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Dawn Harris

Dawn Harris
Title: Associate Professor
Office #: 244
Phone: 312-915-6536
E-mail: dharri1@luc.edu


Personal Information

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1986
  • M.L.I.R., Michigan State University, 1979
  • B.A., Grinnell College, 1977

Research Interests

  • Integration of related disciplines, primarily psychology, finance, and economics, into the study of strategic decision making
  • Impact of top managers in a firm 
  • Executive labor markets
  • Executive selection, succession, and compensation
  • Human Capital Theory
  • Leadership development

Professional Associations

  • Academy of Management
  • Strategic Management Society

Professional Activities

  • Member, Academy of Management, Business Policy and Strategy Division, Executive Committee, 2000-02 

Awards
Graduate School of Business Faculty Member of the Year, Loyola University, 1994-95

Courses Taught

  • Strategy and Organization
  • Strategic Management
  • International Management

    Research Listings


    REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
    "The Pipeline to the Top: Women and Men in the Top Executive Ranks of U.S. Corporations," The Academy of Management Perspectives, November, Vol. 20, Number 4, 2006 , Co-Authors: C. Helfat and P. Wolfson

    "Characteristics of Share-Gaining Marketing Strategies for Smaller-Share Firms: Literature Review and Synthesis," Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, 1999 , Co-Authors: R. Lonsdale, S. Stasch and J. Ward

    "CEO Duality, Succession, Capabilities and Agency Theory: Commentary and Research Agenda," Strategic Management Journal, 1998 , Co-Authors: C. Helfat

    "Specificity of CEO Human Capital and Compensation," Strategic Management Journal, 1997 , Co-Authors: C. Helfat


    PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
    "Mimetic and Social Influences on FDI Decisions," Strategic Management Society 26th Annual International Conference, Vienna, Austria, Chair, October 2006

    "Governance:Split Personalities (CEO/Chairman Duality)," 66th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, Discussant, August 2006

    "Current Status of Women in Management," Strategic Management Society 25th Annual International Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 2005 , Co-presenting: Constance Helfat

    "The Board of Directors and the CEO Selection Decision: Sociopolitical Dynamics, Social and Human Capital," Strategic Management Society 25th Annual International Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 2005

    "Women in Strategic Management: Progress and Prospects for the 21st Century," Strategic Management Society 25th Annual International Conference, Orlando, Florida, Co-Chair: Constance Helfat, October 2005

    "The Business Value of IT: Can IT be Measured?," Society for Information Management, Chicago, Illinois, April 20 2005 , Co-presenting: Linda Salchenberger

    "What Does It Take to be a Start-up or Turnaround CEO," Northwestern University, panelist, January 2005

    "Seeking Innovation in All the New Places: Context, Content, and Method," Strategic Management Society 24th Annual International Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Chair, November 2004

    "The Strategic Value of IT: Two Different Management Perspectives," Strategic Management Society 24th Annual International Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 2004 , Co-presenting: Linda Salchenberger

    "Strategic Networking," National Minority Enterprise Development Conference, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency, Washington, D.C., September 2004

    "The Board of Directors and CEO Selection: Social Capital, Socio-Political Dynamics, and Human Capital," 64th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 2004 , Co-presenting: Constance Helfat

    "The Board of Directors and CEO Selection: Social Capital, Human Capital, and Cognition," Organization Science Winter Conference, Steamboat Springs, CO, February 2004 , Co-presenting: Constance Helfat

    "Shareholder and Stakeholder Value," 63rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington, Discussant, August 2003

    "Executive Succession," 63rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington, Chair, August 2003

    "Corporate Leadership and Governance," 63rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington, August 2003

    "The Board of Directors and the CEO Selection Decision: Human Capital, Social Capital, and Socio-Political Dynamics," Purdue University, Oct. 4 2002

    "A Proposed Study of IT Investment Decisions," Hawaii International Conference on Business, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2002 , Co-presenting: Linda Salchenberger

    "Pioneers of Business Policy and Strategy," 62nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Denver, Colorado, August 2002

    "Second-in-command Executives: The Unexplored Significance of COOs and Heirs Apparent," Discussant, 61st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Washington, D.C. , 2001

    "The Business Policy and Strategy Story," 60th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Toronto, Canada, 2000 , Co-presenting: C. Helfat

    "A New Time for BPS: Celebrating the Past and Looking to the Future," Symposium Co-Chairperson, 60th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Toronto, Canada, 2000

    "From the Tried and True to the Very New: Sharing Expertise in Teaching Strategy," Symposium Co-Chairperson. 60th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Toronto, Canada, 2000