The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management

KENT D. MILLER

The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management

Department of Management

Michigan State University

632 Bogue Street, N475 BCC

EastLansing, MI 48824-1122

Phone: (517) 353-6428

E-mail:

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

Strategic management, organizational learning and change,routines, risk management, computational modeling, research methods.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

2005-Present / Professor, Management, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University.
1997-2005 / Associate Professor, Strategic Management, Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University. Promotion to Professor approved in April, 2005.
1998-1999 / Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Management and Organizational Behavior, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University.
1991-1997 / Assistant Professor, Strategic Management, Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University.
1988-1990 / Research Assistant, Strategic Management and Organization, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.
1984-1987 / Program Consultant, Institute for International Development, Inc.
Established the Fundación de Asistencia para la Pequeña Empresa (FAPE), a nonprofit small business financial and administrative assistance organization in Guatemala. Management consulting with similar organizations in seven other Latin American and Caribbean countries.
1982-1984 / Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Taught courses in microeconomics and macroeconomics.

EDUCATION:

1991 / UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Ph.D., Business Administration.
Major field: Strategic Management and Organization.
Supporting field: Economics.
Dissertation: “Strategic Flexibility Responses to Perceived Environmental Uncertainties: Evidence from Central America and Panama.”
Period of doctoral studies: August, 1987 - July, 1991. GPA: 4.0/4.0
1984 / UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Madison
M.A., Economics.
1982 / WHEATON COLLEGE, Wheaton, Illinois
B.A., Economics.

COURSES TAUGHT:

2005-Present / Executive MBA Michigan State University:
Strategic Management
MBA Michigan State University:
Strategic Management
Consulting Process
Management Consulting
Strategic Management Consulting Projects
1991-2005 / Ph.D. Purdue University:
Process Theory and Methods
Research Methods in Strategic Management
Organizational Knowledge
Major Topics in Strategic Management
Strategy and Organizational Dynamics
Theory Testing in Strategic Management
International Strategy
German International School of Management and Administration:
Strategic Management
Projects in Management
MBA Purdue University:
Strategic Management
International Strategy
Strategy Implementation in Multinational Corporations
Undergraduate Purdue University:
Managerial Policy
International Management
1998-1999 / MBA New York University:
Competitive Analysis
Undergraduate New York University:
Business Policy and Strategy
1982-1984 / Undergraduate University of Wisconsin, Madison:
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Introductory Microeconomics
Introductory Macroeconomics

HONORS:

2005 / Distinguished Research Mentor, National Science Council, Taiwan
2004 / Krannert Faculty Fellow(included $10,000 award)
1997 / Elected to Phi Beta Delta, the Honor Society for International Scholars
1992 / Academy of Management International Management Division Junior Faculty Workshop
1992 / Elected to Beta Gamma Sigma, the Honor Society for Collegiate Schools of Business
1990 / Academy of Management Doctoral Consortium, Business Policy and Planning Division
1989 / Elected to the Honors Society of Phi Kappa Phi
1982 / Elected to the Wheaton College Scholastic Honors Society
1982 / Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award
1981 / Elected to Omicron Delta Epsilon, National Economics Honor Society

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS:

2009-2012 / National Science Foundation Innovation and Organizational Change Program ($370,960 with Brian Pentland)
2008 / Eli Broad College of BusinessPilot Funding for External Grant Initiative ($15,000 with Brian Pentland)
2000 / Dauch Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises ($10,000)
1997 / Krannert Center for International Business Education & Research ($7,200)
1996 / Krannert Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises ($6,870)
1995 / Krannert Center for International Business Education & Research ($3,709)
1995 / Purdue Research Foundation International Travel Grant ($1,356)
1994 / Krannert Center for International Business Education & Research ($6,800)
1993 / Krannert Center for International Business Education & Research ($4,000)
1992 / Purdue Research Foundation International Travel Grant ($625)
1990-1991 / Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities, Inc. (MUCIA) Ph.D. Dissertation Research Grant ($10,000)
1990-1991 / University of Minnesota Graduate School Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship ($11,000 plus tuition)
1990-1991 / Curtis L. Carlson School of Management Dissertation Fellowship ($1,000)
1987-1988 / University of Minnesota Graduate School Fellowship ($8,000 plus tuition)

PUBLICATIONS:

Miller, K. D. 2017. “Interfaith Dialogue in a Secular Field.” Management Research Review, 40: 824-844.

Miller, K. D. 2017. “Organizing with the Spirit.”Christian Scholar’s Review, 46: 213-231.

Miller, K. D. 2016. “Reflections on Integrated Risk Management.” In Andersen, T. J. (Ed.), Routledge Companion on Strategic Risk Management: 115-118. New York: Routledge.

Miller, K. D. & Martignoni, D. 2016. “Organizational Learning with Forgetting: Reconsidering the Exploration-Exploitation Tradeoff.”Strategic Organization, 14: 53-72.

Miller, K. D. & Lin, S. 2015. “Analogical Reasoning for Diagnosing Strategic Issues in Dynamic and Complex Environments.”Strategic Management Journal, 36: 2000-2020.

Hærem, T., Pentland, B. T., & Miller, K. D. 2015. “Task Complexity: Extending a Core Concept.”Academy of Management Review, 40: 446-460.

Miller, K. D. 2015. “Organizational Research as Practical Theology.”Organizational Research Methods, 18: 276-299.

Miller, K. D. 2015. “Agent-Based Modeling and Organization Studies: A Critical Realist Perspective.”Organization Studies, 36: 175-196.

Miller, K. D., Choi, S., & Pentland, B. T. 2014. “The Role of Transactive Memory in the Formation of Organizational Routines.”Strategic Organization, 12: 109-133.

Miller, K. D. 2013. “Tacit knowledge.” In E. H. Kessler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Management Theory: 821-824. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.

Miller, K. D., Pentland, B. T., & Choi, S. 2012. “Dynamics of Performing and Remembering Organizational Routines.”Journal of Management Studies, 49: 1536-1558. ReceivedEmerald Citation of Excellence for 2015.

Miller, K. D., & Tsang, E. W. K. 2011. “TestingManagement Theories: Critical Realist Philosophy and Research Methods.”Strategic Management Journal, 32: 139-158.

Miller, K. D., & Lin, S. 2010. “Different Truths in Different Worlds.”Organization Science, 21: 97-114.

Miller, K. D. 2009. “Organizational Risk after Modernism.”Organization Studies, 30: 157-180.

Miller, K. D., Fabian, F. H., & Lin, S. 2009. “Strategies for Online Communities.”Strategic Management Journal, 30: 305-322.

Iyer, D. N., & Miller, K. D. 2008. “Performance Feedback, Slack, and the Timing of Acquisitions.” Academy of Management Journal,51: 808-822.

Miller, K. D. 2008. “Simon and Polanyi on Rationality and Knowledge.”Organization Studies, 29: 933-955.

Miller, K. D. 2007. “Risk and Rationality in Entrepreneurial Processes.”Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 1: 57-74.

Chen, W., & Miller, K. D. 2007. “Situational and Institutional Determinants of Firms’ R&D Search Intensity.”Strategic Management Journal, 28: 369-381.

Miller, K. D. 2006. “A Case for Including Religious Organizations in Management Research.” Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, 3: 214-230.

Miller, K. D., Zhao, M., & Calantone, R. 2006. “Adding Interpersonal Learning and Tacit Knowledge to March’s Exploration-Exploitation Model.”Academy of Management Journal, 49: 709-722.

Miller, K. D. 2005. “The Problem of Method and the Practice of Management Research.” In D. J. Ketchen, Jr., & D. D. Bergh (Eds.), Research Methodology in Strategy and Management, vol. 2: 143-177. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier.

Miller, K. D., & Arikan, A. 2004. “Technology Search Investments: Evolutionary, Option Reasoning, and Option Pricing Approaches.” Strategic Management Journal, 25: 473-485.

Miller, K. D., & Chen, W. 2004. “Variable Organizational Risk Preferences: Tests of the March-Shapira Model.” Academy of Management Journal, 47: 105-115.

Miller, K. D., & Shapira, Z. 2004. “An Empirical Test of Heuristics and Biases Affecting Real Option Valuation.” Strategic Management Journal, 25: 269-284.

Miller, K. D., & Chen, W. 2003. “Risk and Firms’ Costs.” Strategic Organization,1: 355-382.

Miller, K. D., & Waller, H. G. 2003. “Scenarios, Real Options and Integrated Risk Management.” Long Range Planning, 36 (1): 93-107.

Miller, K. D. 2002. “Knowledge Inventories and Managerial Myopia.” Strategic Management Journal, 23: 689-706.

Miller, K. D., & Folta, T. B. 2002. “Option Value and Entry Timing.” Strategic Management Journal, 23: 655-665.

Miller, K. D. 2002. “Competitive Strategies of Religious Organizations.” Strategic Management Journal, 23: 435-456.

Folta, T. B., & Miller, K. D. 2002. “Real Options in Equity Partnerships.” Strategic Management Journal, 23: 77-88. Reprinted in A. L. Rugman & J. Li (Eds.). 2005. Real Options and International Investment, Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar.

Bromiley, P., Miller, K. D., & Rau, D. 2001. “Risk in Strategic Management Research.” In M. A. Hitt, R. E. Freeman, & J. S. Harrison (Eds.), The Blackwell Handbook of Strategic Management: 259-288. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell.

Miller, K. D., & Reuer, J. J. 1998. “Asymmetric Corporate Exposures to Foreign Exchange Rate Changes.”Strategic Management Journal, 19: 1183-1191.

Miller, K. D., & Reuer, J. J. 1998. “Firm Strategy and Economic Exposure to Foreign Exchange Rate Movements.” Journal of International Business Studies, 29: 493-513. Reprinted in A. L. Rugman & J. Li (Eds.). 2005. Real Options and International Investment, Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar.

Miller, K. D. 1998. “Economic Exposure and Integrated Risk Management.” Strategic Management Journal, 19: 497-514. Reprinted in T. J. Andersen (Ed.). 2016.Routledge Companion on Strategic Risk Management: 119-139. New York: Routledge.

Reuer, J. J., & Miller, K. D. 1997. “Agency Costs and the Performance Implications of International Joint Venture Internalization.” Strategic Management Journal, 18: 425-438.

Miller, K. D., & Reuer, J. J. 1996. “Measuring Organizational Downside Risk.” Strategic Management Journal, 17: 671-691.

Miller, K. D., & Leiblein, M. J. 1996. “Corporate Risk-Return Relations: Returns Variability versus Downside Risk.” Academy of Management Journal, 39: 91-122.

Miller, K. D. 1993. “Industry and Country Effects on Managers' Perceptions of Environmental Uncertainties.” Journal of International Business Studies, 24: 693-714.

Miller, K. D. 1992. “A Framework for Integrated Risk Management in International Business.” Journal of International Business Studies, 23: 311-331. Reprinted in R. L. Tung (Ed.). 1994. International Management, Aldershot, England: Dartmouth Publishing Company.

Miller, K. D., & Bromiley, P. 1990. “Strategic Risk and Corporate Performance: An Analysis of Alternative Risk Measures,” Academy of Management Journal, 33: 756-779.

PRESENTATIONS:

Miller, K. D. “Fundamentalism or Humble Faith?” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, August 8, 2017.

Miller, K. D. “Reflective Believing and Interfaith Dialogue.” Professional Development Workshop at the International Association of Management Spirituality & Religion Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas, May 20, 2017.

Choi, S., & Miller, K. D. “Organizational Team Formation: Projects, Processes, and Performance.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, August 8, 2016.

Miller, K. D., Gomes, E., & Lehman, D. W. “Strategy Restoration: Conceptualization and Theory.”Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, August 7, 2016.

Miller, K. D. “Knightian Research Agenda.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, August 11, 2015.

Miller, K. D. “A Critical Realist Perspective on Agent-Based Modeling.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 4, 2014. Selected among the Best Papers for the Research Methods Division.

Miller, K. D. “A Critical Realist Perspective on Agent-Based Modeling.” Department of Management and Organizations, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, February 28, 2014.

Miller, K. D., & Gomes, E. “Organizational Renewal: Review, Proposal, and Guidance for Theory Development.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, August 13, 2013.

Choi, S., & Miller, K. D. “Ongoing Innovation through Knowledge Combination Routines.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, August 13, 2013.

Miller, K. D. “Prospects for Developing a Theory of Entrepreneurial Imagination.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, August 12, 2013.

Chaffin, D., & Miller, K. D. “A Micro Perspective of Demand-side Strategy: Value Co-creation Routines.”European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Montréal, Canada, July 6, 2013.

Miller, K. D., & Snyder, P. “Stability and Change in Organizational Routines: Integrating Practices Research.”European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Montréal, Canada, July 5, 2013.

Bruce R. Kennedy Memorial Ethical Leadership visiting scholar at Seattle Pacific University School of Business and Economics, May 15-17, 2013.

Miller, K. D., & Lin, S. “Analogical Reasoning in Complex and Dynamic Environments.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August, 2012. Selected as a finalist for the Best Paper Award from the Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division.

Miller, K. D. “A Critical Realist Perspective on Agent-Based Modeling.” Department of Strategy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, April 5, 2012.

Choi, S., & Miller, K. D. “Routinized Knowledge Combination.” Strategic Management Society Conference, Miami, Florida, November, 2011.

Miller, K. D., Pentland, B. T., & Choi, S. “Dynamics of Performing and Remembering Organizational Routines.” Organization Science Winter Conference, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, February, 2011.

Miller, K. D., & Martignoni, D. “Organizational Learning with Bounded Rationality.” Organization Science Winter Conference, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, February, 2011.

Miller, K. D., Choi, S., & Pentland, B. T. “Social Networks in Organizational Routines.”Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montréal, Canada, August, 2010.

Miller, K. D., & Martignoni, D. “Organizational Learning with Bounded Rationality.”Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montréal, Canada, August, 2010.

Miller, K. D. “Outline for a Theology of Organizations.” Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, April, 2009.

Miller, K. D., Fabian, F. H., & Lin, S. “Strategies for Online Communities.”Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, August, 2008.

Discussant for session on “Behavioral Theory and the Impact of Risk Taking in Strategic Decisions.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, August, 2008.

Miller, K. D., & Lin, S. “Different Truths in Different Worlds.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August, 2007. Selected among the Best Papers for the Organization and Management Theory Division.

Miller, K. D. “Risk and Rationality in Entrepreneurial Processes.” Strategic Entrepreneurship JournalLaunch Conference, Chicago, Illinois, July, 2007.

Iyer, D. N., & Miller, K. D. “Performance Feedback, Slack, and the Timing of Acquisitions.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, August, 2006.

Miller, K. D., Zhao, M., & Calantone, R. “Adding Interpersonal Learning and Tacit Knowledge to March’s Exploration-Exploitation Model.”Organization Science Winter Conference, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, February, 2006.

Miller, K. D., Zhao, M., Calantone, R. “Exploration and Exploitation with Interpersonal Learning and Tacit Knowledge.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, August, 2005.

Miller, K. D. 2005. “The Problem of Method and the Practice of Management Research.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, August, 2005.

Two-day academic seminar at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, on (1) my areas of research and (2) the process of publishing academic research in the field of management. Participants included young faculty and doctoral students from throughout Taiwan. Program was sponsored by Taiwan’s National Science Council, July, 2005.

Miller, K. D. “Simon and Polanyi on Rationality and Knowledge.” University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, November, 2004.

Miller, K. D. “Rationality and Relationality.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, August, 2004.

Chen, W.-R., & Miller, K. D. “Determinants of Firms’ Technological Search Intensity.” Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, January, 2004.

Miller, K. D., & Chen, W.-R. “Variable Organizational Risk Preferences: Tests of the March-Shapira Model.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, August, 2002.

Miller, K. D. “Should Firms Hedge Risk?” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, August, 2002.

Miller, K. D., & Chen, W.-R. “Why Risk Matters.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Washington, D. C., August, 2001.

Miller, K. D., & Arikan, A. “Technology Investments as Real Options: An Evolutionary

Perspective and Model.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Washington, D. C., August, 2001.

Miller, K. D., & Shapira, Z. “Behavioral Option Theory: Foundations and Evidence.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August, 2000.

Miller, K. D. “Knowledge Inventories and Managerial Myopia.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August, 2000. Selected among the Best Papers for the Business Policy and Strategy Division.

Miller, K. D., & Folta, T. B. “Option Value and Entry Timing.” INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, February, 2000.

Miller, K. D., & Folta, T. B. “Entry Timing and Option Value.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August, 1999.

Miller, K. D. “Competitive Strategies of Religious Organizations.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, August, 1998.

Miller, K. D. “Measurement of Perceived Environmental Uncertainties: Response and Extension.” Academy of International Business Meeting, Monterrey, Mexico, October, 1997.

Folta, T. B., & Miller, K. D. “Partner Buyouts in Emerging Technology Industries: Propositions from Option Theory.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, August, 1996.

Reuer, J., & Miller, K. D. “Agency Costs and the Performance Implications of International Joint Venture Internalization.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, August, 1996.

Miller, K. D., & Reuer, J. J. “Asymmetric Corporate Exposures to Foreign Exchange Rates.” Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Seoul, Korea, November, 1995.

Miller, K. D. “Analyzing Global Industries.” Economics and Management Research Institute of Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea, November, 1995.

Miller, K. D., & Reuer, J. “Firm Strategy and Economic Exposure to Foreign Exchange Movements.” Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November, 1994.

Miller, K. D. “Economic Exposure and Integrated Risk Management.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, August 1994.

Miller, K. D. “Measuring Organizational Downside Risk.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, August 1994.

Miller, K. D., & Leiblein, M. “Corporate Risk-Return Relations: Returns Variability versus Downside Risk.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, August, 1993.

Miller, K. D. “A Comparison of Managers' Uncertainty Perceptions and Country Risk Indices.” Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, November, 1992.

Miller, K. D. “Industry and Country Effects on Managers' Perceptions of Environmental Uncertainties.” Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, November, 1992.

Miller, K. D. “The Meaning of Uncertainty in Management Theory.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, August, 1992.

Deephouse, D. L., Miller, K. D., & Bromiley, P. “A Test of Alternative Explanations for Corporate Risk-Return Relations.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida, August, 1991.

Miller, K. D. “A Framework for Integrated Risk Management in International Business.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August, 1990.

Miller, K. D. “Integrated Risk Management in Latin America.” Academic symposium held in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas (INCAE), Alajuela, Costa Rica, December, 1989.

Bromiley, P., & Miller, K. D. “A Comparison of Alternative Measures of Strategic Risk.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August, 1989.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

2008 / Member of the task force that wrote a Code of Professional Conduct for the Strategic Management Society
2003-2005 / Member of the Research Committee of the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management
1997-1999 / Regional Representative for the Midwest Region of the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management

Journal Editorship

2003-2006 / Management Science, Associate Editor for the Department of Organizational Behavior, Strategy, Performance and Design

Guest Editorship

2017 / Special Issue on “Innovative Research Methods in Management, Spirituality, and Religion.” Management Research Review, 40().

Editorial Board Memberships:

2008-Present / Academy of Management Learning and Education
2005-Present / Strategic Organization
2001-Present / Journal of Strategic Management Education
1995-Present / Strategic Management Journal*

* Recognized in 2007 as“Outstanding SMJ Editorial Board Member.”

Reviewer:

Academy of Management Business Policy & Strategy Division
Academy of Management International Management Division
Academy of Management Organization & Management Theory Division
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Learning and Education
Academy of Management Perspectives
Academy of Management Review
Administrative Science Quarterly
British Journal of Management
Business Ethics Quarterly
Complexity
Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory
Culture and Organization
Industrial and Corporate Change
International Business Review
International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research
International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management
International Small Business Journal
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Journal of Business Research
Journal of Business Venturing
Journal of Economic Issues
Journal of International Business Studies
Journal of Management
Journal of Management Studies
Journal of Operations Management
Journal of Strategic Management Education
Management Research Review
Management Science
Multinational Finance Journal
National Science Foundation
Nonprofit Management and Leadership
Omega: The International Journal of Management Science
Operations Research
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Organization Science
Organization Studies
Organizational Research Methods
Production and Operations Management
Research Grants Council of Hong Kong
Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management
Rationality and Society
Risk Management and Insurance Review
Strategic Management Journal
Strategic Management Society
Strategic Organization
Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Member:

Academy of Management
Strategic Management Society

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