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Todd R. Zenger


Robert and Barbara Frick Professor of Business Strategy


Research interests:

Corporate strategy, economic theories of the firm, compensation, organizational design, business strategy, managing technology

Selected Publications:

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

  • "Envy, Comparison Costs, and the Economic Theory of the Firm," Strategic Management Journal, Issue 29(13), 1371-1394, with J. Nickerson, 2008
  • "Dealing with the Paradox of Embeddedness: The Role of Contracts and Trust in Facilitating Movement out of Committed Relationships," Organization Science, Issue 19(5), 709-728, with S. Lazzarini, G. Miller, 2008
  • "The 'Problem' of Creating and Capturing Value," Strategic Organization, Issue 5(3), 211-226, with J. Nickerson, B. Silverman, 2007
  • "A Knowledge-based Theory of Governance Choice: The Problem Solving Approach," Organization Science, Issue 15(6), 617-632, with J. Nickerson, 2004
  • "Order with Some Law: Complementarity vs. Substitution of Formal and Informal Arranagements," Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Issue 20(2), 261-298, with S. Lazzarini, G. Miller, 2004

Academic/professional activities:

Chair of the Tenured Faculty, Olin School 2008-
Editorial Boards: Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Strategic Organization
Executive Committee, Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of Management, 2001-2003
Academic Director for the EMBA Program
Chair of the College on Organization Science, INFORMS, 2000-2001
Associate Editor, Management Science
Senior Associate Dean, Olin School 2001-2003

Awards/honors:

Olin Award, 2008
Reid Teaching Award, 2005, 2007
Executive M.B.A. Teacher of the Year, 1995
State Farm Companies Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Award in Business, 1987-88
John M. Olin Doctoral Fellowship, UCLA, 1985-87

Personal interests:

Professor Zenger is married with four children. He is a native of California and enjoys both tennis and basketball.

Todd R. Zenger

  Professor Zenger's research focuses on topics in corporate strategy, organizational design and incentives, and organizational boundaries. His current work examines the role of securities analysts in shaping strategy choices, the relationship between contracts and trust, and the role of knowledge in theories of the firm. He currently serves as Academic Director for the EMBA program and has previously served as Senior Associate Dean for the Olin School. Professor Zenger is active in consulting and executive teaching with a wide range of clients around the topics of business and corporate strategy.

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Todd R. Zenger's curriculum vitae (pdf *)
Email: zenger@wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-6399

Ph.D. 1989, University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. 1983, Stanford University