Associate Professor - Management and Marketing, Management / Marketing / Entrepreneurship Department
- Ph.D. Merage School of Business, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, Management - Strategy
- M.B.A. University of Oregon, General Business (Management)
- B.A. University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Asian Studies
Work Experience
Academic Experience
- Associate Professor, Shippensburg University
- Adjunct Instructor of Business, University of Oregon
Non-Academic Experience
- International
- Entrepreneur, Self-Employed (1997 - 2001). Energy Efficient Building Materials.
- English Instructor, Kobe City School System (1982 - 1988).
- Manager, Berlitz International School of Languages (1981 - 1993).
Consulting
- 2006: American Red Cross, Enhanced Community Response
- 2002-2003: Battelle/Pacific Northwest National Lab-University of Oregon, Market Research
Intellectual Contributions
Compilation of Articles or Readings
Wiersema, M. F. & Beck, J. B. (2011). Corporate Strategy Edward Elgar.
Book Chapters, Non-Refereed
- Beck, J. B. & Wiersema, M. F. (2011). "CEO Dismissal: The Role of the Broader Governance Context", Handbook of Top Management Team Research. Edward Elgar.
- Beck, J. B. & Wiersema, M. F. (2011). "Introduction", Corporate Strategy. Edward Elgar.
Presentation of Refereed Papers
International
- Beck, J. B. & Wiersema, M. F. (2009). An Integrated Perspective on Corporate Scope, Structural Complexity, and Corporate Divestment. 29th Strategic Management Society Conference, Washington, District of Columbia.
- Beck, J. B. & Wiersema, M. F. (2008). Strategic and Environmental Complexity and the Decision to Divest. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California.
National
- Beck, J. B. & Wiersema, M. F. (2009). Corporate Scope, Structural Complexity and Corporate Divestment: An Integrated Framework. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
- Beck, J. B. & Wiersema, M. F. (2009). Toward a Strategically-Useful Theory of the Firm: a Critique and Expansion of the RBV and TCE Literature Streams. Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
Honors-Awards-Grants
Award
- 2011: Harry R. Frehn Faculty Research Fellowship Award John L. Grove College of Business.
- 2007: Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award UC Irvine Merage School of Business.
- 2003: Award for Academic Excellence, Oregon MBA Class of 2003 University of Oregon.
- 2003: Finalist, 2003 Global Moot Corp Business Plan Competition University of Texas, Austin.
Honor
- 2009: Invited Participant, Doctoral Consortium, Seventh West Coast Research Symposium on Technology Research West Coast Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship.
- 2009: 2009 Strategic Management Society Best Paper Prize Strategic Management Society.
- 2007: Invited Participant, Doctoral Consortium Academy of Management.
- 2007: Invited Participant, Doctoral Consortium Strategic Management Society.
- 2003: Business Administration Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma.