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Walter Ferrier  
Gatton Endowed Associate Professor of Strategic Management
Department of Management
International Center for Research on Social Networks in Business

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Contact Information:
Office Location:  
455X Gatton College of Business and Economics
Lexington, KY 40506
  Email: walter.ferrier@uky.edu
Phone: 859.257.9326
Fax: 859.257.3577
 
Education:
1995 - PHD, Strategic Management, University Of Maryland
1989 - MA, International Business/Trade/Commerce, University Of Kentucky
1987 - BS, Economics, University Of Kentucky
 
Recent Publications:
Articles (15):
Racial Diversity And Firm Performance: The Mediating Role Of Competitive Intensity
Journal Of Management - Year: 2011
Value from gestalt: how sequences of competitive actions create advantage for firms in nascent markets
Strategic Management Journal - Year: 2010
Digital Systems and Competition
Information Systems Research - Year: 2010
Volume: 21  Issue: 3  Page Number(s): 413-423
Competitive repertoire simplicity and firm performance: The moderating role of TMT heterogeneity
Managerial And Decision Economics - Year: 2004
Volume: 25  Page Number(s): 317-327
Real options as engines of choice and heterogeneity: A response to Adner & Levinthal
Academy Of Management Review - Year: 2004
Volume: 29  Page Number(s): 86-101
Birds of a feather...? How supervisor-subordinate dissimilarity moderates the influence of supervisor behaviors on workplace attitudes
Group And Organization Management - Year: 2003
Page Number(s): 217-248
Conversations on the dynamics, context, and consequences of strategy: Introduction to the special issue
Managerial And Decision Economics - Year: 2002
Volume: 23  Page Number(s): 149-156
Enhancing Performance with product-market innovation: A note on the influence of the top management team
Journal Of Managerial Issues - Year: 2002
Volume: 14  Page Number(s): 452-469
Strategic aggressiveness, variation, and surprise: How the sequential pattern of competitive rivalry influences stock market returns
Journal Of Managerial Issues - Year: 2002
Volume: 14  Page Number(s): 162-180
The impact of performance distress on aggressive competitive behavior: A reconciliation of competing views
Managerial And Decision Economics - Year: 2002
Volume: 23  Page Number(s): 301-316
King of the hill: Dethroning the industry leader
Academy Of Management Executive - Year: 2001
Volume: 15  Page Number(s): 59-70
Navigating the competitive landscape: The drivers and Consequences of competitive aggressiveness
Academy Of Management Journal - Year: 2001
Volume: 44  Page Number(s): 858-877
The effect of national culture on partner buyouts in cross-border biotechnology alliances
Journal Of High Technology Management Research - Year: 2000
Volume: 11  Issue: 2  Page Number(s): 175-198
The role of competitive action in market share erosion and industry dethronement: A study of industry leaders and challenger
Academy Of Management Journal - Year: 1999
Volume: 42  Page Number(s): 372-388
'Tough talk' and market leaders: The role of overt signaling and reputation-building behaviors in sustaining industry dominance
Corporate Reputation Review - Year: 1997
Page Number(s): 98-102
Proceedings (6):
Managerial Racial Diversity, Competitive Aggressiveness, and Firm Performance: A Moderated Mediation Model
Academy of Management Annual Proceedings - Year: 2010
College football recruiting: A test of factor market competition theory
Academy of Management Annual Proceedings - Year: 2010
Social capital and competitive behavior: A study of interfirm networks and rivalry among automakers
Academy of Management Meetings - Year: 2007
International expansion through sequential investment: The effects of national culture on buyouts and dissolutions in biotechnology partnerships
Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings - Year: 1997
Political coalition formation and firm configurations: The case of U.S. and EFTA multinationals in the European Community
Annual meeting of the International Association for Business and Society - Year: 1994
Group distributive justice norms and leader attributions for performance outcomes as a function of group power distribution.
Association of Management Annual Conference - Year: 1993
Books and Book Chapters (3):
Competitive dynamics research: Critique and future directions, In Handbook of Strategic Management
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers - Year: 2001
Playing to win: The role of competitive disruption and aggressiveness, In Winning Strategies in a Deconstructing World
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons - Year: 2000
Page Number(s): 163-189
Distributive justice norms and attributions for performance as a function of power, In Advances in Attribution Theory
Publisher: St Lucie Press - Year: 1995
Page Number(s): 315-330
Presentations (53):
"College football recruiting: A test of factor market competition theory" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meetings
Location: Montreal Year: 2010
Presenter(s): S Soltis, C Sterling, S Borgatti, W Ferrier
"Managerial racial diversity, competitive aggressiveness and firm performance: A moderated mediation model" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meetings
Location: Montreal Year: 2010
Presenter(s): G Andrevski, O Richard, W Ferrier, J Shaw
"Network resources and competitive action: Awareness-Motivation-Capability Perspective" , Presentation at the Strategic Management Society International Conference
Location: Rome Year: 2010
Presenter(s): G Andrevski, W Ferrier, D Brass
"Stock Returns to Mergers and Acquisitions" , Presentation at the Strategic Management Society Conference
Location: Levi Year: 2010
Presenter(s): K Uhlenbruck, M Hitt, R Brymer, M Hughes-Morgan, W Ferrier
"Strategic entrepreneurship and the alliance network formation" , Presentation at the INSEAD - Network Evolution Conference
Location: Fontainbleu Year: 2010
Presenter(s): G Andrevski, J Labianca, W Ferrier
"The Evaluation of Competitive Strategy by Long-buyers and Short-Sellers" , Presentation at the Strategic Management Society International Conference
Location: Washington , DC
Year: 2009
Presenter(s): M Hughes-Morgan, W Ferrier
"A Primer on and Application of Competitive Dynamics" , Presentation at the Strategies for Sustained Competitiveness Research Workshop, Helsinki School of Economics
Location: Helsinki Year: 2008
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier
"Commentary on A Typology of Competitive Actions" , Presentation at the Public Dissertation Research Forum, Tampere University of Technology
Location: Tampere Year: 2008
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier
"Conversational Analysis of Real-Time Decisions for New Product Innovation" , Presentation at the Research Symposium on Advanced Competitive Dynamics, Helsinki University of Technology
Location: Helsinki Year: 2008
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier
"Investors' Reactions to Competitive Actions among Rivals: A Step Toward Strategic Asset Pricing Theory" , Presentation at the Strategic Management Society International Conference
Location: Cologne Year: 2008
Presenter(s): M Hughes-Morgan, W Ferrier
"Managerial Racial Diversity, Competitive Actions, and Organizational Performance" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meetings
Location: Anaheim , CA
Year: 2008
Presenter(s): Goce Andrevski, Orlando Richard, Jason Shaw, Walter Ferrier
"Racial diversity in management, competitive actions and firm performance" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meetings
Location: Anaheim , CA
Year: 2008
Presenter(s): G Andrevski, O Richard, J Shaw, W Ferrier
"Toward an 'Austrian' theory of sustainable competitive advantage: The role of value-enhancing actions" , Presentation at the Competitive Dynamics Research Workshop
Location: Helsinki Year: 2008
Presenter(s): G Andrevski, W Ferrier
"Competitive maneuvering, investor perceptions and stock risk: Strategic lucidity or mixed signals?" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meetings
Location: Atlanta , GA
Year: 2007
Presenter(s): Margaret Hughes, Walter Ferrier
"Rivals by association: Competitive networks and firm performance" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meetings
Location: Atlanta , GA
Year: 2007
Presenter(s): Emery Yao, Tieying Yu, Watler Ferrier
"Social capital and competitive behavior: A study of interfirm networks and rivalry among automakers" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meetings
Location: Atlanta , GA
Year: 2007
Presenter(s): Goce Andrevski, Walter Ferrier, Daniel Brass
"Social capital and competitive behavior: A study of interfirm networks and rivalry among automakers" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meetings
Location: Philadelphia , PA
Year: 2007
Presenter(s): G Andrevski, W Ferrier, D Brass
"The Dark Side of Competitive Dynamics. An Empirical Study of Competitive Strategies and Short Interest" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meetings
Location: Philadelphia , PA
Year: 2007
Presenter(s): M Hughes-Morgan, W Ferrier
"Social capital and competitive behavior: A study of interfirm networks and rivalry among automakers" , Presentation at the Academy of Management
Location: Philadelphia , PA
Year: 2007
Presenter(s): Dan J. Brass, G Andreski, Walter Ferrier
"Behavior-eliciting options: Testing the waters prior to launching a competitive attack on rivals" , Presentation at the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference
Location: Vienna Year: 2006
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier, Goce Andrevski
"Inter-firm social networks, competitive actions and performance in the global auto industry" , Presentation at the Midwest Academy of Management
Location: Louisville , KY
Year: 2006
Presenter(s): Goce Andrevski, Walter Ferrier
"The fast and the furious: The assignment of stock risk based on investor perceptions of competitive maneuvering and who's in the drivers seat" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meetings
Location: Atlanta , GA
Year: 2006
Presenter(s): Margaret Hughes, Walter Ferrier
"Top management teams and innovation performance" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meetings
Location: Atlanta , GA
Year: 2006
Presenter(s): K Clark, P Maggitti, Walter Ferrier, A Srivastava
"What you see is what you value: Investor perceptions of competitive strategy and the valuation of publicly traded Internet firms" , Presentation at the Research symposium
Location: Helsinki Year: 2006
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier
"Competitive dynamics: Evaluation, evolution, and future directions" , Presentation at the Competitive Dynamics Conference
Location: Suomenlinna Year: 2005
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier
"Strategic lucidity or mixed signals? An empirical study of competitive maneuvering and stock return risk" , Presentation at the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference
Location: Orlando , FL
Year: 2005
Presenter(s): Margaret Hughes, Walter Ferrier
"Celebrating 70 years of Schumpeterian & Austrian influence on management theory and research" , Presentation at the Symposium at Academy of Management Meeting
Location: New Orleans , LA
Year: 2004
Presenter(s): M Pfarrer, W Ferrier
"Conversations in Business and Competitive Strategy IV" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meetings
Location: New Orleans , LA
Year: 2004
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier, T Madsen
"Strategy and performance of pure Internet firms: Pattern recognition, interpretive certitude, and subjective valuation." , Presentation at the Department of Strategic Management, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
Location: West Lafayette , IN
Year: 2004
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier
"The role of institutional forces on competitive strategy and Performance: Rudder or straightjacket?" , Presentation at the Southern Management Association Annual Meeting
Location: San Antonio , TX
Year: 2004
Presenter(s): D Kilty, W Ferrier
"Conversations in Business and Competitive Strategy III" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting
Location: Washington , DC
Year: 2003
Presenter(s): R Makadok, W Ferrier
"The impact of institutional forces on competitive interaction" , Presentation at the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference
Location: Baltimore , MD
Year: 2003
Presenter(s): D Kilty, W Ferrier
"Of market signals, chords, and tunes: An empirical examination of the relationship between strategic actions and market value of internet firms" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting
Location: Denver , CO
Year: 2002
Presenter(s): V Rindova, W Ferrier, R Wiltbank
"Conversations in Business and Competitive Strategy I" , Presentation at the Workshop at the Academy of Management Meeting
Location: Washington , DC
Year: 2001
Presenter(s): R Makadok, W Ferrier
"What were you thinking....?: How executive cognition and perceptions drive competitive strategy and action" , Presentation at the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference
Location: San Francisco , CA
Year: 2001
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier, J C. Moran, W D. Knight, R Reger
"Be nimble, be quick: Creating organizational and strategic capabilities for competitive flexibility, speed, and surprise." , Presentation at the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference
Location: Vancouver Year: 2000
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier, J Treat, H Lee, J C. Moran
"Dynamic competitive interaction: Implications for strategy and competitive intelligence." , Presentation at the Corporate Strategic Marketing Group, Applied Materials Inc.
Location: Santa Clara , CA
Year: 2000
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier
"Strategic aggressiveness, adaption, and surprise: How the sequential pattern of competitive rivalry influences stock market returns" , Presentation at the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference
Location: Vancouver Year: 2000
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier, H Lee
"The embeddedness of competitive behavior: Emerging perspectives" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting
Location: Toronto Year: 2000
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier
"Birds of a feather...? How supervisor-subordinate dissimilarity moderates the influence of supervisor behaviors on workplace attitudes" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting
Location: Chicago , IL
Year: 1999
Presenter(s): M Duffy, W Ferrier
"Win or lose...How you play the game does matter: The process and consequences of dynamic competitive interaction" , Presentation at the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference
Location: Berlin Year: 1999
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier
"A sequencing-based view of competitive interaction." , Presentation at the Department of Management and Organization, R.H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
Location: College Park , MD
Year: 1998
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier
"Competitive repertoire simplicity and firm performance: The moderating role of TMT heterogeneity" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting
Location: San Diego , CA
Year: 1998
Presenter(s): D Lyon, W Ferrier
"Predicting your rival's next move: An action sequencing-based view of competitive interaction" , Presentation at the Strategic Management Society International Conference
Location: Orlando , FL
Year: 1998
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier, T Amburgey
"The relationship between innovative firm behavior and performance: The moderating role of the top management team" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting
Location: San Diego , CA
Year: 1998
Presenter(s): D Lyon, W Ferrier
"'Tough talk' and market leaders: The role of overt signaling and reputation-building behaviors in sustaining industry dominance." , Presentation at the Conference for Corporate Reputation and Competitiveness
Location: New York , NY
Year: 1997
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier
"International expansion through sequential investment: The effects of national culture on buyouts and dissolutions in biotechnology partnerships" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting
Location: Boston , MA
Year: 1997
Presenter(s): T Folta, W Ferrier
"Creative Destruction and competitive dynamics: An action-based study of industry dethronement and market share erosion" , Presentation at the Academy of Management Annual Conference
Location: Cincinnati , OH
Year: 1996
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier, K Smith, C Grimm
"Holding their own: The rivalrous conduct of financially distressed firms." , Presentation at the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference
Location: Phoenix , AZ
Year: 1996
Presenter(s): C MacFhionnlaoich, W Ferrier
"The impact of financial condition on competitive behavior: Towards a reconciliation of competing views." , Presentation at the Academy of Management Meeting
Location: San Diego , CA
Year: 1996
Presenter(s): C MacFhionnlaoich, W Ferrier, K Smith, C Grimm
"Distributive justice norms and attributions for performance as a function of power." , Presentation at the First Annual Symposium on Attribution Theory
Location: Tallahassee , FL
Year: 1994
Presenter(s): Walter Ferrier, K Smith, T Mitchell, K Rediker
"Political coalition formation and firm configurations: The Case of U.S. and EFTA multinationals in the European Community" , Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the International Association for Business and Society
Location: Hilton Head , SC
Year: 1994
Presenter(s): S Wally, W Ferrier, C Osmond
"Group distributive justice norms and leader attributions for performance outcomes as a function of group power distribution." , Presentation at the Association of Management Annual Conference
Location: Atlanta , GA
Year: 1993
Presenter(s): K Rediker, T Mitchell, K Smith, W Ferrier

 

 

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