Curriculum Vitae - University of Minnesota

Curriculum Vitae
Puay Khoon (PK) Toh
Strategic Management & Organization, Carlson School of Management,
University of Minnesota.
321 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, RM 3-364, MN 55455
Office: 612 625 5941 / Cell: 734 678 1581 / Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
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2007
University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, MI
Ph.D. in Strategy
1998
National University of Singapore, Business Administration, Singapore
BBA (1st-class Honors), Business Administration (Finance)
DISSERTATION RESEARCH
Title:
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Structure-Scope Matching: A Study of the Interrelationship between Organization
Structure and Innovation in the Communications Industry
Dissertation Committee:
Gautam Ahuja (Chair); Jan Svejnar; Arvids Ziedonis; Gavin
Clarkson
PUBLICATIONS
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*Clarkson G, Toh PK. ‘Keep out’ signs: the role of deterrence in the competition for resources.
Strategic Management Journal, forthcoming.
* Authors’ names in alphabetical order
Toh PK, 2008. The mutually-reinforcing interrelationship between organization structure and
firm resource. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, TIM Division.
Three entries: “Innovations”, “Radical Innovations”, and “Disruptive Innovations” in Hitt M. A.
and Ireland R. D., (Ed) 2005. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management – Entrepreneurship
(with Gautam Ahuja)
HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, & AWARDS
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2008
Finalist, Best Dissertation Award, TIM Division, Academy of Management
Conference 2009, Anaheim.
2008
Best Reviewer Award, TIM Division, Academy of Management
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2006
Booz Allen Hamilton/Strategic Management Society PhD Fellowship for Best
Student Paper Award, for the paper: “Performance Effects of Resource
Interdependence: A Study of Firms’ Products and Process Innovations” (with
Gautam Ahuja)
2006
Best Reviewer Award, BPS Division, Academy of Management
2005
Best Reviewer Award, BPS Division, Academy of Management
2005
Best Reviewer Award, TIM Division, Academy of Management
2005
Ross School of Business at University of Michigan Research Award
2005
Charles H. Gessner Fellowship, Michigan
2005
Center for International Business Education (CIBE) Fellowship, Michigan
1998
First-class Honors in Business (Finance)
1998
Dean's List, Business Administration - National University of Singapore
1995
Fellowship of Trinity College, London (FTCL)
1991
Licentiate of Trinity College, London (LTCL)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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2008
‘Keep Out’ Signs: The Role of Deterrence in the Competition for Resources (with
Gavin Clarkson), Strategic Management Conference, Cologne, Germany
2008
When do firms explore new grounds? The differential effects of competition on
collaboration (with Francisco Polidoro), Strategic Management Conference,
Cologne, Germany.
2008
The Mutually-Reinforcing Interrelationship between Organization Structure and
Firm Resource, Academy of Management Conference, TIM Division, Anaheim.
2008
Lowering the Guard against Competitors: The Effects of Intergroup Rivalry on
Firms’ Deterrence of Intragroup Rivalry (with Francisco Polidoro), Academy of
Management Conference, BPS Division, Anaheim
2007
Letting Rivals Come Close or Warding Them Off? The Effects of Distant
Competition on Firm’s Propensity to Deter Local Competition (with Francisco
Polidoro), Strategic Management Society Conference, San Diego
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2006
2006
2005
2005
2005
Posting ‘Keep Out’ Signs on Intellectual Properties: Strategies for Warding Off
Competitors’ Search (with Gavin Clarkson), Academy of Management
Conference, BPS Division, Atlanta
Performance Effects of Resource Interdependence: A Study of Firms’ Products
and Process Innovations (with Gautam Ahuja), Strategic Management Society
Conference, Vienna, Austria
Complementarities or Complexities? Examining the Performance Effects of
Combining Capabilities (with Gautam Ahuja), Academy of Management
Conference, TIM Division, Honolulu, Hawaii
The Contractibility Paradox in Markets for Knowledge, CCC Doctoral
Consortium, UC Berkeley, California
The Contractibility Paradox in Markets for Knowledge, ICOS Poster
Presentation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
2004-present Academy of Management, BPS Division
2004-present Academy of Management, TIM Division
2006-present Strategic Management Society
REVIEWER:
2009
Organization Science
2006
Journal of Asian Business
2004-present Academy of Management, BPS division
2004-present Academy of Management – TIM division
DISCUSSANT:
2004
Paper session at TIM Division, Academy of Management, New Orleans
PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS:
2006
BPS Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management, Atlanta
2005
CCC Doctoral Consortium, U.C. Berkeley, California
2004
TIM Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management, New Orleans
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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2008-present Strategic Management MBA 6300, Carlson School of Management, University of
Minnesota
2003
World Economy CSIB 310, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.
WORK EXPERIENCE
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2007-present Assistant Professor, Strategic Management & Organization Department, Carlson
School of Management, University of Minnesota
2006-07
Member of patent-space project team funded by NSF Grant (NSF IIS 0534903).
2001–06
Research assistant for Gautam Ahuja, Gavin Clarkson, Joanne Oxley, Jan Svejnar,
Katherine Terrell
1998-2001
FX Options Trader, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
1996
Shell Oil Company
1995
Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) Finance
1992-1994
Recruits instructor / Operation Specialist, Singapore Armed Forces
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