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Professor
Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
BIO
Brian Silverman is Professor of Strategic Management, and holds the J.R.S. Prichard and Ann Wilson Chair in Management. He has previously served as Associate Dean, Research & Academic Resources. His research focuses on the ways in which a firm’s competitive strategy and organizational structure interact to affect its performance – in particular, its ability to access and exploit technological capabilities. He studies diverse industries including biotechnology, information processing, consumer electronics, and transportation. He has served in numerous roles in varied academic organizations. He is a Co-Editor at Strategic Management Journal, serves on the editorial boards of California Management Review, Organization Science, Research Policy, and Strategic Organization, and is a former Series Editor of Advances in Strategic Management.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Professor of Strategic ManagementUniversity of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Canada2004 - present
- J.R.S. Prichard and Ann Wilson Chair in ManagementUniversity of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Canada2004 - present
- Associate Dean, Research and Academic ResourcesUniversity of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Canada2019 - 2020
- Associate Dean, Research and Academic ResourcesUniversity of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Canada2017 - 2018
- Magna International Professor of StrategyUniversity of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Canada2003 - 2004
- Associate Professor of Strategic ManagementUniversity of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Canada2001 - 2004
- Assistant Professor of Competition and StrategyHarvard Business School, United States1998 - 2001
- Assistant Professor of Strategic ManagementUniversity of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Canada1995 - 1998
- Visiting FellowCopenhagen Business School, Denmark2019 - 2019
- Visiting ProfessorVictoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand2018 - 2018
- Academic VisitorUniversity of Oxford, Said Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom2017 - 2017
- Sandra Dawson Visiting ProfessorUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom2016 - 2016
- Visiting FellowLondon Business School, United Kingdom2015 - 2015
- Visiting FellowTechnion, Israel2014 - 2014
- Visiting ScholarNew York University, Stern School of Management, United States2010 - 2010
- Visiting ProfessorSingapore Management University, Singapore2010 - 2010
- Visiting ProfessorUniversite de Paris I, France2009 - 2009
- Visiting ProfessorUniversite de Paris XI, France2005 - 2005
- Senior FellowUniversity of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, United States2004 - 2004
- Visiting ScholarCoumbia Business School, United States2003 - 2003
DEGREES
- PhDUniversity of California, Berkeley, United States
- MAUniversity of California, Berkeley, United States
- SMMassachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
- ABHarvard University, United States
AVAILABILITY
- Industry Projects
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision