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Daniel A Levinthal
Reginald H. Jones Professor of Corporate Management


Education

PhD, Stanford University, 1985; BA, Harvard University, 1979

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 1989-present (named Reginald H. Jones Professor of Corporate Management, 2005; Chairperson, Management Department, 2001-present; named Julian Aresty Professor of Management, 1999-2005). Previous appointment: Carnegie Mellon University

Other Positions

Systems Analyst, Decision Analysis Group, SRI International, 1978-79

Professional Leadership

Department Editor for Business Strategy, Management Science, 2000-present; Editorial Board, Journal of Evolutional Economics, 1997-present; Editorial Board, Journal of Management and Governance, 1998-present

Publications
C. Fang, Daniel A Levinthal (2009), The Near-Term Liability of Exploitation: Exploration and Exploitation in Multi-Stage Problems, Organization Science, 20(3): 538-551
S. Ethiraj, Daniel A Levinthal (2009), Hoping for A to Z while Rewarding only A: Complex Organizations and Multiple Goals, Organization Science, 20: 4-24
P. Ghemawat, Daniel A Levinthal (2008), Choice Structures and Business Strategy, Management Science, 54: 1638-1651
Daniel A Levinthal (2008), Understanding the Role of Novelty in Organizational Adaptation, In J. March, Explorations in Organizations, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA
Ron Adner, Daniel A Levinthal (2008), Doing versus Seeing: Acts of Exploitation and Perceptions of Exploration, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2: 43-52
S. Ethiraj, Daniel A Levinthal, R. Roy (2008), The Dual Role of Modularity: Innovation and Imitation, Management Science, 54: 939-955

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Knowledge@Wharton
Is RIM Riding on the Edge? 09/28/2011
With Its New Music Storage and Player, Can Amazon Deliver in the Cloud? 05/11/2011
Dell's Diversification Strategy: 'A Day Late and a Dollar Short?' 09/01/2010
A Ground-level View of India's New Opportunities and Challenges 08/26/2010
Netflix: One Eye on the Present and Another on the Future 10/28/2009
The Disney/Marvel Marriage: Will They Live Happily Ever After? 09/16/2009

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Honors And Awards
Fellow of the Academy of Management, 2010
Distinguished Scholar, Organizational and Management Theory Division of the Academy of Management, 2010
Honorary Doctorate, University of Southern Denmark, 2010

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Levinthal Daniel A

Daniel A  Levinthal
 3209 SH-DH
3620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA19104
Phone: (215) 898-6826
dlev@wharton.upenn.edu

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Research Interests:
Industry evolution; Organizational learning; Technological competition