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John Kimberly

Scientific Consultant

Education

  • PhD, Cornell University
  • MS, Cornell University
  • BA, Yale University

Experience

  • Henry Bower Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Professor of Management, Wharton Business School
  • Previous appointments: Yale University, University of Illinois, Cornell University
  • Organizational consultant, several organizations in the public and private sectors
  • Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OCDE), Directorate for Science, Technology, and Industry and Directorate for Scientific Affairs, Paris, France
  • Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress
  • Association of American Medical Colleges, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Science 

Research areas

  • Organizational design
  • Organizational change
  • Institutional creation
  • Health policy
  • Managerial innovation

Main publications

Most significant refereed journal articles

  • 2007. Shifting boundaries: Doing research and having impact in the world of business education. Journal of Management Inquiry 16 (2): 128-154 (with J.P. Walsh, J.R. Tushman, B. Starbuck, and S. Ashford).
  • 2006. The business of addiction treatment: A research agenda. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 31 (3): 213-219 (with A. T. McLellan).
  • 2006. Industry evolution through consolidation: Implications for addiction treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 31 (3): 255-265 (with R. Corredoira).
  • 2003. Escaping the identity trap. Sloan Management Review 44 (3): 20-26 (with H. Bouchikhi).
  • 2001. 'It's difficult to innovate': The death of the tenured professor and the rise of the knowledge entrepreneur. Human Relations 54 (1): 77-84 (with H. Bouchikhi).
  • 1995. The dynamics of organizational development and change: How the past shapes the present and constrains the future. Organization Science 6 (1): 9-18 (with H. Bouchikhi).

Book

  • 2007. The Soul of the corporation. Wharton School Publishing: Upper Saddle River, NJ (with H. Bouchikhi).

Book chapter

  • 2005. Measuring and managing quality in hospitals: Lessons from a French experiment. In G.T. Savage, J.A. Chilingerian, and M. Powell (Eds.) International health care management. Advances in health care management. Vol. 5: 247-272. Elsevier: Oxford (with E. Minvielle).

Other activities

  • Member of the Editorial Board of American Journal of Medical Quality

Les accréditations

  • EFMD EQUIS ACCREDITED
  • AACSB Accredited
  • Accredited by Association of MBAs
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