Anupama Phene [email protected]
International Business Department Phone: 202 994 6764 School of Business, Funger Hall, Suite 401 Fax: 202 994 7422 George Washington University
Washington DC 200052 EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy University of Texas at Dallas Master of Business Administration Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Bachelor of Commerce Bombay University ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
George Washington University
Professor of International Business 2014 onwards Associate Professor of International Business 2008-2014 University of Utah
Associate Professor of Strategy (with tenure) 2006-2008 Assistant Professor of Strategy 1999-2006 RESEARCH INTERESTS
Innovation and knowledge creation Multinational firm and subsidiaries
Knowledge transfer and dissemination across boundaries – organizational, regional, national High technology industries
PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS
1. Intergovernmental organizations and innovation, Jandhyala S. and A. Phene. Administrative Science Quarterly, Forthcoming.
2. Communities and knowledge: An investigation of the influences of the innovativeness of Indian
inventors in the U.S. semiconductor industry, Almeida P., Phene A. and S. Li. Organization Science, 2015 26(1): 198-217
3. Knowledge spillovers and alliances, Phene A. and S. Tallman. Journal of Management Studies, 2014 51(7): 1058-1090.
4. Sourcing external knowledge: Clusters, alliances and acquisitions. Tallman S. and A. Phene, Oxford Research Reviews, 2014.
5. Complexity, context and governance in biotechnology alliances. Phene A. and S. Tallman. Journal of International Business Studies, 2012 43(1): 61-83.
6. When do acquisitions facilitate technological exploration and exploitation. Phene A., Tallman S. and P. Almeida. Journal of Management, 2012 38(3): 753-783.
7. Innovation in multinational subsidiaries: The role of knowledge assimilation and subsidiary
capabilities. Phene A. and P. Almeida. Journal of International Business Studies, 2008, 39(5): 901-919.
8. Leveraging knowledge across geographic boundaries, Tallman S. and A. Phene. Organization Science, 2007 18(2): 252-260.
9. Breakthrough innovations in the U.S. biotechnology industry: The effects of technological space and geographic origin, Phene A., Fladmoe-Lindquist K. and L. Marsh. Strategic Management Journal, 2006 27(4): 369-388.
10. Knowledge transfer within the multinational firm: What drives the speed of transfer? Phene A., Madhok A . and K. Liu. Management International Review, 2005 45 (Special Issue 2): 53-74. 11. Subsidiaries and knowledge creation: The influence of the MNC and host country on innovation,
Almeida P. and A. Phene. Strategic Management Journal, 2004 25(8-9): 847-864.
12. How do firms evolve? The patterns of technological evolution of semiconductor subsidiaries, Phene A. and P. Almeida, International Business Review, 2003 12(3): 349-367.
13. Knowledge flows and geography in biotechnology, Phene A. and S. Tallman, International Journal of Medical Marketing, 2002 2(3): 241-254.
14. The coevolutional advantage: Strategic management theory and the eclectic paradigm, Madhok A. and A. Phene, International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2001 8 (2): 243-256.
15. The stature of the Journal of International Business Studies, Phene A. and S. Guisinger, Journal of International Business Studies, 1998 29(3): 621-632.
BOOK CHAPTERS
1 Managing knowledge within and outside the multinational corporation. Almeida P. and A. Phene. In Andersson, M, Johansson, B, Karlsson, C and H. Loof (eds), Innovation and Growth: From R&D strategies of innovating firms to economy-wide technological change. 2012, Oxford University Press. 2. Evolution of outcomes in international strategic alliances. Phene A. In S. Tallman (ed), A New
Generation in International Strategic Management, 2007, Elgar.
3. Co-ordination, appropriation and governance in alliances: The biotechnology case. Tallman S. and A. Phene. In A. Arino and J Reuer (eds), Strategic Alliances: Governance and Contracts, 2006, Palgrave MacMillan
4. Structuring and restructuring alliances: A theory based process model. Tallman S. and A. Phene. In O. Shenkar and J. Reuer (eds), Handbook of Strategic Alliances, 2006, Sage Publications.
5. Innovation and knowledge management: Scanning, sourcing and integration. Almeida P., Phene A. and R. Grant. In M. Easterby-Smith and M. Lyles (eds.), Handbook of Organizational Learning and Management, 2003, Blackwell Publishing
6. The co-evolutional advantage : Strategic management theory and the eclectic paradigm. Madhok A. and A. Phene. In J. Cantwell and R. Narula (eds.), International Business and the Eclectic Paradigm, 2003, Routledge
7. Knowledge transfer through alliances: Opportunities and challenges. Almeida P., Grant R. and A. Phene. In M. Gannon and K. Newman (eds.), Handbook of Cross Cultural Management, 2001, Blackwell Publishing.
SELECTED WORK IN PROGRESS
1. Global R&D and firm innovation, Phene A. and S. Jandhyala
2. New technology development by multinational subsidiaries, Phene A. and S. Tallman
3. Knowledge leveraging in the MNC: An evaluation of innovation collaboration between the subsidiary and headquarters, Phene A. and S. Li.
4. Cross listing and acquisition performance: The case of emerging economy firms, Tang Y., Phene A. and R. Click.
5. Lowering carbon emissions: The impact of firm engagement and home country participation in the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum. Phene A. and S. Jandhyala
AWARDS AND HONORS
2012 onwards Phillip Grub Distinguished Scholar, GW School of Business 2014 Strategic Management Society, Best Reviewer Award
2014 Journal of International Business Studies, Best Reviewer Award
2014 George Washington University, Trachtenberg Prize for Teaching Excellence
2011 Nominated George Washington University, Trachtenberg Prize for Teaching Excellence 2010 GW School of Business Teaching Excellence Award
2010 AIB Best Reviewer Award
2010 Nominated George Washington University Trachtenberg Prize for Teaching Excellence 2008-2012 Phillip Grub Professorial Fellow, GW School of Business
2007-2008 President, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society 2006-2008 David Eccles Faculty Fellow, University of Utah
2005-2006 Brady Superior Teaching Award, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah 2004 Faculty inductee Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
2000-2001 Runner-up Marvin J. Ashton Teaching Excellence Award, University of Utah 1999-2000 Nominated Marvin J. Ashton Teaching Excellence Award, University of Utah 1988 Ranked fifth in Bombay University
1985 Ranked twenty-third in Maharashtra State 1983 National Merit Scholar
PRESENTATIONS
Global R&D and firm innovation
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, April 2015 Bocconi University, Italy, March 2015
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, June 2014 Wharton Technology and Innovation Conference, University of Pennsylvania, April 2014 International training, learning and new product development in the MNC
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, June 2014 Communities and knowledge: An investigation of the influences on Indian inventor innovation
National University of Singapore, Singapore, March 2014 Singapore Management University, Singapore, March 2014 Cross-border R&D collaboration and innovation performance
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Panel, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2013 Subsidiary development of complementary and distant technologies
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2013 Intergovernmental organizations and innovation
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2013 Technological diversity, dynamism and new technology development by multinational subsidiaries
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, August 2013 Foreign knowledge acquisition strategies and start up value to investors
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 2012 Subsidiary forays into new technologies
Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Prague, 2012 Resource constraints and frugal innovation in emerging economy firms
Value creation in international R&D alliances
Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Rome, 2010 International R&D networks, global trade linkages and firm innovation
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montreal, 2010 How to negotiate your first job offer
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Panel, Montreal, 2010 Effect of international linkages and Government policy on national innovation
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, 2010 How do firms select an alliance governance mechanism?
Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Washington DC, 2009 Alliance and partner country effects on governance
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2009 Alliance governance: Complexity and country effects in the biotechnology industry
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2009 Do ethnic communities enhance innovativeness?
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2009
Governance mechanisms in the biotechnology industry: Transactional complexity and locational effects Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Cologne, 2008 Best Paper Finalist Capitalizing on spillovers: The case of immigrant Indian inventors
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, 2008
How do Universities license technology? Knowledge generation and commercialization capability Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, 2008
Mobility and innovation: The role of legitimacy seeking behavior of Indian immigrant inventors Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 2007
Prune to grow: The role of abandonment in technological resource creation Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 2007
Innovation in multinational subsidiaries: The role of knowledge assimilation and subsidiary capabilities Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 2006
Governance mechanisms in high technology alliances
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 2006
International Workshop on Strategic Alliances: Governance and Contracts, IESE, 2005 The evolutionary process of knowledge exchange in regional clusters
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 2006 The role of ethnic communities in innovation
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Beijing, China, 2006 Governance mechanisms: A comparison of domestic and cross-national alliances
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Beijing, China, 2006 Ethnic communities and knowledge transfer
Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Orlando, 2005 The role of alliances in accessing knowledge from regional clusters
Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Orlando, 2005 When do acquisitions facilitate technological exploration and exploitation
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2005
Alliance and venture capital networks: An analysis of start-up firms in the biotechnology industry Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2005
Innovation and learning in multinational firms
JIBS Frontiers Conference, Lansing, Michigan, 2004 Innovation in multinational subsidiaries
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, 2004 Unpacking innovation: Bridging strategies and their influence on impact, durability and breadth
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 2003.
Alliance and venture capital networks: An analysis of start-up firms in the biotechnology industry Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, 2003. Learning from regional clusters in the biotechnology industry: Firm network and region effects
Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Paris, France, 2002 Bridging and buffering strategies in the semiconductor industry
Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Paris, France, 2002 The effects of regional clusters on knowledge stocks and flows
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2002. Best Paper Finalist
External and internal influences on subsidiary innovation
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2002 Subsidiaries and knowledge creation
Strategic Management Journal Conference for Special Issue on Leveraging Knowledge, Pittsburgh, 2002.
Unpacking absorptive capacity
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 2002 Knowledge transfer within the firm: What drives the speed of transfer?
Creating durable knowledge in the biotechnology industry: The role of decay and modularity Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2001 How do diversified knowledge networks emerge? A rational adaptation perspective
Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2001 Domains of knowledge: Organizational and geographic boundedness and innovation
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2001 Internal and external network influences on multinational subsidiary innovation
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 200 1 Knowledge spillovers in the biotechnology industry: Does physical proximity matter?
17th Colloquium of the European Group for Organizational Studies, Lyon, France, 2001 Strategic management theory and the eclectic paradigm: Expanding the envelope
European International Business Academy Annual Congress, 2000. The evolving influences on multinational subsidiary innovation: A network approach
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 2000 Multinational firm innovation: Networks of learning
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Panel, Phoenix, AZ, 2000 Spatial bounds of innovation: Knowledge production and dissemination in the biotechnology industry
Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 2000 Do weak ties lead to significant innovations? Knowledge sourcing strategies
Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 2000 External knowledge, internal capabilities and multinational subsidiary innovation
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2000
Are all your eggs in one basket? Diversified knowledge networks and innovatory performance Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2000
How do firms evolve? The changing scale, scope and technological influences of semiconductor subsidiaries
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC, 1999 Alliance formation in the biotechnology industry: Impact of base and scope of knowledge
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC, 1999
The evolution of technological capabilities in U.S. semiconductor subsidiaries Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1999 Implications of tax policy for Japanese MNE strategies: An OLI perspective
Association of Japanese Business Studies Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, 1999 A methodology investigation of inconsistent findings on international diversification
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 1998 The stature of the Journal of International Business Studies among scholarly journals
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 1998 Re-examining the effects of international diversification on firm performance
Southwestern Academy of International Business, Dallas, TX, 1998 Dual diversification: Theory extension and empirical evidence
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Monterrey, Mexico, 1997 On the multidimensionality of international diversification
New England Business Association Conference, Connecticut, 1997 TEACHING AND EVALUATIONS
George Washington University
2014 International Business Strategy (Graduate Elective) (4.90/5.00)
Managing the Multinational Enterprise (Undergraduate Elective) (4.76/5.00) 2013 Global Perspectives (Graduate Core Course) (4.82/5.00)
2012 Global Perspectives (Graduate Core Course) (4.84/5.00)
Consulting Abroad India (Graduate Course Required for Full Time MBA) (5.00/5.00) 2011 Global Perspectives (4.79/5.00)
Doctoral Seminar on Knowledge and Innovation (4.88/5.00) 2010 Global Perspectives (4.84/5.00)
Managing the Multinational Enterprise (4.84/5.00) 2009 Global Perspectives (4.90/5.00)
International Business Strategy (4.91/5.00)
Managing the Multinational Enterprise (4.85/5.00)
Doctoral Seminar on Knowledge and Innovation (5.00/5.00) University of Utah
2008 International Management (Graduate Elective) (5.81/6.00) Business Strategy (Graduate Core Course) (5.57/6.00) 2007 International Management (5.79/6.00)
Business Strategy (5.46/6.00)
Advanced Strategic Management (Undergraduate Core Course) (5.56/6.00) 2005 Advanced Strategic Management (5.62/6.00)
2004 International Management (5.89/6.00) Advanced Strategic Management (5.54/6.00) Doctoral Seminar in Strategy (6.00/6.00) 2003 International Management (5.70/6.00)
Advanced Strategic Management (5.67/6.00) 2002 International Management (5.63/6.00)
Advanced Strategic Management (5.55/6.00) 2001 International Management (5.74/6.00)
Advanced Strategic Management (5.71/6.00) 2000 Advanced Strategic Management (5.23/6.00)
SERVICE Committees
2013 onwards School wide Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, IB Representative 2012 onwards Chair, Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, IB Department.
2010 onwards GWSB CIBER Faculty Coordinating Board 2015 Trachtenberg and Bender Award Committee 2014 Tucker Chair Search Committee
2011 – 2013 Faculty Advisor, NAAMBA GWU Chapter 2012 Strategic Planning and Advisory Group 2009 – 2012 GWSB Doctoral Committee
2010 – 2011 Chair, IB Faculty Search Committee 2009 – 2010 GW University Committee on Research 2008 – 2009 GWSB Research Committee
2006 – 2008 David Eccles School of Business Doctoral Committee
2003 – 2006 David Eccles School of Business, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 2009 – 2010 GW University, Committee on Research
2006 – 2008 University of Utah, International Studies Board Profession
2015 onwards Consulting Editor, Journal of International Business Studies 2014 onwards Associate Editor, Global Strategy Journal
Editorial Board Member Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science
2013 onwards Buckley and Casson Dissertation Award Committee, Academy of International Business 2012 Track Chair, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Academy of International
Business, Washington DC
2010-2012 Farmer Dissertation Award Committee, Academy of International Business 2010 International Business Program Review at James Madison University Dissertation Committees
Member, Kashef Majid (2012), Counterfeit goods: Preferences, inferences and impacts. External examiner, Yujin Jeong (2010), Firms and states in global markets: Two essays.
External examiner, Mike Provance (2010), Tying it together: Three essays on the roles of knowledge, entrepreneurial action and institutions in formation of new technology ventures
Co-Chair, Sali Li (2007), Resource abandonment in firms: Effects, timing and approaches Member, Laurence Marsh (2006), Resources, environment and strategic change
Member, Kun Liu (2006), Problem definition and search in knowledge creation
Member, Eugene Seeley (2005), Two studies of factors that affect the propensity for industry clustering Member, Teppo Felin (2005), The locus of knowledge: Implications of the individual and mobility for organizational knowledge building
Member, Manuel Ferreira (2005), Building and leveraging knowledge capabilities through cross-border acquisitions
Member, Kirk Wessel (2004), New product development performance: Using networks to access information
Independent studies supervised Fall 2013 - Kaitlin Hooper Fall 2012 - Chris Petrucka
Fall 2011 - Prajakta Chitre, Erik Walenza-Slabe
Spring 2010 - Simone Smith, Faizan Choudhury, Jaime Lewis, Steven Melnick, Jonathan Sadow and David Litner
MBA Field Study Faculty Advisor Fall 2006 - Flying J
Spring 2005 - Fidelity Investments Spring 2004 - Questar Gas
Spring 2003 - Fidelity Investments Spring 2002 - Idaho Technology Spring 2001 - Sinclair Oil CORPORATE EXPERIENCE SCICI Securities Ltd, Bombay, India
Project Manager 1992 - 1995 American Express Bank Ltd, Bombay, India
