Israel (Issy) Drori Nov. 2014 School of Business, Ph.: +972-52-2777512
College of Management, Academic Studies Fax: +972-3-963-7117 and Recanati Faculty of Management,
Tel Aviv University Email: [email protected]
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
School of Business, College of Management, Academic studies, Full Professor, 2010+
Chair, MBA Thesis Program, 2012+
Chair, Interdisciplinary Honor Program, 2008-2010 Associate Professor, 2005-2010
Chair, Dept. of Management and Human Resources, 2003-2007 Senior Lecture, 2002-2005
Recanatti Faculty of Management, Tel Aviv University, Visiting Professor, 2008+
Center of Innovation Research, Hitotubashi University, Japan Visiting Research Professor, 2013, (Sept-Dec).
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Visiting Professor, 2011-2013
Institute of Economics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Visiting Professor, 2010, (June-Sept.)
Kaye College of Business, Florida Atlantic University, USA Visiting Professor, 2007-2008
Beedie Business School, Simon Fraser University, Canada. Visiting Associate Professor, 2006-2007
Stern School of Business, New York University, USA Visiting Scholar, 2004 (July-Sept).
Said Business School, Oxford University, UK Visiting Lecturer, 2001-2002
Dept. of Public Policy, Tel Aviv University Lecturer, 1998-2001
EDUCATION_______________________________________________________________ University of California Los Angeles (UCLA),
Ph.D, in Social Anthropology and organizations Tel Aviv University,
M.A (Summa Cum Laude), Archaeology &Middle Eastern Studies (focus on Ecology ) B.A (Magna Cum Laude), Archaeology &Middle Eastern Studies
NON ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Film making; World Bank, UNICEF; CEO and founder of management consulting firm work, Board member, start-up (big data analysis).
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS____________________________________ Research: Organizational ethnography and work. Sensmaking, trust, identity, legitimacy, Start-up, institutional and transnational entrepreneurship; Evolution of new industries (hi-tech, nano, bio-tech, clean tech), CSR
Teaching; Organization and management theory; Organizational culture and change; Research methods (qualitative--ethnographic).
HONORS & AWARDS_______________________________________________________ 2014 Best Paper Award
Academy of International Business (AIB), SSE/WAIB Best Paper Award for: Does language affect the mission of financial organizations? Evidence from gender marking and microfinance institutions.
2012 Best Paper Award
European Management Review
For Conflict and Power Games in a Multinational Corporation: Sensegiving as a Strategy of Preservation, European Management Review, 8:1-16
Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 2011 Conference
2011 Outstanding Researcher Award,
College of Management Academic Studies, Israel.
2008 Best Paper Award
Clifford Geertz Best Article Prize in the Sociology of Culture, American Sociological Association
For Repertoires of Trust: The Practice of Trust in Multinational Corporation amid Political Conflict", American Sociological Review, 72: 143-161. 2007-2012 Excellence Research Award,
College of Management, Academic Studies, Israel 2007 Best Paper Finalist.
Israel Strategy Conference, Jerusalem, December, 2007 (2 papers). 2006 Best Paper Finalist.
International Management’s Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 2006
GRANTS____________________________________________________________
2013 Eli Hurvizt Institute for Strategic Management, Tel Aviv University ($10000) 2010 Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment, the Institute on the
Environment University of Minnesota, ($70000).
2008-2009 Israeli Science Foundation, 112,000 NIS. (with S. Ellis and A. Figenbaum) 2008-2009 Israel Science Foundation, 112,000NIS. (with S. Ellis and E. Segev) 2008 Canadian Social Science Research Council. Attaining innovation through
transnational community. Implication for Canada, China and, Israel Funded, ($98,000). With H. Lin and B. Honig
2008 Canadian Social Science Research Council, Transnational entrepreneurship: A global perspective ($40,000). With H Lin and B. Honig
2003-2013 College of Management Research Grants
2002-2003 Tel Aviv University and the Global Business Research Center, Faculty of Management, Tel Aviv University.
PUBLICSATIONS______________________________________________________________ BOOKS
Drori, I., Ellis, S. and Shapira, Z. 2013. The evolution of the Israeli Hi-Tec: A genealogical approach. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Drori, I., Landau, D. 2011. Vision and Change in Institutional entrepreneurship: From Science to Commercialization. NY and Oxford: Berghahn Books
Drori, I. 2009. Foreign workers policy in Israel: Global perspective. Albany: State University of New-York Press.
Drori, I. 2000. The Seam Line: Arab workers and Jewish managers in the Israeli textile industry. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Y. Schnell., M. Sofer and I. Drori. 1995. Arab industrialization in Israel: Ethnic entrepreneurship in the periphery. New York: Praeger
Sofer, M. Schnell, Y. Drori, I and Atrash A. 1995. Entrepreneurship and industrialization in the Israeli Arab society. Beit Berl: The Institute for Israeli Arab Studies, (Hebrew- Kav Ha’Tefer Series
EDITED BOOKS
Manos. R. and Drori. I. (Eds. Forthcoming). Facets of Corporate Social Action and Social and Financial Performance. Palgrave-McMillan
Lampel, J., Honig, B. and I. Drori. 2014 (Eds.). Handbook of Organizational Ingenuity, Edward Elgar Publishers.
Aharonson, B. Sttetner, U. Amburgey, T. I. Drori. S. Ellis (Eds.).2013. Understanding the relationship between network and technology. Emerald Press.
Honig, B. Drori, I. and Carmichael, B.(Eds.) 2010. Transnational entrepreneurship in a global world. University of Toronto Press
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Landau, D., Drori, I. and Terjesen, S. 2014. Multiple legitimacy narratives and planned organizational change Human Relations. 67,11: 1324-1345
Brueller, N., Carmeli A. Drori, I. 2014. How do Mergers and Acquisitions Facilitate Strategic Agility. California Management Review, 56,3:39-57
Lampel, J. Honig, B and Drori, I. 2014. Organizational ingenuity: Concept, processes and strategies. Organization Studies, 35(4):465-482
Drori, I., .Wrzesniewski. A. and S. Ellis. 2013. The Enactment of Symbolic Boundaries in Post-Merger Integration Organization Science 24(6), 1717-1741
Drori, I. and Honig, B. 2013. A Process Model of Internal and External Legitimacy, Organization Studies, 34,3:345-376.
*Also published in: Heath. R.L., & A. (Eds.) 2014. Strategic Communication. Vol 3. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Lavie, D. and Drori, I. 2012. Collaborating for knowledge creation and application: The case of Nano-technology research programs. Organization Science, 23(3):704-724.
Weber, Y. Drori, I. and Tarba , S.2012. "Culture-Performance Relationships in Mergers and Acquisition: The Role of Trust. European Journal of Cross Cultural Competence and Management.2,(3-4):252-274.
Drori , I. and Ellis, S. 2011. Conflict and Power Games in a Multinational Corporation: Sensegiving as a Strategy of Preservation,. European Management Review, 8:1-16
*Best Paper Award , European Management Review 2012
Drori, I., A.Wrzesniewski and S. Ellis 2011. The creation of culture in merger among equals. Human Resource Management , 50,5:625-649
Weber, Y. and Drori, I. 2011. "Integrating Organizational and Human Behavior perspectives on Mergers and Acquisitions: Looking inside the black box" International Studies of Management and Organizations. 41(3):76-95
Drori, I. Honig, B and Wright M. 2009. Transnational Entrepreneurship: an emergence field of study Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol 33, 5:1001-1022
Drori, I. B. Honig, and Z Sheaffer. 2009. The Life-cycle of an internet firm: scripts, legitimacy and identity. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Vol. 33, 3:715-738 Landau, D. and Drori, I.,2008. Narratives as Sensemaking accounts: The case of R&D laboratory during change. Journal of Organizational Change Management. Vol,21, 6: 701-721.
Mizrachi, N, Drori, I. and Anspach R. 2007. Repertoires of Trust: The Practice of Trust in a Multinational Corporation under Political Conflict. American Sociological Review, Vol, 72:143-165.
* Clifford Geertz Prize for Best Article, Sociology of Culture Section, American Sociological Association, 2008.
Drori, I. and Weizmann, C. 2007. Managing Effective Stakeholders: The Settlers against Prime Minister Rabin. Public Administration Review, March/April, 302-312.
Landau, D. Drori, I. and Porras, J. 2006. Process of Vision Development in a
Governmental R&D Organization: Vision as Permanent Component.” Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 42, 2:145-171.
Landau, D. Drori, I. and Porras, J. 2006.Vision: Friend and Foe During Change – A rejoinder. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science.,42,2:177-181.
Drori, I. and Lerner, M. 2002.“The Dynamics of Limited Breaking Out: The Case of the Arab Manufacturing Business in Israel”. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development,14, pp 134-154.
Drori I. and E.Yuchtman-Yaar. 2002. “Environmental Vulnerability in Public Perceptions and Attitudes: The Case of the Major Cities in Israel,” Social Science Quarterly, 83:1, pp 53-64.
Rondinelli.D., B. Rosen and Drori, I. 2001.“Strategic Alignment in Multinational
Corporations: Managing Readjustment During Global Expansion. European Management Journal, 19,4: pp.404-416
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Ellis, S., Sagiv, T. and Drori, I. 2014. Explorations - Exploitation Dilemmas of Venture Capital Funds: The Role of Organizational Slack and Horizons. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing,6,3:220-241.
Davis, G.F., and Drori, I. 2013. Progressivism 2.0. Globality Studies Journal. Drori, I., Sheaffer, Z., Weber, Y., Landau, D. 2009 .Misalignment as Legacy of an Industrial Leader., European Journal of International Management. Vol, 3,1: 75-91. Weber, Y. and Drori, I. 2008. The Linkages between Cultural Differences, Psychological States and Performance in Domestic and International Mergers and Acquisitions. In C. Cooper and S. Finkelstien (eds.), Advances in Merger and Acquisitions, Vol, 7, 117-140, Oxford , Jai Press.
Sheaffer, Z. Landau, D and Drori, I. 2008. Mission statement and performance: An Evidence of ‘Coming of Age’. Organizational Development Journal, 26,2: 49-62.
Drori, I. Honig, B and Ginsburg, A. 2006. Entrepreneurship: Towards unified theoretical framework. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Manos. R. and Drori. I. Forthcoming. Key issues in Corporate Social Action and firms' ethics and performance. In Manos. R. and Drori. I. (Eds.), Facets of Corporate Social Action and Social and Financial Performance. Palgrave-McMillan
Drori, I. and Honig. B. 2014. A Process Model of internal and external legitimacy. In: Heath. R.L., & A. (Eds.)., Strategic Communication. Vol 3. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Drori, I. Honig, B. and Lampel, J. 2014. Organizational Ingenuity: Insights and Overview., pp1-11. In Lampel, Honig and Drori (Eds.),. Handbook of organizational Ingenuity Edward Elgar Publishers.
Lampel, J. Honig, B. . and Drori, I. 2014. Ingenuity research: Current problems and future prospects. Pp289-299. In Lampel, Honig and Drori (Eds.), Handbook of organizational Ingenuity. Edward Elgar Publishers.
Lavie, D. & Drori, I. 2012. "Managing Collaborative Innovation in Nanotechnology Research Centers", in Ran, B. (Ed.), Contemporary Perspectives on Technological
Innovation, Management and Policy, Volume 2: Information Age Publishing, Chapter 11, 285-321.
Marcus, A., Ellis, S. Malen, J. Drori, I. and I. Sened. 2012.Path dependence and creation in venture capital investment. In A. Marcus., Shrivastava, P. Sharma, S and S. Poguts (eds.) Cross-Sector leadership for the Green economy. Palgrave
.Jon Brookfield, Sea-Jin Chang, Israel Dori, Shmuel Ellis, Sérgio G. Lazzarini, Jordan Siegel, and Juan Pablo von Bernath Bardina . 2012. The Small Worlds of Business Groups: Liberalization and Network Dynamics. In Bruce Kogut (ed.) The Small World of Corporate Governance . MIT Press.
Honig, B. and Drori,I. 2010. A review of related streams of immigration and global entrepreneurship research. In Honig, Drori and Carmichael (eds.) Transnational Entrepreneurship in a global world. Toronto: University of Toronto Press
Drori,I., Honig, B. and Ginsberg A. 2010. Transnational Entrepreneurship: Bridging Dual Socio-cultural Affiliation. In Honig, Drori and Carmichael (eds.) Transnational
Entrepreneurship in a global world. Toronto: University of Toronto Press
Drori, I. 2009. “The Role of Supervisors as Cultural and Organizational Brokers in an Israeli Textile Industry Employing Arab Women”. In: Abuhav, O., Herzog ,E. Goldberg H. and E. Marx (Eds.). Israel: A Local Anthropology, Wayne State University Press.
BOOK REVIEWS
Drori, I. review of Gomes, E., Weber, Y. Brown, C. and Tarba, S. Mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliances. Forthcoming.,
.Drori, I. review of S. Houseman and M. Osawa. Nonstandard Work in Developed Economics (2004). Contemporary Sociology 2005, 34,3 :267-269.
Drori, I. review of Kurien, P. Kaleidoscopic Ethnicity: International Migration and The Reconstruction of Communities identities in India (2003). Contemporary Sociology, 2003, 32: 586-587.
Drori, I. Review of Gabriel, Y. Storytelling in Organizations: Facts, Fictions and Fantasies (2000). Administrative Science Quarterly, 2002, 47(1):166-169.
Drori, I. Review of. Torstrick, R.L. The Limits of Coexistence: Identity Politics
Israel.(2000). The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2001, 7(4): 800-801. Drori, I. review of Garsten.C. Apple World. Core and Periphery in a Transnational Organizational Culture (1995). Scandinavian Journal of Management. 1995. 11 (3): 300-302
PAPERS UNDER REVISION/REVIEW
Sapir. A., Drori, I. and , Ellis, S. (Conditional acceptance). The practices of dialogically: Knowledge creation and transfer in the periphery of an innovative technology firm. European Management Review
Sagiv, T. and Drori, I. Authenticity work and creative processes: The case of maverick choreographers . 2nd revision, Organization Studies
Manos, R., and Drori, I , Shoham, A. R. Aharonson, B. National Culture and national saving: Is there is link? 2nd revision, Journal of Applied Economics
Ellis, S. Drori, I. Z. Shapira and B. Aharonson, Genealogy as Evolutionary Dynamics. 1st revision Academy of Management Journal
Drori, I. Manos, R. Santacrue. E and Shoham , Does Language Affect the Mission of Financial Organizations? Evidence from Gender Marking and Microfinance Institutions Under review, Journal of International Business Studies
Sapir, A., Drori. I. and Ellis. M. The institutional complexity of academic commercialization: The case of Israel. Under Review Strategic Organization
Sapir, A., Drori. I. and Ellis
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Protecting legitimacy through boundary-work: demarcating pure science and applied science in an institute of basic research. Under Review, Journal of Management StudiesManos, R., Drori I. Aharonson, B. Determinants of corporate social action. Under Review Business Ethics Quarterly
Drori. I. Boundary work and social drama during an organizational crisis . submitted Academy of Management Journal
BUSINESS CASES
Drori, I. Power games and management strategy in Fertilechem. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan (2011)
Drori, I. Merger of Equals in BroadBand. School of Business, College of Management (2009)
Drori, I. The Cultural Dilemma: Miracle and its M&As. School of Business, College of Management (2009)
Drori, I. Cross Cultural Management Practices at GlobeWear. Kaye College of Business, Florida Atlantic University (2008).
Drori., I. Elan at Art: A story of Dot.Com. Simon Fraser, Segal Business School, EMBA case study (2006).
Drori. I. The Mechanics at GlobeWear. Simon Fraser, Segal Business School, EMBA case study (2006).
Drori. I. The Legacy of Conflicts: Plantnutrient and Fertlichem. Simon Fraser, Segal Business School, EMBA case study (2006).
Drori. I. Post Merger Integration at Miracle. Simon Fraser, Segal Business School, EMBA case study (2006).
TEACHING_____________________________________________________ _ University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
Behavioral Theory in Management (Undergraduate core course) College of Management:
MBA Courses
International Entrepreneurship and Management, Globalization and Work (Seminar).
Organization and Management Theory, Management Systems,
Organizational Design and Diagnosis, HR and Consulting Practicum,
Qualitative Methodology for Organization Studies, Films and Organizations,
Virtual teams (Seminar) Thesis workshop
Honor program
Social responsibility and sustainability Research design
Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Management:
Seminar: Organizational Ethnography (Undergraduate) MBA Courses
Managing Organizations
Organizational culture and ethnography (HRM Program) Graduate Courses
Organization Theory (Ph.D seminar) Qualitative Research Method
Selected Topics in the Development of the Israeli Hi-Tech Sector (Seminar). Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Social Science
Organizational ethnography Sociology of organization Work and organizations
Implementation of public policy
Florida Atlantic University, College of Business MBA
Cross Cultural Management;
The Global Environment of Management PhD seminar
Undergraduate
Cross Cultural Management and Negotiation Simon Fraser University, Segal Business School
EMBA
Structure and Change in Organizations University of Oxford, Said Business School:
MSc
Qualitative Methodology for Organization Studies Tsinghua University, China
International Entrepreneurship
DISSERTATION & THESIS SUPERVISON____________________________________ Supervised 5 PhD dissertations, (Tel Aviv University, Management)
Supervised more than 30 MSc and M.A Theses in Oxford University, Tel Aviv University (Public Policy and Management), and College of Management Academic Studies.
PRESENTATIONS &_CONFERENCES________________________________________ 2014 SMS (Tel Aviv), Academy of Management, Philadelphia, (2 papers, PDW), Keele School of Management (Invited lecture), European Theory Development Workshop (VU, Amsterdam, EGOS (Rotterdam).
2013 Grenoble Business School, France, invited lecture. Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan,( invited lecture).
2012 Academy of Management, Boston, EGOS, Strategic Management Meeting, Prague, Israeli Strategy Conference
2011 Academy of Management, San Antonio, Strategic Management Meeting, ICOS-University of Michigan.
2010 Academy of Management, Montreal, 2 Papers, PDW; Wharton Conference on Technology (2 Papers); University of Minnesota Leadership and Cleantech Conference, EGOS, Israeli Strategy Conference
2009 Academy of Management, Chicago (2 papers), EGOS, Israeli Strategy Conference. Key note speaker conference on Transnationalism and Entrepreneurship. Tsingua
University, Beijing, China. April 21. 09
2008. Academy of Management, Anaheim (3 papers); Administrative Studies Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference; Conference on the implication of integration for
Laurier University, Canada. EGOS, Southern Academy Meeting, The Second Israel Strategy Conference (December).
2007. Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Cornell-McGill Conference on Institutions & Entrepreneurship, Egos, UCLA-McGill Conference on International Entrepreneurship, Harvard Conference on Creativity, Entrepreneurship and Organization of the Future; The First Israeli Strategy Conference, Jerusalem, (2 papers).; Technion, Keynote speaker, Max Perlman Award for Excellence in Global Business, Recanati Faculty of Management, Tel Aviv University, UW Madison Conference on Technology Entrepreneurship and
Institutions,
2006. Academy of Management (3 papers). Simon-Fraser- UBC lectures series. Recanati Faculty of Management Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan , Technion, Sloan School, MIT, Stern School of Business, NYU. Workshop on Small Worlds and Corporate Ownership. Università di Bologna. Italy.
2005. Academy of Management (2 papers), Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Egos. Workshop on Small Worlds and Corporate Ownership, IESE,
Barcelona. Spain. Selected Invited Talks
Oxford University (Said Business School), Stern, NYU, USC, UCLA, Simon Fraser University; Technion, U. of Minnesota; Tsinghua University, ICOS, Ross, University of Michigan, Grenoble Business School; Hitotsubashi University, Keele University.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES_____________________________________________
EDITORIAL Guest Editor
Lempel, J. Honig , B. and Drori, I. (Eds.), 2014. Discovering creativity in necessity: Organizational ingenuity under institutional constraints., Organization Studies, 35,4. Drori, I., B. Honig and M. Wright (Eds.), 2009. Special Issue: Transnational
Entrepreneurship: Concepts and practices. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Vol 5: 3 Editorial Boards:
Organization Studies (2013-); European Management Review (2012-) Reviewer:
Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Academy of Management Perspective, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Organization Studies, European Management Review, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Human Resource Management, International Journal of Cross Cultural Research, Social Science Quarterly, The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (Man),Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. Public Administration and Development, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Journal of Management Studies, Thunderbird, International Business Review, Journal of Management Studies
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2012-Present, College of Management, Academic Studies, Promotion and Tenure Committee
2009-2011 School of Business, College of Management, Academic Studies, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Research Committee
Chairman of promotions committees for Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor and Professor.