Kate Odziemkowska

Kate Odziemkowska is an Assistant Professor, Tenure Stream. Her research focuses on cooperative strategy—formal interorganizational relationships such as alliances or collaborations—in nonmarket settings. More specifically, on how and when strategically aligning with often-adversarial stakeholders, such as social activists, NGOs, and local communities can benefit firms, and the implications for stakeholders and society. Her research explains why cooperative strategy is an increasingly popular approach to managing nonmarket stakeholders, when and why existing theories of interorganizational relationships fail in nonmarket settings, and the critical role conflict and networks play in cooperative nonmarket strategy,

In newer projects, she explores how cooperative and conflictual stakeholder relationships affect firm innovation, returns to corporate scope expansion, and political strategies. She also has ongoing work on corporate activism, or firms taking stances on sociopolitical issues. Finally, in a new SSHRC-sponsored project she is exploring the ESG countermovement. 

She is an International Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Corporate Reputation, and a Fellow of the ESG Initiative at The Wharton School. She serves on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, and the Strategic Management Journal.