Dr. Joseph Beck

Management / Marketing / Entrepreneurship Department

Office: Grove Hall 211
Phone: (717) 477-1610
E-mail: jbbeck@ship.edu
Office Hours and Teaching Schedule 

Associate Professor - Management and Marketing 

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.