Resume

• Competitive Analysis

  Strategic Thinking

  Business Strategy

  Competitor Intelligence

  Strategic Planning

  Birds of a feather...? How supervisor-subordinate dissimilarity moderates the influence of supervisor behaviors on workplace attitudes.

  Duffy

  M. & Ferrier

  W. 2003. Birds of a feather...? How supervisor-subordinate dissimilarity moderates the influence of supervisor behaviors on workplace attitudes. Group and Organization Management

  217-248. \n

  Birds of a feather...? How supervisor-subordinate dissimilarity moderates the influence of supervisor behaviors on workplace attitudes.

  Lyon

  D. & Ferrier

  W. 2002. Enhancing performance with product-market innovation: A note on the influence of the top management team. Journal of Managerial Issues

  14: 452-469. \n

  Enhancing performance with product-market innovation: A note on the influence of the top management team.

  Andrevski

  G.

  Richard

  O.

  Shaw

  J. & Ferrier

  W. 2014. Racial diversity and firm performance: The mediating role of competitive intensity. Journal of Management

  40: 820-844. [Published on-line

  2011]\n

  Racial diversity and firm performance: The mediating role of competitive intensity.

  Bernadine Dykes

  Margaret Hughes-Morgan

  Kalin Kolev

  Organizational speed as a dynamic capability: Towards a holistic perspective

  Hughes-Morgan

  M. & Ferrier

  W. 2014. Competitive action repertoires and stock risk. Journal of Managerial Issues

  26: 55-61.\n

  Competitive action repertoires and stock risk.

  Maggitti

  P.

  Coff

  R.

  Hatfield

  D. & Ferrier

  W. 2012. Dynamics of competitive rivalry. Journal of Industrial Organization Education

  6: 1-9.\n\n

  Dynamics of competitive rivalry.

  Hughes-Morgan

  M.

  Morgan

  F. & Ferrier

  W. Clear signals or ambiguity? How long-buyers and short-sellers react differently to competitive actions.

  Clear signals or ambiguity? How long-buyers and short-sellers react differently to competitive actions.

  Uhlenbruck

  K.

  Hughes-Morgan

  M.

  Hitt

  M.

  Ferrier

  W. & Brymer

  R. 2016. Rivals’ reactions to mergers and acquisitions. Strategic Organization

  1476127016630526.\n

  Rivals’ reactions to mergers and acquisitions.

  Hughes-Morgan

  M. & Ferrier

  W. 2016. Short interest pressure and competitive behavior. British Journal of Management.\n

  Short interest pressure and competitive behavior.

  Ferrier

  W. & Lee

  H. 2002. Strategic aggressiveness

  variation

  and surprise: How the sequential pattern of competitive rivalry influences stock market returns. Journal of Managerial Issues

  14: 162-180.\n

  Strategic aggressiveness

  variation

  and surprise: How the sequential pattern of competitive rivalry influences stock market returns.

  Ferrier

  W.

  Holsapple

  C.

  & Sabherwal

  R. 2010. Digital systems and competition: Editorial commentary. Information Systems Research

  21: 413-422.\n

  Digital systems and competition.

  Rindova

  V.

  Ferrier

  W.

  & Wiltbank

  R. 2010. Value from gestalt: How sequences of competitive actions create advantage for firms in nascent markets. Strategic Management Journal

  31: 1474-1497. \n

  Value from Gestalt: How sequences of competitive actions create advantage for firms in nascent markets.

  McGrath

  R.

  Ferrier

  W.

  & Mendelow

  A. 2004. Real options as engines of choice and heterogeneity: A response to Adner & Levinthal. Academy of Management Review

  29: 86-101.\n

  Real options as engines of choice and heterogeneity: A response to Adner & Levinthal.

  Andrevski

  G. & Ferrier

  W. 2016. Does it pay to compete aggressively? Contingent roles of internal and external resources. Journal of Management.\n

  Does it pay to compete aggressively? Contingent roles of internal and external resources.

  Ferrier

  W. & Lyon

  D. 2004. Competitive repertoire simplicity and firm performance: The moderating role of TMT heterogeneity. Managerial and Decision Economics

  25: 317-327.\n

  Competitive repertoire simplicity and firm performance: The moderating role of TMT heterogeneity.

  Peteraf

  M. & Ferrier

  W. 2002. Conversations on the dynamics

  context

  and consequences of strategy: Introduction to the special issue. Managerial and Decision Economics

  23: 149-156.

  Conversations on the dynamics

  context

  and consequences of strategy.

  Hughes-Morgan

  M.

  Ferrier

  W.

  & Labianca

  J. 2011. The joint effect of top management team heterogeneity and competitive behavior on stock returns and risk. In M. Carpenter (Ed.) The Handbook of Research on Top Management Team Research. Edwin Elgar Publishing

  pg. 261.

  The joint effect of top management team heterogeneity and competitive behavior on stock returns and risk.

  Andrevski

  G.

  Brass

  D. & Ferrier

  W. 2013. Alliance portfolio configurations and competitive action frequency. Journal of Management

  42: 811-837.\n

  Alliance portfolio configurations and competitive action frequency.

  Connelly

  B.

  Tihanyi

  L.

  Ketchen

  D.

  Carnes

  C. & Ferrier

  W. 2016. Competitive repertoire complexity: Governance antecedents and performance outcomes. Strategic Management Journal.\n

  Competitive repertoire complexity: Governance antecedents and performance outcomes.

  Ofem

  B.

  Compion

  S.

  Ferrier

  W.

  Borgatti

  S.

  & Jensen

  J. 2015. The collaboration networks of economic development organizations in Eastern Kentucky. Journal of Appalachian Studies

  21: 105-127.

  The collaboration networks of economic development organizations in Eastern Kentucky.

  Ferrier

  Aalto University

  Stanford University

  University of Kentucky

  Helsinki

  Finland

  Visiting Professor

  Aalto University

  Management Science & Engineering Department

  Visiting Scholar

  Stanford University

  TEACHING\nMBA Program

  EMBA Program

  and Ph.D. Program: Strategic Management

  Global Management\n\nSELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS\nDykes

  B.

  Hughes-Morgan

  M.

  Kolev

  K. & Ferrier

  W. 2018. \"Organizational speed as a dynamic capability: Towards a holistic perspective.\" Strategic Organization.\n\nHughes-Morgan

  M.

  Morgan

  F. & Ferrier

  W. 2018. \"Clear signals or ambiguity? How long-buyers and short-sellers react differently to competitive actions.\" Journal of Managerial Issues.\n\nAndrevski

  G. & Ferrier

  W. 2016. \"Does it pay to compete aggressively? Contingent roles of internal and external resources.\" Journal of Management.\n\nConnelly

  B.

  Tihanyi

  L.

  Ketchen

  D.

  Carnes

  C. & Ferrier

  W. 2016. \"Competitive repertoire complexity: Governance antecedents and performance outcomes.\" Strategic Management Journal.\n\nUhlenbruck

  K.

  Hughes-Morgan

  M.

  Hitt

  M.

  Ferrier

  W. & Brymer

  R. 2016. \"Rivals’ reactions to mergers and acquisitions.\" Strategic Organization.\n\nAndrevski

  G.

  Richard

  O.

  Shaw

  J. & Ferrier

  W. 2014. \"Racial diversity and firm performance: The mediating role of competitive intensity.\" Journal of Management.\n\nAndrevski

  G.

  Brass

  D. & Ferrier

  W. 2013. \"Alliance portfolio configurations and competitive action frequency.\" Journal of Management.\n\nRindova

  V.

  Ferrier

  W.

  & Wiltbank

  R. 2010. \"Value from gestalt: How sequences of competitive actions create advantage for firms in nascent markets.\" Strategic Management Journal.\n\nMcGrath

  R.

  Ferrier

  W.

  & Mendelow

  A. 2004. \"Real options as engines of choice and heterogeneity.\" Academy of Management Review.\n\nFerrier

  W. 2001. \"Navigating the competitive landscape: The drivers and Consequences of competitive aggressiveness.\" Academy of Management Journal. \n\nFerrier

  W.

  Smith

  K.

  & Grimm

  C. 1999. \"The role of competitive action in market share erosion and industry dethronement: A study of industry leaders and challengers.\" Academy of Management Journal.

  University of Kentucky

  University of Maryland College Park

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Strategic Management

  University of Kentucky

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  International Business/Trade/Commerce

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  Economics