Biography
Giacomo Negro joined the Goizueta Business School faculty in 2008. He previously taught at the Durham Business School (UK) and Bocconi University (Italy), and was a visiting scholar at various institutions including Stanford University and UCLA. Negro holds a PhD in management from Bocconi University, where he also received a Laurea degree in economics and business.

 

In Progress

• “Categorical Contrast and Authenticity: Modernism and Tradition in Italian Winemaking.” With M. T. Hannan and H. Rao.
• “Categorical Contrast and Audience Appeal: Niche Width and Critical Success in Winemaking.” With M. T. Hannan and H. Rao.
• “Stay Tuned: The Interdependence of Organizations and Audiences in U.S. Commercial Television, 1940–2000.” With A. Lomi and F. Perretti.
• “Stained Red?: A Study of Proximity to Oscar Winners and Blacklisted Artists in Post–War Hollywood” With E. Pontikes and H. Rao.
• “Hybrids in Hollywood: A Study of Genre Spanning in the U.S. film industry.” With G. Hsu and F. Perretti.
• “Switching Domains: Actors’ Careers in Film and Television.” With O. Kocak and F. Perretti.
• “Founders’ Role Purity and the Aesthetics–Commerce Tradeoff: Owning or Cooking in Toronto Restaurants.” With P. Roberts and A. Swaminathan.
• “Resource Partitioning Revisited: Competitive Interaction and Vital Rates in the Italian TV industry.” With S. Reis, O. Sorenson, F. Perretti and A. Lomi.
• “Brokerage and Discredit in Cold War Hollywood.” With S. Goodman and H. Rao.
• “The Community Ecology of Vertically Related Populations.” With O. Sorenson.
• “An Ecology of Fads and Fashions.” With O. Sorenson and F. Perretti.

 

Proceedings

• “Same, Yet Different: Similarity, Distinctiveness and the Evolution of Film Genres”. With G. Hsu and F. Perretti. Academy of Management Meetings Best Paper Proceedings. 2007.
• “Integrating Ecologies: Population Dynamics and Interorganizational Networks in the U.S. Motion Picture Industry, 1912–1970.” With G. Cattani, S. Ferriani and F. Perretti. Academy of Management Meetings Best Paper Proceedings. 2006.
• “System Dependent Organizational Evolution: Evidence from the U.S. Television Industry, 1940–2000.” With A. Lomi and F. Perretti. Academy of Management Meetings Best Paper Proceedings. 2006.

Publications

• “The structure of consensus: Network ties legitimation and exit rates of U.S. feature film producer organizations,” With G. Cattani, S. Ferriani and F. Perretti. Administrative Science Quarterly 53: 145–182. 2008.
• “E Pluribus Unum: Framing, Matching, and Organizational Form Emergence in U.S. Television Broadcasting, 1940-1960,”. With F. Perretti and A. Lomi. Organization Science 19: 533–547. 2008.
• “Evolutionary Perspectives on Inter-Organizational Relations.” With A. Lomi and F. Fonti. Pp. 313–339In Cropper, S., Ebers, M., Huxham, C., and Smith Ring, P. (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Inter-Organizational Relations , Oxford University Press. 2008.
• “Mixing Genres, Matching People: A Study in Innovation and Team Composition in Hollywood.” With F. Perretti. Journal of Organizational Behavior 28: 563– 586. 2007.
• “Metabolic Implications for the Mechanism of Mitochondrial Endosymbiosis and Human Hereditary Disorders.” With B. Lovegren de Bivort, C-C. Chen, F. Perretti, T. M. Philip and Y. Bar-Yam. Journal of Theoretical Biology 248: 26–36. 2007.
• “Filling Empty Seats: How Social Status and Organizational Hierarchies Affect Exploration vs. Exploitation in Team Design.” With F. Perretti. Academy of Management Journal 49: 759–777. 2006.
• “The Competitive Dynamics of Vertical Integration. Evidence from U.S. Motion Picture Producers, 1912–1970.” With O. Sorenson. Advances in Strategic Management 23: 367– 403. 2006.

Areas of Specialization

• Organization theory
• Organizational ecology, social categorization and identity
• Cultural and creative industries

Achievements and Honors

• Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, Research Excellence Award, 2007
• Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, Best Management Paper Award, 2007
• Academy of International Business Conference, Best Reviewer Award, 2005
• Fondazione IRI Research Grant, 2004
• Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, Best Management Paper Award, 2004
• Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, Best Graduates Annual Award, 1999

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Academy of Management
• American Sociological Association
• European Group for Organization Studies
• European Academy of Management
• Reviewer for: Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Organizational Behavior, International Journal of Management Reviews.

Academic Background
PhD, Management, Bocconi University (Italy), 2004.
Laurea, Economics and Business, Bocconi University (Italy), 1998