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Curriculum Vitae
PRESENT POSITION
Dean’s Professor of Supply
Chain and Strategy; R.H.
Smith School of Business
University of Maryland; College
Park, MD 20742.
Appointed as Assistant
Professor, August, 1983
Promotion to Associate
Professor, August, 1989
Promotion to Full Professor,
August, 1993
Served as Department Chair
from December 1994-July 2003.
EDUCATION
University of California,
Berkeley Ph.D. June 1983 Economics
Major Areas: Industrial
Organization, Transportation and
Econometrics/Statistics.
Ph.D. Dissertation: Strategic
Motives and Competitive Effects
in Railroad Mergers
(Ted Keeler, Advisor)
Freiburg University, Freiburg,
West Germany, Sept 1976 -
July 1977
International Studies
Recipient of Rotary
International Fellowship
University of Wisconsin,
Madison B.A. May 1975 Economics
(with Honors)
Recipient of Dean's Prize for
Outstanding Scholastic
Achievement, awarded to the two
top College of Letters & Science
graduates
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Visiting Research Fellow,
Bureau of Transport and
Communication Economics,
Canberra, Australia, July 1991 -
January 1992.
Economist, Office of Policy
and Analysis, Interstate
Commerce Commission, Washington,
D.C., January 1981 - December
1981.
Assistant to the Chief of
Intercity Transport Development,
Planning Division, Wisconsin
Department of Transportation,
Madison, October 1977 - August
1978 and November 1975 - July
1976.
AIESEC (International
Association of Students in
Economics and Commerce) Trainee,
Swedish State Power Board, June
1975 - September 1975.
PUBLICATIONS - Books
1) C. Winston, T. Corsi, C.
Grimm and C. Evans, The Economic
Effects of Surface Freight
Deregulation, Brookings
Institution, Washington, D.C.,
1990.
2) Smith, K., C. Grimm and M.
Gannon, The Dynamics of
Competitive Strategy, Sage
Publishing, Newbury Park, CA,
1992.
3) Grimm, C. and K. Smith,
Strategy as Action: Industry
Rivalry and Coordination, West's
Strategic Management Series,
West Publishing Company, 1997.
4) Grimm, C., H. Lee and K.
Smith, Strategy as Action:
Competitive Dynamics and
Competitive Advantage,
Oxford University Press, New
York, 2006.
PUBLICATIONS - Articles in Refereed Journals
5) Grimm, C. and R. Harris,
"Structural Economics of the
U.S. Rail Freight Industry:
Concepts, Evidence, and Merger
Policy Implications,"
Transportation Research Vol.
l7A, No. 4, l983, pp. 271-281.
6) Grimm, C., "An Evaluation
of Economic Issues in the
UP‑MP‑WP Railroad Merger,"
Logistics and Transportation
Review Vol. 20‑3, l984, pp.
239-259.
7) Fanara, P. and C. Grimm,
"Stand‑Alone Costs: Use and
Abuse in Determining Maximum
U.S. Railroad Rates,"
Transportation Research Vol.
l9A, No. 4, July l985, pp.
297-303.
8) Grimm, C. and R. Harris,
"The Effects of Railroad Mergers
on Industry Performance and
Productivity, Transportation
Research Record l029, l985, pp.
9-17.
9) Grimm, C., K. Phillips and
L. Selzer, "The Economics of
Coal Transportation:
Implications for Railroad and
Shipper Strategies,"
Transportation Research Record
l06l, l985, pp. 14-26.
10) Grimm, C. and K. Smith,
"The Impact of Rail Regulatory
Reform on Rates, Service
Quality, and Management
Performance: A Shipper
Perspective," Logistics and
Transportation Review Vol. 22‑l,
l986, pp. 57-68.
11) Grimm, C., "Excess Branch
Line Capacity in the U.S.
Railroad Industry: A Simulation
Model Approach," Logistics and
Transportation Review Vol. 22‑3,
l986, pp. 223-240.
12) Barbera, A., C. Grimm, K.
Phillips, and L. Selzer,
"Railroad Cost Structure ‑
Revisited," Journal of the
Transportation Research Forum
Vol. 28, No. 1, 1987, pp.
237-244.
13) Corsi, T. and C. Grimm,
"Changes in Owner‑Operation Use,
l977‑l985: Implications for
Management Strategy,"
Transportation Journal Vol.
26‑3, Spring l987, pp. 4-16.
14) Smith, K. and C. Grimm,
"Environmental Variation,
Strategic Change and Firm
Performance: A Study of Railroad
Deregulation," Strategic
Management Journal Vol. 8‑4,
July/August l987, pp. 363-376.
15) Grimm, C., J. Kling and
K. Smith, "The Impact of U.S.
Rail Regulatory Reform on
Railroad Management and
Organizational Structure,"
Transportation Research Vol 21A,
No. 2, March 1987, pp. 87-94.
16) Corsi, T. and C. Grimm,
"Mobility Barriers in the Motor
Carrier Industry, Journal of the
Transportation Research Forum
Vol. 28, No. 1, 1987, pp.
302-309.
17) Kling, J. and C. Grimm,
"Microcomputer Use in
Transportation and Logistics: A
Literature Review with
Implications for Educators,"
Journal of Business Logistics
Vol. 9, No. 1, 1988, pp. 1-18
(also published in the
Proceedings of the 1987
Transportation and Logistics
Educators Conference).
18) Grimm, C. and R. Harris,
"A Qualitative Choice Analysis
of Rail Routings: Implications
for Vertical Foreclosure and
Competition Policy," Logistics
and Transportation Review Vol.
24, No. 1, March 1988, pp.
49-67.
19) Smith, K., M. Gannon, C.
Grimm, and T. Mitchell,
"Decision Making Behavior in
Smaller Entrepreneurial and
Larger Professionally Managed
Firms," Journal of Business
Venturing Vol. 3, No. 3, Summer
1988, pp. 223-232 (earlier
version published in 1987
Southern Academy of Management
Proceedings).
20) Grimm, C., K. Phillips
and L. Selzer, "The Impact of
Rail Rationalization on Traffic
Densities," Transportation
Research Record 1177, 1988, pp.
1-5.
21) Grimm, C., K. G. Smith,
M. Gannon and K. A. Smith, "The
Importance of Strategic Planning
in the Wake of Deregulation: A
Study of the Travel Agent
Industry," Journal of the
Transportation Research Forum
Vol. 29, No. 1, 1988, pp. 44-49.
22) Smith, K., C. Grimm, M.
Chen and M. Gannon, "Predictors
of Response Time to Competitive
Strategic Actions: Preliminary
Theory and Evidence," Journal of
Business Research 18, 1989, pp.
245-258.
23) Corsi, T. and C. Grimm, "ATLFs:
Driving Owner-Operators into the
Sunset," Journal of the
Transportation Research Forum
Vol. 29, No. 2, 1989, pp.
285-290.
24) Grimm, C. and T. Corsi
and J. Jarrell, "U.S. Motor
Carrier Cost Structure under
Deregulation," Logistics and
Transportation Review Vol. 25,
No. 2, Sept 1989, pp. 231-250.
25) Grimm, C., K. Smith and
R. Blankinship,
"Post-Deregulatory Strategic
Performance of the Railroad
Industry," Journal of Business
Strategies Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring
1989. pp. 33-41.
26) Corsi, T. and C. Grimm,
"Strategies and Performance in
the Truckload General Freight
Segment Before and After
Deregulation," Journal of the
Transportation Research Forum
Vol. 30, No. 1, 1989, pp. 92-97.
27) Smith, R., T. Corsi and
C. Grimm, "Motor Carrier
Strategies and Performance,"
Transportation Research Vol.
24A, No. 3, May 1990, pp.
201-210.
28) Kling, J., C. Grimm and
T. Corsi, "Hub-Dominated
Airports: An Empirical
Assessment of Challenger
Strategies," The Logistics and
Transportation Review Vol. 27,
No. 3, 1991.
29) Grimm, C. and K. Smith,
"Management and Organizational
Change: A Note on the Railroad
Industry," Strategic Management
Journal Vol 12, 1991, pp.
557-562.
30) Smith, K. and C. Grimm,
"A Communication Model of
Competitive Response Timing,"
Journal of Management 17(1),
1991, pp. 5-23.
31) Corsi, T., C. Grimm, K.
Smith and R. Smith,
"Deregulation, Strategic Change,
and Firm Performance Among LTL
Motor Carriers," Transportation
Journal Vol. 31, No. 1, 1991,
pp. 4-13.
32) Smith, K., C. Grimm, M.
Gannon, and M. Chen,
"Organizational Information
Processing, Competitive
Responses and Performance in the
U.S. Domestic Airline Industry,"
Academy of Management Journal
34(1), 1991 pp. 60-85.
33) Kling, J., C. Grimm and
T. Corsi, "Strategies of
Challenging Airlines at
Hub-Dominated Airports," Journal
of the Transportation Research
Forum Vol. 31, No. 2, 1991, pp.
359-370.
34) Guthrie, J., C. Grimm,
and K. Smith, "Environmental
Change and the Top Management
Teams," Journal of Management
Vol. 17, No. 4, 1991, pp.
735-748.
35) Smith, R., T. Corsi, C.
Grimm, and K. Smith, "The Impact
of LTL Motor Carrier Size on
Strategy and Performance,"
Logistics and Transportation
Review Vol. 28, No. 2, 1992, pp.
129-145.
36) Emerson, C., C. Grimm and
T. Corsi, "The Advantage of Size
in the U.S. Trucking Industry:
An Application of the Survivor
Technique," Journal of the
Transportation Research Forum,
1992, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp.
369-378.
37) Chen, M., K. Smith and C.
Grimm, "Action Characteristics
as Predictors of Competitive
Responses," Management Science
Vol. 38, No. 3, 1992, pp.
439-455.
38) Gannon, M., K. Smith and
C. Grimm, "An Organizational
Information-Processing Profile
of First-Movers," Journal of
Business Research 25, 1992, pp.
231-241.
39) Corsi, T., C. Grimm and
J. Feitler, "The Impact of
Deregulation on LTL Motor
Carriers: Size, Structure, and
Organization," Transportation
Journal Vol. 32, No. 2, 1992,
pp. 24-31.
40) Grimm, C., C. Winston and
C. Evans, "Foreclosure of
Railroad Markets: A Test of
Chicago Leverage Theory,"
Journal of Law and Economics
Vol. XXXV, October 1992, pp.
295-310.
41) Grimm, C., T. Corsi, and
R. Smith, "Determinants of
Strategic Change: A Discrete
Choice Analysis," Transportation
Journal Vol. 32, No. 4, 1993,
pp. 56-62.
42) Grimm, C., and H.
Sapienza, "Determinants of
Shortline Railroad Performance,"
Transportation Journal Vol. 32,
No. 3, 1993, pp. 5-13.
43) Grimm, C., and H. Milloy,
"Australian Domestic Aviation
Deregulation: Impacts and
Implications," Logistics and
Transportation Review, Vol. 29,
No. 3, 1993, pp. 259-273.
44) Guthrie, J., C. Grimm and
K. Smith, "Environmental Change
and Management Staffing: A
Reply," Journal of Management
Vol. 19, No. 4, 1993, pp.
889-896.
45) Xu, K., R. Windle, C.
Grimm and T. Corsi,
"Reevaluating Returns to Scale
in Transportation," Journal of
Transport Economics and Policy,
September, 1994, pp. 275-286.
46) Schomburg, A., C. Grimm
and K. Smith, "Avoiding New
Product Warfare: The Role of
Industry Structure," Advances in
Strategic Management, P. Shrivastava, A. Huff and J.
Dutton, eds, JAI Press, Vol.
10B, 1994, pp. 145-173.
47) Young, G., K. Smith and
C. Grimm, "Austrian and
Industrial Organization
Perspectives on Firm-Level
Competitive Activity and
Performance," Organization
Science, Vol. 7, No. 3, May-June
1996, pp. 243-254.
48) Emerson, C. and C. Grimm,
"Logistics and Marketing
Components of Customer Service:
An Empirical Test of the Mentzer,
Gomes and Krapfel Model,"
International Journal of
Physical Distribution and
Logistics Management Vol. 26,
No. 8, 1996, pp. 29-42.
49) Smith, K, G. Young, M.
Becerra, and C. Grimm, "An
Assessment of the Validity of
Competitive Dynamics Research,"
Best Paper Proceedings, Academy
of Management, August, 1996.
50) Sapienza, H. and C.
Grimm, "Founder Characteristics,
Start-Up Process and
Strategy/Structure Variables as
Predictors of Shortline Railroad
Performance," Entreprenuership
Theory and Practice Vol. 22, No.
1, Fall, 1997.
51) Feitler, J., T. Corsi and
C. Grimm, "Measuring Firm
Strategic Change in the
Regulated and Deregulated Motor
Carrier Industry: An Eighteen
Year Evaluation," The Logistics
and Transportation Review Vol.
33E, No. 3, September 1997.
52) Smith, K., C. Grimm, G.
Young and S. Wally, "Strategic
Groups and Rivalrous Firm
Behavior," Strategic Management
Journal Vol. 18, No. 2, February
1997.
53) Young, G., K. Smith, and
C. Grimm, "Multimarket Contact,
Resource Heterogeneity, and
Rivalrous Firm Behaviour,"
Best
Paper Proceedings, Academy of
Management, August 1997.
54) Feitler, J., T. Corsi and
C. Grimm, "Strategic and
Performance Changes Among LTL
Motor Carriers," Transportation
Journal, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp.
5-12, Summer 1998.
55) Emerson, C. and C. Grimm,
"The Relative Importance of
Logistics and Marketing Customer
Service: A Strategic
Perspective," Journal of
Business Logistics Vol. 19, No.
1, 1998, pp. 29-42.
56) Ferrier, W., K. Smith and
C. Grimm, "The Role of
Competitive Action in Market
Share Erosion and Industry
Dethronement: A Study of
Industry Leaders and
Challengers," Academy of
Management Journal Vol. 42, No.
4, pp. 372-388, August 1999. WINNER OF AWARD FOR BEST PAPER
PUBLISHED IN ACADEMY OF
MANAGEMENT JOURNAL IN 1999.
57) Grimm, C and J. Plaistow,
"Competitive Effects of Railroad
Mergers," Journal of the
Transportation Research Forum
Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 64-75, 1999.
58) Lee, H., K. Smith, C.
Grimm and A. Schomburg, "Timing,
Order and Durability of New
Product Advantages with
Imitation," Strategic Management
Journal Vol. 21-1, 2000, pp.
23-30.
59) Carter, C., R. Kale and
C. Grimm, "Environmental
Purchasing and Firm
Performance," Transportation
Research Part E: Logistics and
Transportation Review, Vol. 36,
2000, pp. 219-228.
60) Young, G., K. Smith, C.
Grimm and D. Simon, "Multimarket
Contact and Resource
Heterogeneity: A Competitive
Dynamic Perspective, " Journal
of Management 26 (6), 2000,
1217-1236.
61) Shaffer, B. T. Quasney
and C. Grimm, "Firm Level
Performance Implications of
Nonmarket Actions, " Business
and Society Vol. 39, No. 2, June
2000.
62) Johnson, C., R. Krapfel,
Jr. and C. Grimm, "A Contingency
Model of Supplier-Reseller
Satisfaction Perceptions in
Distribution Channels, " Journal
of Marketing Channels Vol. 8,
No. ½ 2001, pp. 65-90.
63) Smith, K, C. Grimm and W.
Ferrier, "King of the Hill:
Dethroning the Industry Leader,"
Academy of Management Executive,
Vol. 15, Number 2, May 2001, pp.
59-70.
64)Ferrier, W., C.
MacFhionnlaoich, K. Smith and C.
Grimm, “The Impact of
Performance Distress on
Aggressive Competitive Behavior:
A Reconciliation of Conflicting
Views” Managerial & Decision
Economics, Special Issue on “The
Dynamics, Context, and
Consequences of Strategy” Vol.
23, Issue 4-5, 2002, pp.
301-316).
65) Patterson, K., C. Grimm
and T. Corsi, “Adopting New
Technologies for Supply Chain
Management,” Transportation
Research Part E: Logistics and
Transportation Review Vol.
39E, No. 2, March 2003, pp.
95-121.
66) Lee, H., Smith, K. G. &
Grimm, C. M. “The Effect of New
Product Radicality and Scope on
the Extent and Speed of
Innovation Diffusion.” Journal
of Management, Vol. 29 (5),
October 2003, pp. 753-768.
WINNER OF AWARD FOR BEST PAPER
PUBLISHED IN JOURNAL OF
MANAGEMENT IN 2003.
67) Patterson, K., C. Grimm
and T. Corsi, "Diffusion of
Supply Chain Technologies,"
Transportation Journal,
Vol. 43, No. 3, Summer 2004, pp.
5-23.
68) L. Cheng and C. Grimm,
"The Application of Empirical
Strategic Management Research to
Supply Chain Management,"
Journal of Business Logistics
(forthcoming).
69) D. Basdeo, K. Smith, C.
Grimm, V. Rindova and P. Derfus,
"The Impact of Market Actions on
Firm Reputation" Strategic
Management Journal
(forthcoming).
PUBLICATIONS - Articles in Edited Volumes
70) Grimm, C., "Horizontal
Competitive Effects in Railroad
Mergers," Research in
Transportation Economics, Vol.
2, Theodore E. Keeler, editor,
JAI Press, l985, pp. 27-53.
71) Harris, R. and C. Grimm,
"Revitalization of the U.S. Rail
Freight Industry: An
Organizational Perspective,"
International Railway Economics, K.J. Button and D.E. Pitfield
eds., Gower Publishing Company,
l985, pp. 49-84.
72) Grimm, C. and J. Holcomb,
"Choices Among Encompassing
Organizations: Business and the
Budget Deficit," Business
Strategy and Public Policy,
David Beam, Al Kaufman, and
Alfred Marcus, eds., Quorum
Books, New York, 1987, pp.
105-118.
73) Smith, K., C. Grimm, and
M. Gannon, "Competitive Moves
and Responses Among High
Technology Firms," Handbook of
Business Strategy: 1989-1990,
Harold E. Glass, ed., Warren,
Gorham and Lamont, N.Y., N.Y.,
1990, pp. 31-1 through 31-11.
74) Grimm, C. and G. Rogers,
"Liberalization of Railroad
Policy in North America,"
Transportation Deregulation: An
International Perspective, K.
Button and D. Pitfield, eds.,
Macmillan, London, 1991.
75) Grimm, C. and R. Harris,
"Access and Competition Policy
in the U.S. Rail Freight
Industry: Potential Applications
to Telecommunications,"
Sustaining Competition in
Network Industries through
Regulating and Pricing Access,
D. Gabel and D. Weiman, eds.,
Kluwer Publishing, Boston, 1998.
76) Grimm, C. and R. Windle,
"Regulation and Deregulation in
Surface Freight, Airlines and
Telecommunications," in
Regulatory Reform and Labor
Markets, J. Peoples, ed., Kluwer
Academic Publisher, Boston,
1998..
77) Grimm, C. and C. Winston,
"Competition in the Deregulated
Railroad Industry: Source,
Effect and Policy Issues," in S. Peltzman and C. Winston,
editors, Deregulation of Network
Industries: The Next Steps,
Brookings, Washington, D.C.
2000, pp. 41-72.
78) Dresner, M. and C. Grimm,
“Public Policy and Logistics,”
in Handbook of Logistics and
Supply-Chain Management, edited
by A.M. Brewster, K.J. Button,
and D.A. Hensher, Pergamon,
Amsterdam, 2001.
PUBLICATIONS - Articles in Journals with
Internal Review Boards
79) Grimm, C. and R. Harris,
"The Financial Performance and
Prospects of Railroads in the
South and Southwest," Texas
Business Review 56 (6),
November/December l982, pp.
257-262.
80) Grimm, C. and R. Harris,
"Vertical Foreclosure in the
Rail Freight Industry: Economic
Analysis and Policy
Prescriptions," ICC
Practitioners' Journal 50 (5),
July/August l983, pp. 508-531.
81) Corsi, T. and C. Grimm,
"Transportation Education in the
l980's: An Examination of
Teaching Materials,"
Transportation Practitioners'
Journal 52 (l), Fall l984, pp.
27-39.
82) Grimm, C. and J. Kling,
"Integrating Microcomputers into
a Transportation and Logistics
Curriculum," Defense
Transportation Journal Vol. 44,
No. 5, October 1988, pp. 14-22.
PUBLICATIONS - Articles in Proceedings
(other than those listed above)
83) Grimm, C., "Public
Interest Evaluation of Recent
Rail Mergers," l98l Eastern
Transportation Law Seminar
Papers and Proceedings,
Association of ICC
Practitioners, Washington, D.C.,
pp. 171-176.
84) Grimm, C., "Promoting
Competition in the Railroad
Industry: A Public Policy
Analysis," Transportation
Research Forum Proceedings,
l984, pp. 222-227.
85) Grimm, C. and K. Smith,
"Impact of Deregulation on
Railroad Strategies and
Performance," Transportation
Research Forum Proceedings,
l985, pp. 540-544.
86) Corsi, T., C. Grimm and
R. Lundy, "ICC Exemptions of
Rail Services: Summary and
Evaluation," Transportation
Research Forum Proceedings,
l985, pp. 86-92.
87) Corsi, T., C. Grimm and
R. Smith, "Motor Carrier
Strategies in a Changing
Environment: An Empirical
Analysis," Transportation
Research Forum Proceedings,
l986, pp. 177-180.
88) Grimm, C., K. Smith and
R. Blankinship, "Railroad
Strategies and Performance: An
Exploratory Study," l987 Eastern
Academy of Management
Proceedings, pp. 25-28.
89) Smith, E., M. Gannon, C.
Grimm and G. Young, "Competitive
Advantage in Diverse
Industries," Proceedings of the
Second Biennial High Technology
Conference, University of
Colorado, Boulder, Colorado,
January 1990.
90) Grimm, C., "The Impact of
Entry and Concentration in
Australian Aviation: A Test of
Contestability Theory,"
Transportation Research Forum
Proceedings, 1992.
91) Sapienza, H. and C.
Grimm, "The Importance of
Founder, Start-Up Process, and
Structural Variables in
Entrepreneurial Firms: A Study
of the Shortline Railroad
Industry," Frontiers of
Entrepreneurship Research, 1994.
PUBLICATIONS - Other Publications and
Reports
Grimm, C., "Combining
Scholarly Research with Public
Policy Evaluation," ITS Review,
Vol. 5, No. 2, Institute of Transportation Studies,
University of California,
February l982.
Grimm, C., "Strategic Motives
and Competitive Effects in
Railroad Mergers: A Public
Policy Analysis," Dissertation
Series, Institute of
Transportation Studies,
University of California, August
l983 (UCB‑ITS‑DS‑83‑l).
Grimm, C., "Preserving and
Promoting Rail Competition,"
Report to the National
Industrial Transportation
League, l984.
Grimm, C., "Econometric
Techniques to Estimate Rail
Costs," Report to the Railroad
Accounting Principles Board,
General Accounting Office,
Washington, D.C., October l985.
Roberts, M., T. Corsi and C.
Grimm, "Benefit‑Cost Analysis of
Weight Limit Exemption for
Vehicles Carrying International
Freight in the Route 50
Corridor," Study Prepared for
the State Highway
Administration, State of
Maryland, February 1988.
Deregulation of Domestic
Aviation: The First Year,
Bureau of Transport and
Communication Economics,
Australian Government Publishing
Service, Canberra, Australia,
1991 (lead author).
Cambridge Systematics; Leeper,
Cambridge and Campbell; T. Corsi,
and C. Grimm, "A Guidebook for
Forecasting Freight
Transportation Demand," NCHRP
Report 388, National Academy
Press, Washington, D.C. 1997.
CONTRACTS AND GRANTS
Course Development Grant,
Joint MS Program in
Telecommunications.
University of Maryland Center
for International Education and
Research (CIBER) Research Award,
1991.
University of Maryland
Dingman Center for
Entrepreneurship Research Award,
1990.
Small Business
Administration, Small Business
Development Center, University
of Maryland. From 1985 - 1989,
Ken Smith, Martin Gannon and I
received funding to establish
Center for the counseling and
training of small business
managers. We also conducted
research on strategic management
of small businesses, including
travel agencies and electronic
firms. (Amount: $200,000)
Department of Education
Business and International
Education Program. During 1988
and 1989, I was part of a team
which received a two-year grant
for curriculum development,
research and professional
outreach. The program involves
collaboration with the Maryland
Port Authority on research,
outreach and internships.
(Amount: $110,000).
Maryland Department of
Transportation. During 1987/88 I
worked with Tom Corsi and
Merrill Roberts on a contract to
study the impact of exempting
Eastern Shore export container
traffic from the 80,000 pound
highway weight limitation.
(Amount: 35,000).
University of Maryland Grant
to Integrate Computer Use into
the Classroom, 1985.
University of Maryland
General Research Board Summer
Research Award, 1984.
CONFERENCE PAPER
PRESENTATIONS
"Public Interest Evaluation
of Recent Rail Mergers,"
presented at the 11th
Association of ICC
Practitioners' Eastern
Transportation Law Seminar,
October 1981.
"Stand‑Alone Costs: Use and
Abuse in Railroad Maximum Rate
Determination," presented at the
Eastern Economics Association
Annual Meeting, March 1984 (with
Philip Fanara).
"Promoting Competition in the
Railroad Industry," presented at
the Transportation Research
Forum Annual Meeting, October
1984.
"The Politics of the Budget
Deficit and the Role of
Political Interest Groups,"
presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Association for Public
Policy Analysis and Management,
October 1984 (with John
Holcomb).
"Impact of the Staggers Act
on Rates and Shipper Quality:
Role of Shipper Size and
Competition," presented at the
American Economics
Association/Transportation and
Public Utilities Group Annual
Meeting, December 1984 (with Ken
G. Smith).
"The Effects of Railroad
Mergers on Industry Performance
and Productivity,"
Transportation Research Board
Conference on Rail Productivity,
University of Illinois, June
1985, (with Robert G. Harris).
"Environmental Variation,
Strategic Change and Firm
Performance: A Study of Railroad
Deregulation," presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Management, August 1985 (with
Ken G. Smith).
"Management Characteristics,
Strategy, and Strategic Change,"
presented at the Strategic
Management Society Annual
Meeting, Barcelona, Spain,
October 1985 (with Ken G.
Smith).
"Impact of Deregulation on
Railroad Strategies and
Performance," presented at the
Transportation Research Forum
Annual Meeting, November 1985
(with Ken G. Smith).
"ICC Exemptions of Rail
Services: Summary and
Evaluation," presented at the
Transportation Research Forum
Annual Meeting, November 1985
(with Thomas M. Corsi and Robert
Lundy).
"Excess Branchline Capacity
in the Railroad Industry,"
presented at the Transportation
Research Board Annual Meeting,
January 1986.
"The Economics of Coal
Transportation: Implications for
Railroad Shipper Strategies,"
presented at the Transportation
Research Board Annual Meeting,
January 1986 (with Les Selzer
and Kent Phillips).
"The Organization as a
Reflection of its Top Managers:
An Empirical Test," presented at
the Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Management, August
1986 (with Ken G. Smith).
"Motor Carrier Strategies in
a Changing Environment: An
Empirical Analysis," presented
at the Transportation Research
Forum Annual Meeting, September,
1986 (with Thomas M. Corsi and
Raymond Smith).
"Shifts in Use of
Owner‑Operators Among LTL
General Freight Carriers Since
the Motor Carrier Act of 1980,"
presented at the Transportation
Research Forum Annual Meeting,
September, 1986 (with Thomas M.
Corsi).
"Environmental Variation,
Decision Comprehensiveness and
Performance," presented at the
Strategic Management Society
Annual Meeting, Singapore,
October, 1986 (with Ken G.
Smith, Martin Gannon, and
Terence Mitchell).
"Gambit and Repartee: A
Theory of Competitive Action and
Responses," presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Management, August 1986 (with
Ken G. Smith).
"The Impact of the
Environment on Personnel
Policies: Management
Characteristics in the U.S.
Railroad Industry," presented at
the Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Management, August
1987 (with James Guthrie and Ken
G. Smith).
"Mobility Barriers in the
Motor Carrier Industry,"
presented at the Transportation
Research Forum Annual Meeting,
November 1987 (with Thomas M.
Corsi).
"Railroad Cost Structure ‑
Revisited" presented at the
Transportation Research Forum
Annual Meeting, November 1987
(with Tony Barbera, Kent
Phillips and Les Selzer).
"The Impact of Rail
Rationalization on Traffic
Densities: A Test of the Feeder
Line Theory," presented at the
Transportation Research Board
Annual Meeting, January 1988
(with Les Selzer and Kent
Phillips).
"Porter's Generic Strategies
and Organizational Size,"
presented at the Strategic
Management Society Annual
Meeting, October 1988 (with Ken
Smith).
"Predictors of Competitive
Responses in the Domestic
Airline Industry," presented at
the Strategic Management Society
Annual Meeting, October 1988
(with Ken Smith and Martin
Gannon).
"ATLFs: Driving
Owner-Operators into the
Sunset," presented at the
Transportation Research Forum
Annual Meeting, November 1988
(with Thomas M. Corsi).
"Competitive Strategic
Interaction: Action
Characteristics as Predictors of
Response," presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Management, August 1989 (with
Ming-Jer Chen and Ken G. Smith).
"Strategies and Performance
in the Truckload General Freight
Segment Before and After
Deregulation," presented at the
Transportation Research Forum
Annual Meeting, October 1989
(with Thomas M. Corsi).
"Rivalry in the U.S. Domestic
Airline Industry," presented at
the Strategic Management Society
Annual Meetings, October 1989
(with Ken Smith and Martin
Gannon).
"Building Competitive
Advantage in Diverse
Industries," presented at the
Boulder, Colorado Conference on
the Management of the High
Technology Firm, January 1990
(with Greg Young, Ken Smith, and
Martin Gannon).
"Economic Effects of Surface
Freight Deregulation," presented
at the Transportation Research
Board Annual Meeting, January
1990 (with Cliff Winston and
Thomas Corsi).
"Strategies of Challenging
Airlines at Hub-Dominated
Airports," presented at the
Transportation Research Forum
Annual Meeting, October 1990
(with James Kling and Thomas M.
Corsi).
"Size, Strategy, and
Performance: LTL Motor
Carriers," presented at the
Transportation Research Board
Annual Meeting, January 1991
(with Raymond Smith and Thomas
Corsi).
"The Role of Firm Reputation
in Competitive Interaction,"
presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Academy of Management,
August 1991 (with Leith Wain,
Martin Gannon and Ken G. Smith).
"The Advantage of Size in the
U.S. Trucking Industry,"
presented at the Transportation
Research Forum Annual Meeting,
November 1991 (with Carol
Emerson and Thomas M. Corsi).
"The Impact of Entry and
Concentration in Australian
Aviation: A Test of
Contestability Theory,"
presented at the Transportation
Research Forum Annual Meeting,
October 1992.
"Reevaluating Returns to
Scale in Transportation,"
presented at the Transportation
Research Forum Annual Meeting,
October 1993 (with K. Xu, R.
Windle and T. Corsi).
"Access and Competition
Policy in the US Rail Freight
Industry: Potential Applications
to Telecommunications,"
presented at a conference on
Sustaining Competition in
Network Industries through
Regulating and Pricing Access,
CITI, Columbia University,
November 1993 (with R. Harris).
"Engaging Competitors,"
presented to the Whitmore
Conference, Dartmouth College,
New Hampshire, September 1994,
(with G. Young and K. Smith).
"Engaging a Rival for
Competitive Advantage: Firm
Resources and the Competitive
Environment as Predictors of
Competitive Firm Activity,"
presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Academy of Management,
August 1994 (with G. Young, A.
Schomburg and K. Smith).
"David and Goliath:
Strategies for Challenging the
Dominant Rival," presented at
the Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Management, August
1994 (with K. Smith, T. Corsi
and J. Kling).
"Wealth Effects of New
Product Rivalry," presented at
the 14th annual international
conference of the Strategic
Mangement Society, Paris,
September 1994 (with H. Lee, K.
Smith, and A. Schomburg).
"Business Distress and a
Firm's Propensity to be
Rivalrous," presented at the
14th annual international
conference of the Strategic
Mangement Society, Paris,
September 1994 (with C.
MacFhionnlaoich and K. Smith).
"Industrial Organization
Economics, Resource-Based
Theory, and Schumpeterian
Perspectives on Competitive
Advantage: Toward an
Action-Based Model of
Advantage," presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Management, August 1995 (with K.
Smith).
"Strategic Groups and
Rivalrous Firm Behavior: Towards
a Reconciliation," presented at
the Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Management, August
1995 (with K. Smith and G.
Young).
"Shareholder Wealth Effects
of New Product Rivalry,"
presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Academy of Management,
August 1995 (with H. Lee and K.
Smith).
"Creative Destruction and
Competitive Dynamics: An
Action-Based Study of Industry
Dethronement and Market Share
Erosion," presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Management, August 1996 (with W.
Ferrier and K. Smith).
"The Rate of International
Alliance Formation: The Role of
Firm Resources, Strategy, and
Industry Structure," presented
at the Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Management, August
1996 (with G. Young and K.
Smith).
"An Assessment of the
Validity of Competitive Dynamics
Research," presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Management, August 1996 (with G.
Young, M. Becerra and K. Smith).
"The Rate of International
Alliance Formation: The Role of
Firm Resources, Strategy, and
Industry Structure," presented
at the 16th annual international
conference of the Strategic
Management Society, Tempe,
Arizona, October 1996 (with G.
Young and K. Smith).
"Performance Implications of
Market and Non-Market Actions,"
presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Academy of Management,
August 1997 (with T. Quasney and
B. Shaffer).
"Multimarket Contact,
Resource Heterogeneity, and
Rivalrous Firm Behavior,"
presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Academy of Management,
August 1997 (with G. Young and
K. Smith).
"Performance Implications of
Market and Non-Market Actions,"
presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Academy of Management,
August 1997 (with T. Quasney and
B. Shaffer).
"Techniques of Transportation
Analysis: Costs," discussant at
Transport Policy and Economics
Conference in Honor of John R.
Meyer, Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University,
September 1997.
"A Conceptual Model of
Supplier-Reseller Satisfaction
Perceptions in Distribution
Channels," Academy of Marketing
Science, Coral Gables, Florida,
1997 (with C. Emerson and R.
Krapfel).
"The Impact of Financial
Condition on Competitive
Behavior: Towards a
Reconciliation of Competing
Views," presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Academy of
Management, August 1998 (with C.
MacFhionnlaoich, W. Ferrier and
K. Smith).
"Competitive Effects of
Railroad Mergers,"
Transportation Research Forum
Annual Meetings, Philadelphia,
October 1998 (with J. Plaistow).
"The Canadian Experience with
Competitive Access, "
Transportation Research Board
Annual Meeting, January 1999.
" Predicting Order and Timing
of New Product Moves: The Role
of Top Management," presented at
the Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Management, August
1999 (with A. Srivasta, H. Lee
and K. Smith).
"Competition in the
Deregulated Railroad Industry:
Source, Effect and Policy
Issues," presented at the
AEI-Brookings conference on
Deregulation of Network
Industries, December, 1999.
“Future of Rail Regulation,”
presented at the Alliance for
Rail Competition Second Annual
Rail Customer Forum, Washington,
D.C., March 1, 2000.
“The State of Railroad
Research,” presented at the
Transportation Research Forum
Annual Meeting, Annapolis,
November 2000.
“Investigating the Action
Dilemma: Untangling the
Relationships Between Firm
Activity, Rival Activity, and
Firm Performance,” presented at
the Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Management, August
2001 (with P. Derfus and K.
Smith).
Discussant, Workshop on
Airline and National Strategies
for Dealing with Airport and
Airspace Congestion, College
Park, March 2001.
Participant, Federal Railroad
Administration and Surface
Transportation Board Joint
Roundtable on Rail Freight
Industry, June 2002.
"A Schumpeterian Perspective
on Innovation," presented at the
Leading Through Innovation
Research Conference, College
Park, January 2003
“The Role of Conduct in the
Structure, Conduct, Performance
Relationship,” presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Management, August 2003 (with P.
Maggitti, P. Derfus and K.
Smith).
“The Impact of Market Actions
on Firm Reputation,” presented
at the Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Management, August
2003 (with D. Baseo, V. Rindova,
P. Derfus and K. Smith).
"Merger Analysis in the
Post-Staggers Railroad
Industry," presented at a
conference on Competition Policy
and Merger Analysis in
Deregulated and Newly
Competitive Industries, Madison
Wisconsin, June 2005.
"Firm Action, Rival Action
and Firm Performance:
Understanding the Effect of
Competitive Interdependence,"
presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Academy of Management,
August 2005 (with P. Maggitti,
P. Derfus and K. Smith).
RESEARCH AWARDS
Journal of Management 2004
best paper award, for the paper
determined to be the best
published in 2003 in the
Journal of Management.
Academy of Management 2000
best paper award, for the paper
determined to be the best
published in 1999 in the Academy
of Management Journal.
Award for best paper,
marketing channels track,
Academy of Marketing Science
conference, Coral Gables,
Florida, 1997.
Award for the best airline
paper and best paper overall,
1990 Transportation Research
Forum Conference.
Plowman Award for the best
paper, 1987 Transportation and
Logistics Educators Conference.
Regular Common Carrier
Conference Award for the best
motor carrier paper,
Transportation Research Forum
Annual Meeting, September, 1986.
EDITORIAL AND REVIEWING
ACTIVITIES
Consulting Editor (1991-1993)
Journal of the Transportation
Research Forum.
Editorial Review Board,
Journal of Transportation
Management (1993-present).
Editorial Review Board,
Transportation Research – Part E
(2001-present).
Editorial Review Board,
Journal of the Transportation
Research Forum (2001-present).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society of
Transportation and Logistics;
Transportation Research Forum;
American Economics Association &
Transportation and Public
Utilities Group; Transportation
Research Board/Member, Committee
on Freight Transport Regulation;
Academy of Management; Strategic
Planning Society.
TEACHING AND ADVISING
Courses Taught
BMGT 370 (Introduction to
Transportation: also served as
course coordinator)
BMGT 372 (Introduction to
Logistics Management)
BMGT 476 (Computer Models in
Transportation and Logistics)
BMGT 495 (Business Policy)
BMGT 670 (Economic
Environment of Business)
BMGT 671 (Managerial
Economics)
BMGT 770 (Transportation
Theory and Analysis)
BMGT 798 (Field Studies in
Industry and Competitor
Analysis)
BMGT 808 (Seminar in
Industrial Organization and its
Application to Strategic
Management)
ENTS 631 (Telecommunications
Policy)
Teaching Awards
Allen J. Krowe Award for
Teaching Excellence, College of
Business and Management, 1988.
Selected as one of the top
15% teachers in the College of
Business and Management (12
times)
Member of the Following Ph.D.
Dissertation Committees
Pam Donovan (co-chair)
David Cantor (co-chair)
Victor Cheng (co-chair)
Tom
Quasney (chair)
Kirk Patterson (co-chair)
Wally Ferrier (co-chair)
August Schomburg (co-chair)
Greg Young (co-chair)
Hun Lee (co-chair)
Carol Emerson (chair)
Cormac Mac Fhionnlaoich
(co-chair)
Pam Derfus (co-chair)
Ayesha Malhotra
Ming Zhou
Stephanie Head
Chris Lin
Constantinos Christou
Chul Moon
Deborah Lyons
Jane Feitler
Laura Power
Ming-Jer Chen
Harry Sapienza
Jack Scarborough
James Kling
Robert Trempe
George Rubenson
Ven Sriram
Raymond Smith
Ritu Lohtia
Jason Chang
Douglas Meade
Barbara Houchen
Leith Wain
John Burgess
Douglas LaBahn
Ker-Tsung Lee
Yeon Myung Kim
Steven Chien
Chad Syverson
Eungcheol Kim
Helena Schweiger
SERVICE
Department Chair,
Transportation/Logistics,
Business and Public Policy
(December 1994-July 2003).
Member, APAC (Campus level
committee, chaired by the
Provost, charged with advising
the Provost on strategic and
programmatic matters)
2000-present.
Member, Vice President for
Administrative Affairs search
committee (2002-2003).
Member, Committee to Critique
MBA Program Report, 2005.
Member, Ad Hoc committee to
design an EMBA program
(2001-2002).
Member, MBA director search
committee (2001)
Member, Provost’s Committee
to conduct five year review of
Dean Howard Frank (2001).
Chair of Search Committee,
Executive Director of the Center
for Knowledge and Information
Management, 1999.
Member, CRC T&P Committee,
Don Riley (1998), Samer Faraj
(2004), and Josh Newberg )2004);
Gil Souza (2005).
Chair, Extra Merit Step for
Non-Exempt Employees Committee,
1999.
Member, MBA 4th Track
Committee (subcommittee of
executive committee)
(1996-1998).
Member, Strategic Planning
Committee (subcommittee of
executive committee).
(1996-present)
College Workload coordinator
(responsible for attending
meetings with Provost and reps
re: workload requirements and
taking lead on filling out
compliance forms).
Member, Executive Committee,
Middlestates Accreditation
Committee, University (Dan
Fallon/Nelson Markley, Chair),
Dec. 1995-1997.
Member, Faculty Composition
and Development Section, AACSB
Accreditation committee (1995).
Lead College Member on Campus
Committee to form and fund a
Global China Institute (1995).
Chair of Search Committee,
Transportation, Business and
Public Policy Faculty Positions
(1994-5, 1995-6, 1996-7, 1997-8,
1998-9, 1999-2000).
Member, College Strategic
Planning Committee (drafted
section on MBA program), 1994-1995.
Chair, MBA Oversight
Committee, College of Business
and Management (May 1994-Jan.
1995).
Member, MBA Oversight
Committee, College of Business
and Management (1992-1994).
Chair, ELM Coordinator's
Committee, College of Business
and Management, (1993-1994).
Member, External
Communications Committee,
College of Business and
Management, 1994.
Chair, PR on Academic Quality
Committee, 1993.
Member Technology Advancement
Program Business Screening
Panels (1986-1990).
Member, Faculty Grievance
Hearing Board, College Park
Campus (1991).
Member, College Budget
Committee (1990-1991).
Member, Strategic Planning
Steering Committee, and Chair,
MBA Subcommittee, College of
Business and Management
(1989-1990).
Member, General Committee on
Faculty Affairs, College Park
Campus Senate (1984-1986,
1987-1988).
Elected Representative to the
College Park Campus Senate
(1988-1991).
Member, Graduate Committee,
College of Business and
Management (1987‑1988).
Chairman, MBA Case
Competition Subcommittee of the
Graduate Committee (1987).
Faculty Assistant
Coordinator, MBA/Rutgers
Invitational Case Tournament
(1986‑1987).
Faculty Judge, MBA Case
Competition, College of Business
and Management (1989).
Member, Undergraduate
Committee, College of Business
and Management (1987-1988).
Faculty Co‑Advisor,
University of Maryland
Transportation and Logistics
Club (1985-1990).
Member, International Task
Force, College of Business and
Management (1986-1987).
Member, Dean's Computer
Integration Task Force, College
of Business and Management
(1986-1988).
Participant in Planning
Session for External Activities,
College of Business and
Management, Wye Woods (Sept.
1987).
Member of Multiple Faculty
Search Committees (1985-present)
In November, 1995, I
presented testimony before the
United States Senate and House
Committees on Small Business at
a joint hearing on "Railroad
Consolidation: Small Business
Concerns."
In March 2004, I presented
testimony to the U.S. House of
Representatives Committee on
Transportation and
Infrastructure regarding
railroad competition
legislation.
In October 2005, I provided
testimony to the Surface
Transportation Board on the 25th
Anniversary of the Staggers Rail
Act of 1980.
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