Current Research Topics

Role of intra-firm social networks in promoting coordination and innovation; emergence of brokerage in social networks; relationship between formal and informal organizational structures; electronic communication

Selected Publications

“Organizational Misfits and the Origins of Brokerage in Intra-firm Networks,” Administrative Science Quarterly, forthcoming; with E. Quintane, “Matter Over Mind? E-mail Data and the Measurement of Social Networks,” Connections, 31(1), 2011; “Interdependent Innovation,” in World Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship, 2011; with M.L. Tushman, "Managing Corporate Social Networks," Harvard Business Review, 86(7-8), 2008; with M.L. Tushman, "Building Bridges: The Social Structure of Interdependent Innovation," Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 1(1), 2007; with M.L. Tushman, C.A. O’Reilly, A. Fenollosa, and D. McGrath, "Towards Relevance and Rigor: Executive Education as a Lever in Shaping Practice and Research," Academy of Management Learning & Education, 6(3), 2007, Exemplary Contribution award; "Measuring Mail: New Analyses of E-mail Data for the Study of Cross-Divisional Innovation," Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2006

Working Papers

With T. Stuart, “Inside the Black Box of the Corporate Staff: Social Networks and the Implementation of Corporate Strategy”; with T. Stuart and M. Tushman, “Discretion Within the Constraints of Opportunity: Gender Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization”; with A. Jordan and P. Audia, "Do You Feel What I Feel? How Empathy Moderates the Self-Monitoring Effect on Brokerage in Social Networks"

Awards

Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, 2008; Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 2007

Professional Activities

Academic positions: Tuck School of Business, 2009–present; Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Organizational Behavior, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, 2008–09

Nonacademic positions: Instructor, Harvard Business Publishing, 2006–09; Development Manager, Morgan Stanley, 2000–02; Associate, L.E.K. Consulting, 1998–2000

Editorial positions: Ad Hoc Reviewer, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Retailing (social network analysis), Management Science, Organization Science, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Strategic Management Journal