Jan W. Rivkin
Jan W. Rivkin
Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration
Unit Head, Strategy
| Unit | Strategy |
|---|---|
| Contact | (617) 495-6690 Send E-Mail |
| Interests | competitive advantage, competitive strategy, complexity, cross-functional integration, interactions, more > |
| Overview | Biography | Publications & Course Materials | Current Research | Areas of Interest |
Jan W. Rivkin is a Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. His research, course development, and teaching efforts examine the interactions across functional and product boundaries within a firm – that is, the connections that link marketing, production, logistics, finance, human resource management, and other parts of a firm. His work analyzes, first, how such interactions constrain managerial behavior and, second, how managers use cognitive devices and organizational design to cope with decisions whose ramifications span boundaries. His scholarly work has appeared or is forthcoming in journals such as Management Science, Organization Science, the Strategic Management Journal, the Academy of Management Journal, and Research Policy. Much of Rivkin’s scholarly work uses simulations of complex adaptive systems to examine the theoretical implications of cross-cutting interactions. His empirical work on the topic employs a mix of large-scale statistical studies, field research, and case studies.