Joel A. C. Baum

University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

Canadian National Chair in Strategic Management

University of Toronto

105 St. George Street

Toronto, ON, M5S 3E6

Canada

http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/~baum

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Scholarly Papers (27)

1.

Ecological Approaches to Organizations

Sage Handbook for Organization Studies, pp. 55-110, 2006
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 27 Sep 2007
Joel A. C. Baum and Andrew V. Shipilov
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and INSEAD
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Organizational ecology, inertia, density dependence, organizations

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Outsourcing War: The Evolution of the Private Military Industry after the Cold War

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 30 Oct 2009
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of TorontoUniversity of Toronto - Rotman School of ManagementUniversity of Toronto
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Outsourcing, hybrid organizations, private military companies

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Introduction: Economics Meets Sociology in Strategic Management

Advances in Strategic Management, Volume 17 (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 21 Mar 2014
Frank Dobbin and Joel A. C. Baum
Harvard University - Department of Sociology and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
Downloads 402 (118,345)
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Between Closure and Holes: Hybrid Network Positions and the Performance of U.K. Investment Banks

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Dec 2006
Joel A. C. Baum, Diederik W. van Liere and Tim Rowley
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Networks, Performance, Small World Networks, Investment Banking

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Network-Independent Partner Selection and the Evolution of Innovation Networks

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 May 2009 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2010
Joel A. C. Baum, Robin Cowan and Nicolas Jonard
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) and University of Angers - Centre de Recherche en Epistémologie Appliquée (CREA)
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Networks, innovation, partner selection

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The Epistemic Structure and Dynamics of Social Networks

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Apr 2008
Mihnea C. Moldoveanu and Joel A. C. Baum
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
Downloads 291 (168,150)
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Social Networks, Epistemic Networks, descriptive language

Desperately Seeking Spillovers?: Increasing Returns, Industrial Organization and the Location of New Entrants in Geographic and Technological Space

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 May 2006
Aharonson Barak S., Joel A. C. Baum and Maryann P. Feldman
Tel-Aviv University, University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Entrepreneurship, knowledge spillovers, location choice, industrial clustering, biotechnology

Desperately Seeking Spillovers? Increasing Returns, Industrial Organization and the Location of New Entrants in Geographic and Technological Space

Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 16, Issue 1, pp. 89-130, 2007
Posted: 22 Jun 2008
Aharonson Barak S., Joel A. C. Baum and Maryann P. Feldman
Tel-Aviv University, University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Competitive Parity, Status Disparity, and Mutual Forbearance: Securities Analysts' Competition for Investor Attention

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2013/43/EFE, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2241497
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 29 Mar 2013
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, INSEAD, Keio University - Faculty of Business and Commerce and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Where Do Small Worlds Come From?

Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 12, No. 4, 2003
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 30 Sep 2007
Joel A. C. Baum, Andrew V. Shipilov and Tim Rowley
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, INSEAD and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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small worlds, investment banks, cliques, brokerage

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Better With Age? Tie Longevity and the Performance Implications of Bridging and Closure

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 1032282
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Nov 2007
Joel A. C. Baum, Bill McEvily and Tim Rowley
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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interfirm networks,firm performance, underwriting syndicates

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Analysis of Extremes in Management Studies

Research Methodology in Strategy and Management, Vol. 3, pp. 123-196, 2006
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 02 Apr 2008
Joel A. C. Baum and Bill McKelvey
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
Downloads 190 (253,590)
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Extreme Value Theory, Power Laws, Management Studies

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Aspiration Performance and Railroads' Patterns of Experiential Learning from Train Wrecks and Crashes

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 May 2006
Joel A. C. Baum and Kristina Dahlin
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of Oxford - Said Business School
Downloads 187 (257,310)
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Organizational Learning, Learning Curves, Performance Feedback, Learning from Failure, Accident Reduction, Railroads

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The Reorganization of Legitimate Violence: The Contested Terrain of the Private Military and Security Industry During the Post-Cold War Era

Research in Organizational Behavior, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 31 Oct 2013
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of TorontoUniversity of Toronto - Rotman School of ManagementUniversity of Toronto
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Private Military and Security Companies, institutional entrepreneurs, legitimation

Greener Pastures: Outside Options and Strategic Alliance Withdrawal

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2011/120/EFE
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Nov 2011
Henrich R. Greve, Hitoshi Mitsuhashi and Joel A. C. Baum
INSEAD, Keio University - Faculty of Business and Commerce and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
Downloads 71 (522,937)
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Greener Pastures: Outside Options and Strategic Alliance Withdrawal

Organization Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Nov 2011
Henrich R. Greve, Hitoshi Mitsuhashi and Joel A. C. Baum
INSEAD, Keio University - Faculty of Business and Commerce and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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alliances, networks, withdrawal

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Inventive and Uninventive Clusters: The Case of Canadian Biotechnology

Research Policy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 21 Apr 2008
Aharonson Barak S., Joel A. C. Baum and Anne Plunket
Tel-Aviv University, University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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industrial clustering, patenting, biotechnology, alliances

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P-hacking in Top-Tier Management Journals

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 07 Apr 2022
Joel A. C. Baum and Philip Bromiley
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of California, Irvine
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p-hacking, questionable research practices, management scholarship, academic performance, MBA rankings

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Free-Riding on Power Laws: Questioning the Validity of the Impact Factor as a Measure of Research Quality in Organization Studies

Organization, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Jun 2011
Joel A. C. Baum
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Impact Factor

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Prescriptions for Network Strategy: Does Evidence of Network Effects in Cross-Section Support Them?

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 May 2012
Joel A. C. Baum, Robin Cowan and Nicolas Jonard
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) and University of Angers - Centre de Recherche en Epistémologie Appliquée (CREA)
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strategic alliances, interfirm networks, network effects, network strategy, computer simulation

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European and North American Approaches to Organizations and Strategy Research: An Atlantic Divide? Not

Organization Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 09 Jun 2011
Joel A. C. Baum
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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objectivist, subjectivist, organizational theory, Atlantic divide

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The Excess-Tail Ratio: Correcting Journal Impact Factors for Citation Quality

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 11 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2012
Joel A. C. Baum
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
Downloads 69 (524,044)
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h-Index, e-Index, h-Core, h-Tail, Excess-tail Ratio, Journal Impact Factor

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The Skewed Few: Does 'Skew' Signal Quality Among Journals, Articles, and Academics?

Journal of Management Inquiry, 2012
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 08 May 2012 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2012
Joel A. C. Baum
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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research quality, journal quality, impact factor, skewness

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Experiential Learning and Brokerage In a Peer-Production Network

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Apr 2022
Joel A. C. Baum
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Peer production, social networks, structural holes, open source software, problem solving network,

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Game of Thrones - Season 7.5 episode 4 - Who Will Survive Season 8? Network Positions that Kill

Towards Data Science Jun 2018, https://medium.com/@joel.a.c.baum/game-of-thrones-season-7-5-episode-4-abb12ee1e43d
Posted: 07 Apr 2022
Joel A. C. Baum
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

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Social Networks, Network Graphs, Small World Networks

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Game of Thrones - Season 7.5 episode 3 - Character Network Positions and Advantages

Towards Data Science
Posted: 24 Mar 2022
Joel A. C. Baum
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

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Social Networks, Network Graphs, Small World Networks

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Game of Thrones - Season 7.5 episode 2 - It's a Small World of Ice and Fire

Towards Data Science
Posted: 24 Mar 2022
Joel A. C. Baum
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

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Social Networks, Small World Networks, Network Graphs

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Game of Thrones - Season 7.5 - Episode 1 - Mapping the Game

Towards Data Science
Posted: 24 Mar 2022
Joel A. C. Baum
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

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Social Networks, Network Graphs, Small World Networks

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The Globalization of Strategy Research: Permanent Pluralism or Prelude to a New Synthesis?

Advances in Strategic Management, Vol. 27, 2010
Posted: 11 Jun 2011
Joseph Lampel and Joel A. C. Baum
Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

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