Jackson A. Nickerson

Frahm Family Professor of Organization and Strategy

Areas of Expertise:

Business/Corporate Strategy; Critical Thinking; Innovation and Growth; Leadership

Research interests:

Business strategy and public policy, organizational economics, new institutional economics, intellectual capital management, technology licensing, organizational theory

Selected Publications:

To view publications by this professor, visit the Publications and Working Papers section of our site.

"Interorganizational-trust: the Choice of Make, Buy, or Ally; and the Performance of Interorganizational Relationships in the U.S. Auto Industry," Organizational Science, with R. Gulati, forthcoming
"Problem Solving and the Entrepreneurial Theory of the firm," Journal of Management Studies, with C. Hsieh, and T. Zenger, forthcoming
"Strategic Management of R&D Pipelines with Co-Specialized Investments and Technology Markets," Management Science, Issue 53, 4, 667-682, with T. Chan, and H. Owan, 2007
"The Antecedents and Performance Implications of Cooperative Exchange Norms," Organization Science, Issue 17, 6, 724-740, with J. Bercovitz, S. Jap, 2006
"Why do firms make and buy? Efficiency, appropriability and competition in the trucking industry," Strategic Management, Issue 4, 1, 43-70, with D. He, 2006
"Modular governance: Explaining the effect of Information Technology on the boundaries of the firm," Revista de Economia e Administracao, Issue 4, 2, 149-178, with S. Lazzarini, 2005

Academic/professional activities:

Editorial Boards: Industrial and Corporate Change, Strategic Management Journal, and Strategic Organization

Awards/honors:

Founder's Day Distinguished Faculty Award, 2007
Reid Teaching Award, Shanghai EMBA, 2006
Reid Teaching Award, Shanghai EMBA, 2005
Reid Teaching Award, Undergraduate required courses Professor of the Year, 2004
State of Missouri Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2003
Reid Teaching Award, Undergraduates, 2002-2003
Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, BPS, 2002
Marcile and James Reid Chair, 2001-2002
Reid Teaching Award, Undergraduates, 2001-2002
Reid Teaching Award, HSM3, 2000-2001
Reid Teaching Award, Undergraduates, 2000-2001
Reid Teaching Award, HSM2, 1999-2000
UBSC, Professor of the Year, 1999-2000
Student Union, Professor of the Year (Business), 1998-1999
UBSC, Professor of the Year, 1998-1999
Best Paper in Technology and Innovation Management, ASAC, 1998
Honorable Mention Paper in Organization Theory, ASAC, 1998
Best Paper in Organization Theory, ASAC, 1997
Honorable Mention Paper in Policy, ASAC, 1997
Hayase Award, 1995
John M. Olin Foundation, Fellowship, 1995
LES, Fellowship, 1995
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Fellowship, 1994-1995
University of California at Berkeley University, Fellowship, 1991-1992

Personal interests:

Professor Nickerson enjoys his family, bicycling, and woodworking.

Jackson joined the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, in 1996. He teaches strategic management courses on innovation, management of life science, organizational strategy, and critical thinking. His research focuses on why firms choose different organizational structures and the performance implications of these choices; with a special emphasis on knowledge, innovation, and problem solving. His most ambitious research to date studies pharmaceutical manufacturing and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversight. His research has won numerous awards, the most recent of which is the inaugural Olin Award Recognizing Research That Transforms Business. Jacksons research is found in the leading academic journals including Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Political Economy, Management Science, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Strategic Organization. His research on the FDA has been discussed in Business Week and has led to tangible changes in the way the FDA oversees pharmaceutical manufacturing.

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Email: nickerson@wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-6374

Ph.D. 1997, University of California, Berkeley
M.B.A. 1990, University of California, Berkeley
M.S.M.E. 1986, University of California, Berkeley
B.S.M.E. 1984, Worcester Polytechnic Institute