Brown Bag: Prof. Gautam Ahuja

The Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation of Prof. Georg von Krogh invites you to a brownbag seminar with:



Professor Gautam Ahuja

Cornell University

Date: Wednesday 3rd July 2019: 12:00-12:30 lunch, 12:30-14:00 presentation

Location: Room F109, Weinbergstrasse 56, Zurich

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Research Risk-Taking and Ownership of Public Corporations

Abstract: In this paper we examine the significance of increasing ownership of US corporations by "passive" (as opposed to active) investors. We specifically focus on the issue of risk-taking in research. We argue and find support for the argument that higher levels of passive ownership may be associated with a decline in research risk-taking. In a broad sample of research intensive industries we find evidence consistent with this proposition and attempt to separate the treatment effects from selection effects in this setting.



About the speaker

Gautam Ahuja is the Eleanora and George Landew Professor of Management at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He has also served as faculty at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan (2001 to 2017), University of Texas at Austin (1996-2001) and as a visiting professor of business administration at Harvard Business School (2014-2015).

Ahuja's research interests include competitive analysis, technology and innovation, globalization, and the use of inter-organizational arrangements such as mergers, acquisitions, and alliances in these contexts. Research honors include being selected as TIM Distinguished Scholar for 2019 by the Technology and Innovation Management Division, Academy of Management ; Lectio Magistralis, Luiss University, Rome; the Il Sigillum Magnum Medal from the University of Bologna in Italy; the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Ross School; and the Senior Faculty Research Award for sustained "path-breaking research as a thought-leader in the field of strategy", also from the Ross School. He was also selected as an SMS Foundations Scholar for 2016 for his contributions in the field of strategy and innovation. He serves as editor-in-chief of Organization Science, one of the premier journals in the field, and has also served as associate editor for Management Science and as a senior editor for Organization Science and Strategy Science.


We look forward to welcoming you!



Kind regards,

The Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation



Upcoming SMI Brownbag Seminars

26 September: Michael Cusumano, MIT

20 November: Marvin Lieberman, UCLA

11 December: Brian Pentland, Michigan State University