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Warren Boeker
Professor of Management
Douglas E. Olesen Endowed Chair

Education

  • PhD University of California, Berkeley

Expertise

competitive strategy, innovation and technology

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 1998
Visiting professor at London Business School (1996-98)
Associate Professor at Columbia University (1991-96)
Assistant Professor at Columbia University (1987-91)

Selected Publications

  1. “When Opportunity Meets Ability: The Moderating Effects of Prolific Inventors on Novel Drug Innovation Following Product Development Failure in Biotechnology”
    Tzabbar, D., Lahiri, A., Seo, D.J., and Boeker, W., (2023). Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 40(10).
  2. “Corporate Directors as Heterogeneous Network Pipes: How Director Political Ideology Affects the Interorganizational Diffusion of Governance Practices”
    Gupta, A., Wowak, A., and Boeker, W., (2022). Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 43(8), pp. 1469–1498.
  3. “Political Ideology of the Board and CEO Dismissal Following Firm Misconduct”
    Park, U.D., and Gomulya, D., Boeker, W., (2020). Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 41(1), pp. 108–123.
  4. “The Spawning of Ecosystems: How Cohort Effects Benefit New Ventures”
    Howard, M., Boeker, W., and Andrus, J., (2019). Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 62(4), pp. 1163–1193.
  5. “The Role of Facial Appearance on CEO Selection After Firm Misconduct”
    Gomulya, D., Wong, E., and Ormiston, M., Boeker, W., (2017). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 102(4), pp. 617–635.
  6. “Reassessing Board Member Affiliations: CEO Replacement Following Financial Misconduct”
    Gomulya, D., Boerker, W., (2016). Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 37(9), pp. 1898–1918.
  7. “Understanding Network Formation in Strategy Research: Exponential Random Graph Models”
    Kim, J.Y., Howard, M., Pahnke, E.C., and Boeker, W., (2015). Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 37(1), pp. 22–44.
  8. “How Firms Respond to Financial Restatement: CEO Successors and External Reactions”
    Gomulya, D., and Boeker, W., (2014). Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 57, pp. 1759–1785.

Honors and Awards

Dean's Entrepreneurship Research Award
Global EMBA Excellence in Teaching Award
Core Teaching Team of the Year for Spring

Courses Taught

Strategic Management of Technological Innovation, Management Consulting

Warren Boeker

Academic Department

Management & Organization

Academic Service

Past editorial board member of:
Administrative Science Quarterly
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Review
Strategic Management Journal
Journal of Business Venturing
Organization Science
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Past chair of the Academy of Management's Organization and Management Theory Division

Collaborators

Vishal Rituraj

Consulting

Amazon, Novartis and Merck - strategy development, Microsoft - implementation of strategy