Specialties

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 2007
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2003-2007)
Associate, McKinsey & Co (2000)
International Social Services Volunteer & International Humanitarian Law Instructor, Red Cross

(1998-present)

Analyst, Morgan Stanley & Co. (1996-1997)

Selected Publications

• "Pre-Entry Knowledge, Learning & the Survival of New Firms," with John Dencker and Marc Gruber, Organization Science, Vol. 20 , No. 3, 2009, pp. 516-537.
  
  
• "User Entrepreneurship: An Emergent & Collective Process," with Mary Tripsas, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2007, pp. 123-140.
  
  
• "Building Better Theory by Bridging the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide," with Kevin Corley, Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 43, No. 8, 2006, pp. 1821-1835.
  
  
• Motivation, Governance, and the Viability of Hybrid Forms in Open Source Software Development," Management Science, Vol. 52, No. 7, 2006, pp. 1000-1014.
  
  
• "How Communities Support Innovative Activities: An Exploration of Assistance and Sharing Among End-Users," with Nikolaus Franke, Research Policy, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2003, pp. 157-178.
  
  
• "Open Beyond Software," Open Sources 2, edited by Chris Dibona, Danese Cooper and Mark Stone, O’Reilly Media, Sebastopol, CA. 2005, pp. 339-360.
  
  

Working Papers

• "Individual & Opportunity Factors Influencing Job Creation in New Firms," with John Dencker and Marc Gruber.
  
  
• "From Innovation to Firm Formation in the Windsurfing, Skateboarding, and Snowboarding Industries," University of Illinois Working Paper #05-0107, 2007.
  
  
• "Previous version: Sources and Patterns of Innovation in a Consumer Products Field: Innovations in Sporting Equipment," Sloan School Working Paper #4105, 2000.
  
  
• "The Knowledge Context & the Entrepreneurial Process: Academic, User & Employee Entrepreneurship," with David Audretsch & Rajshree Agarwal, University of Illinois Working Paper #06-0118, 2006.
  
  

Current Research

Community-based innovation. Industry formation and industrial change. Effects of founder knowledge and experience on firm performance.

Industries: software, medical devices, sporting equipment, internet, general consumer products

Honors and Awards

Carolyn Dexter Award Finalist, Academy of Management (2008)
Thought Leader Award, Academy of Management (2008)
Sloan Industry Studies Fellowship--one of five nationally (2008)
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Best Paper Prize (2006)
Kauffman Foundation Grant, coinvestigator $665K (2005)
Recognized for Teaching Excellence, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2005, 2006)
William H. Newman Award Finalist, Academy of Management (TIM Division) (2004 )
Entrepreneurship Division Dissertation Award Finalist, Academy of Management (2004)
Outstanding Volunteer Award, Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay (2003)

Academic Service

Academy of Management, Junior Faculty Consortium Mentor - Technology & Innovation Management
Division (2009)

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Early Career PDW Organizer (2009)
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Early Career Development Committee (2008-10)
Strategic Management Society, Representative at Larg (2008-09)
Academy of Management, Best Paper Awards Committee - Technology & Innovation Management

Division (2008)

Strategy Recruiting Committee, (2007-08)