Gordon Walker PhD

Recent Publications

• Forthcoming        The role and impact of computer simulation modeling in competitive strategy research, (with Richard Harrison), in Elgar Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy, Northhampton, UK; Edward Elgar.
• 2008        The Rise of Ecommerce as an Epidemic in the Small World of Venture Capital Syndication, in Advances in Strategic Management: Network Strategy, J. Baum and T. Rowley (eds.),  Northhampton, UK: Edward Elgar.
• 2007        The Emergent Properties of a New Financial Market: American Venture Capital Syndication from 1960 to 2000, (with Bruce Kogut and Pietri Urso),Management Science,  53 (7), 1181-1198.
• 2007        Competition Between Entrants and Incumbents in a Deregulated Industry, (with Tammy Madsen), Organization Science, 18(4), 667-687
• 2007        The Incompleteness of Research on Firm Boundaries, Strategic Organization, 5(3),  227– 236.
• 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).
• 2003        Acquisitions and The Network of German Ownership – 1993-2000, (with Bruce Kogut), Gerer et Comprendre (special issue).
• 2003       Towards a Theory of Competitive Heterogeneity, (with David Hoopes and Tammy Madsen), Strategic Management Journal (special summer issue), 24,  889 - 902.
• 2002        The Evolution of Heterogeneity in Performance, (with Tammy Madsen), Proceedings of the Academy of Management.
• 2002        How Does Institutional Change Affect Heterogeneity Among Firms? (with Tammy Madsen and Gary Carini), Strategic Management Journal, 23,  89-104.
• 2002        Agency and Institutions: Organizational Form and National Divergences in Diversification Behavior, (with Bruce Kogut and Jay Anand),Organization Science, .13 (2): 162-181.
• 2001        The Small World of Germany and the Durability of National Networks, (with Bruce Kogut) American Sociological Review, June, 66(3): 317-335.
• 2000        Forecasting Ability as a Distinctive Competence, (with Richard Makadok), Strategic Management Journal, August, 21:853-864.

Working Papers

Work in Progress

• "The Evolution of Heterogeneity in Performance," (with Tammy Madsen) in revision for Strategic Management Journal
• "Interfirm Mobility and Organizational Growth in the Foreign Exchange Market - 1973-1993," (with Tammy Madsen)
• "Managerial Time Horizons and New Product Introduction," (with Richard Makadok)
• "Organizational Capabilities, Survival and the Red Queen," (with Richard Makadok) 
• "Inertia and Adaptation to the Deregulation of Prices and Entry," (with Tammy Madsen)
• "Process Innovation and Make or Buy Decisions"
• "Competitive Heterogeneity in the Upstream Oil & Gas Industry," (with Jody Magliolo)
• "Diversification and Heterogeneity in the Upstream Oil & Gas Industry," (with Jody Magliolo)
• "Adaptation and Performance," (with Jody Magliolo)
• "The Evolution of Strategic Pricing," (with Richard Makadok)
• "Venture capital firm performance and network position," with (Oliver Gottschalg)

Books:

• 2009        Modern Competitive Strategy, Irwin-McGrawHill: 1st edition July, 2003; 2nd edition, 2006; 3rd edition, 2009; in Chinese [traditional], 2006.