Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy in International Management Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 2018
M.A. in Business Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2006
Research Interests
Research Stream 1: Innovation strategy and performance (KBV, organizational learning, learning curve, learning 黑料社, routines, ambidexterity, patenting, knowledge-intensive industries, open-source, user innovation, generative AI)
Research Stream 2: CEO biases and heuristics (upper echelons, CEO personality, CEO motivation, CEO behavior, top management teams)
Research Stream 3: Racial diversity in organizations
Published Research
Vlas, CO, Vlas, RE, Robinson, WN, Masoud, Y (2023) 鈥淗ow do external disruptions affect technological knowledge repository diversification? The role of repositories鈥 historical and social aspiration levels and knowledge footprint鈥 Knowledge and Process Management, 30(1), 110-121.
Vlas, CO, Richard, OC, Andrevski, G, Konrad, A, Yang, Y (2022) 鈥淒ynamic capabilities for managing racially diverse workforces: Effects on competitive action variety and firm performance鈥 Journal of Business Research, 141(3), 600-618.
Vlas, RE, Nguyen, H, Vlas, CO (2021) 鈥淎 theoretical exploration of out-group vs in-group perspectives on the dynamics of team effectiveness鈥 Team Performance Management, 28(1/2), 45-60.
Peng, MW, Lebedev, S, Vlas, CO, Wang, J, Shay, J (2018) 鈥淭he growth of the firm in (and out of) emerging economies,鈥 Asia-Pacific Journal of Management, 35(4), 829-857.
Peng, MW, Sun, W, Vlas, CO, Minichilli, A, Corbetta, G (2018) 鈥淎n institution-based view of large family firms: A recap and overview鈥 Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 42(2), 187-205.
Peng, MW, Vlas, CO (2017) 鈥淒iffusion of a twentieth-century innovation鈥 Academy of Strategic Management Journal, 16(1), 172-174.
Yuan, C, Li, Y, Vlas, CO, Peng, MW (2016) 鈥淒ynamic capabilities, subnational environment, and university technology transfer鈥 Strategic Organization, 16(1), 35-60.
Vlas, RE, Vlas, CO (2016) 鈥淭he role of internal and network constraints on alliance ambidexterity decisions in technology-intensive industries鈥 Asia-Pacific Journal of Information Systems, 26(2), 299-321.
Conference Participation
- Academy of Management Conference, 2016 鈥 2024
- Strategic Management Society Conference, 2016 鈥 2020
- Eastern Academy of Management (International) Conference, 2015 鈥 2024
- Southwest Academy of Management Conference, 2016
- Theories of Family Enterprise Conference, 2016
- ASE/IEEE Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk, and Trust, 2013
- Innovation Conference on Automation and Robotics, 2012
- Americas Conference on Information Systems, 2011
- Midwest Association for Information Systems Conference, 2011
Teaching Interests
Strategic Management, Technology and Innovation Management, Global (International) Business, Diversity Issues in Management
Teaching Experience
Strategic Management (Capstone), International Business (Capstone), Statistical Analysis
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