BERNADINE JOHNSON DYKES

EliBroadGraduateSchool of Management

MichiganStateUniversity

East Lansing, MI 48824

email:

phone: 269-373-3011

EDUCATION

EliBroadGraduateSchool of Management at MichiganStateUniversity

Ph.D. Candidate. Proposal Defended on October 26, 2007. Final Defense Targeted for Fall 2008.

Major: Strategic Management Minors: International Business and Sociology

Dissertation Title: Early and Late Movers in Domestic and International Market Entry

Committee: Gerry McNamara (Chair), G. Tomas Hult, Linn Van Dyne, Yuri Mishina

PaulH.NitzeSchool of Advanced International Studies at JohnsHopkinsUniversity

Certificate in International Relations

DardenGraduateSchool of Business Administrationat the University of Virginia

M.B.A.- General Management

HowardUniversity

B.B.A.-Accounting, Magna Cum Laude

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • First Mover Advantages
  • Organization Theory
  • Emerging Market Issues

PUBLICATIONS

Hult, G. T., Ketchen, D., Griffith, D., Chabowski, B., Hoffman, M., Dykes, B., Pollitte, W.

& Cavusgil, T.S. (2008). An Assessment of the Measurement of Performance in International Business Research. Journal of International Business Studies, forthcoming.

McNamara, G., Haleblian, J. & Dykes, B. (2008). The Performance Implications of Participating in an Acquisition Wave: Early Mover Advantages, Bandwagon Effects and the Moderating Influence of Industry Characteristics and Acquirer Tactics. Academy of Management Journal, 51, 1, 113-130. Featured in the New York Times (February 26, 2008): ‘Mergers in a Time of Bears.’ Featured in BusinessWeek (March 10, 2008): ‘To Merge or Not.’ Featured in the International Herald Tribune(February 26, 2008): ‘To Make a Merger Work, Drive the Bandwagon.’

Gomez-Mejia, L., Wiseman, R. & Dykes, B. (2005). Agency Problems in Diverse Contexts: A Global Perspective. Journal of Management Studies, 42, 7, 1507-1517.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

McNamara, G., Haleblian, J. & Dykes, B. Who Leads and Who Follows in Merger Waves. Manuscript being prepared for submission to the Academy of Management Journal.

Mishina, Y., Dykes, B. & Block, E. Too Good To Be True? The Role of Expectational Pressures on Corporate Illegality. Manuscript being prepared for submission to the Strategic Management Journal.

Lempel, J., Shamsie, J. & Dykes, B. When the Local Meets the Global: Resource Logics and Product Designs in the U.K. Film Industry. Manuscript being prepared for submission to the Strategic Management Journal.

Dykes, B. Early Movers and Firm Inertia. Manuscript being prepared for submission to the Academy of Management Journal.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Dykes, B. (2007). Cultural Effects on Order of Entry Decisions. Presented at the Academy of International Business Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Vaaler, P., McNamara, G. & Dykes, B. (2006). Does Firm Rivalry Trump Electoral Rivalry in Emerging-Market Risk Assessment? Presented at the Strategic Management Society Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Ellis, K. & Dykes, B. (2005). Toward a More Comprehensive Model of Post-Acquisition Performance Effects. Presented at the Strategic Management Society Conference, Orlando, FL.

HONORS & AWARDS

Competitive Doctoral Enrichment Fellow, MichiganStateUniversity

Harold Wein Fellowship, MichiganStateUniversity

General Motors Fellowship, University of Virginia

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

MichiganStateUniversity

  • Instructor: Management 409 (“Strategic Management”)

Summer 2007 and Spring 2008

  • Instructor: Management 325 (“Management Skills”)

Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005 and Spring 2006

Full responsibility for each course.

  • Prepared syllabi.
  • Led class discussions.
  • Assessed learning outcomes.
  • Managed student-faculty relationships.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITIES

Member, Academy of Management

Member, Academy of International Business

Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of International Business Studies (2005, 2007)

Certified Public Accountant

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

JohnsHopkinsUniversity Baltimore, MD

(Acting) Director: MBA Program, 2001-2003

Columbia Business School New York, NY

Associate Director of Admissions, 2000-2001

JPMorganChase New York, NY

Vice President, 1994-2000

Citibank New York, NY

Intern, Summer 1993

Bert W. Smith, Jr. & Co.Washington, DC

Staff Auditor, 1991-1992

KPMG Washington, DC

Staff Auditor, 1990-1991

REFERENCES

Gerry McNamara (chair)

Department of Management

EliBroadSchool of Management

MichiganStateUniversity

phone: 517-432-5527

email:

G. Tomas Hult

Executive Director of the Academy of International Business

Department of Marketing & Supply Chain Management

EliBroadSchool of Management

MichiganStateUniversity

phone: 517-353-4336

email:

LinnVan Dyne

Department of Management

EliBroadSchool of Management

MichiganStateUniversity

phone: 517-432-3512

email:

Yuri Mishina

Department of Management

EliBroadSchool of Management

MichiganStateUniversity

phone: 517-353-6422

email: