“Can Industry Structure Explain the Pattern of Sustained Superior Performing Firms in the Economy.” Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, Aug 4-8, 2017.

“Setting up a Digital Data Collection Strategy for Creating Life Histories of People & Firms. PDW on Frontiers of Digital History Methods and Tools.” Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, Aug 4-8, 2017.

“Constructing Compelling Case studies.” Eastern Academy of Management International Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, June 18-22, 2017.

“China’s New-To-The-World Innovation Performance And Its Antecedents: Evidence From International Patent Statistics.” Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, Aug 5-8, 2016.

“What Matters More in Location Choices For Partnerships – Analyzing New Ventures In 11 Countries.” Academy of Management Conference, Vancouver, Aug 7-11, 2015.

“Toward a Synthesis Between History and Organization Studies in The Study of Dynamic Capabilities.” Academy of Management Conference, Vancouver, Aug 7-11, 2015.

“What Innovation Policies Does China Need to Catch-up with the Most Advanced Countries in the World?” MOR First Frontiers Conference entitled “Globalization of Knowledge Creation and Innovation in the Context of Emerging Economies” in Hong Kong Dec 4-7, 2014.

“How Does Headquarters Create Value in a Diversified Multi-Business Firm: The Case of Wesfarmers.”
Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Madrid, Sep 21-22, 2014.
Strategic Management Society Special Conference on St. Gallen, Switzerland, May 28-30, 2015.

“Industry Converge Across Geographic Markets.” Panel on “The Strategic Process and Competitive Dynamics of Industry Convergence.” Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Madrid, Sep 21-22, 2014.

“The Role of Home Demand in the Internationalization of New Ventures.” Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, Aug 1-5, 2014.

“Developing Robust Knowledge about Causal Processes – a History-friendly Simulation of the Synthetic.” 15th International Schumpeter Society Meeting, Jena, Germany, July 27-30, 2014.

What and How Entrepreneurial Startups Learn from Incumbent Firms: Network Ties in the Chinese Synthetic Dye Industry. Sixth Biannual IACMR Conference in Beijing, June 18-22, 2014

“Marrying History and Social Science in Strategy Research.” Presentation at History and Strategy PDW. Academy of Management Meeting in Orlando, Florida, August 9-13, 2013.

“Framing Transaction Value: The Role of Rhetoric in the Emergence of the U.S. Advertising Industry.” Academy of Management Meeting in Orlando, Florida, August 9-13, 2013.

“Reflections on ‘Architectural Strategy and Design Evolution in Business Ecosystems’” PDW. Academy of Management Meeting in Orlando, Florida, August 9-13, 2013.

“What Aspects of Entrepreneur-Incumbent Relationships Make a Difference?”. Academy of Management Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, August 3-7, 2012.

“The impact of functional background and executive mobility in firm survival.”  14th International Joseph Schumpeter Conference, July 2-5, 2012. Brisbane, Australia.

“What Knowledge Is Transferred From Incumbent Firms To Successful New Ventures: The Case Of Post-1978 Chinese Synthetic Dye Start-Ups.”  25th ANZAM Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, Dec 7-9, 2011.

“Regional Institutions, Ownership Transformation, and Migration of Industrial Leadership in China.” Academy of Management Meeting in St. Antonio, Texas, August 12-16, 2011.

“The Individual and The Organization: Locating Knowledge Capabilities in Professional Service Firms.” Academy of Management Meeting in Montreal, August 6-10, 2010.

“The Geographic Co-Specialization of Industries and Academic Disciplines.”  13th International Joseph Schumpeter Conference, June 21-24, 2010. Aalborg, Denmark.

“Alternative paths to competitive advantage: European paper industries 1900-2000.” Academy of Management Meeting in Chicago, August 7-11, 2009.

Successful entrepreneurs are not risk-takers: A theory of entrepreneurial decision-making. Academy of Management Meeting in Anaheim, August 9-13, 2008.

“The origins of success: A qualitative meta-analysis of the evolution of Nokia.” Academy of Management Meeting in Anaheim, August 9-13, 2008.

“Successful entrepreneurs systematically reduce risk.” 12th International Joseph Schumpeter Conference, July 2-5, 2008. Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

“A Cross-National Study Of Intellectual Property Rights Laws And Firm Strategies A Science-Based Industry.” Strategy Management Society Meeting, San Diego, October 14-17, 2007

“Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in the Comparative and in Longitudinal Studies.” PDW on “The Power of Richness III: Crafting Qualitative Research Papers.” Academy of Management Meeting in Philadelphia, August 2007.

“Coevolution.” SASE - Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 28-30, 2007.

The Complex Role of Patents in Creating Technological Competencies: A Cross-National Study of Intellectual Property Right Strategies in the Synthetic Dye Industry, 1857-1914. DRUID Conference, Copenhagen, June 18-20, 2007.

“The Need for a Comparative Industry Studies Framework.” XIV International Economic History Congress in Helsinki, Finland, 21 to 25 August 2006.

“Commentary on Guillen, Rynes, Siggelkow, Wagner and Weick.”  PDW on “The Power of Richness II: Exploring Qualitative Research Methods.”
Academy of Management Meeting in Atlanta, August 2006.

“Commentary on Joel Mokyr’s Paper ‘The Great Synergy: The European Enlightenment as Factor in Modern Economic Growth’”
American Economic Association Meeting, Boston, MA, January 7, 2006

“New Directions in Research on Dominant Designs.”
Academy of Management Meeting in Honolulu, HI, August 2005

“The Power of the Historical Comparative Method.”
Academy of Management Meeting in Honolulu, HI, August 2005

“Knowledge and Competitive Advantage: The Coevolution Firms, Industries and National Institutions.”
Strategic Management Society Meeting in San Juan, November 2004

“The Surprising Role of Patents in Creating Technological Competences: A Cross-National Study of the Synthetic Dye Industry, 1850-1914.”
Presentations at:
Society for the History of Technology Meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October, 2004
Economic History Association Meeting, San Jose, CA, September 2004
Academy of Management Meeting, New Orleans, LA, August 2004
Schumpeter Society Meeting, Milan, Italy, June 2004

“Do Organizations Have Something Like Genes: A proposed Study of the Development of the Zeiss Company, 1846-2002.”
Organization Science Winter Conference, Steamboat, February 6, 2004

“Dynamic Capabilities in Early Science-based Industries: A comparative Study of the Bayer and Zeiss companies.”
Strategic Management Society Meeting in Baltimore, November 2003

“The Coevolution of Industries and National Institutions: Theory and Evidence.”
Academy of Management Meeting in Seattle, WA, August 2003

Ernst Abbe’s Scientific Management: A 19th Century Forerunner of the Resource-Based Theory?
Academy of Management Meeting in Seattle, WA, August 2003

“The Complex Role of Patents in the Development of Technological Competencies: A Cross-National Study of Intellectual Property Right Strategies in the Synthetic Dye Industry, 1850-1914.”
Presentations at:
SMJ Special Issue Conference, University of Pittsburgh, October 2002
Annual Strategy Conference, Harvard Business School, October 2002

“Industry Development as a Coevolutionary Process: Was the Synthetic Dye Industry from 1857 until 1914 Already Part of the ‘New Economy?’” Strategic Management Society Meeting in San Francisco, October 2001

“Evolutionary Theory in Management and Organization Theory at the Beginning of a New Millennium: A Symposium on the State of the Art and Opportunities for Future Research Evolutionary Theory.” Introductory Presentation and Discussant in a Symposium at the Academy of Management Meeting in Toronto, Canada, August 2000.

“The Social Environment as Origin of Firm Capabilities: Expanding the Resource-based Theory of the Firm.” Presentation in a Symposium at the Strategic Management Society Meeting in Berlin, Germany, October 1999

“Coevolution and Competitive Advantage in the Synthetic Dye Industry, 1850-1914.”
Presentations at:
Business History Conference Meeting in Palo Alto, CA, March 2000
Academy of International Business Meeting in Charleston, NC, November 1999
Academy of Management Meeting in Chicago, IL, August 1999

“The Dynamics of Long-Term Competitive Advantage: A Comparison of the Chemical Industries in the U.S., Britain, German, and Japan since 1850.” Presentation in a Symposium at the Academy of Management Meeting in San Diego, California, August 1998

“The Effects of Executive Team Characteristics and Organization Context on Organization Responsiveness to Environmental Jolts.” Academy of Management Meeting 1995, Vancouver, Canada. (With Michael Tushman).

“Determinants of Entry into Multihospital Systems: The Important Role of Hospital Boards.” Academy of Management Meeting 1995, Vancouver, Canada.

“Market Exit and Multimarket Competition.” Academy of Management Meeting 1994, Dallas, Texas. (With W. Boeker, J. Goodstein, J. Stephan).

“Strategic Change: Competition in a Multimarket Environment.” Academy of Management Meeting 1993, Atlanta, Georgia. (With W. Boeker, J. Goodstein, J. Stephan).