IMVP Administration
John Paul MacDuffie,
Co-Director
Associate Professor
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
215.898.2588 | macduffie@wharton.upenn.edu
Michael A. Cusumano,
Co-Director
Distinguished Professor of Management, Sloan School of Management
617.253.2574 | cusumano@mit.edu
John Moavenzadeh,
Executive Director
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
215.898.3464 | moavenza@wharton.upenn.edu
Donna Carty,
Program Manager
239.659.1591 | donnaimvp@comcast.net
Su Chung, Administrative
Officer
617.253.5120 | schung@mit.edu
Nancy DuVergne
Smith, Communications Director
617.253.7243 | ndsmith@mit.edu
IMVP researchers are listed alphabetically below with short descriptions of their projects.
Arnaldo Camuffo
Professor of Management
Department of Economics and Business
University of Padua
Via del Santo 33
Padua, Italy 35123
Education
PhD, Management, Ca'Foscari University of Venice, Italy
MSc, Management, Sloan School of Management, MIT
BS (honors), Bus. Econ., Ca'Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Research interests
Organizational architectures, supply chain design and management, work organization,
the management of human resources, and labor relations
Current projects
Strategic alliances: examining the GM-Fiat relationship in the context of
GM's global strategy and Fiat's current economic difficulties, amassing evidence
on both cost and product innovation dimensions.
Education
BS (Business) - Boston University
MBA - Boston University
Associate
Professor Jin Chen
University of Okinawa
Department of International Communication,
College of Humanities, University of Okinawa,
Room 301, 521-1 Kokuba, Naha,
Okinawa 902-0075, Japan
Education
PhD (Economics) - University of Tokyo
Research interests
Chinese industrial progress
Globalization and regionalization of economics
Current projects
Study of Chinese Automotive Industry and Household Electrical Industry
Economic Communication among Taiwan, Japan and China
Most recent
books or articles
"Intangibles, Lean Production and Their Impact on China," Intangibles in
Competition and Cooperation, Dr. Jin Chen, Macmillan Press Limited, London
(April 2001)
Growth Strategies
of the Chinese Automotive Manufacturers, Dr. Jin Chen, Shinzan Press,
June 2000 (Academy Awards of 2000 Years from Japan Academy of International
Business Studies)
Associate
Professor Wujin Chu
Seoul National University
College of Business Administration
Shinlim-dong, Kwanak-ku, Seoul, Korea
Education
BA - Seoul National University
MA, PhD - Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Research interests
Automobile Distribution
Internet Selling of Automobiles
Telematics
Current projects
Internet Selling of Automobiles in Asia
Most recent
books or articles
"Determinants of Interfirm Trust in Buyer-Seller Relations," Dr. Wujin Chu,
Journal of International Business Studies
Su
Chung
CTPID Administrative Officer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E40-227
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Education
B.A. - Yonsei University, Republic of South Korea
M. Ed. – Harvard University
Michael
A. Cusumano
IMVP Co-Director
Distinguished Professor of Management, Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
50 Memorial Drive, Room E52-538
Cambridge, MA 02142-1347 USA
Education
B.A. – Princeton University, 1976
Ph.D. – Harvard University, 1984
Post-doc Fellowship, Production and Operations Management, Harvard Business
School, 1984-1986
Two Fulbright Fellowships – Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan
Japan Foundation Fellowship – Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan
Visiting Professorships: Hitotsubashi University and Tokyo University, Japan;
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland; and University of Maryland.
Research
interests
Specializes in strategy and technology management in the computer software
industry, as well as automobiles and consumer electronics. He teaches courses
on strategic management and the software business and he has served as editor-in-chief
and chairman of the MIT Sloan Management Review.
Current
projects
Books include Platform Leadership: How Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco Drive Industry
Innovation (2002); Thinking Beyond Lean: How Multi-Project Management is Transforming
Product Development at Toyota and Other Companies (1998), Microsoft Secrets,
(1995); and The Japanese Automobile Industry: Technology and Management at
Nissan and Toyota (1985). He has recently completed The Software Business:
A Handbook for Managers and Entrepreneurs (forthcoming, 2003).
Professor
Charles Fine
Chrysler Leaders for Manufacturing Chair
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sloan School of Management, E53-390
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142-1347 USA
Education
AB (Mathematics and Management Science) - Duke University
MS (Operations Research) -Stanford University
PhD (Business Administration) - Stanford University
Research interests
Supply chain management
Current projects
Technology supply chains. In particular, assessing the present - and especially
the future - profitability and strategic leverage among the various sectors
in the supply chain; designing the supply chain (i.e., determining the boundaries
and identity of the organization) based on a strategic, as well as a logistical,
assessment; and assembling the capability to realize the organizational boundaries
of choice and to manage within and across those boundaries.
Most recent books or articles
Clockspeed:
Winning Industry Control in the Age of Temporary Advantage, Fine, Charles
H., Perseus Books, Fall 1998. (Order on-line: www.clockspeed.com)
Assistant
Professor Sebastian Fixson
Industrial & Operations Engineering
University of Michigan
1205 Beal Avenue, IOE 2793
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Education
Diplom-Ingenieur - University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
PhD - MIT
Research interests
Production and Supply Chain Economics, Product Architecture, Technology Management,
Innovation
Current research
Methodology Development: Assessing the Cost of 'Modularity'
Professor
Takahiro Fujimoto
Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
Education
PhD (Business Administration) - Harvard University
Research interests
Alternative modes of lean production system, internationalization of product
development, impact of digital engineering on product development performance,
impact of architectural changes on industrial performance
Current projects
International Assembly study, China Study, International R&D study
Most recent books or articles
The Evolution of a Manufacturing System at Toyota, Dr. Takahiro Fujimoto, Oxford University Press (1999)
"The Japanese Automotive Supplier System: The Triplet of Effective Interfirm Routines." International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2001.
"The Case for
Cautions Optimism," Look Japan, May 2001.
Professor
Andrew Graves, CBE
University of Bath
School of Management
Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
Education
BA, MS, PhD
Professional
Affiliations
Foresight Vehicle Steering Group, DTI, UK;
Land Transport Stag Committee, EPSRC, UK
Research interests
Transportation Engineering and Design, Engineering Innovation Processes,
Energy Release/Transport, Automation, Technology Transfer, Mobility Fuels,
Construction Engineering, Highway Engineering, Public Policy Systems Analysis,
Aviation Technology, Aeronautical Engineering
Current research
Agile Construction, Lean Aerospace Initiative, 3 Day Car Programme
Most recent books and articles
"Private Finance, Public Roads; Configuring the Supply Chain in PFI Highway Construction," Hall, Dr. M; Dr. R. Holt , Prof. A. Graves, August 2000, European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, Issue 3
"Constructing the Best Government Client: Benchmarking the Government Client - Stage II Study," Graves, Prof. A; D. Rowe, December 1999, H M Treasury, HMSO [ISBN 0 947819 657]
Daniel Arturo Heller
Lecturer, Faculty of Economics
Shinshu University
3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto
Nagano, Japan 390-0812
Education
B.A. – Economics and Asian Studies, Williams College, 1996
M.S. – Economics, University of Tokyo, 2000
B.A. - Economics, University of Tokyo, 2000
Ph.D. - Coursework Completed at Univ. of Tokyo, 2003
Research
interests
Strategic Alliances, International Management, Organizational Learning and
Change
Current
projects
Inter-organizational product development and other forms of cooperation by
allied automakers
Professor
Susan Helper
Department of Economics
Weatherhead School of Management
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 USA
Education
BA (Government, Economics) - Oberlin College
PhD (Economics) - Harvard University
Research interests
Automotive supply chains, modularity, and outsourcing
Current projects
Modularity and outsourcing, e-Commerce
Most recent books or articles
Susan Helper, "Economists and Field Research: 'You Can Observe a Lot Just by Watching,'" American Economic Review, May, 2000.
Susan Helper, John Paul MacDuffie, and Charles F. Sabel, "Pragmatic Collaborations: Advancing Knowledge While Controlling Opportunism," Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 9, #3, 2000, pp. 443-483.
Bart Nooteboom, Gjalt de Jong, Robert W. Vossen, Susan Helper, and Mari Sako, "Competence in Mutual Dependence," Industry and Innovation (forthcoming).
Robin Dubin and Susan Helper, "In Search of Agglomeration Economies: The Adoption of Innovation in the Automobile Industry," European Research in Regional Science (forthcoming).
Maryellen Kelley and Susan Helper, "Firm Size and Capabilities, Regional Agglomeration and the Adoption of New Technology," Economics of Innovation and New Technology 8 (1-2), 1999, pp 79-103.
Marvin B. Lieberman, Susan Helper, and Lieven Diemeester, The Empirical Determinants of Inventory Levels in High-Volume Manufacturing, Production and Operations Management, 8(1), 1999, pp.44-55.
Mari Sako and Susan Helper, "Comparative Supplier Relations in the European, US, and Japanese Auto Industries," in Jean-Jacques Chanaron, Yannick Lung, Takahiro Fujimoto, and Daniel Raff, eds. Coping with Variety: Flexible Productive Systems for Product Variety in the Auto Industry. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 1999.
John Paul MacDuffie and Susan Helper, "Creating Lean Suppliers: Diffusing Lean Production Throughout the Supply Chain," in Paul Adler, Mark Fruin, and Jeffrey Liker, ed. Remade in America: Transforming and Transplanting Japanese Management Systems. New York: Oxford University Press , 1999.
Susan Helper, David I. Levine, and Elliot Bendoly, "Employee Involvement and Pay at U.S. and Canadian Auto Suppliers," under revision for the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.
Maryellen Kelley
and Susan Helper, "Agglomeration and Innovation at the Level of the Firm,"
under revision for Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Dr.
Matthias Holweg
University Lecturer in Operations Management
Judge Institute of Management
University of Cambridge
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1AG, UK
Education
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. (Univ. of Applied Sciences Wedel, Germany)
M.Sc. (University of Buckingham, UK)
Ph.D. (Cardiff University, UK)
Research
interests
Build-to-order strategies; responsive manufacturing; vehicle distribution;
product variety; supply chain management.
Current
projects
Comparative analysis of build-to-order strategies across regions.
The impact of product variety on the manufacturing system.
Associate
Dean of Student Affairs Ki-Chan Kim
Catholic University of Korea
Department of Business Administration
c/o: Mido Apt 211-1103 Daechi-Dong,
Gangnam-gu Seoul, Republic of South Korea 135-837
Education
PhD - Seoul National University
School of Management Visiting Researcher,
The University of Tokyo and MIT
Research interests
The Role of IT in Customized Car Design among BTS (Build to Stock) Module,
MTF (Make to Forecast) Module, ATO (Assemble to Order) Module, BTD (Build
to Design) Module, DTO (Design To Order) Module Current projects The Electronic
Supply Chain Development-Realizing Customized Products among Korea, Japan
and USA (sponsored by MIT, The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy,
Korea)
Associate
Professor Chunli Lee
Aichi University
1-1 Machihata, Toyohashi City, Aichi-ken, 441-8522 Japan
Education
BS - Shanghai Foreign Studies University
PhD - Economics, The University of Tokyo
Research interests
Product development-production systems in the Chinese automobile industry
Current projects
Chinese auto industry and its relations with foreign makers: an evolutionary
perspective.
Most recent books or articles
Chinese Automobile Industry in Transformation (in Japanese, Dr. Chunli Lee and Dr. Takahiro Fujimoto), Nihon Keizai hyoronsha, Tokyo, 2001.
Chinese Automobile Industry and Technology Transfer (in Japanese, Dr. Chunli Lee and Dr. Takahiro Fujimoto), Tsuge Shobo Shinsha, Tokyo, 2001.
"Chinas Automobilindustrie in der Globalisierung" (in Germany, Berichte des Arbeitsbereichs Chinaforschung Nr. 15, Dr. Chunli Lee, Universitat Bremen, Germany, April, 2001.
"Technology Transfer
of Toyota Production System in China," Dr. Chunli Lee, in Koichi Shimokawa
and Haruo Horaguchi eds, Japanese Foreign Direct Investment and the East
Asian Industrial System, Springer-Verlag, forthcoming.
Kyungmook
Lee
Seoul National University
College of Business Administration
San 56-1, Sillim-dong, Kwanak-Ku
Seoul, Korea 151-742
Education
PhD - Business Administration, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1995
MS - Applied Economics, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1995
MBA - Seoul National University, Korea 1988
BA - Seoul National University, Korea 1986
Research interests
Institutional changes, social capital, social networks, and changes of
HRM systems.
Current projects
Economic crisis and government intervention on corporate governance
Extra-nomination of outside directors in Korean firms
Adoption of high involvement practices in Korean manufacturers
Most recent books or articles
Dr. Kyungmook Lee and Johannes M. Pennings, "Mimicry and the market: Adoption of a new organizational form." Academy of Management Journal. Forthcoming.
Dr. Kyungmook Lee, Choonwoo Lee, Johannes M. Pennings, "Internal Capabilities, External Networks, and Performance: A Study on Technology-based Ventures." Strategic Management Journal. Forthcoming.
Dr. Kyungmook
Lee, Seungwha Chung and Harbir Singh. "Complementarity, Status Similarity,
and Social Capital as Drivers of Alliance Formation." Strategic Management
Journal, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp.1-22, January 2000.
Nam
Lee, DPhil student
Oxford University
SAID Business School
Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HP, U.K.
Education
BA, Business Administration, Yonsei University, Seoul
MBA, Stern School of Business, New York University
Research interests
Cooperation process between partners in inter-firm alliances. In detail, under
the assumption that the success of inter-firm alliances lies in effective
cooperation between partners, my research addresses two closely related questions:
What factors lead to effective cooperation between partners in inter-firm
alliances? How does such cooperation emerge over time?
Current projects
Based on the joint research agreement between Renault and Oxford University,
research at RSM with mixed roles as a third-party observer and a manager for
cooperation process. Areas of investigation include new product development
and project management, history of negotiation between partners to form a
Joint Venture, outsourcing strategy, and strategic positioning of RSM under
Renault-Nissan alliance.
Professor
Marvin Lieberman
The Anderson School of Business
University of California - Los Angeles
Box 951481
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481
Education
PhD, Business Economics, Harvard University
AB, Economics, Harvard University
Research interests
Testing theories of industrial competition and strategic interaction; comparing
the productivity and performance of US and Japanese manufacturing firms. Broader
teaching and research interests are in the areas of competitive strategy,
industrial economics and operations management.
Associate
Professor John Paul MacDuffie
Co-Director, IMVP
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School
2000 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
Education
BA - Harvard University
PhD - Sloan School of Management, MIT
Research interests
Rise of lean or flexible production as an alternative to mass productions
in the world automotive industry; consequences of lean production for economic
performance; the diffusion of this approach across company and country boundaries;
strategies and mechanisms of knowledge transfer and collaborative problem-solving
within and across firms; implications of these changes for individual managers,
engineers, and workers; and the study of "high performance work systems" associated
with lean production that seek to obtain competitive advantage through a systemic
approach to managing the workforce.
Current projects
The applicability of a "build-to-order" business model to the auto industry
as a possible "post lean" production paradigm; how "build-to-order" may be
facilitated by e-business initiatives (both B2B and B2C) and by experiments
with modular design and production involving automakers and first-tier suppliers
worldwide.
Most recent books or articles
He is co-editor of After Lean Production: Evolving Employment Practices in the World Auto Industry and author of nearly 40 articles based on his IMVP research:
John
Moavenzadeh
IMVP Executive Director
2000 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia PA 19104-6370 USA
Education
B.S. – Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1989
M.S. – Engineering, University of Michigan, Rackham School of Graduate
Studies, 1992
M.A. – Public Policy, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, 1996
Professor
Moreno Muffatto
University of Padua
DIMEG, Via Venezia 1 - 35131
Padua, Italy
Education
MS (Mechanical Engineering), University of Padua
PhD (Industrial Engineering and Management), University of Padua
Research interests
New product development practices and performances, Value chain transformation
in the new economy
Current projects
International Product Development, Performance improvements though e-powered
retailers and consumers.
Most recent books or articles
"Developing product platforms: analysis of the development process," Dr. Moreno Muffatto and M. Roveda, Technovation, Vol. 20, 2000, pp.617-630
"Platform Strategies in International New Product Development," Dr. Moreno Muffatto, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol.19, N.5/6, 1999.
"Introducing a platform strategy in product development," Dr. Moreno Muffatto, International Journal of Production Economics, N. 60-61, 1999.
"Building New Product Development Capabilities," in International Journal of Vehicle Design, Special Issue, "The New Product Development Capabilities," Guest Editor Dr. Moreno Muffatto, Vol.21, N.1, 1999, pp.1-7.
"Evolution of
Production Paradigms. The cases of Toyota and Volvo," Dr. Moreno Muffatto,
Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Vol.10, N.1, 1999, pp.15-25.
Professor
Kentaro Nobeoka
Kobe University
Rokkodai-cho 2-1 Nada-ku
Kobe 657-8501, JAPAN
Education
BS (Engineering) - Osaka University
MBA - PhD (Management), MIT
Research interests
New Product Development, Supplier Network, CAD/CAM, Top Management
Current projects
Changes in supplier network in Japan; Role of 3D-CAD on product development;
Influence of IT on product development and supplier network
Most recent books or articles
Thinking beyond
Lean: Multi-Project Management Is Transforming Product Development at Toyota
and Other Companies, Free Press, September 1998, (also in Japanese, French,
and Korean)
Assistant
Professor Frits K. Pil
Research Scientist
501 Learning Research and Development Center
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
Education
BA (Economics) - Harvard University
MA (Managerial Science and Applied Economics) - Univ. of Pennsylvania, Wharton
Business School
PhD (Human Resource Management & Corporate Strategy) - Univ. of Pennsylvania,
Wharton Business School
Research interests
Knowledge and Knowledge transfer
High-performance/High-involvement work systems
Organizational innovation, learning, and change
Organizational Responsiveness
Current projects
Management of team of researchers undertaking a global study of automobile
assembly factories. Includes assembly processes (Lean work systems, technological
choices, production flow analysis, etc.) and broader value chain issues that
surround current automobile manufacturing (interface between the plants and
their suppliers, as well as the plants and their distributors), and the link
to modularization and outsourcing. Examination of drivers of performance,
including well-researched labor productivity and quality metrics, capital
efficiency measures, environmental performance indicators, and flexibility
and responsiveness indicators.
Coordination with ICDP and 3-Day Car (both based in Europe), examining the mechanisms and structures needed to attain organizational responsiveness and flexibility.
Most recent books or articles
Holweg, Matthias, and Frits K. Pil (forthcoming). "Seeing the Whole - Reconnecting to the Customer Through Build to Order" Sloan Management Review
Rothenberg, Sandra, Frits K. Pil, and Jim Maxwell (forthcoming). "Lean, Green, and the Quest for Superior Performance," Journal of Production and Operations Management.
Pil, Frits K., and Carrie Leana (2000). "Free Agent vs. High-Involvement Approaches to Skill Development: Using Public Policy to Enhance Relational Wealth." In Eds. C. Leana and D. Rousseau, Relational Wealth: Managing Employment for Competitive Advantage, Oxford University Press.
Pil, Frits K. and John Paul MacDuffie (1999). "What makes transplants thrive: Managing the transfer of 'Best Practices' at Japanese auto Plants in North America." Journal of World Business, 34(4): 372-391.
Pil, Frits K. and John Paul MacDuffie (1999). "Organizational and environmental factors influencing the use of high-involvement work practices." Peter Cappelli, ed., Employment Strategies -- Understanding Differences in Employment Practices, Oxford University Press.
Pil, Frits K. and John Paul MacDuffie (1999). "Transferring Competitive Advantage Across Borders: A Study of Japanese Transplants in North America," in Jeffrey Liker, Mark Fruin, and Paul Adler, Remade in America: Transplanting and Transforming Japanese Production Systems, Oxford University Press.
Dr.
Heike Proff
University of Mannheim, Institute of International Management
Schloss, 68131 Mannheim, Germany
Education
1991 - Diploma in Business Administration, University of Mannheim, Germany
1993 – Ph.D. Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M., Germany
2002 - Habilitation, University of Mannheim, Germany,
2002 - Visiting Professor, Dong-A-University, Pusan, South Korea
2003 - Visiting Scholar, Wharton School, Philadelphia, USA
Research
interests
Strategic and International Management, especially, Static and Dynamic (Theory
of) Strategy, Regionalization, Globalization, (Strategic) Management in Emerging
Economies, Automotive Industry
Current
projects
- Fundamentals of a Dynamic Theory of Strategy
- Development of Regionalization in Emerging Economies
- Limits of the resource-based view for explaining Strategic Management in
Emerging Economies
- Opportunities and Threats of Changing Product Architecture for differentiating
Automobile Manufacturers
- Are Module Suppliers the Winners of the Increasing Modularization?
- Explaining the Development of New Value Architectures (in the Automotive
Industry)
Assistant
Professor Sandra Rothenberg
College of Business
Rochester Institute of Technology
Max Lowenthal Building
108 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623
Research interests
Environmental research
Current research
Member of IMVP Round 3 International Assembly Plant Study
Professor
Mari Sako
University of Oxford
Said Business School
Park End Street
Oxford, OX1 1HP, United Kingdom
REITI Visiting
Fellow, Tokyo, Japan
Education
B.A. (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) - University of Oxford
M.Sc. (Economics) - London School of Economics
Ph.D. (Economics) - University of London
Research
interests
Supplier relations, international business strategy, labour-management relations.
Current
research
Modularization and outsourcing, supplier parks, corporate restructuring.
Koichi
Shimokawa
Emeritas Professor, Hosei University
Tokaigakuen University
820 Futocho, Kohoku-ku
Yokohama, Japan
Education
Ph.D. – Economics. Kyushu University, Graduate School.
Research
interests
Extended Enterprise special reference with Comparison study of Global
strategy by each car industry and companies,
Current
projects
New Trial and evolution of Japanese Productin System.
Changing Global Supplier System: USA, Europe and Asia.
e-Business Model Trial in CAE Distribution System: USA, Europe and Japan.
Communications
Director Nancy DuVergne Smith
International Motor Vehicle Program; Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial
Development
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E40-257, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Education
B.F.A. - Tulane University
A.L.M. - Harvard University
Associate
Professor Yasuo Sugiyama
Graduate School of Economics
Kyoto University
Yoshida-hon-machi, Sakyo-ku
Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
Education
BS (Law) - University of Tokyo
MS (Economics) - University of Tokyo
Research interests
Global Management, Strategic Management, Product development, Technology Management.
Current projects
Determinants of Location in Product Development of Auto Industry, Product
Architecture and Globalization, and International Alliance and Knowledge Transfer
Associate
Professor Akira Takeishi
Institute of Innovation Research
Hitotsubashi University
2-1 Naka, Kunitachi,
Tokyo 186-8603, Japan
Education
BA (International Relations) - University of Tokyo
MS (Management) - MIT Sloan School of Management
PhD (Management) - MIT Sloan School of Management
Research interests
Inter-firm division of labor Business architecture
Current projects
Modularization in the Auto Industry
Associate
Professor Ezra Zuckerman
MIT Sloan School of Management
50 Memorial Drive
E52-564
Cambridge, MA 02142
Education
BS - Columbia University, 1992
MS - University of Chicago, 1994
PhD - University of Chicago, 1997
Research interests
Economic Sociology, Structural Sociology, Organization Theory, Social Network
Analysis, Strategic Management.
Current projects
Dealer Associations: Industry Peer Networks and Knowledge Transfer: Past work
on networks of peer firms in the construction industry suggests that they
can be a powerful mechanism for the transfer of process-related know-how and
financial metrics and for motivating improvement activities.Current research
plan is to extend this research to study so-called twenty groups in auto distribution,
i.e. groups of 20 dealers with non-overlapping sales districts that gather
to share best practice.
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Program Leadership
John Paul MacDuffie
Co-Director
Associate Professor in Management,
the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Michael
Cusumano
Co-Director
Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor of Management
John
B. Moavenzadeh
Executive
Director
Donna
Carty
Program
Manager
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