RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• CEO selection and  Top Management Demography
• Corporate Governance
• International  Strategies
• Strategic Decision Processes
• Strategic Human Resource Management

PUBLICATIONS

• 'Dumb and Dumber: The Impact of Downsizing On Firm Performance As Moderated By Industry Conditions' (with J. Guthrie). Organization Science, 19,108-123, 2008.
• Ownership Structure and CEO Compensation: Implications For The Choice Of Foreign Market Entry Modes' (with M. Musteen and P. Herrmann). Journal of International Business Studies (forthcoming)
• Effectiveness and Efficiency of Cross-Border Knowledge Transfer: An Empirical Examination' (with L. Nordtvedt, B. Kedia and A. Rasheed). Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 45, Issue 4, pp. 714-744, June 2008
• 'Financial and Product Market Integration: Responses of Japanese Fims' (with T. Yoshikawa, A. Rasheed and J. Rosenstein), Management International Review, 46 (5), 2006, 1-27.
• 'HRM and Firm Productivity: Does Industry Matter?' (with J. Guthrie and P. Wright), Academy of Management Journal, 48(1), 2005, 135-146.
• 'CEO Observable Experiences: Implications for Choice between International Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Greenfield Investments' (with P. Herrmann), Journal of Management Studies, 43(4), 2006
• 'Relationships between Top Management Team Characteristics and International Diversification: An Empirical Investigation' (with P. Hermann), British Journal of Management, 16(1), 2005, 69-78.
• 'New CEO Openness to Change and Strategic Persistence: The Moderating Role of  Industry Characteristics' (with N. Rajagopalan and Yan Zhang). British Journal of Management, 14 (2), 2003, 101-114.
• 'CEO Successor Characteristics and the Choice of Foreign Market Entry Mode: An Empirical Study' (with P. Hermann). Journal of International Business Studies, 33 (3), 2002, 551-569
• 'Choice of Foreign Market Entry Modes: Critical Review and Future Directions' (with A. Rasheed and P. Hermann). In Hitt, M.E and Cheng, J.L.C. (Ed.), Advances in International Management, 14, Elsevier Science, 2002, 87-155.
• 'Different Industries, Different CEOs? An Empirical Study of Career Specialization' (with J. Guthrie and N. Rajagopalan). Human Resource Planning 25 (2), 2002, 14-25.
• 'Executive Characteristics, Compensation Systems and Firm Performance; Theoretical Model and Extensions' (with N. Rajagopalan and Yan Zhang). In S.J. Zaccaro & R. Klimoski (Eds.), The Nature of Organizational Leadership, Lexington Press, 2001, 270-304.
• 'Industry Structure and CEO Characteristics: An Empirical Study of Succession Events' (with N. Rajagopalan), Strategic Management Journal, 19 (9), 1998, 833-852.
• 'Corporate Strategy, Executive Selection and Firm Performance' (with J. Guthrie) at Human Resource Management Journal, 37 (2), 1998, 101-116.
• 'Contextual Influences on Executive Selection: Firm Characteristics and CEO Experience' (with J. Guthrie), Journal of Management Studies. 34 (3), 1997, 537-560.
• 'Determinants of Price Premiums: A Study of Initial Public Offerings in the Medical Diagnostics and Devices Industry' (with A. Rasheed and C.R. Ramesh), Journal of Small Business Management, 35 (4), 1997, 11-24.
• 'CEO Characteristics: Does Industry Matter?' (with N. Rajagopalan), Academy of Management Journal, 39 (1), 1996, 197-215.
• 'Cross-border acquisitions: An examination of the influence of strategic and cultural fit on shareholder value creation in U.S. acquiring firms' (with G. Puia), Management International Review, 35 (4), 1995, 325-336.
• 'Environmental Determinants of Merger Strategy: Some Empirical Evidence'(with V.K. Narayanan). In L. Foster (Ed.), Advances in Applied Business Strategies (Vol. 4), JAI Press, 1995, 75-98.
• 'Executive Succession: Organizational Antecedents of CEO Characteristics' (with J. Guthrie), Strategic Management Journal, 15 (7), 1994, 569-577.
• 'Strategic Decision Processes: Critical Review and Future Directions' (with N. Rajagopalan and A. Rasheed), Journal of Management, 19 (2), 1993, 349-384.
• 'Planning International Joint Ventures: The Role of Human Resource Management' (with A. Rasheed). In R. Culpan (Ed.) Multinational Strategic Alliances, Haworth Press, 1993. 251-271.
• 'Factors Influencing Wealth Creation in Mergers and Acquisitions: A Meta-analysis', (with V.K. Narayanan and G.E. Pinches), Strategic Management Journal, 13 (1), 1992, 67-84.
• 'Strategic Decision Processes: An Integrative Framework' (with N. Rajagopalan and A. Rasheed). In P. Lorange, B. Chakravarthy, J. Roos and A. Van de Ven (Eds.). Implementing Strategic Processes: Change, Learning and Cooperation, Basil Blackwell, 1993, 274-312. Reprinted in P. Lorange (Ed.) The Strategic Planning Process, The International Library of Management Series, Darthmouth Publishing:VT, 1994, pp. 327-366.
• 'Organizational Fit and Acquisition Performance: Effects of Post-Acquisition Integration', Strategic Management Journal, 12(4), 1991, 281-298.
• 'Diversification and Performance: Critical Review and Future Directions', (with N. Rajagopalan and A. Rasheed), Journal of Management Studies, 28(5), 1991, 529-558.
• 'Management Incompatibility and Post-Acquisition Autonomy: Effects on Acquisition Performance' (with J.H. Grant and N. Rajagopalan). In P. Shrivastava, A. Huff and J. Dutton (Eds.), Advances in Strategic Management (Vol. 7), JAI Press, 1991, 157-184.
• 'Managing Strategic Issues in a Turbulent Environment' (with J.C. Camillus), Long Range Planning, 24(2), 1991, 67-74. Reprinted in P. Lorange (Ed.) The Strategic Planning Process, The International Library of Management Series, Darthmouth Publishing:VT, 1994, pp. 25-32
• 'Online Databases in Environmental Scanning: Usage and Organizational Impacts' (with A. Rasheed). In E. Szewczak, C.R. Snodgrass & M. Khosrowpour (Eds.). Management Impact of Information Technology: Perspectives on Organizational Change and Growth, 1991, 389-407.
• 'Making Acquisitions Work: Exploring Issues of Organizational Compatibility' (with A. Rasheed). In Glass, H. E. (Ed.). Handbook of Business Strategy, 1992/1993, Warren, Gorham & Lamont, New York, 1992, 18-1 to 18-12.
• 'Corporate Acquisitions: The Merging of Habitual Domains' (with P.L. Yu), Human Systems Management, 10(1), 1991, 47-60.
• 'Relationships between Types of Acquisition, The Autonomy Given to the Acquired Firm, and Acquisition Success: An Empirical Analysis' (with J.H. Grant), Journal of Management, 16(1), 1990, 27-42.
• 'A Meta-Analytic Review of the Concentration-Performance Relationship: Aggregating Findings in Strategic Management' (with V.K. Narayanan), Journal of Management, 15 (3), 1989, 109-123.
• 'Acquisitions, Mergers and Habitual Domains Analysis' (with P.L. Yu). In A.G. Lockett & G. Islei (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems: Improving Decision Making in Organizations, New York: Springer Verlag, 1989, 1-13.
• 'International Joint Ventures: A Framework for Analysis', Journal of General Management, 14(2), 1988, 100-113. Reprinted in H. Vernon-Wortzel and L. Wortzel (Eds.), Global Strategic Management, New York: Wiley, 1991, 149-158.

INVITED PAPERS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Papers

• 'Convergence and Restructuring: A Comparison of Japan and the United States', (with A. Rasheed, T. Yoshikawa and J. Rosenstein), in Weldemann, H. (Ed.) Personal und Organization, Transfer-Centrum GmbH & Co., Munich, 2004.
• 'Evaluating Mergers and Acquisitions: A Belief Function Approach' (with R. Srivastava). In R. Srivastava  and T. Mock (Eds.) Belief Functions in Business Decisions, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2002, 222-251.
• 'Strategies for International Expansion: A Study of U.S. Casual Dining Restaurants' (with A. Rasheed and D.H. Arnott), Les Cahiers du Management, June 1998, 45-68.
• 'Making Acquisitions Work: Exploring Issues of Organizational Compatibility' (with A. Rasheed). In Glass, H. E. (Ed.). Handbook of Business Strategy, 1992/1993, Warren, Gorham & Lamont, New York, 1992, 18-1 to 18-12.

Proceedings

• 'CEO Career Specialization: The influence of Industry Characteristics' (with N. Rajagopalan and Jim Guthrie). Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2001
• 'Industry Characteristics, High Involvement Work Practices and Firm performance: A Conceptual Framework' (with J. Guthrie), Southern  Management Association Proceedings, 1999, 148-50.
• 'Presuccession Experience in Newly Selected CEO's: Are Industry Conditions Important?" (with N. Rajagopalan), Southwest Academy of Management Proceedings, 1996, 9-13. The paper was selected as the 1st. Runner-up for the Best Paper Award (among 175 papers) for the Meeting.
• 'Corporate strategy, executive selection and firm performance' (with J. Guthrie), Proceedings of Southern Academy of Management Proceedings, 1994, 16-18.
• 'HRM Considerations in the Planning of International Joint Ventures' (with A. Rasheed), Proceedings of the International Conference on Personnel and Human Resource Management, 1989, 351-360.
• 'An Integrative Approach to Acquisition Planning', Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Meetings of the Southwest Division of the Academy of Management, 1988, 8-12.
• 'Acquisition Behavior and Value Creation: The Allied-Bendix-Martin Marietta Case' (with M. Sukhwani and J.H. Grant), Midwest Annual Institute of Decision Sciences Proceedings, 1986, 35-37.
• 'Environmental Scanning: A Three Dimensional Contingency Framework' (with R.R. Chinta), Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings, 1986.
• 'Future Merger Activity and Criteria for Success: An Integrated Framework' (with J.H. Grant), Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings, 1985, 137-140.

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

• "Board Composition, Managerial Incentives and the Choice between International Joint Ventures and Foreign Acquisitions" (with M. Musteen and P. Herrmann), 2008 Academy of International Business Meetings, Milan
• "Speed vs. Performance: The Differential Influence of Network Embeddedness on the  Internationalization of SMEs" (with M. Musteen), 2008 Academy of International Business Meetings, Milan
• "Organizational Entrainment and The Internationalization of New Ventures from Emerging Markets" (with Susanna Khavul, Liliana Nordtvedt, Eric Wood and A. Rasheed), 2008 Academy of International Business Meetings, Milan
• Getting Lean While in the Land of Plenty: Employee Downsizing, Firm Performance and Corporate Reputation (with Inmaculada Martín-Tapia, Martina Musteen and James P. Guthrie), 2008 Academy of Management Meetings, 2008.
• 'International Networks, Foreign Market Knowledge and Internationalization of Czech SMEs' (with Martina Musteen and Shaker Zahra). 2007 National Academy of Management Meetings, Philadelphia.
• 'Effectiveness and Efficiency of Cross-Border Knowledge Transfer: An Empirical Examination' (with Liliana Nordtvedt and A. Rasheed). 2007 National Academy of Management Meetings, Philadelphia.
• 'Managerial Characteristics and Willingness to Send Expatriates Abroad' (with George Benson and Liliana Nordtvedt). 2007 National Academy of Management Meetings, Philadelphia.
• "High Performance Work Systems in Low Wage America: Industry Wages, HRM and Employee Turnover " (with Jim Guthrie and Pat Wright). Symposium Academy of Management Meetings, Atlanta, 2006
• Relationships Between Firm Characteristics And Corporate Reputation: A Quantile Regression Analysis" (with M. Musteen). Academy of Management Meetings, Atlanta, 2006. 
• Ownership And Outsourcing Within Indian Industry' (with S. Mazumdar). Academy of International Business Annual Meetings, June 2006
• "Network and International Expansion: A Study of Czech Entrepreneurial Firms" (with Martina Musteen). 2006 SVU World Congress, June 2006, Czech Republic
• Links between Business Strategies and Foreign Market Entry Mode Choices: An Empirical Examination" (with Martina Musteen and Xin Liang). Presented at the  Academy of Management Meetings, Hawaii, August 2005.
• 'Workforce Reductions and Firm Performance: Do Industry Conditions Moderate the Relationship?' (with Jim Guthrie Presented at the  Academy of Management Meetings, Hawaii, August 2005.
• Board Characteristics and  Reputation: A Study of Firms in the Service Sector' (with Benedict Kemmerer and Martina Musteen). Presented at the 9^th International Conference on Corporate Reputation, May 2005.
• 'Competitive Advantage through People: Human Resource Systems, Context, and Performance',   Invited symposium presentation at the  Southwest Academy of Management Meetings, Dallas, March 2005.
• 'HRM And Firm Performance: Peeling Back The Onion' (with J. Guthrie and P. Wright). National Academy of Management Meetings, New Orleans, 2004
• Convergence And Restructuring: A Comparison Of Japan and the United States (with T.  Yoshikawa, A. Rasheed and J. Rosenstein).  Academy of International Business Meetings, Stockholm,  July 2004
• 'Corporate Reutation: Do Board Characteristics Matter? (with M. Musteen and B. Kemmerer), National Academy of Management Meetings, New Orleans, 2004
• 'CEO Experiences: Effects on the Choice of Entry Mode' (with Pol Herrmann), Academy of International Business Meetings, Stockholm,  July 2004
• 'HRM and Firm Productivity: Does Industry Matter?' (with J. Guthrie and P. Wright). National Academy of Management Meetings, Seattle, August 2003.
• 'Influence of CEO Successor Characteristics on the Choice Between Cross-Border Acquisitions and Joint Ventures'. Academy of International Business Meetings, June-July, 2002. (Finalist for the Best Paper Award)
• 'CEO Career Specialization: The influence of Industry Characteristics' (with N. Rajagopalan and Jim Guthrie).  National Academy of Management Meetings, Washington, D.C.,  August 2001.
• 'New CEO Selection under conditions of Information Incompleteness' (with N. Rajagopalan and Yan Zhang).  National Academy of Management Meetings, Washington, D.C.,  August 2001.
• 'CEO Succession: Empirical Relationships between CEO Propensity for Change, Firm Strategic Persistence and Performance'. INFORMS, Hawaii, 2001.
• 'CEO Dynamism and Post Succession Strategic Change: Moderating Effects of Industry Changes' (with N. Rajagopalan & Y. Zhang), National Academy of Management Meetings, Toronto, August 2000.
• 'CEO Successor Characteristics and Choice of Foreign market Entry Mode: An Empirical Study' (with Pol Herrmann), National Academy of Management Meetings, Toronto, August 2000.
• 'Relationships between Top Management Team Characteristics and International Diversification; An Empirical Investigation' (with Pol Herrmann), Academy of International Business Annual Meetings, Phoenix, 2000
• 'Firm Strategy, CEO Characteristics and Firm Performance: The Moderating Role of Managerial Discretion'  (with N. Rajagopalan), Strategic Management Society Annual Meetings, Orlando, 1998.
• 'Foreign Market Entry Strategies: Integrative Framework, Critical Review and Directions for Future Research' (with P. Herrmann and A. Rasheed), National Academy of Management Meetings, San Diego, 1998.
• 'Industry Structure, CEO Characteristics and Firm Performance' (with N. Rajagopalan), National Academy of Management Meetings, Boston, August 1997.
• 'Relationships between Industry Characteristics and Career Specialization' (with N. Rajagopalan), National Academy of Management Meetings, Cincinnati, August 1996.
• 'Context and Executive Selection: The Influence of Industry (with J. Guthrie and N. Rajagopalan), National Academy of Management Meetings, Cincinnati, August 1996.
• 'Presuccession Experience in Newly Selected CEO's:Are Industry Conditions Important?"(with N. Rajagopalan), Presentation in the Best Paper session at Southwest Academy of Management Meetings, 1996.
• 'Environmental Antecedents of CEO Characteristics: The Role of Industry Structure' (with N. Rajagopalan). National Academy of Management Meetings, Vancouver, August 1995.
• 'International Licensing and Shareholder Value Creation: An Empirical Investigation' (with X. Yang). National Academy of Management Meetings, Vancouver, August 1995.
• 'Strategies for International Expansion in the Restaurant Industry' (with A. Rasheed). Annual Academy of International Business Meetings, Brussels, November, 1995.
• 'Industry Structure and CEO Characteristics: An Empirical Study'. Australasian Conference on Strategic Management, Melbourne, April 1995.
• 'Corporate strategy, executive selection and firm performance' (with J. Guthrie), Southern Academy of Management Meetings, New Orleans, 1994.
• 'Determinants of Price premiums: A Study of Initial Public Offerings in the Medical Diagnostics and Devices Industry' (with A. Rasheed). National Academy of Management Meetings, Dallas, August 1994.
• 'Variations in CEO Profiles: Antecedents and Consequences Across Industry Structures' (with N. Rajagopalan). International Strategic Management Society Conference, Chicago 1993.
• 'Executive Succession: Organizational Antecedents of CEO Characteristics' (with J. Guthrie). National Academy of Management Meetings, Atlanta, August 1993.
• 'Cross-Border Acquisitions: An Examination of the Impact of Cultural Difference, Country Risk, and Relatedness on the Wealth Effects of U.S. Acquiring Firms' (with G. Puia). National Academy of Management Meetings, Atlanta, August 1993.
• 'Value Creation in Cross-Border Acquisitions: A Study of Shareholder Gains in U.S. Acquiring Firms' (with G. Puia). Annual Academy of International Business Meetings, Brussels, November 1992.
• 'Organizational Tenure in Top Management Selection: A Study of CEO Selection Decisions in Business Week 1000 Firms' (with J. Guthrie). National Academy of Management Meetings, Las Vegas, 1992.
• 'Strategic Decision Processes: A Critical Review' (with A. Rasheed and N. Rajagopalan). National Academy of Management Meetings, Miami, August 1991.
• 'Price Premiums in Initial Public Offerings: An Empirical Investigation' (with A. Rasheed and R.R. Chinta). National Academy of Management Meetings, Miami, August 1991.
• 'Strategic Decision Processes: An Integrative Framework and Future Directions' (with A. Rasheed and N. Rajagopalan). International Meeting on Strategic Decision Processes, Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, June 1991.
• 'Choice Among Horizontal and Conglomerate Mergers: A Multi-Theoretic Perspective' (with V.K. Narayanan). National Academy of Management Meetings, San Francisco, 1990.
• 'Acquisitions, Mergers and Habitual Domains Analysis' (with P.L. Yu). Eighth International Conference on Multi Criteria Decision Making, Manchester, 1988.
• 'Meta-analytic Synthesis in Strategic Management: The Case of the Concentration-Performance Relationship'. National Academy of Management Meetings, Anaheim, 1988.
• 'Acquisition Strategies, Integration and Performance: An Empirical Analysis'. National Academy of Management Meetings, Anaheim, 1988.
• 'Relationships between Autonomy given to the Acquired firm and Acquisition Performance' (with J. H. Grant). National Academy of Management Meetings, New Orleans, 1987.
• 'Strategic Environmental Scanning Using Online Databases' (with A. Rasheed). Annual Meetings of the American Institute of Decision Sciences, Hawaii, 1986.
• 'International Joint Ventures: An Integrated Framework' (with J.H. Grant). National Academy of Management Meetings, Chicago, 1986.
• 'Designing Sensitive Systems: Integrating Strategic Planning and Issues Management' (with J. C. Camillus). National Academy of Management Meetings, Boston, 1984.

GRANTS

• "Business and International Education" (Principal Investigator/Project Director). U.S. Department of Education Title VIb Grant, August 1996. Amount: $149000
• Marion Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Grant for IBRC, August 1998. Amount: $150,000
• "HRM and the Bottom Line: Does Industry Matter?" SHRM Grant (with Jim Guthrie and Pat Wright) for  $ 12,350 in 2000
• Human Resource Planning Society Research Grant (with J. Guthrie) in 1993
• University of Kansas General Research Grants in 2004, 2002, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1991, 1990, 1987