Connie Helfat

DEGREE

• PhD, Yale University, 1985;
• MPhil, Yale University, 1982;
• MA, Yale University, 1981;
• AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1979

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Business strategy, technology

COURSES

• Strategic Principles for Internet Businesses;
• Deconstructing Apple

BIO

• Constance Helfat’s research seeks to understand the nature of strategic change in organizations, particularly change that is a result of emerging technology, knowledge, and capabilities. She teaches the elective courses Deconstructing Apple, a research-to-practice seminar, and Strategic Principles for Internet Businesses.

CURRENT RESEARCH TOPICS

• Business and corporate strategy, especially firm capabilities and adaptation to change, with application to innovation, top management, vertical integration

AWARDS

• Viipuri Prize, Lappeeranta University of Technology in Finland
• Distinguished Scholar Award, Technology and Innovation Management Division, Academy of Management
• Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
• MBA Excellence in Teaching Award, The Wharton School
• Yale University Graduate Fellowship
• Distinction on Ph.D. Qualifying Examination in Economic History
• High Honors in Economics and Great Distinction in General Scholarship, University of California at Berkeley
• Phi Beta Kappa

WORKING PAPERS

• With A. Lipparini and G. Verona, “Ambidexterity in Inter-firm Partnerships: Evidence from Buyer-Supplier Relationships in the Italian Motor Vehicle Sector”

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• With M. Campo-Remado, “Integrative Capabilities, Vertical Integration, and Innovation Over Successive Technology Lifecycles,” Organization Science, forthcoming
• With R. Bettis, A. Gambardella, and W. Mitchell, “Qualitative Empirical Research in Strategic Management,” Strategic Management Journal, 36(5), 2015
• With J. Martin, “Dynamic Managerial Capabilities: A Review and Assessment of Managerial Impact on Strategic Change,” Journal of Management, 41(5), 2015
• With R. Bettis, A. Gambardella, and W. Mitchell, "Theory in Strategic Management," Strategic Management Journal, 35(10), 2014
• With M. Peteraf, “Managerial Cognitive Capabilities and the Microfoundations of Dynamic Capabilities,” Strategic Management Journal, forthcoming
• With R. Bettis, A. Gambardella, and W. Mitchell, “Quantitative Empirical Analysis in Strategic Management,” Strategic Management Journal, 35(7), 2014
• With S. Karim, “Fit Between Organization Design and Organizational Routines,” Journal of Organization Design, 3(2), 2014
• With J. Martin, “Dynamic Managerial Capabilities: A Perspective on the Relationship Between Managers, Creativity and Innovation in Organizations,” in Christina Shalley, Michael Hitt, and Jing Zhou, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Multilevel Linkages, Oxford University Press, forthcoming
• With C. Stadler and G. Verona, “The Impact of Dynamic Capabilities on Resource Access and Development,” Organization Science, 24(6), 2013
• “Technical Fitness,” Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
• “Evolutionary Fitness,” Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
• With T. Zuzul, “Capability Lifecycle,” Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
• With A. Hugill, “Managerial Resources and Capabilities,” Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
• With A. Hill, “Managerial Rents,” Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013