How o Publish Your Dissertation Research &Leverage it into a Stream of Work

Frank T. Rothaermel

Sloan Industry Studies Fellow

The Angel and Stephen M. Deedy Professor

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Thank you …

Organizer: Chuck Eesley

Fellow Presenters: Dan Levinthal Rajshree Agarwal Joanne Oxley Glenn Hoetker

YOU, for participating!

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How to Publish Your Dissertation Research

Research should be fun – intrinsic motivation

Creating your own IP is the only currency you have

The blue collar academic gets the work done

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How to Publish Your Dissertation Research

1. Taking the long view What will you be known for in 5-6 years, e.g., AOM

2017?

2. Read, write, and revise

3. Three paper format dissertation

4. Overarching theme “Essays on the Microfoundations of Firm-Level

Innovation”

5. Spillovers and Complementaries

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How to Leverage it into a Stream of Work

Become the world’s expert on topic X Stu Graham an patents Matt Higgins and R&D productivity in pharma Fiona Murray on scientists Joel Baum in organizational theory Ron Burt in networks Don Siegel in university entrepreneurship Dan Levinthal on complex adaptive systems ….

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Scale and Scope in Publishing

Scale Co-authors Theory/conceptual Empirical Method

Scope Different angles on same issue

Incumbents / new entrants Different level of analysis New data New instruments

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Concluding Remarks

Do what YOU want to do Enjoy the process

because you will still perish despite publishing!

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