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Kevin Steensma
Professor of Management
Hughes M. Blake Endowed Professor of Business Administration

Education

  • PhD Indiana University
  • MBA Washington State University
  • BS Washington State University

Expertise

competitive strategy, global business, strategic alliances, technology and innovation strategy

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 2000
Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania State University, 1997-2000

Selected Publications

“When Do Collaborative First Moves Diminish Nationality-Based Homophilic Preferences? An Examination of Chinese Venture Capital Investment Syndicates”
Xia, W., Steensma, H.K., and Bai, X., (2023). Administrative Science Quarterly.

“The Influence of Patent Assertion Entities on Inventor Behavior”
Chari, M., Steensma, H.K., Connaughton, C., and Heidl, R., (2022). Strategic Management Journal.

“Clustering and Connectedness: How Inventor Network Configurations Within Incumbent Firms Influence Their Assimilation and Absorption of New Venture Technologies”
Kim, J., Steensma, H.K., and Heidl, R., (2021). Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 64, pp. 1527–1552.

“Previous and Prospective Career Mobility, Client Capture, and Compromised Professional Judgment: The Withholding of Known Relevant Prior Art by Patent Lawyers on Behalf of Their Clients”
Chari, M., Steensma, H.K., and Connaughton, C., (2020). Organization Science, Vol. 31, pp. 489–507.

“Technological Links, Social Ties, Incumbent Firm Opportunistic Propensity, and the Formation of CVC Deals”
Kim, J., Steensma, H.K., and Park, H.D., (2019). Journal of Management, Vol. 45, pp. 1595–1622.

“Spin-Outs and Spillback: How Incumbent Firms Learn from Those That Have Learned from Them”
Kim, J., and Steensma, H.K., (2017). Strategic Management Journal.

“Learning to Collaborate Through Collaboration: How Allying with Expert Firms Influences Collaborative Innovation in Novice Firms”
Howard, M., Steensma, H.K., Lyles, M., and Dhanaraj, C., (2016). Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 37.

“A Comparative Analysis of Patent Assertion Entities in Markets for Intellectual Property Rights”
Steensma, H.K., Chari, M., and Heidl, R., (2016). Organization Science, Vol. 27.

“The Quest for Expansive Property Rights and the Failure to Disclose Known Relevant Prior Art”
Steensma, H.K., Chari, M., and Heidl, R., (2015). Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 35.

“The Influence of Tie Strength Inequality Across Partner Pairs on the Dissolution of Multipartner Alliances”
Heidl, R., Steensma, H.K., and Phelps, C., (2014). Organization Science, Vol. 25, pp. 1351–1371.

“Where to Explore? Drawing on the Guidance of Knowledge Spillover Recipient Firms to Expand Knowledge Boundaries”
Yang, H., and Steensma, K., (2014). Research Policy, Vol. 43, pp. 1496–1507.

“Theories of Work and Working Today: Introduction to Special Topic Forum”
Okhuysen, G.A., Lepak, D., Ashcraft, K., Labianca, G., Smith, V., and Steensma, H.K., (2013). Academy of Management Review, Vol. 38, pp. 491–502.

“The Selection and Nurturing Effects of Corporate Investors on New Venture Innovativeness”
Park, D., and Steensma, K., (2013). Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Vol. 7, pp. 311–330.

“When Does Corporate Venture Capital Add Value for New Ventures?”
Park, D., and Steensma, K., (2012). Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 33, pp. 1–22.

“The Compensatory Relationship Between Absorptive Capacity, Social Embeddedness, and Learning from an Alliance”
Steensma, H.K., Howard, M.D., Lyles, M., and Dhanaraj, C., (2012). Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Vol. 6, pp. 291–306.

“Learning from What Others Have Learned from You: The Positive Effects of Technological Spillovers on Originating Firms”
Yang, H., Phelps, C., and Steensma, K., (2010). Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 53, pp. 371–389.

Honors and Awards

Dean's Faculty Research Award, 2010
Ph.D. Outstanding Mentor Award, 2006
Dean's International Research Award, 2003
Dean's Entrepreneurship Research Award, 2002
Dean's Junior Faculty Research Award, 2001
Licensing Executives Society Research Fellowship, 1996
Finalist in INFORMS Dissertation Proposal Competition, 1995

Kevin Steensma

Academic Department

Management & Organization

Current Research

Formation and performance of technology alliances, International strategic alliances, Influence of national culture on cooperation, Emerging economies