Terry L. Amburgey

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Terry L. Amburgey

Professor Emeritus of Strategic Management

Degrees:

PhD, Stanford University
MA, Bowling Green State University
BS, Miami University

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Bio

Terry Amburgey is a Professor Emeritus of Strategic Management at the Rotman School of Management. His research is focused on the dynamics of inter-organizational networks and organizational evolution with a particular focus on biotechnology. Terry is co-convenor of the Standing Working Group on Organizational Network Research in The European Group for Organizational Studies. His research has been published in a variety of outlets including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, and Strategic Organization and Advances in Strategic Management.

Academic Positions

1999-Present

Professor, Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management
1998-1999

Professor of Management, University of Kentucky
1996

Visiting Professor of Strategic Management, EDHEC, Lille, France
1994-1995

Associate Professor of Management, University of Kentucky
1992-1994

Assistant Professor of Management, University of Kentucky
1991-1992

Assistant Professor of Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1991

Visiting Assistant Professor of Organization and Management, Dartmouth College
1988-1990

Assistant Professor of Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1986-1987

Assistant Professor of Business Policy and Strategy, University of Texas-Dallas
1983-1986

Assistant Professor of Organization Behaviour, Northwestern University
1982-1983

Instructor of Organization Behaviour, Northwestern University
1981

Instructor of Management, California State University-Hayward

Non-Academic Positions

1981-1982

Research Consultant, Office of the California State Public Defender
1979

Research Intern, IBM Corporation

Selected Publications - Papers

Organizational Ecology: Past, Present, and Future Directions

Amburgey, Terry L., and Hayagreeva Rao

Academy of Management Journal

Issue:39

1996

Pages: pp. 1265-1286
The Use of Event History Analysis to Examine Insurer Insolvencies

Kim, Yong-Duk, Dan R. Anderson, Terry L. Amburgey, and James C. Hickman

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Issue:62

1995

Pages: pp. 94-110
As the Left Foot Follows the Right? The Dynamics of Strategic and Structural Change

Amburgey, Terry L. and Tina Dacin

Academy of Management Journal

Issue:37

1994

Pages: pp. 1427-1452
Resetting the Clock: The Dynamics of Organizational Change and Failure

Amburgey, Terry L., Dawn Kelly and William P. Barnett

Administrative Science Quarterly

Issue:38

1993

Pages: pp. 51-73
Strategic Momentum: The Effects of Strategy, Structure and History on Merger Activity

Amburgey, Terry L. and Anne S. Miner

Strategic Management Journal

Issue:13

1992

Pages: pp. 335-348
Organizational Inertia and Momentum: A Dynamic Model of Strategic Change

Kelly, Dawn and Terry L. Amburgey

Academy of Management Journal

Issue:34

1991

Pages: pp. 591-612
Interorganizational Linkages and Population Dynamics: Buffering and Transformational Shields

Miner, Anne S., Terry L. Amburgey and Timothy Stearns

Administrative Science Quarterly

Issue:35

1990

Pages: pp. 689-713
The Dynamics of Change in the American Hospital Industry: Transformation or Selection?

Alexander, Jeffrey A. and Terry L. Amburgey

Health Care Review

Issue:44

1987

Pages: pp. 279-321
Multivariate Point Process Models in Social Research

Amburgey, Terry L.

Social Science Research

Issue:15

1986

Pages: pp. 190-207
Time Series Models for Event Counts

Amburgey, Terry L. and Glenn R. Carroll

Social Science Research

Issue:13

1984

Pages: pp. 38-54
Marx and Modern Systems Theory

McQuarie, Donald and Terry L. Amburgey

Social Science Quarterly

Issue:59

1978

Pages: pp. 3-19
System Change in Karl Marx's Model of Socio-Economic Formation

Amburgey, Terry L. and Donald McQuarie

General Systems

Issue:XXII

1978

Pages: pp. 99-103

Selected Publications - Books and Chapters

Organizational Ecology

Amburgey, Terry L., and Joel A. C. Baum

In Companion to Organizations, edited by Joel A. C. Baum. Blackwell Publishers. Forthcoming
Organizational Evolution

Amburgey, Terry L., and Jitendra Singh

In Companion to Organizations, edited by Joel A. C. Baum. Blackwell Publishers. Forthcoming
Event Count Analysis and Strategic Management

Arregle, Jean-Luc, Terry L. Amburgey, and Tina Dacin

In Research Methods in Strategic Management, edited by Michel Ghertman, Jacques Obadia, and Jean-Luc Arregle (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers)

1997

Pages: pp. 331-344
Learning Races, Patent Races, and Capital Races: Strategic Interaction and Embeddedness Within Organizational Fields

Amburgey, Terry L., Tina Dacin and Jitendra V. Singh

In Advances in Strategic Management, edited by Jane Dutton and Joel A. C. Baum (Greenwich: JAI Press)

1996

Pages: pp. 303-322
Disruptive Selection and Population Segmentation: Inter-population Competition as a Segregating Process

Amburgey, Terry L., Tina Dacin and Dawn Kelly

In Evolutionary Dynamics of Organizations, edited by Joel A. C. Baum and Jitendra Singh (New York: Oxford University Press)

1994

Pages: pp. 240-254
The Evolutionary Development of Credit Unions

Amburgey, Terry L., and Tina Dacin

Madison, WI: Filene Research Institute

1993
Do Larger Organizations Generate Stronger Competition?

Barnett, William P. and Terry L. Amburgey

In Organizational Evolution: New Directions, edited by Jitendra V. Singh (Newbury Park: Sage Publications)

1990

Pages: pp. 78-102
Suppression and Failure in the Political Press: Government Control, Party Affiliation and Organizational Life Chances

Amburgey, Terry L., Marjo-Riita Lehtisalo and Dawn Kelly

In Ecological Models of Organizations, edited by Glenn R. Carroll (Cambridge: Ballinger Publishing Company)

1988

Pages: pp. 153-173

Honors and Awards

2001

The Evolution of Biotechnology Networks, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council, Amount: $72,103
1997

Gene Therapy Industrial Events Database, The Institute for Human Gene Therapy, Amount: $15,000
1991

The Evolutionary Development of Credit Unions, Source: The Filene Research Institute, Inc., Amount: $30,401
1990

The Dynamics of Japanese Labor Federations: Foundings, Failures and Affiliations, Source: University of Wisconsin, Amount: $20,890

Terry L. Amburgey

Terry L. Amburgey

Bio

Academic Positions

Professor, Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management

Professor of Management, University of Kentucky

Visiting Professor of Strategic Management, EDHEC, Lille, France

Associate Professor of Management, University of Kentucky

Assistant Professor of Management, University of Kentucky

Assistant Professor of Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Visiting Assistant Professor of Organization and Management, Dartmouth College

Assistant Professor of Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Assistant Professor of Business Policy and Strategy, University of Texas-Dallas

Assistant Professor of Organization Behaviour, Northwestern University

Instructor of Organization Behaviour, Northwestern University

Instructor of Management, California State University-Hayward

Non-Academic Positions

Research Consultant, Office of the California State Public Defender

Research Intern, IBM Corporation

Selected Publications - Papers

Organizational Ecology: Past, Present, and Future Directions

The Use of Event History Analysis to Examine Insurer Insolvencies

As the Left Foot Follows the Right? The Dynamics of Strategic and Structural Change

Resetting the Clock: The Dynamics of Organizational Change and Failure

Strategic Momentum: The Effects of Strategy, Structure and History on Merger Activity

Organizational Inertia and Momentum: A Dynamic Model of Strategic Change

Interorganizational Linkages and Population Dynamics: Buffering and Transformational Shields

The Dynamics of Change in the American Hospital Industry: Transformation or Selection?

Multivariate Point Process Models in Social Research

Time Series Models for Event Counts

Marx and Modern Systems Theory

System Change in Karl Marx's Model of Socio-Economic Formation

Selected Publications - Books and Chapters

Organizational Ecology

Organizational Evolution

Event Count Analysis and Strategic Management

Learning Races, Patent Races, and Capital Races: Strategic Interaction and Embeddedness Within Organizational Fields

Disruptive Selection and Population Segmentation: Inter-population Competition as a Segregating Process

The Evolutionary Development of Credit Unions

Do Larger Organizations Generate Stronger Competition?

Suppression and Failure in the Political Press: Government Control, Party Affiliation and Organizational Life Chances

Honors and Awards

The Evolution of Biotechnology Networks, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council, Amount: $72,103

Gene Therapy Industrial Events Database, The Institute for Human Gene Therapy, Amount: $15,000

The Evolutionary Development of Credit Unions, Source: The Filene Research Institute, Inc., Amount: $30,401

The Dynamics of Japanese Labor Federations: Foundings, Failures and Affiliations, Source: University of Wisconsin, Amount: $20,890