Gordon Walker Ph.D.

Vita

Areas of Expertise

Corporate and Business Strategy
Institutional Economics
Organization Theory

Courses Taught
Graduate/Undergraduate
Strategy

Current Research
Models of Network Development
Growth and Survival in Service Industries
Models of Vertical Integration and Outsourcing

Selected Consulting Engagements

Healthmarkets
UnitedHealth Care
Texas Instruments
Sprint
Electronic Data Systems
Xerox
General Motors
Johnson and Johnson
Texas Industries
Oklahoma Gas and Electric
Clark/Bardes. Inc.

Recent Publications:

Forthcoming

“The Emergent Properties of a New Financial Market: American Venture Capital Syndication from 1960 to 2000,” (with Bruce Kogut and Pietri Urso), Management Science

Forthcoming “Competition Between Entrants and Incumbents in a Deregulated Industry,” (with Tammy Madsen), Organization Science
2006

Modern Competitive Strategy (2 nd ed.), McGraw-Hill.

2005

“ Networks and the Economy ,” in The Encyclopedia of Sociology , Blackwell.

2005 “ Networks of Strategic Alliances ,” in Handbook of Strategic Alliances , edited by Oded Shenkar and Jeff Reuer, Sage.
2004 “ Restructuring or Disintegration of the German Corporate Network: Globalization as a Fifth Column,” (with Bruce Kogut) in Problemy teorii i praktiki upravleniya ("Problems of Management Theory and Practice") in Russian, 4, 2004.
2003 “ Network Structure, Content and Evolution ,” in Mulitlevel Isssues in Organizational Behavior and Strategy , Fred Dansereau and Fran Yammarino (eds.) Greenwich , CT : JAI Press
2003 ‘Small Worlds and Globalization in a Comparative Perspective,' (with Bruce Kogut), Gerer et Comprendre (special issue), forthcoming
2003

“Acquisitions and The Network of German Ownership – 1993-2000,” (with Bruce Kogut), Gerer et Comprendre (special issue), forthcoming.

2003 “Towards a Theory of Competitive Heterogeneity,” (with David Hoopes and Tammy Madsen), Strategic Management Journal (special summer issue), July.

Editorial Boards:

Administrative Science Quarterly
Organization Science
Strategic Organization

Board of Director Memberships:

Alico, Inc. (NASDAQ)

 

Department Chair and David B. Miller Professor of Business

STRA Department

Office:
420B Fincher
Phone:
(214) 768-2191
Email:
gwalker@cox.smu.edu

Current Classes
STRA 6202-7242-B STRA 6232-7242-B

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