Andrew Nelson

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Degree History:

PhD, Stanford University, 2007
MS, Oxford University, 2000
BA, Stanford University, 1998

Previous Academic Positions:

Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, 2012
Lecturer, Stanford University, 2007-2008

Professional Leadership Positions:

Editorial Board Member: Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Innovation: Organization & Management
Stanford Technology Ventures Program advisory board, 2015-present
UO University Venture Development Fund board member, 2015-present
UO Vice President for Research and Innovation advisory board 2012-present

Research/Teaching Awards:

Thomas C. Stewart Distinguished Professor, University of Oregon, 2018
Oregon Executive MBA Outstanding Faculty, 2016
Harry R. Jacobs, Jr. Professional Service Award – University of Oregon, 2016
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Journal editorial board, 2016
Oregon Executive MBA Outstanding Faculty, 2015
Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship conference – Best Paper Award, 2015
Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship - Best Paper Award, 2015
Goulet Outstanding Research Award – University of Oregon, 2014
Western Academy of Management "Ascendant Scholar," 2014
Business Advisory Council Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2013
Industry Studies Association “Rising Star” runner-up, 2013
Bramsen Faculty Fellow in Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainability, 2012-2013
James E. Reinmuth M.B.A. Teaching Excellence Award, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Kauffman Foundation Junior Faculty Fellow in Entrepreneurship, 2009-2011
Best Paper Award, UC Davis Qualitative Research Conference, 2010
Business Advisory Council Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2009
Best Dissertation Award, INFORMS Technology Management Section, 2008
PhD Fellowship, Stanford University School of Engineering, 2001

Bio:

Andrew Nelson is an associate professor of management and the academic director of the Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business. He also serves as the university's associate vice president for entrepreneurship and innovation. Andrew received his PhD in management science and engineering from Stanford University, where he subsequently served as a lecturer. He also holds an MS (with distinction) from Oxford University and a BA (with honors and distinction) from Stanford.

Andrew's research explores the development and commercialization of technological innovations. His ongoing research projects focus on the fields of digital music, information technology, green (sustainable) chemistry, and biotechnology. Among other outlets, his work appears in the Academy of Management Journal, Research Policy, Organization Science and in his book, The Sound of Innovation: Stanford and the Computer Music Revolution (MIT Press, 2015). His research has received awards from the Academy of Management, the Industry Studies Association, and the Kauffman Foundation. Andrew also serves on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal and the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.

An award-winning teacher, Andrew leads undergraduate, MBA, PhD and executive education courses in entrepreneurship and in organization theory. With Tom Byers (Stanford University) and Dick Dorf (University of California, Davis), he is the author of Technology Ventures: From Idea to Enterprise (McGraw-Hill), now in its 4th edition and used in entrepreneurship courses worldwide.

“The Social Shaping of Technological Fields: An Analysis of Telecommuting” (Joint with Steve Barley, Stanford, and Diane Bailey, UT Austin)
“Back to the Future: Authenticity and Technological Oscillation in the Sound Synthesizer Industry” (Joint with Mary Tripsas, Boston College, and Callen Anthony, Boston College)

General Research Areas

Commercialization of University Research
Diffusion Networks and Network Analysis
Entrepreneurship
Institutional Theory
University/Firm Relations and Interorganizational Collaborations

Specialty

Commercialization of University Research
Economics of Innovation and Technology
Entrepreneurship
Interorganizational Networks

Refereed Journal Articles

Waisberg, Isaac, and Andrew Nelson. “When the General Meets the Particular: The Practices and Challenges of Interorganizational Knowledge Reuse.” Organization Science 29, no. 3: 432-448. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2017.1196.
August 2018
Hayter, Chris, Andrew Nelson, Stephanie Zayed, and Alan O’Connor. “Conceptualizing Academic Entrepreneurship Ecosystems: A Review, Analysis and Extension of the Literature.” The Journal of Technology Transfer 43, no. 4: 1039-1082. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-018-9657-5.
July 2018
Howard-Grenville, Jennifer, Andrew Nelson, Andrew Earle, Julie Haack, and Doug Young. “‘If Chemists Don’t Do It, Who’s Going to?’: Peer-Driven Occupational Change and the Emergence of Green Chemistry.” Administrative Science Quarterly 62, no. 3: 524-560. https://doi.org/10.1177/0001839217690530.
November 2017
Anthony, Callen, Andrew J. Nelson, and Mary Tripsas. "'Who Are You?...I Really Wanna Know': Product Meaning and Competitive Positioning in the Nascent Synthesizer Industry." Strategy Science 1, no. 3: 163-183. https://dx.doi.org/10.1287/stsc.2016.0015.
September 2016
Nelson, Andrew J. "How to Share ‘A Really Good Secret’: Managing Sharing/Secrecy Tensions around Scientific Knowledge Disclosure." Organization Science 27, no. 2: 265-285. https://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2015.1040.
March 2016
Grodal, Stine, Andrew J. Nelson, and Rosanne M. Siino. "Help-Seeking and Help-Giving as an Organizational Routine: Continual Engagement in Innovative Work." Academy of Management Journal 58, no 1: 136-168. https://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amj.2012.0552.
June 2015
Nelson, Andrew, Andrew Earle, Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Julie Haack, and Doug Young. "Obliteration, Symbolic Adoption and Other Finicky Challenges in Measuring Innovation Diffusion." Research Policy 43, no. 6: 927-940. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2014.01.010.
June 2014
Nelson, Andrew J., and Jennifer Irwin. "'Defining What We Do—All Over Again': Occupational Identity, Technological Change, and the Librarian-Internet Search Relationship." Academy of Management Journal 57, no. 3: 892-928. https://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amj.2012.0201.
June 2014
Nelson, Andrew J. "From the Ivory Tower to the Startup Garage: Organizational Context and Commercialization Processes." Research Policy 43, no. 7: 1144-1156. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2014.04.011.
June 2014
Mody, Cyrus, and Andrew J. Nelson. "'A Towering Virtue of Necessity': Interdisciplinarity and the Rise of Computer Music at Vietnam-Era Stanford." Osiris 28, no. 1: 254-277. https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/671380.
January 2013
Nelson, Andrew J. "Putting University Research in Context: Assessing Alternative Measures of Production and Diffusion at Stanford." Research Policy 41, no. 4: 678-691. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2011.11.004.
May 2012
Nelson, Andrew J. "Measuring Knowledge Spillovers: What Patents, Publications and Licenses Reveal About Knowledge Diffusion." Research Policy 38, no. 6: 994-1005. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2009.01.023.
July 2009
Nelson, Andrew J. "Cacophony or Harmony: Multivocal Logics and Technology Licensing by the Stanford University Department of Music." Industrial and Corporate Change 14, no. 1: 93-118. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icc/dth045.
January 2005

Book Chapters

Nelson, Andrew J. "Managing Collaborations at the University-Industry Interface: An Exploration of the Diffusion of PCR and rDNA." In Qualitative Organizational Research: Best Papers from the Davis Conference on Qualitative Research, Volume 3, edited by Beth A. Bechky and Kimberly D. Elsbach, 53-90. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
April 2016
Nelson, Andrew J., and Stefano Cazzago. "Culture and Innovation." In The Concise Guide to Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Innovation, edited by David B. Audretsch, Christopher S. Hayter and Albert N. Link, 20-27. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
June 2015
Nelson, Andrew J. "Challenges in University Technology Transfer and the Promising Role of Entrepreneurship Education." In Handbook of University Technology Transfer, edited by Albert Link, Donald S. Siegel, and Mike Wright. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
May 2015
Byers, Tom, and Nelson, Andrew J. "Organizational Modularity and Intra-University Relationships between Entrepreneurship Education and Technology Transfer." In University Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer: Process, Design, and Intellectual Property, edited by Gary Libecap, 275-311. Stamford, CT: Elsevier Science/JAI Press.
January 2005

Book Review

Bailey, Michael, and Andrew J. Nelson. "Robert Stevenson: The Eminent Engineer (Review)." Technology and Culture, 45, no. 3: 650-651. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2004.0145
July 2004

Books

Byers, Thomas, Richard Dorf, and Andrew Nelson (2018), Technology Ventures: From Idea to Enterprise, 5th edition New York: McGraw-Hill.

February 2018
Nelson, Andrew (2015), The Sound of Innovation: Stanford and the Computer Music Revolution Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
March 2015
Byers, Thomas, Richard Dorf, and Andrew Nelson (2014), Technology Ventures: From Idea to Enterprise, 4th edition New York: McGraw-Hill. (Mandarin translation: 2017)
February 2014
Byers, Thomas, Richard Dorf, and Andrew Nelson (2010), Technology Ventures: From Idea to Enterprise, 3rd edition New York: McGraw-Hill. (Translated into Italian (2011) and Croatian (2015))
February 2010

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