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Faculty Profile
Rafael A. Corredoira is Assistant Professor of Management & Organization at
the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Professor
Corredoira's research focuses on embedded exploration : how networks originate
from social ties, market dynamics, and institutional arrangements constrain and
enable firms' entrepreneurial search for innovative solutions. His current
research examines how semiconductor firms' search for innovations is shaped by
their social networks, how social networks of wine and autopart firms drive
upgrading capabilities in developing economies, and the evolution of efficiency
frontiers in the treatment of addiction in the US. Professor Corredoira has also
authored articles that have been published or accepted for publication, in many
journals including Strategic Management Journal, Harvard Business Review,
Journal of International Business Studies, European Journal of Operational
Research, and Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
Professor Corredoira received his PhD in Strategy and International Management
from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Before embarking on his doctoral
studies, he completed an MBA at Drexel University. He has 10 years of business experience
at Compañía Bão, the largest and oldest household product firm in Uruguay, where,
as CEO and COO, he led the firm in its technological reconversion, organizational
restructuring, M&A, and foreign market expansion during the creation of MERCOSUR.
Primary Research Areas
- Social networks and their impact on Innovation and Knowledge Transfer,
- Corporate Entrepreneurship,
- Evolutionary Theory,
- Economic Development
Selected Publications
Corredoira, R. A. and L. Rosenkopf (Forthcoming)
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot? The Reverse Transfer of Knowledge
through Mobility Ties, Strategic Management Journal
McDermott, G. A, R.A. Corredoira (forthcoming) Network Composition, Collaborative
Ties, and Upgrading in Emerging Market Firms: Lessons from the Argentine Autoparts
Sector, Journal of International Business Studies
Rosenkopf, L, R.A. Corredoira (April 2008) What You Can Gain When You Lose
Good People, Harvard Business Review, 86(4): 24-28
McDermott, G. A, R.A. Corredoira, and G. Kruse Public-Private Networks as
Sources of Knowledge and Upgrading Capabilities: A Parametric Stroll through Argentine
Vineyards, Best Paper Proceedings of the 2007 Academy of Management Meeting,
August, 2007
Corredoira, R. A. and J. R. Kimberly (2006) Industry Evolution through Consolidation:
Implications for Addiction Treatment, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment,
Special Issue, 31: 255-265
Honors and Awards
- Best Paper Award and Doug Nigh Award Finalist - International Management Division,
Academy of Management Conference, 2007
- The Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, IM division, 2007
- Research Grant, Mack Center for Technological Innovation, 2004-2007
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