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1 OLGA M. KHESSINA Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management Cornell University 364 Sage Hall Ithaca, NY Tel: Current Position Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (7/06-present) Johnson School of Management Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations Previous Academic Position Georgetown University, Washington, DC (8/03-6/06) McDonough School of Business Assistant Professor of Strategy Education University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (8/99-7/03) Haas School of Business Ph.D. in Business Administration Columbia University, New York, NY (9/97-5/99) M.A. in Sociology Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (9/96-5/97) Visiting Student Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (8/90-6/95) Specialist Diploma with Highest Honors in Sociology Research Interests Development of organizations and industries over time Industries: worldwide optical disk drive industry; worldwide optical library market; U.S. biotechnology industry, U.S. corporate law firms; U.S. network TV shows, U.S. microbrew industry, corporations in late Imperial Russia Entrepreneurship Product innovation; product demography, product names Regional identities and economic development Emergence of organizational forms Social and human capital 1

2 Publications Carroll, G.R, O.M. Khessina & D.G. McKendrick (2010). The Social Lives of Products: Analyzing Product Demography for Management Theory and Practice. Academy of Management Annals, 4: Khessina, O.M. & G.R. Carroll. (2008). Product Demography of De Novo and De Alio Firms in the Optical Disk Drive Industry, Organization Science, 19: Khessina, O.M. (2006). Direct and Indirect Effects of Product Portfolio on Firm Survival in the Worldwide Optical Disk Drive Industry, Advances in Strategic Management, 23: Romanelli, E. & O.M. Khessina (2005). Regional Industrial Identity: Cluster Configurations and Economic Development. Organization Science, 16: Carroll, G.R. & O.M. Khessina. (2005). The Ecology of Entrepreneurship. In S.A. Alvarez, R. Agarwal, & O. Sorenson (eds). Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research: Disciplinary Perspectives, Chapter 8: , Springer. Carroll, G.R. & O.M. Khessina. (2005). Organizational and Corporate Demography. In Dudley l. Poston Jr. and Michael Micklin (eds.) Handbook of Population. Chapter 15: , Plenum/Kluwer. McKendrick, D.G., J. Jaffee, G.R. Carroll & O.M. Khessina. (2003). In the Bud? Analysis of Disk Array Producers as a (Possibly) Emergent Organizational Form. Administrative Science Quarterly, 48: Manuscripts under Review and Working Papers Khessina, O.M. & E. Romanelli. Regional Industrial Identity and Spatial Arrangements in the U.S. Biotechnology Industry, Second Revise & Resubmit at Administrative Science Quarterly. Khessina, O.M. & S. Reis. The Limits of Reflected Glory: The Beneficial and Harmful Effects of Product Name Similarity in the U.S. Network TV Program Industry, First Revise & Resubmit at Organization Science. Yu, G.J. & O.M. Khessina. The Role of Exploration in Firm Survival in the Worldwide Optical Library Market, Reject and Resubmit at Strategic Management Journal. Khessina, O.M. Entry Mode and Technological Change in the Worldwide Optical Disk Drive Industry. Under revision. Khessina, O.M. What s in a Name? Demography of Product Names and Product Innovation in the Worldwide Optical Disk Drive Industry, Under revision. Khessina, O.M. & J. Jaffee. The Evolving Role of Educational Prestige as a Signal in the Silicon Valley Corporate Legal Market, Under revision. Verhaal, J.C., O.M. Khessina, S. Dobrev & J. Grant. Oppositional Product Names and Product Appeal in the U.S. Craft Beer Market, Working Paper. 2

3 Khessina, O.M. & W.C. Carlos. Firm Name Selection and Resource Acquisition in Late Imperial Russia, Working Paper. Khessina, O.M. & E. Romanelli. Perceptually Focused Firms and Development of Regional Industrial Identities in the U.S. Biotherapeutics Industry. Working Paper. Khessina, O.M. Hidden Costs of Technological Innovation and Firm Survival. Working Paper. Work in Progress Khessina, O.M. & S. Reis. The Role of Names in Product Demography of Technological Niches in the Worldwide Optical Disk Drive Industry. Reis, S. & Khessina, O.M. Partner Choice, Niche Expansion and Firm Performance in the U.S. TV Show Industry. Verhaal, J.C., O.M. Khessina & S. Dobrev Firm Identity, Product Names and Consumer Reviews in the U.S. Craft Beer Market. Khessina, O.M. & E. Romanelli. Cluster Configuration and the Development of Regional Industrial Identities. Jaffee, J. & O.M., Khessina. Rise of the Modern Law Firm in Nashville in the Earlier 20 th Century. Technical Report Khessina O.M. (2001). The Worldwide Optical Disk Drive Industry: Technical Report The Information Storage Industry Center. University of California, San Diego. Presentations at Refereed Conferences Khessina, O.M. & W.C. Carlos. (2013). Organizational Names and Identity Claims in Late Imperial Russia, Presented at 2013 Meeting of Academy of Management Meeting, Organization and Management Theory & Business Policy and Strategy Divisions, August, Orlando, FL. Verhaal, J.C., O.M. Khessina, J. Grant & S. Dobrev. (2013). Oppositional Product Names and Identity in the U.S. Microbrew Industry, Presented at 2013 Meeting of Academy of Management Meeting, Organization and Management Theory & Business Policy and Strategy Divisions August, Orlando, FL. Khessina, O.M. (2012). What s in a Name? Demography of Product Names in the Worldwide Optical Disk Drive Industry, Presented at 2012 Meeting of Academy of Management Meeting, Organization and Management Theory Division, August, Boston, MA. Yu, G.J. & O.M. Khessina. (2012). The Role of Exploration in Firm Survival in the Worldwide Optical Library Market, Presented at 2012 Meeting of Academy of Management Meeting, Technology and Innovation Division, August, Boston, MA. Khessina, O.M. & E. Romanelli (2009). Cluster Configuration and the Development of Regional Industrial Identities. Presented at 2009 Meeting of Academy of Management Meeting, Organization 3

4 and Management Theory & Management and Organizational Cognition Divisions, August, Chicago, IL. Khessina, O.M. & E. Romanelli (2008). Perceptually Focused Firms and Development of Regional Industrial Identities in the U.S. Biotherapeutics Industry. Presented at 2008 Meeting of American Sociological Association, Refereed Roundtable on Organizations, Occupations, and Work, August, Boston, MA. Khessina, O.M. & E. Romanelli (2007). The Development of Regional Industrial Identities in the U.S. Biotherapeutics Industry. Presented at 2007 Academy of Management Meeting, Business Policy and Strategy & Technology and Innovation Divisions, August, Philadelphia, PA. Khessina, O.M. & E. Romanelli (2006). Regional Industrial Identity and Spatial Arrangements in the U.S. Biotherapeutics Industry, Presented at 2006 Meeting of American Sociological Association, Session on Organizations, August, Montreal, Canada. Romanelli, E. & O.M. Khessina (2005). Regional Industrial Identity: Effects on the Spatial Arrangements of US Biotechnology, Presented at 2005 Academy of Management Meeting, Entrepreneurship & Technology and Innovation Divisions, August, Honolulu, HI. Khessina, O.M. (2004). Hidden Costs of Technological Innovation: Effects of Product Innovation on Firm Survival. Presented at 2004 Academy of Management Meeting, Organization and Management Theory Division, August, New Orleans, LO. Selected for the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings Khessina, O.M. (2004). Direct and Indirect Effects of Product Portfolio on Firm Survival in WW Optical Disk Drive Industry. Presented at 2004 Academy of Management Meeting, Technology and Innovation Division, August, New Orleans, LO. Khessina, O.M. (2003). Entry Mode and Incumbency Status in Firm Product Innovation in the Worldwide Optical Disk Drive Industry. Presented at 2003 Academy of Management Meeting, Organization and Management Theory Division, August, Seattle, WA. Selected for the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings Khessina, O.M. & G.R. Carroll. (2002). Product Dynamics of De Novo and De Alio Firms in the Worldwide Optical Disk Drive Industry, Presented at 2002 Academy of Management Meeting, Organization and Management Theory Division, August, Denver, CO. Khessina, O.M. & J. Jaffee. (2002). All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Ecology of Educational Prestige in the Silicon Valley Corporate Legal Market, Presented at 2002 Academy of Management Meeting, Organization and Management Theory Division, August, Denver, CO. Khessina, O.M. (2002). Where Corporate Entrepreneurs Come From: Implications from the Theory of Social Anomie and the Person-Organization Fit Model. Presented at 2002 Meeting of American Sociological Association, Refereed Roundtable on Organizations, Occupations, and Work, August, Chicago, IL. Khessina, O.M. & J.A. Goncalo (2002). Time Perception and Organization Theory: Thing or Process? Presented at 2002 Meeting of American Sociological Association, Session on Sociology of Time, August, Chicago, IL. 4

5 Khessina, O.M. (2002). Innovation Outcomes of De Novo and De Alio Firms in the Worldwide Optical Disk Drive Industry, Presented at CCC Doctoral Consortium, April, Boston University, MA. Khessina, O.M. (2001). Legitimation of a New Organizational Form as a Social Movement: The Case of the Disk Array Drive and Optical Disk Drive Industries. Presented at 2001 Meeting of American Sociological Association, Refereed Roundtable on Organizations, Occupations, and Work, August, Anaheim, CA. McKendrick, D.G., G.R. Carroll, J. Jaffee, and O.M. Khessina (2001). In the Bud? Analysis of Disk Array Producers as a (Possibly) Emergent Organizational Form. Presented at 2001 Academy of Management Meeting, Organization and Management Theory Division, August, Washington, DC. Khessina, O.M. (2000). The Ecological Dynamics of Transaction Costs: A Theoretical Framework. Presented at 2000 Meeting of American Sociological Association, Session on Organizations, August, Washington, DC. Khessina, O.M. (1999). The Cognitive-Ecological Model of Organizational Survival: The Hungarian Post-Socialist Case. Presented at 1999 Meeting of American Sociological Association, Session on Organizations, August, Chicago, IL. Presentations at Invited Conferences Verhaal, J.C., O.M. Khessina, S. Dobrev & J. Grant. Oppositional Product Names and Product Appeal in the U.S. Craft Beer Market, Institutions and Innovation Conference, November 2013, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA. Khessina, O.M. & S. Reis. Product Name Similarity and Product Longevity in the U.S. Network TV Show Industry, Organizational Ecology Conference, July 2013, Budapest, Hungary. Strategy Research Forum, June 2013, Portland, OR. Institutions and Innovation Conference, November 2012, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA. Yu, G.J. & O.M. Khessina. The Role of Exploration in Firm Survival in the Worldwide Optical Library Market, Wharton Technology & Innovation Conference, April 2013, Philadelphia, PA. Khessina, O.M. What s in A Name? Demography of Product Names in the Worldwide Optical Disk Drive Industry, Strategy Research Forum, May 2012, Annapolis, MD. Darden Entrepreneurship and Innovation Conference, May 2012, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. Institutions and Innovation Conference, November 2011, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA. Organizational Ecology Conference, July Lugano, Switzerland. Khessina, O.M. & E. Romanelli. Cluster Configuration and the Development of Regional Industrial Identities. Darden Entrepreneurship and Innovation Conference, May 2011, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. Institutions and Innovation Conference, November 2010, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA. Organizational Ecology Conference, June Helsinki, Finland. 5

6 Khessina, O.M. & E. Romanelli. Perceptually Focused Firms and Development of Regional Industrial Identities in the U.S. Biotherapeutics Industry. Greif Research Symposium, March 2008, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Institutions and Innovation Conference, November 2007, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA. Cornell-McGill Conference on Institutions and Entrepreneurship, July 2007, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Organizational Ecology Conference, June 2007, Istanbul, Turkey. UW-Madison Conference on Technology Entrepreneurship and Institutions, May 2007, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Smith Entrepreneurship Research Conference, April 2007, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Khessina, O.M. & E. Romanelli. Regional Industrial Identity and Spatial Arrangements in the U.S. Biotherapeutics Industry, Strategy Research Forum, May 2009, Annapolis, MD. Institutions and Innovation Conference, October 2006, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA. West Coast Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship, September 2006, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Organizational Ecology Conference, June 2006, Sintra, Portugal. LBS Entrepreneurship Conference, May London Business School, London, UK. Smith Entrepreneurship Research Conference, April 2007, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Khessina, O.M. Hidden Costs of Technological Innovation: Effects of Product Innovation on Firm Survival. Organizational Ecology Conference, June 2005, Durham University, UK. Strategy Research Forum, May 2005, Athens, GA. Khessina, O.M. Entry Mode and Incumbency Status in Firm Product Innovation in the Worldwide Optical Disk Drive Industry. Smith Entrepreneurship Research Conference, April 2005, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Khessina, O.M. & G.R. Carroll. Product Dynamics of De Novo and De Alio firms in the Worldwide Optical Disk Drive Industry, Organizational Ecology Conference, April 2004, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Khessina, O.M. Effects of Entry Mode and Incumbency Status on Firm Product Innovation in the Worldwide Optical Disk Drive Industry, " Conference on the 25 th Anniversary of Organizational Ecology, December 2002, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Invited Talks Boston University; Columbia University; Cornell University; Durham University; Georgetown University; London Business School; NYU; Rice University; Sabancı University; Tulane University; University of Chicago; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Southern California; University of Utah; Washington University St. Louis. 6

7 Teaching Experience Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (7/06-present) Johnson School of Management MBA core course: NCC 5040: Managing and Leading in Organizations (Spring 2011) AMBA core course: NCC 5040: Managing and Leading in Organizations (Fall 2009; Summer 2010) MBA elective courses: NBA 6760: Organizing for Strategic Advantage (Spring ) NBA 5290: Executing Successful Corporate Strategy (Spring ) NBA 5970: Competing with Social Networks (Spring 2012, Spring 2014) PhD core course: NRE 5050/NRE 5380: Macro Organization Theory (Spring 2011, 2013) Core course for non-mba students: NCC 5540: Managing and Leading in Organizations (Spring ; 2012, 2014) ILROB1220: Introduction to Organizational Behavior (Spring 2013) Georgetown University, Washington, DC (8/03-6/06) McDonough School of Business Undergraduate core course: MGMT 283: Strategic Management (Spring ) Honors/Awards Selected to be a team member of the ISS theme project "Creativity, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship. Rewarded an ISS grant for research related to the theme project (June June 2016). Nominated for Apple Award for Teaching Excellence, Johnson School of Management, Cornell University (May, 2008) Paper selected for the 2004 Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (August, 2004) Paper selected for the 2003 Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (August, 2003) Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter, University of California (2003) Crawford Dissertation Year Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley ( ) Passed written preliminary examinations with Distinction, U.C. Berkeley (August, 2001) Crawford Research Assistantship, U.C. Berkeley ( ) Berkeley University Graduate Scholarship ( ) PepsiCo Harriman Summer Research Travel Grant, Columbia University (June-August, 1999) Cornerhouse Fund, Columbia University (August, 1999) Russian Federation Presidential Fellowship for Study Abroad ( ) Diploma with Highest Honors in Sociology at Moscow State University (June, 1995) Best Paper Award at Annual Student Sociological Conference in Moscow (April, 1993) Special Moscow State University Scholarship for Academic Excellence ( ) Professional and Social Service Editorial Board Administrative Science Quarterly (2010 present) Organization Science (2012 present) 7

8 Ad-hoc reviewer for Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, American Sociological Review, Industrial and Corporate Change, Management Science, National Science Foundation, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Research Policy, Strategic Management Journal Academy of Management, Organization and Management Theory Division OMT Research Committee, Member ( ) Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Diversity Council, Representative ( ) Management and Organizations Speaker Series, Organizer ( ; ) Course Approval Committee, Member ( ) Dissertation Committees o W. Chad Carlos (Johnson School) o Gun Jea Yu (ILR) o Rebecca Kehoe (ILR) Georgetown University, Washington, DC Strategy Seminar Speaker Series, Organizer (Fall 2004, Fall 2005) University Executive Council, Member (Fall 2005-present) Graduate Curriculum and Standards Committee, Member (Spring 2005) Research Task Force Committee, Member (Fall 2004) University of California at Berkeley, CA President of the Association of Ph.D. Students in Business Administration ( ) Peer Advisor of Ph.D. Students in Organizational Behavior, Haas School of Business ( ) Non-Academic Experience Phili-Conto Real Estate (start-up firm), Moscow, Russia (6/95-8/96) Managing Director PPSK Construction Company, Moscow, Russia (6/94-8/94) Summer Intern: Human Resource Consultant Referees Glenn R. Carroll, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Tel carroll_glenn@gsb.stanford.edu Elaine Romanelli, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University Tel romanele@georgetown.edu Wesley Sine, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University Tel wds4@cornell.edu 8

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