Prize. Rothaermel, F. T. (1999). The virtual reconstruction of value chains: Creative cooperation in the biopharmaceutical industry. Paper presented at Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Berlin, Germany, October 5. Paper was nominated for SMS Conference Best Paper Prize. Rothaermel, F. T. (1999). Unraveling the process of creative cooperation: Complementary innovation in the biopharmaceutical industry. Paper presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August 9. Rothaermel, F. T. (1998). Creative destruction or creative cooperation? A tale of three industries. Paper presented at Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Orlando, Florida, November 2. Paper was Finalist for SMS Conference Best Paper Prize. 5
TEACHING EXPERIENCE A. EXECUTIVE MBA AND OTHER MBA COURSES University of Washington Business School Course Title Description Evaluation Average 5.0: excellent TMMBA 505 The Economics of Strategy and Innovation Technology Management MBA Sections Taught 4.9 1 EMBA 505 Competitive Analysis Executive MBA 4.7 2 EMBA 523 International Management II Executive MBA 4.7 2 BPOL 505 Strategic Management Evening MBA 4.3 2 B. OTHER GRADUATE COURSES University of Washington Business School Course Title Description Evaluation Average Sections Taught Admin 510 Strategy and Entrepreneurship UW s Educational Outreach Program n/a 4 C. UNDERGRADUATE COURSES Michigan State University, The Eli Broad College of Business Course Title Description Evaluation Average 1.0: excellent MGT 409 Business Policy and Strategic Management Capstone Class Sections Taught 1.6 4 6
C. UNDERGRADUATE COURSES (continued) University of Washington Business School Course Title Description Evaluation Average 5.0: excellent Sections Taught BPOL 470 Strategic Management Capstone Class 4.9 2 OE 302 Business, Government, & Society (Business Ethics) Core Requirement 4.9 3 TEACHING AWARDS University of Washington Excellence in Teaching Award, 1998. In recognition for outstanding achievement in teaching at the University of Washington. This university-wide award is the highest teaching honor for doctoral teaching associates at the University of Washington. University of Washington Business School Ph.D. Program Teaching Award, 1998. In recognition for outstanding teaching at the University of Washington Business School. COURSE DEVELOPMENT University of Washington Business School, Executive and Technology Management MBA Programs TMMBA 505. Competitive Analysis for Technology Managers: The Economics of Strategy and Innovation. Course developed for newly-launched Technology Management MBA Program. EMBA 505. Competitive Analysis: The Economics of Strategy. Course developed for newlylaunched Northwest & Beyond Option of the Executive MBA Program in which 25 percent of the course content is taught using long-distance media. EMBA 523. International Management II. Course developed for newly-launched Northwest & Beyond Option of the Executive MBA Program in which 25 percent of the course content is taught using long-distance media. 7
TEACHING INTERESTS (using Academy of Management classification) A. FIRST CHOICE Business Policy and Strategy (BPS) Technology & Innovation Management (TIM) International Management and International Business (IM) Entrepreneurship (ENT) Business Economics, esp. Microeconomics (BusEcon) B. SECOND CHOICE Organization and Management Theory (OMT) Social Issues in Management (SIM) Research Methods (RM) Business Economics, esp. Macroeconomics (BusEcon) Management History (MH) HONORS Nominated for 2001 SMS Conference Best Paper Prize, Strategic Management Society Conference, San Francisco, CA; for paper entitled: Technological discontinuities and interfirm cooperation Winner of Academy of Management William H. Newman Award for Best Paper Based on a Dissertation, Toronto 2000; for paper entitled: Industry and firm performance in creative destructive and creative cooperative environments Winner of Academy of Management TIM Division Technology Studies/Walter de Gruyter Best Student Paper., Toronto 2000; for paper entitled: Industry and firm performance in creative destructive and creative cooperative environments Runner-up for the 2000 Best Dissertation Award of INFORMS Technology Management Section and Academy of Management s Technology and Innovation Division, San Antonio 2000; for dissertation entitled: Creative destruction or Creative Cooperation? An empirical investigation of technological discontinuities and their effect on the nature of competition and firm performance Finalist for The Free Press Outstanding Dissertation Award, Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of Management, Toronto 2000; for dissertation entitled: Creative destruction or Creative Cooperation? An empirical investigation of technological discontinuities and their effect on the nature of competition and firm performance 8
HONORS (continued) Nominated for 2000 SMS Conference Best Paper Prize, Strategic Management Society Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia; for paper entitled: More good things are not necessarily better: An empirical study of the relationship between strategic alliances and innovative output (with David L. Deeds) Nominated for 1999 SMS Conference Best Paper Prize, Strategic Management Society Conference, Berlin, Germany, October 1999; for paper entitled: The virtual reconstruction of value chains: Creative cooperation in the biopharmaceutical industry Nominated for 1999 SMS Conference Best Paper Prize, Strategic Management Society Conference, Berlin, Germany; for paper entitled: Complementary innovation and the deconstruction of value chains: The case of the biopharmaceutical industry Finalist for 1998 SMS Conference Best Paper Prize, Strategic Management Society Conference, Orlando, Florida; for paper entitled: Creative destruction or creative cooperation? A tale of three industries Invited Participant, Academy of Management TIM Division Junior Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management Meetings, Toronto, Canada, August 5, 2000. Dean s Achievement Award, University of Washington, 1997. In recognition of outstanding academic achievement in the Business School doctoral program. Invited Participant, Academy of Management TIM Division Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management Meetings, Chicago, IL, August 6-7, 1999. Invited Participant, International Consortium on Managing Strategic Change and Global Organization Design, Doctoral Consortium, Duke University, November 5-8, 1998. Invited Participant, Academy of Management BPS Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management Meetings, San Diego, CA, August 7-9, 1998. Invited Participant, Academy of Management Writer s Development Workshop, Academy of Management Meetings, San Diego, CA, August 9, 1998. FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS (continued) Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) Grant, The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University, Fall 2000. Course Coordinator for Strategic Management, University of Washington Business School, Department of Management and Organization, 1999-2000 9
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS (continued) Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) Grant, University of Washington Business School, Program in Global Business, Summer 1999. Executive MBA Course Development Grant for Interactive Online Instruction, University of Washington Business School, 1999. Developed EMBA 523: International Management II for part on-line instruction. Edna Benson Fellowship, University of Washington Business School, Spring 1999. Boeing Endowment for Excellence Fellowship, University of Washington Business School, Winter 1999. Edna Benson Fellowship, University of Washington Business School, Summer 1998. EMBA Course Development Grant for Interactive Online Instruction, University of Washington Business School, Summers 1998 and 1999. Developed EMBA 505: Competitive Analysis: The Economics of Strategy for part on-line instruction. Stroum Fellowship, University of Washington Business School, Summer 1998. Evert McCabe Endowed Fellowship, University of Washington Business School, Spring 1998. Humbolt Foundation Research Grant, Germany, 1994. Kennedy Center for International Studies Research Grant, Brigham Young University, 1994. Marriott School of Management Research Grant, Brigham Young University, 1994. World Trade Association Scholarship, 1994-95. Richard E. Cook International Scholarship, 1994-95. Marriott School of Management Scholarship, Brigham Young University, 1993-94. ERASMUS Scholarship awarded by the European Union, 1990-91. 10
ACADEMIC SERVICE REVIEWER Academy of Management Journal Strategic Management Journal Management Science Journal of Management Long Range Planning IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS Academy of Management Informs Strategic Management Society STATUS Permanent U.S. Resident (Green Card) 11