Sharon F. Matusik is an American business strategy scholar, currently serving as dean of the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.

Sharon F. Matusik
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisEphemeral resources and firm knowledge: The case of the contingent workforce (1998)
Academic work
Institutions

She is the Edward J. Frey Dean and the Stephen M. Ross Professor of Business at the University of Michigan. Matusik's teaching and research areas of expertise include strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship, and knowledge assets. She focuses on understanding the knowledge-intensive firm and how firm knowledge and innovation capabilities contribute to competitive advantage.

Education edit

Matusik received a Bachelor of Arts with majors in economics and English with honors from Colby College at Waterville, Maine in 1986. She received a Doctor of Philosophy in the field of business administration with a concentration on strategic management from the University of Washington in 1998.[1]

Career edit

Matusik joined the faculty of the Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University as an Assistant Professor in 1998 before moving to the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2004,[2]. She rose through the ranks to become Professor in the Leeds School in 2014 and also served as Academic Research Director of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship.[3] . In 2016, Matusik was named interim senior associate dean for Faculty and Research, and in 2017, she was appointed interim dean and later dean at the Leeds School of Business of the University of Colorado Boulder.[4][5]

In 2022, Matusik moved to the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, where she is the Edward J. Frey Dean of Business and the Stephen M. Ross Professor of Business.[6][7]

Research edit

Matusik and Hill examined the role of "contingent workers" in knowledge flows that affect competitive advantage of a firm – temporary employees, independent contractors; workers at outsourcing firms, contract workers on-site at a firm, consultants, etc. Reliance on contingent workers can stimulate information flows inside a firm by causing firms to codify of tacit knowledge inside the firm, but also puts the firm at risk of having its special expertise appropriated.[8] Matusik has also studied entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial ecosystem, such as the role of “offensive” and “defensive” patents in the pricing of initial public offerings,[9] the role played by venture capitalists in the success or failure of startup firms.[10][11]

Selected publications edit

  • Matusik, Sharon F.; Hill, Charles W. L. (October 1998). "The Utilization of Contingent Work, Knowledge Creation, and Competitive Advantage". The Academy of Management Review. 23 (4): 680. doi:10.5465/amr.1998.1255633.
  • Drover, Will; Busenitz, Lowell; Matusik, Sharon; Townsend, David; Anglin, Aaron; Dushnitsky, Gary (July 2017). "A Review and Road Map of Entrepreneurial Equity Financing Research: Venture Capital, Corporate Venture Capital, Angel Investment, Crowdfunding, and Accelerators" (PDF). Journal of Management. 43 (6): 1820–1853. doi:10.1177/0149206317690584. S2CID 149047664.
  • Matusik, Sharon F.; Heeley, Michael B. (August 2005). "Absorptive Capacity in the Software Industry: Identifying Dimensions That Affect Knowledge and Knowledge Creation Activities". Journal of Management. 31 (4): 549–572. doi:10.1177/0149206304272293. S2CID 144165373.
  • Matusik, Sharon F; Mickel, Amy E (August 2011). "Embracing or embattled by converged mobile devices? Users' experiences with a contemporary connectivity technology". Human Relations. 64 (8): 1001–1030. doi:10.1177/0018726711405552. S2CID 145457464.

References edit

  1. ^ Matusik, Sharon F. (1998). Ephemeral resources and firm knowledge: The case of the contingent workforce (PhD thesis). University of Washington. ProQuest 304462107.
  2. ^ Taubel-Bruce, Kyra (June 29, 2018). "M&O Alumni Highlights: Sharon Matusik ('98)". University of Washington Foster Blog. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Sharon Matusik, University of Colorado, Boulder | SMS | Strategic Management Society". www.strategicmanagement.net.
  4. ^ Hernandez, Elizabeth (May 31, 2017). "Sharon Matusik named dean of CU Boulder's Leeds School of Business". Denver Post. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  5. ^ Prest, M.J. (July 26, 2017). "Appointments, Resignations, Deaths". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Washington.
  6. ^ Byrne, John A. (May 20, 2022). "Michigan Ross Finds A New Dean In Colorado". Poets & Quants. Retrieved August 25, 2022 – via Yahoo Finance.
  7. ^ Keenan, Tim (May 20, 2022). "U-M Ross School of Business Appoints Sharon Matusik as New Dean". DBusiness Magazine. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  8. ^ Matusik, Sharon F.; Hill, Charles W. L. (1998). "The Utilization of Contingent Work, Knowledge Creation, and Competitive Advantage". The Academy of Management Review. 23 (4): 680–697. doi:10.2307/259057. JSTOR 259057.
  9. ^ Heeley, Michael B.; Matusik, Sharon F.; Jain, Neelam (2007). "Innovation, Appropriability, and the Underpricing of Initial Public Offerings". The Academy of Management Journal. 50 (1): 209–225. JSTOR 20159848.
  10. ^ Fitza, Markus; Matusik, Sharon F.; Mosakowski, Elaine (April 2009). "Do VCs matter? the importance of owners on performance variance in start-up firms". Strategic Management Journal. 30 (4): 387–404. doi:10.1002/smj.748.
  11. ^ Matusik, Sharon F.; Fitza, Markus A. (April 2012). "Diversification in the venture capital industry: leveraging knowledge under uncertainty". Strategic Management Journal. 33 (4): 407–426. doi:10.1002/smj.1942.