Olga Hawn
Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School | UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel HIll, NC, UNITED STATES
The research of Olga Hawn lies at the intersection of strategy and organization theory, business and society.
Biography
The research of Olga Hawn lies at the intersection of strategy and organization theory, business and society.
In particular, Dr. Hawn is engaged in multidisciplinary research on non-market strategy, including environmental, social and corporate governance activities of the firm with a focus on the strategic impact of such activities, their antecedents and consequences in developed and emerging markets.
Other interests include international expansion of multinationals from emerging markets, such as how firms from BRICS can succeed in cross-border M&As and overcome the negative perceptions caused by their origin as well as the role of business incubators in emerging markets.
Industry Expertise (4)
Corporate Leadership
Business Services
Research
Education/Learning
Areas of Expertise (7)
Governance
Environment
Corporate and Business Ethics
Corporate Strategy
Business Strategy
Emerging Markets
Csr Corporate Social Responsibility
Accomplishments (5)
Faculty Director, Center for Sustainable Enterprise (professional)
2018-11-08
She is the faculty leader of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise.
ONE Emerging Scholar Award (professional)
2018-11-08
The Academy of Management's Organizations and the Natural Environment (ONE) division awarded her the "ONE Emerging Scholar Award" in 2018.
Alliance for Research on Corporate Responsibility (ARCS) (professional)
She received the award for outstanding conference papers for three years.
Academy of International Business (professional)
2018-11-08
She was a finalist for the Haynes Prize for the "Most Promising Scholar Under 40."
Academy of Management (professional)
2018-11-08
She received the best paper award in the Social Issues in Management Division.
Education (3)
Duke University: PhD, Business
Oxford University: Master's Degree, Said Business School
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics: BA, Economics
Links (1)
Languages (1)
- Russian
Articles (7)
Fail Often, Fail Big, and Fail Fast? Learning from Small Failures and R&D Performance in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Academy of Management Journal
This study explores whether and under what circumstances firms learn from their small failures in experimentation.
Learning and innovation: Exploitation and exploration trade-offs
Journal of Business Research
This paper examines the relationship between learning and innovation outcomes, focusing on the trade-off between exploitation and exploration in learning and innovation.
Evolution of R&D capabilities: The role of knowledge networks within a firm
Management Science
2005 In this paper, we suggest that the characteristics of individual positions in an intraorganizational network of inventors or intrafirm knowledge network predict the likelihood with which knowledge created by an inventor is used in the firm's research and ...
Real options reasoning and a new look at the R&D investment strategies of pharmaceutical firms
Strategic Management Journal
2004 ABSTRACT: Real options reasoning (ROR) is a conceptual approach to strategic investment that takes into account the value of preserving the right to make future choices under uncertain conditions. In this study, we explore firms' motivations to invest in a new option. We find, ...
Technological and productâmarket experience and the success of new product introductions in the pharmaceutical industry
Strategic Management Journal
2004 ABSTRACT: The growth and development of a firm depend on its ability to introduce new products over time. To do this successfully, it requires technological knowledge, the ability to combine knowledge elements into valuable new products, and the complementary assets ...
Old is gold? The value of temporal exploration in the creation of new knowledge
Management Science
2003 In this paper, knowledge creation is considered as a path-dependent evolutionary process that involves recombining knowledge spread over time. The findings of the paper suggest that a balance in combining current knowledge with the knowledge available across large ...
Beyond local search: Boundary-spanning, exploration, and impact in the optical disk industry
Strategic Management Journal
2001 In high-technology industries, firm success depends on the ability to innovate consistently. No wonder that'knowledge-creating companies' and'learning organizations' are celebrated for the ability to generate, acquire, and integrate both internal and external sources of ...
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