I am an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management in the Strategy and Business Economics group at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management.
My research seeks to answer a core strategy question about why seemingly similar firms choose to organize and manage themselves differently by examining how and when firms adjust to take advantage of knowledge. I argue that an organization’s ability to adapt as internal and external environments shift is fundamentally learned and deeply rooted in its past and present experiences. As firms revise and update practices to remain competitive, understanding how they differ in their capacity to change is crucial for explaining why performance differences endure among ostensibly similar organizations. My aim is to illuminate how knowledge-based differences associated with firm choices have lasting impacts on organizational performance.
Prior to joining Owen, I earned my doctorate in Strategy at Harvard Business School. Before beginning my academic career, I worked on Wall Street, where I headed Quantitative Consulting for the equity electronic trading group at Merrill Lynch.
My research seeks to answer a core strategy question about why seemingly similar firms choose to organize and manage themselves differently by examining how and when firms adjust to take advantage of knowledge. I argue that an organization’s ability to adapt as internal and external environments shift is fundamentally learned and deeply rooted in its past and present experiences. As firms revise and update practices to remain competitive, understanding how they differ in their capacity to change is crucial for explaining why performance differences endure among ostensibly similar organizations. My aim is to illuminate how knowledge-based differences associated with firm choices have lasting impacts on organizational performance.
Prior to joining Owen, I earned my doctorate in Strategy at Harvard Business School. Before beginning my academic career, I worked on Wall Street, where I headed Quantitative Consulting for the equity electronic trading group at Merrill Lynch.