Andrew Watson

This resume is current as of August 26, 2004. My web site also includes a full curriculum vitae (CV). This resume comprises partial lists (of conference proceedings, etc.); see the CV for full lists.

Education

• Ph.D. in Strategic Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2001
  • Dissertation: Prescriptive and descriptive perspectives on business unit structure and performance: The influence of business strategy, general manager, and external and intracorporate environments
  • Chair: Professor Bill Wooldridge
• B.Sc. in Mathematics, Lancaster University

Employment

Academic

• Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, January 2001-present
• Previously held positions including: lecturer at Northeastern, graduate assistant at UMass Amherst.

Industrial

• Software Product Senior Manager, Digital Equipment Corporation, Nashua, NH, 1989-92
• Senior Software Support Engineer, Digital Equipment Corporation, Sophia Antipolis, France, 1987-89
• Software Instructor, Digital Equipment Corporation, Reading, England, 1985-7
• Software Developer, three different employers prior to joining Digital

Scholarship and Research

Refereed Articles

• Watson, A., & Wooldridge, B. Business unit manager influence on corporate strategy formulation. Forthcoming in Journal of Managerial Issues.
• Robertson, C., & Watson, A. 2004. Corruption and change: The impact of foreign direct investment. Strategic Management Journal, 25:385-396.
• Watson, A. 2003. Coping with limitations rather than preaching damnation: Comments on Donaldson's account of “Contradictions between theories and management education.” Academy of Management Learning and Education, 2: 285-287.
• Mir, R., & Watson, A. 2001. Realism and constructivism in strategy research: Toward a synthesis. Strategic Management Journal, 22: 1169-1173.
• Mir, R., & Watson, A. 2000. Strategic management and the philosophy of science: A case for a constructivist research agenda. Strategic Management Journal, 21: 941-953.
• Shapiro, D. L., & Watson, A. 2000. Using the theory of planned behavior to induce problem solving in schools. Negotiation Journal, 16: 183-190.
• Watson, A., Rodgers, T., & Dudek, D. 1998. The human nature of management consulting: Judgment and expertise. Managerial and Decision Economics, 19: 495-503.

Conference Proceedings

• Watson, A., Mir, R., & Gallo, D. 2002. The theory of the firm and corporate social performance. Eastern Academy of Management, New Haven, CT.
• Watson, A., & Rodgers, T. 1997. Ambiguity as a problem in data-gathering: An interdisciplinary analysis. Academy of Management, Boston, MA.
• Watson, A. 1994. Networks of competition and cooperation. Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management, Washington DC.

Conference Presentations

• Watson, A., & Chatterjee, S. 2003. Go and globalization: How we can learn about international management from the ancient strategic game. Strategic Management Society, Baltimore, MD.
• Watson, A., & Wooldridge, B. 2003. The influence of business unit managers on the formulation of corporate strategy: An empirical test. Academy of Management, Seattle, WA.
• Robertson, C., & Watson, A. 2003. The rate of foreign-born industrialization and corruption: Patterns within Latin America. Strategic Management Society Conference on Entrepreneurship and New Technologies in Latin America, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Watson, A. 2002. Reputation in open source software. International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Boston, MA.
• Watson, A., & Rodgers, T. 1999. Cooperation and control: Contracting for knowledge. Strategic Management Society, Berlin.
• Rodgers, T., & Watson, A. 1996. Contracting for knowledge: A case study of a management consulting firm. Academy of Management, Cincinnati, OH.

Teaching

Courses taught at Northeastern University include the following. All courses are undergraduate unless otherwise specified.

• Strategic Management, within the Co-op, Part-time, and Executive MBA programs
• Strategy in Action (formerly Business Policy)
• Advanced Strategic Management
• Global Management (MBA)
• Seminar in International Business
• The Open Source Business (MBA 1-credit)
• Independent studies

Courses taught elsewhere include the following.

• Complex Organizations (in the University of Hartford's Master of Science in Organizational Behavior program)
• Administrative Theory (at UMass Amherst)
• Principles of Management (at UMass Amherst)

Academic Honors

• Nomination for best paper award at the 1999 meeting of the Strategic Management Society, for: Cooperation and control: Contracting for knowledge
• Award for best graduate student paper, Managerial Consultation Division, at the 1997 Meeting of the Academy of Management, for: Ambiguity as a problem in data-gathering: An interdisciplinary analysis
• Award for best Ph.D. student paper at the 1994 meeting of the Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management, for: Networks of competition and cooperation
• Among top ten vote-getters for Best Teacher of the Year award at Northeastern University’s College of Business Administration, 1999

Professional Affiliations

• Academy of Management
• Strategic Management Society

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