1. How o Publish Your Dissertation Research &
Leverage it into a Stream of Work
Frank T. Rothaermel
Sloan Industry Studies Fellow
The Angel and Stephen M. Deedy Professor
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2. Thank you …
 Organizer:
 Chuck Eesley
 Fellow Presenters:
 Dan Levinthal
 Rajshree Agarwal
 Joanne Oxley
 Glenn Hoetker
 YOU, for participating!
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3. How to Publish Your Dissertation Research
 Research should be fun –
intrinsic motivation
 Creating your own IP is
the only currency you
have
 The blue collar academic
gets the work done
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4. How to Publish Your Dissertation Research
1. Taking the long view
 What will you be known for in 5-6 years, e.g., AOM
2017?
2. Read, write, and revise
3. Three paper format dissertation
4. Overarching theme
 “Essays on the Microfoundations of Firm-Level
Innovation”
5. Spillovers and Complementaries
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5. How to Leverage it into a Stream of Work
 Become the world’s expert on topic X
 Stu Graham an patents
 Matt Higgins and R&D productivity in pharma
 Fiona Murray on scientists
 Joel Baum in organizational theory
 Ron Burt in networks
 Don Siegel in university entrepreneurship
 Dan Levinthal on complex adaptive systems
 ….
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6. Scale and Scope in Publishing
 Scale
 Co-authors
 Theory/conceptual
 Empirical
 Method
 Scope
 Different angles on same issue
 Incumbents / new entrants
 Different level of analysis
 New data
 New instruments
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7. Concluding Remarks
 Do what YOU want to do
 Enjoy the process
 because you will still perish
despite publishing!
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8. Would love to hear from you…
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