Daniel A. Levinthal

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daniel A. Levinthal
Dan Levinthal (2014)
Born1957
Alma materStanford University
Scientific career
Fieldsstrategy, management, organization theory
InstitutionsCarnegie Mellon University
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
Doctoral advisorJames G. March

Daniel A. Levinthal (born in 1957) is a Reginald H. Jones Professor of Corporate Strategy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Levinthal is considered to be one of the most prominent management scholars.[1][2] His pioneering work on organizational learning, complex systems, and innovation as search process have advanced understanding of organizational and industry evolution and received numerous international awards.[3] His papers remain some of the highest cited papers in management and social sciences in general.[2][4]

Early life and education[edit]

Levinthal grew up in the Silicon Valley where his father, Elliott Levinthal, was on the faculty of the Stanford University.[5] Levinthal received his B.A in Economics from Harvard University in 1979.[6] He later received his Ph.D. in Economics, Business, and Public Policy in 1985 from the Graduate School of Business at the Stanford University.[6] Levinthal's advisor during the doctoral studies at Stanford was James G. March.[5]

Career[edit]

Levinthal started his professional career in 1983 as, first, an Instructor of Economics and Industrial Administration and from 1985 as Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration at the Carnegie Mellon University. In 1989 he moved to an Associate Professor position at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he became a full Professor in 1998.[7]

Daniel Levinthal received an honorary doctorate from the following universities:[7]

Levinthal is a fellow of the Strategic Management Society (since 2011) and the Academy of Management (since 2010).[7][10] Both titles are awarded to a scholar who have made significant contributions to the theory and practice of management.[11][12]

Contributions[edit]

Levinthal's research centers on the topics of industry evolution, organizational learning, and technological revolution.[6]

In 2010 Levinthal received a Distinguished Scholar Award granted by the Organizational and Management Theory Division of the Academy of Management and in 2015 the Irwin Award as Distinguished Educator by the Business Policy Division of the Academy of Management.[7][10]

His paper with James G. March 1993 was the Winner of the 2002 Strategic Management Society Best Paper Prize for work with the most significant impact over the prior 10 years and his paper with Wesley Cohen on innovation and learning (1989) was selected by The Economic Journal as one of the top 13 most influential articles.[5] A related paper with Wesley Cohen on absorptive capacity (1990) remains one of the highest cited papers in the field of management.[13][2][4] As of July 27, 2017, the Google Scholar showed 69,195 citations of Levinthal's work, with Cohen and Levinthal (1989 and 1990), Levinthal and March (1981 and 1993), Levinthal (1997), Gavetti and Levinthal (2000) each having more than one thousand citations.[14]

Since 2014 Levinthal serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Strategy Science journal. He also served as Editor-in-chief of Organization Science between 2010 and 2013 and as an Editor of Industrial and Corporate Change from 2010 to 2015.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Organization Science: From the Editor". doi:10.1287/orsc.1090.0517. Retrieved 1 September 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d "University of Warwick: Oration" (PDF). Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Tilburg University: Celebration of CentER's 25th anniversary". Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b "IAS Distinguished Lecture: Prof Daniel Levinthal (18 Mar 2016)". YouTube. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Interview - A Conversation with Dan Levinthal - 2016 - SMS Knowledge & Innovation Interest Group". YouTube. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "Daniel A Levinthal - Wharton Management Department Bio Page". Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Daniel A. Levinthal CV" (PDF). Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Announcement of 2017 Honorary Doctorate Recipients at Warwick University". Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  9. ^ "LBS Congregation". Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  10. ^ a b "SMS Daniel Levinthal's Bio". Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  11. ^ "SMS Fellows page". Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  12. ^ "AOM Fellows page". Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  13. ^ "25 Years of Research on Absorptive Capacity: A Bibliometric Investigation". Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Google Scholar Citations for DA Levinthal". Retrieved 27 July 2017.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_A._Levinthal&oldid=1179848703"