Jackson A. Nickerson
Frahm Family Professor of Organization & Strategy; Brookings Non-resident Senior Scholar in Government Studies; Associate Dean and Director of the Brookings Executive Education
Area of Expertise:
Organizational Economics, Business And Government, Business/Corporate Strategy, Critical Thinking, Innovation and Growth, Law and Economics, Managerial Assessment, Organizational Design
Research Interests:
Business strategy organization choice and performance, corporate survival, new institutional economics, intellectual capital management, management of innovation and technology.
Selected Publications:- "Microfoundations of strategic problem formulation", Strategic Management, with K. Dirks, M. Baer
- "Regulator Heterogeneity & Endogenous Efforts to Close the Information Asymmetry Bap: Evidence from FDA Regulation", Journal of Law & Economics, with J. Mayo, J. Macher
- "Does Outsourcing Affect the Variability of Product Performance: Evidence from International Courier Services", Organization Science, with C. Hsieh, G. Lazzarini
- "Envy, Comparison Costs, and the Economic Theory of the Firm", Strategic Management Journal, Issue 43, 1429-1450, with T. Zenger, 2008
- "Interorganizational-trust: the Choice of Make, Buy, or Ally and the performance of Interorganizational Relationships in the U.S. Auto Industry", Organization Science, Issue 5, 688-708, with R. Gulati, 2008
- "The 'problem' of creating and capturing value", Strategic Organization, Issue 3, 211-225, with B. Silverman, T. Zenger, 2007
- "Problem Solving and the Entrepreneurial Theory of the Firm", Journal of Management Studies, Issue 5, 211-225, with C. Hsieh, T. Zenger, 2007
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Academic/Professional Activities:- Editorial Review Board Member, Industrial and Corporate Change
- Editorial Review Board Member, Organization Science
- Editorial Review Board Member, Strategic Management Journal
- Editorial Review Board Member, Strategic Organization
- Board of Directors of a Company, nformed.net, LLC
- Board of Directors of a Company, Clean Tech Bio-fuels, Inc
Awards/Honors:- Award Recognizing Research that Transforms Businesses, Olin School of Business, 2009
- Reid Teaching Award: Executive MBA Professor the Year, Olin School of Business, 2009
- Award Recognizing Research that Transforms Businesses, Olin School of Business, 2008
- Reid Teaching Award: Professional MBA Professor the Year, Olin School of Business, 2008
- Founder's Day Distinguished Faculty Award, 2007
- Reid Teaching Award: Executive MBA Professor the Year, Olin School of Business, 2006
- Reid Teaching Award: Executive MBA Professor the Year, Olin School of Business, 2005
- Reid Teaching Award: Undergraduate required courses Professor the Year, Olin School of Business, 2004
- Best Paper Award, Second International Business & Economy Conference, 2003
- Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, State of Missouri, 2003
- Reid Teaching Award: Undergraduated required courses Professor of the Year, Olin School of Business, 2003
- AOM Best Papers Proceedings, AOM, 2002
- Reid Teaching Award: Undergraduated required courses Professor of the Year, Olin School of Business, 2002
- Marcile & James Reid Chair:, Olin School of Business, 2001
- Reid Teaching Award: Executive MBA (HSM III) Professor of the Year, Washington University, 2001
- Reid Teaching Award: Undergraduated required courses Professor of the Year, Olin School of Business, 2001
- Outstanding Reviewer Award, BPS Division of the Academy of Management, 2000
- Reid Teaching Award: Executive MBA (HSM II) Professor of the Year, Washington University, 2000
- SMS Best Conference Paper Prize, 3rd Annual McKinsey/SMS Conference, 2000
- UBSC Teaching Award, 1999
- Best Paper, TIM, ASAC, 1998
- Finalist for Free Press Award for Outstanding Dissertation Research in BPS, 1998
- Honorable Mention Paper in Organization Theory, ASAC, 1998
- Student Union Professor of the Year, 1998
- UBSC Teaching Award, 1998
- Best Paper in Organization Theory, ASAC, 1997
- Honorable Mention Paper in Policy, ASAC, 1997
- Hayase Award, 1995
- LES Fellowship, 1995
- John M. Olin Foundation Fellowship, 1994
- Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Fellowship, 1994
- University of California - Berkeley University Fellowship, 1991
Personal Interests:
Professor Nickerson enjoys his family, bicycling, and woodworking.
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Jackson Nickerson is the Frahm Family Professor of Organization and Strategy at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. He also is director of the Brookings Executive Education program and a nonresident senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. His research, which can be found in the leading academic journals, has won numerous awards including twice winning the Olin Award Recognizing Research That Transforms Business. His research on pharmaceutical manufacturing, which has been discussed in Business Week, has led to tangible changes in the way the FDA oversees pharmaceutical manufacturing. Jackson teaches strategic management and leadership courses on innovation, organizational strategy, and critical and strategic thinking. His research focuses on leadership issues around why firms choose different organizational structures and the performance implications of these choices; with a special emphasis on knowledge, innovation, and problem formulation and solving. Through executive education and consulting activities, Jackson has engaged and impacted numerous organizations for industries including architecture and art, chemicals, education, finance, health care, and pharmaceuticals
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Email: nickerson@wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-6374
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