Bio
Constance Helfat’s research seeks to understand the nature of strategic change in organizations, particularly change that is a result of emerging technology, knowledge, and capabilities. She teaches the elective courses Deconstructing Apple, a research-to-practice seminar, and Strategic Principles for Internet Businesses.
Current Research Topics
- Business and corporate strategy, especially firm capabilities and adaptation to change, with application to innovation, top management, vertical integration
Professional Activities
Academic positions
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
- Senior Associate Dean for Research Innovation, 2018–2021
- J. Brian Quinn Professor in Technology and Strategy, 2004–present
- Research Affiliate, Center for Digital Strategies, 1999–present
- Professor of Strategy and Technology, 2002–04
- Associate Professor of Business Administration (with tenure), 1998–2002
Harvard Business School
- Visiting Scholar, Strategy Unit, 2008–09
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- Assistant Professor, Department of Management, 1991–98
Northwestern University, J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management
- Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Strategy, 1987–91
University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management
- Assistant Professor, 1985–87
Editorial positions
- Co-editor, Strategic Management Journal, 2013–present
- Special Issue Co-Editor, Strategic Management Journal, 2014–present, Special Issue on Replication in Strategic Management
- Volume Co-editor, Advances in Strategic Management, 2014–present, Corporate Strategy and Resource Redeployment
- Associate Editor, Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, 2009–present
Awards
- Viipuri Prize, Lappeeranta University of Technology in Finland
- Distinguished Scholar Award, Technology and Innovation Management Division, Academy of Management
- Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
- MBA Excellence in Teaching Award, The Wharton School
- Yale University Graduate Fellowship
- Distinction on Ph.D. Qualifying Examination in Economic History
- High Honors in Economics and Great Distinction in General Scholarship, University of California at Berkeley
- Phi Beta Kappa
Working Papers
- With A. Lipparini and G. Verona, “Ambidexterity in Inter-firm Partnerships: Evidence from Buyer-Supplier Relationships in the Italian Motor Vehicle Sector”
Selected Publications
- With M. Campo-Remado, “Integrative Capabilities, Vertical Integration, and Innovation Over Successive Technology Lifecycles,” Organization Science, forthcoming
- With R. Bettis, A. Gambardella, and W. Mitchell, “Qualitative Empirical Research in Strategic Management,” Strategic Management Journal, 36(5), 2015
- With J. Martin, “Dynamic Managerial Capabilities: A Review and Assessment of Managerial Impact on Strategic Change,” Journal of Management, 41(5), 2015
- With R. Bettis, A. Gambardella, and W. Mitchell, "Theory in Strategic Management," Strategic Management Journal, 35(10), 2014
- With M. Peteraf, “Managerial Cognitive Capabilities and the Microfoundations of Dynamic Capabilities,” Strategic Management Journal, forthcoming
- With R. Bettis, A. Gambardella, and W. Mitchell, “Quantitative Empirical Analysis in Strategic Management,” Strategic Management Journal, 35(7), 2014
- With S. Karim, “Fit Between Organization Design and Organizational Routines,” Journal of Organization Design, 3(2), 2014
- With J. Martin, “Dynamic Managerial Capabilities: A Perspective on the Relationship Between Managers, Creativity and Innovation in Organizations,” in Christina Shalley, Michael Hitt, and Jing Zhou, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Multilevel Linkages, Oxford University Press, forthcoming
- With C. Stadler and G. Verona, “The Impact of Dynamic Capabilities on Resource Access and Development,” Organization Science, 24(6), 2013
- “Technical Fitness,” Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
- “Evolutionary Fitness,” Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
- With T. Zuzul, “Capability Lifecycle,” Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
- With A. Hugill, “Managerial Resources and Capabilities,” Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
- With A. Hill, “Managerial Rents,” Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013