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ALLAN N. AFUAH
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1234
Phone: 734-***-****. FAX:734-***-****
E-mail: abox8z@r.postjobfree.com
ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
2001-PresentAssociate Professor of Strategy, Stephen M. Ross School of Business,
University of Michigan
2003-2004Judith C. and William G. Bollinger Visiting Professor
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
2001-2003Associate Professor and Co-Chair of Corporate Strategy and International
Business, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Michael & Mary Kay Hallman Faculty Fellow
1995-2001Assistant Professor of Corporate Strategy and International Business, Stephen
M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
1994-1995Post-doctoral researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
EDUCATION
1991-1994 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
Ph.D. in Management with concentration in Technological Innovation and
Strategy. Thesis: Rebecca Henderson (Chair), Dick Schmalensee, and Jim
Utterback.
1988-1990 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
SM in Management. Concentration in Strategy and Technological Innovation.
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am passionately interested in the application of the strategic management concepts of
value
creation and capture to explain not only why some firms perform better than others in the
face
of game-changing innovations, but also to explore questions as diverse as why Africa is
poor
despite being endowed with numerous natural resources, and why we had the financial
crisis of
the late 2000s. My research falls in four streams: (1) the impact of technological change
on co-
opetitors the suppliers, customers, rivals, complementors and other external institutions
with
whom a focal firm often must cooperate to create value and compete to appropriate the
value,
(2) the impact of innovation on boundaries of the firm, (3) strategic
innovation innovations
not only in products/services but also in business models, business processes, and
positioning
vis-A-vis coopetitors, and lately, (4) the top of the pyramid in Africa: the idea that
eradicating
poverty in African will NOT come from bottom of the pyramid programs but from focusing on
its middle and top of economic pyramid that can add value to its abundant resources
presently
being exploited by foreign countries.
SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
SCHOLARLY HONORS AND AWARDS
Michael & Mary Kay Hallman Faculty Fellow, 2001-2003
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1999 MBA Teacher of the Year (MBA Student Award for Teaching Excellence 1999). Stephen
M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.
Kunz Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management 1991-1994
Finalist ORSA/TIMS College on Organizations 1993/94 nationwide best dissertation proposal
contest
Finalist for Student Award for Teaching Excellence in the first 7 of the first 10 years
at the
Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
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Selected Cases written under my supervision
Survivor: Has the Tribe Spoken? by Nidhi Chandra, Jason Kuo, Efram Lebovits, Nicholas
Takessian, and Wendy Yu. 2007.
Netflix: Responding to Blockbuster, Again, by Christian Chuck, Tania Ganguly, Chad
Greeno,
Julie Knakal, and Tony Knakal. 2008.
Sephora takes on America, by Kathryn Morrison, Jason Paradowski, Stefan Pototschnik,
Matthew Smucker, and Spiro Vamvaka. 2008
New Belgium: Brewing a new game, by Ali Dharamsey, Lei Duram, Claudia Joseph, Steve
Krichbaum, and Shama Zehra. 2008.
Xbox360: Would the second time be better? by Katy Chai, Victor Colombo, Elizabeth
Huntley,
Ian Mackenzie, Justin Manly, and Tatsuyoshi Matsuura. 2008.
Esperion: Drano for your Arteries? by Brian Levy, Melissa Vasilev, Jess Rosenbloom, Scott
Peterson, and Patrick Lyon. 2008.
eBay: Growing the world s largest online trading community, by Scott M. Tang.
Pixar Animation (2002), by Catherine Crane, Will Johnson. Kitty Neumark. Christopher
Perrigo and Yuliya Yoon.
Viagra: A hard act to follow, by Jeff Kreick, Richard Mitschke, Corey Peak, Lee Susen and
Wade Warren. 2003.
Eclipse: The next big thing in small aircraft, by Sarah Davis, Michael Garceau, Victor
Gonzalez-Maartens, Jeff Huebner and Gonzalo Mannucci. 2003.
Salton Inc., and The George Foreman grill, by Diana Alpert, David Azvnavorian, Alice
Boswell, David Lowy, and Amy Percy. 2003.
Satellite digital audio service (SDARS): Beyond AM, Beyond FM . . . Radio takes a serious
step forward, by Jim Callahn, Shelly Cropper, Jed Hunter, Rebecca Kucker and Angela
Mitzel.
2003.
Segway:
2006-2010 Developing and teaching the new course: CSIB 675: New Game
Business Models. Based on my new book Strategic Innovation: New
Game Strategies for Competitive Advantage.
2004-2006 Continued to teach the core Strategy course at the Ross School
1997 - 2003 Core course coordinator for CSIB 502: Corporate Strategy I. Course
consistently ranked as one of Ross' top 2 core courses
1997 - 2003 Developed and taught CSIB 673: Strategies for Technology and
Innovation Management, which grew to 4 sections. In Fall 2000, average
class size for each of the three day sections of this elective was 81
students
1997 - 2003 Taught both the core course in Strategy (CSIB 502 and CSIB 673 with
an average performance evaluation of 4.73 and that has been as high as
5.0 on a 5.0 scale
1995 - 97 Taught undergraduate core course (CSIB 390). Core course coordinator
19961997.
SERVICE
External evaluator, University of BolognaManagement Department.Dec. 2003
Chair of task force to improve the Ross School s Yield. Team increased yield from 44% to
53% and the measures we recommended lead to much higher yields in the years to come 70%
in 2007)
Member research committee 2001/2002
Member Curriculum and Teaching committee 20022003 and 2004-2010Informal advisor to BBSA
Informal advisor to foreign and students of color
Ad-hoc reviewer for many journals,
Best paper committee, BPS section of Academy of Management 1999
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