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Christopher I. Rider

Christopher I. Rider
Assistant Professor of Organization & Management
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Goizueta Business School
Emory University
1300 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30322 USA

Biography

Chris Rider joined the Goizueta Business School in 2008 after receiving a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. He also holds a MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA in economics from the Johns Hopkins University. Rider’s research investigates how the prior experiences and social networks of organizational members influence individual outcomes like labor market mobility and status attainment; organizational behaviors like hiring, investing and pricing; and organizational outcomes like founding, resource acquisition and survival. He studies these issues in a variety of industries, including venture capital and private equity, legal services, footwear manufacturing, winemaking, and magazines. Prior to his doctoral studies, Rider held strategic management positions at Classified Ventures, Intel Corporation, and Verizon Communications.

Publications

  • Rider, Christopher I. and Anand Swaminathan. "They just fade away: Mortality in the U.S. venture capital industry." Industrial and Corporate Change, 21(1): 151-185. 2012.
  • Roberts, P. W., M. Khaire, and C. I. Rider. "Isolating the symbolic implications of employee mobility: Price increases after hiring winemakers from prominent wineries." American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings. 101(2), 2011.
  • "Close, but not the same:  Locally-headquartered organizations and agglomeration economies in a declining industry," with P. G. Audia, Research Policy, 39(3):360-74, 2010.
  • "Constraint on the control benefits of brokerage:  A study of placement agents in U.S. venture capital fundraising," Administrative Science Quarterly, 54(4):575-601, 2009.
  • “Entrepreneurs as organizational products: Revisited,” with P. Audia. Essay in The Psychology of Entrepreneurship, ed. J.R. Baum, M. Frese, and R.A. Baron. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.
  • “A garage and an idea: What more does an entrepreneur need?” with P. Audia, California Management Review, 48(1):6-28, 2005.

Working Papers

  • Rider, C. I. "Embedding inter-organizational relations in organizational members' prior affiliation networks."
  • Rider, C. I., G. Negro and P. W. Roberts, "Organizational failure, educational prestige, and the diminution of cumulative career advantage."
  • Haveman, H. A. and C. I. Rider. “Place and space: The evolving impact of geography on foundings.”
  • de Figueiredo, R.J. P., E. Rawley, and C. I. Rider. “Organizational age and scope: Evidence from hedge funds.

Areas of Specialization

  • Organizational theory
  • Economic sociology
  • Networks
  • Strategic management
  • Labor markets
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Private equity

Achievements and Honors

  • Finalist, 2007 INFORMS Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition
  • Finalist, California Management Review 2007 Accenture Award
  • 2007 Young Entrepreneurs at Haas (YEAH) Volunteer of the Year
  • Ewing M. Kauffman Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
  • Intel Foundation Robert N. Noyce Memorial Fellowship, 2005-08
  • UC Berkeley Teaching Effectiveness Award
  • UC Berkeley Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • Academy of Management
  • American Sociological Association
  • Society for Empirical Legal Studies

Academic Background

PhD, Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, 2008
MBA, University of Chicago, 2003
BA, Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1998