Doctoral Students On the Job Market

Elizabeth  Gerber
egerber@stanford.edu

Dissertation Committee: Robert Sutton (advisor), Pam Hinds, Chip Heath
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Research Areas: Design and Organizational Behavior
Research Interests: Organizational Contexts for Innovation, Leadership of Non-routine work
Brief Biography: I am a postdoctoral scholar leading research in innovation, design, and leadership at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. I use a combination of theoretical approaches from social psychology and organization theory to develop and extend theory in micro- and meso-level organizational behavioral research. My research is based in the technology, consumer products, education, and service industries. I am passionate about bringing my interests in innovation and organizational behavior together in a way that has practical implications in industry and theoretical significance in academia. I completed my PhD in the Management Science and Engineering Department and my MS in Product Design in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stanford University. Before coming to Stanford, I worked in the consumer product, software, and education industries. I received my B.A. in Studio Art and Engineering from Dartmouth College.

Ralph  Maurer
rmaurer@stanford.edu
Phone: 650.248.9822
Dissertation Committee: Robert Sutton (chair), Kathy Eisenhardt, Riitta Katila and Fred Turner
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Ralph Maurer is a doctoral candidate in the department of Management Science & Engineering. His research interests include innovation in cultural and hybrid cultural/technological industries, the production of culture perspective and organizational identity. Prior to doctoral studies at Stanford, Ralph received a BS in communication studies from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Florida. His work experience includes time with Apple Computer, Deluxe (film industry) and as an IT consultant. Ralph's dissertation examines how firms innovate with regard to resources that have an iconic cultural status. He does this through an inductive, qualitative, multi-case study of the development of feature films based intellectual property originating in the comic-book industry.

Andrew  Nelson
andrew.nelson@stanford.edu
Phone: 650.248.7492
Dissertation Committee: Woody Powell and Steve Barley (co-advisors), Kathy Eisenhardt, Tom Byers
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Andrew Nelson is a Lecturer and Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Management Science and Engineering (MS&E) at Stanford University, where he teaches courses in the Management of Research & Development and in Work, Technology & Organizations. He completed his PhD in MS&E at Stanford and holds an MSc (with distinction) from Oxford University and a BA (with honors and distinction) from Stanford. Andrew's research focuses on the role of institutional factors in shaping the creation and dissemination of technologies. His dissertation examined the diffusion of technologies from universities and firms, highlighting how personal networks shape the way in which researchers balance economic interests against the need to participate in knowledge-sharing networks. Current research projects investigate how public- versus private-science incentives shape collaboration networks, question the predominant use of patents to measure innovation, and explore multivocal organizations that successfully blend seemingly-competing institutional models.