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EducationPh.D., 1997, Strategic Management & Organization, University of Minnesota J.D., 1988, Law, Harvard University M.A., 1985, Philosophy, Politics & Economics, Oxford University B.A., 1983, Magna Cum Laude, History, Carleton College Expertise
Risk and investment in emerging-market countries
Political business cycles
Performance trends in technology industries and firms Current Research
Emerging-market country elections and foreign investment
Country groups and foreign direct investment
Privatizing enterprise valuation and performance
Risk and capital structure in project finance
Dynamic competition in technology industries
Corporate affiliation and business performance Major Publications - "Are Technology-Intensive Industries More Dynamically Competitive? No and Yes," Paul M. Vaaler and Gerry McNamara, Organization Science, forthcoming.
- "Residual State Ownership, Policy Stability and Financial Performance Following Strategic Decisions by Privatizing Telecoms," Paul M. Vaaler and Burkhard N. Schrage, Journal of International Business Studies, forthcoming.
- "How Do MNCs Vote in Developing Country Elections?" Paul M. Vaaler, Academy of Management Journal 51: 21-44 (2008).
- "Elections, Opportunism, Partisanship and Sovereign Ratings in Developing Countries," Paul M. Vaaler, Burkhard N. Schrage and Steven A. Block, Review of Development Economics 10(1): 154-170 (2006).
- "Counting the Investor Vote: Political Business Cycle Effects on Sovereign Bond Spreads in Developing Countries," Paul M. Vaaler, Burkhard N. Schrage and Steven A. Block, Journal of International Business Studies, 36(1): 62-88 (2005).
- "Crisis and Competition in Expert Organizational Decision Making: Credit Rating Agencies and Their Response to Turbulence in Emerging Economies," Paul M. Vaaler and Gerry McNamara, Organization Science, 15(6): 687-703 (2004).
- "The Price of Democracy: Sovereign Risk Ratings, Bond Spreads and Political Business Cycles in Developing Countries," Steven A. Block and Paul M. Vaaler, Journal of International Money and Finance, 23(3): 917-946 (2004).
- "Same as it Ever Was: The Search for Evidence of Increasing Hypercompetition," Gerry McNamara, Paul M. Vaaler and Cynthia Devers, Strategic Management Journal, 24(3): 261-278 (Selected by Emerald Management Reviews as one of the top 50 management research articles published in 2003) (2003).
Books - Creative Destruction: Business Survival and Success in the Global Internet Economy, Lee W. McKnight, Paul M. Vaaler and Raul Katz, eds., MIT Press, Cambridge, MA (2001); (paperback published by MIT Press) 2002; (Japanese edition published by Toyo-Kezai Press) (2003); (Chinese edition published by Central-South University Press) (2007).
- Financial Innovations and the Welfare of Nations: How Cross-Border Transfers of Financial Innovations Nurture Emerging Capital Markets, Laurent Jacque and Paul M. Vaaler, eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA (2001).
Courses - Fall, 2009
- CHMB 5810 International Environment Sec. 001
- Spring, 2010
- MGMT 3040 Understanding the International Environment of Firms: International Business Sec. 001
- MGMT 3040 Understanding the International Environment of Firms: International Business Sec. 002
- PA 5190 Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management Sec. 001
- MGMT 6402 Integrative Leadership: From Theory to Practice Sec. 060
Current Editorial Appointments - Editorial board member for the Academy of Management Journal, International Journal of Strategic Change Management, and Journal of International Business Studies
Scholarly Service and Honors - Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006-present
- Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005-2007
- James L. Paddock Best Teacher Award, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2005
- Emerging Scholar, Journal of International Business Studies Frontiers Conference, 2006
- Research Fellow, Center for Busienss and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2002-2003
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