David G. Cohen, JD, PhD

David G. Cohen, JD, PhD
([email protected])
Assistant Professor of Management
Skidmore College
Department of Management and Business
815 N. Broadway, PMH 209
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
518-580-5103
Education
 [2007-2015] University of Massachusetts Amherst
PhD in Management with a concentration in Strategy
Degree February 1, 2014
Amherst
Comprehensive Exam: Strategic Management, Strategy Process, Organizational
Theory, Organizational Behavior and Research Methods
(Passed August 2009).
Dissertation:
The Microfoundations of Middle Manager Strategic Influence:
Three Essays (Chair: Prof. Bill Wooldridge; Committee: Profs.
Steve Floyd, Bruce Skaggs, Lawrence Zacharias and Andrew
Papachristos).
Dissertation defended September 4, 2014.
 [1984 – 1986] University of Chicago – The Law School
JD
 [1980 –1984] University of Chicago – The College
BA (Law)
Refereed Publications
Selected Refereed
Conference
Presentations
Chicago
Chicago
 Meyer, C.R., Cohen, D.G. and Nair, S. (2011) Agency, Embeddedness, and the Financial
Crisis. Academy of Business Journal.
 Cohen, D.G., Meyer, C.R., Nair, S. Mind the Gap: Social Entrepreneurs as Network
Bridges in the Funding of Stem Cell Research. Proposal accepted at the 11th Annual
Social Entrepreneurship Conference to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, November
2014.
 Skaggs, B., Cohen, D.G., Nair, S., and Meyer, C.R. Extending Transaction Cost Economics
to Final Product Market Firms. Presented at the 2014 Academy of Management Annual
Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 5, 2014.
 Meyer, C.R., Skaggs, B., Cohen, D.G., and Nair, S. Customer Interaction Uncertainty,
Knowledge, and Service Firm Internationalization Strategies. Presented at the 2014
Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 5,
2014.
 Cohen, D.G. Thar She Blows! Middle Managers and the Microfoundations of the
Attention Based View of the Firm. Presented at the 2014 Academy of Management
Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 3, 2014.
 Cohen, D.G. The Microfoundations of Middle Manager Strategic Influence. Presented
at the Strategic Management Society Copenhagen Special Conference on the
Microfoundations of Strategy, June 15, 2014.
 Cohen, D.G., Nair, S., Guo, G. and Sherman, K. Host Country Stereotyping as
Competitive Advantage: A Microfoundational Perspective on Foreignness. Presented
at the Strategic Management Society Copenhagen Special Conference on the
Microfoundations of Strategy, June 15, 2014.
 Meyer, C.R., Cohen, D.G. and Nair, S. Organizational Field Collapse: Complex Systems,
Embeddedness, and it all Goes South. Presented at the 2013 Academy of Management
Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, August 11, 2013.
 Meyer, C.R., Skaggs, B., Nair, S. and Cohen, D.G. The Impact of Customer Interaction
Uncertainty and Knowledge Deployment on the Internationalization of Service Firms.
Presented at the 2012 Academy of International Business Annual Meeting in
Washington, D.C., July 2012.
 Cohen, D.G. and Meyer, C.R. A Rising Tide: How Social Entrepreneurship Increases
Innovation Within an Organizational Field. Presented at the 8th Annual NYU-Stern
Conference On Social Entrepreneurship, October 2011.
 Cohen, D.G. and Nair, S. Informal Networks and Quiet Change: The Diffusion of the Limited
Liability Company. Presented at the 2011 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in
San Antonio, Texas, August 2011.
Work In Process
 Meyer, C.R., Skaggs, B., Cohen, D.G., and Nair, S. Customer interaction uncertainty,
knowledge, and service firm internationalization. Second invitation to resubmit after
revision (September 2014).
 Meyer, C.R., Cohen, D.G. and Nair, S. Some Have To And Some Want To: Why Firms
Adopt A Post-Industrial Form. Submitted to the Journal of Management and
Governance (September 2014).
 Skaggs, B., Cohen, D.G., Nair, S., and Meyer, C.R. Extending Transaction Cost Analysis
To Final Product Market Firms. Expected submission to the Strategic Management
Journal.
 Nair, S., Cohen, D.G., Sherman, K, and Guo, G. A Social Psychological Perspective On The
Antecedents Of Foreignness: Why Lof Is Sometimes A Liability And Sometimes A Benefit.
Journal undecided: Fall 2014.
 Cohen, D.G., Meyer, C.R., Nair, S. Mind the Gap: Social Entrepreneurs as Network
Bridges in the Funding of Stem Cell Research. Journal Undecided: Early 2015.
 Cohen, D.G., Nair, S. and Meyer, C.R. Informal Networks and Quiet Change: The Diffusion
of the Limited Liability Company. Journal undecided. Expected submission: 2015.
Awards and
Recognitions
 2012. Stanley Young Memorial Scholarship. Awarded by the Management Department
faculty. For excellence in theory development.
 2009-2010 Outstanding Doctoral Student Teacher. Nominated by Strategic Management
Department, selected by SOM faculty.
 2010 Outstanding Reviewer, 47th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management
(Portland, Maine). Selected by the Officers of the Eastern Academy of Management.
Teaching
 MB 107 “Management and Organization Management” (Undergraduate Cornerstone
Course) – Two sections each in Spring 2014 and Fall 2014.
 MB 349 “Business Strategy” (Undergraduate Capstone Course) – Two sections taught Fall
2013.
Reviewing
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David G. Cohen
Journal of Strategy and Management.
Strategic Management Society Conference (2010 – Present; Strategy Process; SAP).
Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2009 – Present; BPS, RM, ENT, OMT).
Eastern Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2008-2011 – BPS, RM).
Reviewer, Essentials of the Legal Environment, 3d Ed. by Miller, Cross, and Jentz (SouthWestern Legal Studies in Business)
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Research Interests
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Service at Skidmore
 Faculty Coordinator MB107 (Fall 2014 -- Current)
 Palamountain Prose Award Committee (2014-2015)
Professional
Associations
 Academy of Management
 Strategic Management Society
Employment
 [2013-Present] Skidmore College
Assistant Professor
 [2011-2013] Isenberg School of Management
Lecturer
 [1997-2009] McKinstry, Incorporated
At various times, Chairman, President and CEO
 [1992–1997] Egan, Flanagan & Cohen, PC
At various times, Associate Attorney and Shareholder
 [1987-1992] Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Associate Attorney
 [1986-1987] Appeals Court of Massachusetts
Law clerk to the Honorable John Greaney, Chief Justice
David G. Cohen
Strategy Process
Organization Theory (transaction cost economics/neo-institutionalism)
International Strategy
Research Methods (Qualitative theory building; Quantitative Analysis (HLM; SEM; SNA)).
Saratoga Springs
Amherst
Chicopee, MA
Springfield, MA
New York City
Boston
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