Ralph A. Heidl

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Degree History:

PhD, University of Washington, 2010
MS, Pennsylvania State University, 2000

Previous Academic Positions:

Assistant Professor of Management, Michigan State University
Lecturer in Spatial information Systems, University of Tasmania

Bio:

Dr. Heidl's research examines how enterprising firms and individuals engage in multilateral collaboration to create and use new technological resources. He is a member of the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society. His research has been published or is forthcoming in Organization Science, the Strategic Management Journal, the Journal of Management, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Research Methods, and the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. He has extensive industry experience in the design and implementation of mobile and collaborative business software for Fortune 500 companies.

Heidl, Ralph, J. Hollenbeck, Z. Guo, A. Yu, R. Calantone, and C. Voorhees. "The Impact of Simmelian Ties and Informal Boundary Spanning on Leadership Emergence in Large Scale Collaborative Science." Journal of Applied Psychology.

Research Areas

Collaborative Networks
Innovation Management
Intellectual Property Strategy
Technology Entrepreneurship

Journal Articles

Matusik, James G., Ralph Heidl, John R. Hollenbeck, Andrew Yu, Hun Whee Lee, and Michael Howe. "Wearable Bluetooth Sensors for Capturing Relational Variables and Temporal Variability in Relationships: A Construct Validation Study." Journal of Applied Psychology 104, no. 3: 357-387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0000334.
March 2019
Chaffin, Daniel, Ralph Heidl, John R. Hollenbeck, Michael Howe, Andrew Yu, Clay Voorhees, and Roger Calantone. "The Promise and Perils of Wearable Sensors in Organizational Research." Organization Research Methods 20, no. 1: 3-31. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428115617004.
January 2017
Steensma, H. Kevin, Mukund Chari, Ralph Heidl. "A Comparative Analysis of Patent Assertion Entities in Markets for Intellectual Property Rights." Organization Science 27, no. 1: 2-17. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2015.1021.
January 2016
Steensma, H. Kevin, Mukund Chari, and Ralph Heidl. "The Quest for Expansive Intellectual Property Rights and the Failure to Disclose Known Relevant Prior Art." Strategic Management Journal 36, no. 8: 1186-1204. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2279.
August 2015
Heidl, Ralph, H. Kevin Steensma, and Corey Phelps. "Divisive Faultlines and the Unplanned Dissolution Of Multi-Partner Alliances." Organization Science 25, no. 5: 1351-1371. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2014.0898.
September 2014
Phelps, Corey, Ralph Heidl, and Anu Wadhwa. "Knowledge, Networks, and Knowledge Networks: A Review and Research Agenda." Journal of Management 38, no. 4: 1115-1166. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206311432640.
July 2012

Other Publications

Heidl, Ralph A., Steensma, H. Kevin Steensma, and Corey Phelps. "Coopetition in Multipartner Alliances: Knowledge Flow between Strangers among Friends." Academy of Management Proceedings 2016: no. 1. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2016.10996abstract.
January 2016
Chaffin, Daniel Thomas, Ralph A. Heidl, Mukund Chari, and Roger Calantone. "The Role of Examiner Workload and Applicant Reputation in Intellectual Property Protection.&quot Academy of Management Proceedings 2013, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2013.219.
January 2013
Heidl, Ralph and Corey Phelps. "The Influence of Interorganizational Embeddedness on Multi-Partner Alliance Stability." Academy of Management Proceedings 2010, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2010.54493929.
August 2010

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