Biography
Peter's research interests relate to how the behavior and performance of organizations evolve over time. This incorporates related interests in innovation, reputation stauts and identity, and industry evolution. He has studied these issues in diverse settings, including the pharmaceutical industry, the hotel industry, the wine industry and the restaurant industry. The results of these projects are published in journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, American Journal of Sociology, Industrial and Corporate Change, Organization Science, and the Strategic Management Journal. Peter's Ph.D. is from the University of Alberta. Before taking up his current position, Peter served on the faculties of Columbia University, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Publications

• Getting known by the company you keep: Publicizing the qualifications and associations of skilled employees, Industrial and Corporate Change, 2009
• Local and non-local pre-founding experience and organizational form transformation: The case of the Israeli wine industry, Administrative Science Quarterly, 2008
• Critical exposure and price-quality relationships for New World wines in the U.S. market, Journal of Wine Economics, 2007
• Product line expansion and resource cannibalization, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizaton, 2005
• Technological and product-market experience and the success of new product introductions in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, Strategic Management Journal, 2004
• The dynamics of innovative activity and competitive advantage: The case of Australian retail banking, Organization Science, 2003
• Corporate reputation and sustained superior financial performance, Strategic Management Journal, 2002
• Friendship ties between competitors in the Sydney hotel industry, American Journal of Sociology, 2002
• Product innovation, product-market competition and persistent profitability in the US pharmaceutical industry, Strategic Management Journal, 2000
• Integrating transaction cost and institutional theories: Towards a constrained-efficiency framework for understanding organizational design adoption, Academy of Management Review, 1997

Working Papers

• Standards for Quality and the Coordinating Role of Critics
• The Declining Significance of Critics: Direct and Indirect Effects across the Margins of Status Hierarchies
• Classification System Volatility and the Determination of a Patent’s Effective Scope
• Founder Backgrounds and the Evolution of Firm Size
• Founders’ Experience, Founding Roles and Expressive Organizational Outcomes

Areas of Specialization

• Economic Sociology
• Reputation
• Strategic Management
• Wine Economics
• Innovation and Firm Performance

Achievements and Honors

• Best paper presentations at the American Association of Wine Economists Annual Meeting, 2007 & 2008
• George Leland Bach Teaching Award for Excellence in the Classroom, GSIA, Carnegie Mellon University

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Editorial Board, Administrative Science Quarterly
• Editorial Board, Organization Science
• Editorial Board, Strategic Organization

Academic Background
Ph.D, Organizational Analysis, University of Alberta, 1996
MA, Economics, University of Alberta, 1989
BA, Economics, Queen's University, 1988