Geoffrey G. Bell, Ph.D., CA

Associate Professor of Strategic Management

Vita

 

 

Work Address

Department of Management Studies

University of Minnesota-Duluth

110 SBE, 412 Library Drive

Duluth, MN  55812

Home Address

1417 Vermilion Road

Duluth, MN  55812

Telephone

218-726-7640

Telephone

218-724-5492

Fax

218-726-7578

 

 

Email

ggbell@d.umn.edu

Email

ggbell@hotmail.com

 

Dissertation (defended:  May, 1999):

 

Title:  ÒThe Influence of Geographic Location and Network Position on Innovation in the Canadian Mutual Fund Industry.Ó

 

Research Interests:

  1. The influences of firm geographic location and network position on firm performance.  Areas currently under investigation include the influence of clusters and regional creativity on the performance of bank holding companies, the influence of clusters on the risk preferences of bank holding companies, and an examination of how geographic proximity or distance affects knowledge sharing via different mechanisms (markets, strategic alliances, hierarchy).
  2. Inter-organizational trust and network theory.  Areas currently under investigation include using social capital as an organizing framework to explicate the relationship between network theory and organizational trust theory and examination of how trust between organizations can be destroyed.
  3. Knowledge-sharing.  Currently examining how different networks affects knowledge-sharing within and across firms; how firm orientation influences intra-firm knowledge-sharing activities.

 

Teaching Interests:

Business policy and strategy, management of strategic alliances; ethics and corporate social responsibility

 

Education:

University of Minnesota, Ph.D. (Strategic Management), 1999

University of Manitoba, MBA (Finance), 1993

University of Manitoba, B. Commerce (Accounting), 1983

 

Professional Designations:

Chartered Accountant, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba, 1986

 

Publications and Papers:

 

Peer-reviewed journals:

Bell, G.G. and Zaheer, A (Forthcoming). ÒGeography, networks, and knowledge flow,Ó Organization Science.

 

Zaheer, A. and Bell, G.G. (2005). ÒBenefiting from Network Position: Firm Capabilities, Structural Holes, and Performance,Ó Strategic Management Journal, 26:809-825.

 

Goel, S., Bell, G.G. and Pierce, J.L. (2005). ÒThe Perils of Pollyanna: Development of the Over-Trust Construct,Ó Journal of Business Ethics, 58:203-218.

 

Bell, G.G. (2005). ÒThe Influence of Clusters and Networks on Canadian Mutual Fund Company Innovation,Ó Strategic Management Journal, 26:287-295.

 

Albert, S.A. and Bell, G.G. (2002). ÒTiming and Music,Ó Academy of Management Review, 27(4):574-593.

 

Bell, G.G., Oppenheimer, R.J., and Bastien, A. (2002). ÒTrust Deterioration in an International Buyer-Supplier Relationship,Ó Journal of Business Ethics, 36:65-78.

 

Mossman, C.E., Bell, G.G., Turtle, H., and Swartz, L.M. (1998). ÒAn Empirical Comparison of Bankruptcy Models,Ó The Financial Review, 33: 35-54.

 

Book Chapter:

Bell, G.G., Bromiley, P., and Bryson, J. (1998). ÒSpinning a Complex Web:  Links Between Strategic Decision Making Context, Content, Process, and Outcome,Ó in Strategic Decisions:  Context, Process and Outcomes, Patrick Barwise and Vassilis Papadakis (eds.), Kluwer, pages 163-178.

 

 

Invited submission:

Bell, G.G. and Albert, S.A. (2003). ÒResponse to ÔCadences at WacoÕ,Ó Academy of Management Review, 28(3): 367-370.

 

Presentation at Professional Meetings:

 

Pierce, J. and Bell, G.G., ÒAn introduction to the scientific method for students of organization,Ó Academy of Management Meetings, Atlanta, GA, August 2006.

 

Carlson, R.M., Earp, R., Thelen, J. and Bell, G.G., ÒCelebrex, Vioxx, and the ethics of recall,Ó presented at the Twelfth Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, New York, NY, October 2005.

 

Bell, G.G., Goel, S., and Pierce, J., ÒIs Trust Ethical?Ó presented at the Tenth Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, Garden City, NY., October 2003.

 

Goel, S., Bell, G.G., and Pierce, J., ÒThe Perils of Pollyanna: Sources of Over-Trust,Ó presented at the Tenth Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, Garden City, NY., October 2003.

 

Zaheer, A. and Bell, G.G., ÒInnovation-Contingent Effects of Social Capital on Firm Performance,Ó presented at the 2002 Academy of Management Meetings, Denver, CO.

 

Bell, G.G., Anderson, M., and Bastien, A., ÒArrowÕs Paradox Meets Trust: The Influence of Trust and Positional Security on Information Transfer,Ó presented at the 2001 Academy of Management Meetings, Washington, D.C.

 

Bell, G.G. and Oppenheimer, R.J., ÒGenerosity as a Function of Egoism and Altruism: The Influence of Uncertainty and Experience,Ó presented at the Eighth Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, Chicago, October 2001.

 

Bell, G.G. and Zaheer, A., ÒInstrumental But Not Enough: The Influence of Individual and Organizational Networks on Communication Flows,Ó presented at the 2001 Academy of Management Meetings, Washington, D.C.

 

Bell, G.G. and Anderson, M., ÒIs Deterrence Really Trust?:  Differentiating Trust from Positional Security,Ó presented at the Seventh Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, New York City, September, 2000.

 

Bell, G.G., ÒThe Influence of Clusters and Networks on Canadian Mutual Fund Company Innovation,Ó presented at the 2000 Academy of Management Meetings, Toronto.  Nominated by OMT Division for the Newman Award.

 

Bell, G.G. and Anderson, M., ÒTrust, Positional Security, and Information Transfer in Four Network Ideal-Types:  Exploring the Linkages Between Forms of Social Capital,Ó presented at the 2000 Academy of Management Meetings, Toronto.

 

Bell, G.G., Oppenheimer, R., and Bastien, A., ÒTrust Deterioration in an International Buyer-Supplier Relationship,Ó presented at the Seventh Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, New York City, September, 2000.

 

Bell, G.G., Hubbard, G., and Bromiley, P., ÒWhat do Organizational Theories Say About How Firms Measure Performance,Ó presented at the Strategic Management Society meetings, Mexico City, 1995.

 

Bell, G.G., Mossman, C.E., Swartz, L.M., and Turtle, H., ÒA Nested-Testing Comparison of Bankruptcy Models,Ó presented at the Northern Finance Association Meetings, Vancouver, BC, 1994.

 

Research in Progress:

 

ÒBank geographic diversification and performance: How much does regional creativity and industry clustering matter?Ó  Empirical examination of the effects of the four dimensions of regional creativity identified by Richard Florida and money center bank locations on the performance of geographically diversified bank holding companies.

Collaborators: S. Deng and A. Cummings

Target journal: Strategic Management Journal.

Status: Data has been analyzed and paper is being written.

 

ÒThe influence of money center bank locations and regional creativity on the risk-seeking behavior of bank holding companiesÓ  Empirical examination of the effects of money center bank locations (industry clusters in the banking industry) and the four dimensions of regional creativity identified by Richard Florida on the risk-seeking behavior of geographically diversified bank holding companies.

Collaborators: S. Deng and A. Cummings

Target journal: Money and Banking.

Status: Data has been analyzed and paper is being written.

 

ÒInternal and External Drivers of Strategic Decisions.Ó Empirical examination of firm orientations (customer, competitor, learning) on knowledge transfer within the firm and firm adoption of new strategic initiatives.

Collaborators: D. Li and F. Lai

Target journal: Strategic Management Journal.

Status: Under revision.

 

ÒAn introduction to the scientific method for students of organization.Ó  This Òthink-pieceÓ type of paper examines the various ways (faith, personal experience, science, etc.) by which we come to know that which we know.  It is designed as a ÒuserÕs guide,Ó both to actually understanding the various ways of knowing and, in more depth, the science as a way of knowing and the scientific process.  .

Collaborator: J.L. Pierce

Target journal: book chapter

Status: Will be included in 2007 version of Pierce & Newstrom Leadership and the leadership process.

 

ÒInterorganizational Trust: Trust, Routines, and Institutionalization.Ó  Theoretical paper examining how trust develops at an organizational level via script processing and routinization.

Collaborator: R. Carlson

Target journal: Journal of Business Ethics.

Status: Final write-up in progress.

 

 ÒA typology of clusters.Ó  A theoretical treatment examining the different types of industrial clusters, their antecedents and consequences.  Breaks the general construct ÒclusterÓ into a variety of dimensions to generate a typology.

Target journal: Strategic Management Journal or Organization Science.

Status: Initial data gathered on three industries.  Analysis to begin Fall 2005.

 

ÒKnowledge diffusion within and across clusters.Ó  An empirical examination of the mechanisms used to transfer knowledge across geographic space.  Considers market-based mechanisms, strategic alliances, and hierarchy as alternative mechanisms to transfer knowledge, and examines how each transfers knowledge across space.

Target journal: Strategic Management Journal or Organization Science.

Status: Initial data gathered on three industries.  Further data gathering to commence Fall 2007.

 

Teaching Experience:

 

Teaching (Instructor with full course responsibility):

2006-2007 School year

            Strategic management (1 section)

á      Undergraduate capstone course in strategic management designed to teach undergraduates the fundamentals of strategy formulation and implementation.

Business and society (1 section)

á      Undergraduate management elective examining the role of business in the broader society.  Includes sections on business ethics, corporate social responsibility, corporate governance issues, and government regulation of business.

            Cooperative Strategy (1 section)

á      Undergraduate elective course examining the nature of cooperation between businesses in the context of the competitive market system, focusing on strategic alliances.

 

2005-2006 School year

            Strategic management (3 sections)

Business and society (1 section)

            Cooperative Strategy (1 section)

 

2004-2005 School year

Policy formulation and implementation (1 section)

á      Graduate capstone course in strategic management designed to teach MBA students the fundamentals of strategy formulation and implementation.

            Strategic management (3 sections)

Business and society (1 section)

 

2003-2004 School year

            Strategic management (3 sections)

Business and society

            Cooperative Strategy

 

2002-2003 School year

            Strategic management (4 sections)

Policy formulation and implementation

Business and society

 

2001-2002 School year

            Strategic management (4 sections)

Business and society

 

2000-2001 School year

            Strategy and Competition (2 sections)

á      Course is designed to teach undergraduates the fundamentals of strategy formulation and implementation.

            Business Policy and Strategy (1 section)

á      Course designed to teach MBA students the fundamentals of strategy formulation.

á      MBA core course

Managing Strategic Action (1 section)

á      Course is designed to teach MBA students the fundamentals of strategy implementation.

á      MBA core course

 

1999-2000 School year

            Strategy and Competition (3 sections)

Strategies in Action (1 section)

 

1998-1999 Winter session:

            Strategy and Competition (4 sections)

 

1996 Summer session:

            Fundamentals of Management

 

1995-96 Winter session:

            Business Policy and Strategy

 

1995 Summer session:

            Business Policy and Strategy (Continuing Education & Extension)

1994-95 Fall session:

            Business Policy and Strategy

 

Honors and Awards:

2006                Granted promotion to Associate Professor with Indefinite Tenure

 

2006                UMD Academic advisor of the year

 

2005                Received a DeanÕs Office grant to hire students to develop the paper ÒThe Ethics of Vioxx and Celebrex.Ó 

 

2004                Received UMD ChancellorÕs small research grant to begin developing a theory of knowledge transfer across industry clusters.

 

2003                Received UMD ChancellorÕs small research grant to purchase advanced statistical software.

 

2001                Received ChancellorÕs small research grant to begin work studying tie strength.

Listed by MacleanÕs Guide to Canadian Universities and Colleges as one of ten ÒPopular ProfsÓ at Concordia University.

Concordia University nominee for ÒTeacher of the YearÓ 

(Note – not eligible to receive award due to union rules).

 

2000                Paper entitled ÒThe Influence of Clusters and Networks on Canadian Mutual Fund Company InnovationÓ was nominated by the OMT Division of the Academy of Management for the Newman Award for Òbest paper based on a dissertation.Ó

 

1999                Concordia University FRDP Research.

Value:  $18,600 over 3 years.

Concordia University nominee for ÒTeacher of the YearÓ

(Note – not eligible to receive award due to union rules).

 

1997-98           Carlson School of Management Dissertation Fellowship

One of four recipients of Carlson School of Management Dissertation Fellowships.

 

1997                R.K. Gaumnitz Scholarship.

 

1993-94                AACSB / GMAC National Doctoral Fellowship in Business and Management (NDFP).

One of 15 recipients of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business Fellowship for Doctoral Studies in Business.

Carlson School Fellowship.

 

1993                The Associates Award.

Presented in recognition of the Highest Awards GPA achieved by a part-time student in the MBA program at the University of Manitoba.

 

 

Professional Service

2006-2007

á      Department Head, Department of Management Studies

á      Member, Labovitz School of Business and Economics Undergraduate curriculum committee

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Organization Science

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Academy of Management Review

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Management Studies

 

2005-2006

á      Member, Labovitz School of Business and Economics Undergraduate curriculum committee

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Organization Science

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Academy of Management Review

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Management Studies

 

2004-2005

á      Member, Labovitz School of Business and Economics Undergraduate curriculum committee

á      Member, Executive Committee of the Campus Assembly

á      Co-chair and member, MgtS Search committees for new Entrepreneurship faculty.

á      Marshall, UMD Commencement ceremony

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada.

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Organization Science.

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Management Studies.

 

2003-2004

á      Member, Labovitz School of Business and Economics Undergraduate curriculum committee

á      Member, Executive Committee of the Campus Assembly

á      Co-chair, MgtS Search committee for new Entrepreneurship faculty.

á      Marshall, UMD Commencement ceremony

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Academy of Management Journal.

 

2002-2003

á      Chair, Labovitz School of Business and Economics Outreach committee

á      Member, Executive Committee of the Campus Assembly

á      Member, Management Studies Department ad hoc committee formulating departmental plagiarism policy.

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Academy of Management Review

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences.

á      As hoc reviewer, Journal of Business Research.

 

2001-2002

á      Member, Labovitz School of Business and Economics Outreach committee

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences.

á      As hoc reviewer, Journal of Business Research.

 

2000-2001

á      Faculty Advisor, Concordia International MBA Case Competition.

á      Oversee student administration of Concordia International MBA Case Competition.

á      Liaison between Concordia University and independent Board of Directors of Case Competition.

á      Comm 310 Course Coordinator

á      Oversees the delivery of the undergraduate BPS course (approximately 12 sections and 8 instructors per annum)

á      Member, Faculty Council

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Business Research

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences.

á      Ad hoc reviewer, BPS Division, Academy of Management.

 

1999-2000      

á      Comm 310 Course Coordinator

á      Advisor for two EMBA Student theses

á      Member, Faculty Council

á      Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Business Research

á      Ad hoc-reviewer, TIM Division, Academy of Management

á      Coach, Concordia University MBA Case Competition team

 

1997

á      Masters Thesis Committee Member

 

1996-97

á      Carlson School of Management Representative to the University of Minnesota TA Liaison Advisory Council

 

Employment History

 

2006-Present   Associate Professor of Management

Labovitz School of Business and Economics

University of Minnesota Duluth

Duluth, MN

 

2001-2006       Assistant Professor of Management

Labovitz School of Business and Economics

University of Minnesota Duluth

Duluth, MN

 

1998-2001          Assistant Professor of Management

John Molson School of Business

Concordia University

Montreal, QC, Canada

 

1993-1999          Ph.D. Student

Curtis L. Carlson School of Management

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

 

1989-1992          Software Training Specialist

Compucentre Business Solutions Winnipeg

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

 

1987-1989          Assistant Manager of Taxation

Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

 

1985-1986          Student-in-Accounts

Nick A. Hildebrand, Chartered Accountant

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

 

1983-1985          Student-in-Accounts

MacGilivray & Co, Chartered Accountants

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

 

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