Faculty Directory
Richard A. D’Aveni
Bakala Professor of Strategy
E-Mailrichard.a.d'aveni@tuck.dartmouth.edu
Phone603-646-2921
DegreeAB, Cornell University, 1975; JD, Suffolk University, 1979; MBA, Boston University, 1979; PhD, Columbia University, 1987; CPA, Massachusetts
AREAS OF EXPERTISEBusiness, corporate, and global strategy; organizational design and top management teams
Current Research Topics
Strategies for nations and corporations to revive America's economic power, strategic capitalism, hypercompetition, and price-quality competition
Selected Publications
Hypercompetition, The Free Press, 1994; "New Organizational Forms and Strategies for Managing in Hypercompetitive Environments," Organization Science, 1999; Strategic Supremacy, The Free Press, 2001; "The Empire Strikes Back: Counter-Revolutionary Strategies for Industry Leaders," Harvard Business Review, November 2002; "Corporate Spheres of Influence," MIT Sloan Management Review, 45(4), 2004; with D. Ravenscraft and P. Anderson, "From Corporate Strategy to Business-Level Advantage: Relatedness as Resource Congruence," Managerial and Decision Economics, 25(6-7), 2004; "Mapping Your Competitive Position," Harvard Business Review, November 2007; Beating the Commodity Trap: Improving Your Competitive Position and Pricing Power, Harvard Business School Press, 2010; Strategic Capitalism: Reviving American Economic Power and Winning the Capitalist Cold War, McGraw-Hill, forthcoming
Working Papers
With K. Pauwels, "The Dynamics of Price-Quality Competition: Oligopolistic, Resource-Based, or Hypercompetition?"
Awards
Top 50 Management Thinkers in the World and Top 10 Strategy Thinkers (CNN, The Times, The Times of India); Forum Fellow, World Economic Forum; A.T. Kearney Award; Richard D. Irwin Foundation Fellowship; Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Center Fellow, Wharton School; Runner-Up for Outstanding Teaching Award, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Honorable Mention, Academy of Management Hall of Fame; Nominee, SMS McKinsey Best Paper, Strategic Management Society, 2004
Professional Activities
Academic positions: Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986–88; Tuck School of Business, 1988–present
Nonacademic positions: Legislative staff, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1975–77; Project Manager, Governor’s Staff, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1977–78; Lawyer/CPA, Coopers & Lybrand, 1979–82; Special Consultant, Federal Trade Commission, 1991–98
Board memberships: Board of Scholars, Chief Executive Leadership Institute at Yale University
Editorial positions: Editorial Boards, Academy of Management Journal, 1991–96; Administrative Science Quarterly, 1995–96; Organization Science, 1992–2002; Strategic Management Journal, 1994–95 and 2008 to present
Research & Teaching Summary
Richard D’Aveni has focused much of his recent research on the strategy of competition –including hypercompetition—and business advantage. He has recently turned his attention to commoditization and product positioning. Professor D’Aveni, who has also worked as an attorney and CPA, teaches the elective course Advanced Competitive Strategy.