Hermann Ndofor

Hermann Achidi Ndofor received the B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA, the MBA degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, and the Ph.D. degree in management from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA, in 2004.,He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA. Prior to joining the Kelley School of Business in 2015, he was an Assistant Professor with the Mays Business School, Texas A&M. His research interests include competitive dynamics, resource management, Top Management Teams, and entrepreneurship, with specific interest in Africa. His research has been published in a range of journals including the Strategic Management Journal, the Journal of Management, the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Business Ethics Quarterly, and Leadership Quarterly.,Dr. Ndofor is currently an Associate Editor with the Africa Journal of Management and is on the editorial review boards of Strategic Management Journal and Management and Organization Review.

Education

• University of Wisconsin: PhD 2004
  • Recipient of the 2003 School of Business Eric Schenker Dissertation Scholarship Award.
• University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business: MBA 2001
• University of Wisconsin-Madison: MA 1998 Applied Economics
• University of Wisconsin-Madison: BA 1995
  • Economics (honors) and International Relations (honors)

Areas of Expertise

• Top Management Teams, Competition Strategy, Competition Between Firms, CEO Succession, Firm Performance, Performance Turnaround, Business in Africa

Selected Publications

• Ndofor, H., Fabian, F., and Michel, J. (2018). Chaos in Industry Environments. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 65(2), 191-203.
• Yi, Y., Ndofor, H., He, X., and Wei, Z. (2018). Top management team tenure diversity and performance: The moderating role of behavioral integration. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 65(1), 21-33. View Full Text
• Goranova, M., Priem, R., Ndofor, H., and Trahms C. (2017). Is there a ‘Dark Side’ to Monitoring? Board and Shareholder Monitoring Effects on M&A Performance Extremeness. Strategic Management Journal, 38(11), 2285-2297.
• Anastasia, M., Ekaete, B., and Ndofor, H. (2016). A Review of 'Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Cultural Perspective (Ian K. Alexander and Benson Honig). Africa Journal of Management, 2(4), 438-443.
• Ndofor, H., Sirmon, D., and He, X. (2015). Utilizing The Firm’s Resources: How TMT Heterogeneity and Resulting Faultlines Affect TMT Tasks. Strategic Management Journal, 36(11), 1656-1674.
• Ndofor, H, Wesley, C. and Priem, R. (2015). Providing CEOs Opportunities to Cheat: The Roles of Firm- and Industry-based Information Asymmetries in Financial Reporting Fraud. Journal of Management, 41(6), 1774-1797.
• Yi, Y., He, X., Ndofor, H., and Wei, Z. (2015). Dynamic Capabilities and the Speed of Strategic Change: Evidence from China. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 62(1), 18-28.
• Wesley, C., and Ndofor, H. (2013). The Great Escape: The Unaddressed Ethical Issue of Ownership in Corporate Governance. Business Ethics Quarterly, 23(3), 443-475.
• Trahms, C., Ndofor, H., and Sirmon, D. (2013). Organizational Decline and Turnaround: A Review and Agenda for Future Research. Journal of Management, 39(5), 1069-1084.
• Ndofor, H., Sirmon, D. & He, X (2011). Resources, Competitive Actions and Performance: Investigating a Mediated Model with Evidence from the In-vitro Diagnostics industry. Strategic Management Journal, 32(6). 640-657.
• Ndofor, H. and Priem, R. (2011). Entrepreneur’s forms of capital, venture strategy and venture performance: The case of immigrant entrepreneurs. Journal of Management, 37(3): 790-818.
• Arendt, L., Priem, R., and Ndofor, H. (2005). A CEO-Advisor Model of Strategic Decision Making. Journal of Management, 31(5) 680-699.
• Ndofor, H., and Levitas, E. (2004). Signaling the Strategic Value of Knowledge. Journal of Management, 30(5) 685-702.