ANDREW JOEL NELSON Management Science and Engineering …

ANDREW JOEL NELSON
Management Science and Engineering                            T: 650.248.7492
430 Terman Engineering Center                                 F: 650.723.2826
Stanford University                                           andrew.nelson@stanford.edu
Stanford, CA 94305                                            www.stanford.edu/~homer/academics



CURRENT POSITION

2007 ­           Lecturer and Post-Doctoral Fellow
                 Department of Management Science and Engineering
                 Stanford University


EDUCATION

June 2007        Stanford University
                 PhD in Management Science and Engineering

2000             Oxford University
                 MSc (distinction) in Economic and Social History

1998             Stanford University
                 BA (honors and distinction) in Science, Technology and Society and
                     Music, Science and Technology


DISSERTATION

Institutional Convergence and the Diffusion of University- Versus Firm-Origin Technologies (197 pages, defended June 2007)
Committee: Stephen Barley and Walter W. Powell (co-chairs), Kathleen Eisenhardt, Mark Granovetter

Recent innovation research has emphasized inter-organizational knowledge flows and has offered
special attention to the role of universities in these knowledge networks. But, we have little empirical
evidence of how competing institutional models shape knowledge diffusion networks for
universities versus firms. To address this issue, I compare diffusion patterns for university- and
firm-origin technologies in both biotechnology and digital audio. The study draws upon 3657
downstream patents and 7230 downstream publications to assess potential diffusion differences, and
exploits 220 interviews with 112 different researchers and business managers to identify diffusion
mechanisms and the considerations that affect their use.

I find that a technology' organizational origin alone offers little insight into institutionally-
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conditioned diffusion processes. Instead, I identify diffusion mechanisms that hold across
organizational contexts and I describe how these mechanisms build upon interpersonal networks.
These interpersonal networks, which feature rampant crossing of organizational boundaries, are the


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critical structures that enable the diffusion of knowledge and they shape how individual researchers
in each organizational context respond to the competing demands of public science and private
science. These results demonstrate how institutions condition the movement of knowledge between
organizations ­ both from the university to the firm and from the firm to the university ­ and they
encourage a richer conceptualization of institutions that embraces intra-organizational complexity
and that highlights the role of personal networks in transcending institutional dichotomies and
thereby fostering hybrid organizational forms.


PAPERS (PUBLISHED OR UNDER REVIEW)

Nelson, Andrew (2005), "  Cacophony or Harmony: Multivocal Logics and Technology Licensing by
   the Stanford University Department of Music" Industrial and Corporate Change 14:1, pp. 93-118.

Nelson, Andrew and Thomas Byers (2005), "        Organizational Modularity and Intra-University
   Relationships Between Entrepreneurship Education and Technology Transfer" in University
   Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer: Process, Design, and Intellectual Property (Gary Libecap, ed.)
   Stamford, CT: Elsevier Science/JAI Press, pp. 275-311.

Nelson, Andrew, "   Institutional Influence in Concepts of Control: Lessons from the Diffusion of
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   19 Century Railway Signaling in the United States and United Kingdom" Revise and resubmit
   from Technology and Culture.

Nelson, Andrew, " University versus Firm Collaboration and the Institutions of Public and Private
   Science" Under review at Organization Science.


WORKING PAPERS (AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION)

Nelson, Andrew, " Patents Really Capture Innovation? What License and Publication Data Tell
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   Us About Patents as an Indicator"

Nelson, Andrew, " Competing Institutional Prescriptions and the Diffusion of University- versus
   Firm-Origin Technologies"

Nelson, Andrew, "Path Constrained Melioration and Intertemporal Externalities in Technology
   Development and Diffusion: The Keyboard Interface and Electronic Musical Instruments"


BOOK REVIEW

Nelson, Andrew (2004) "    Review of Robert Stevenson: The Eminent Engineer (Michael Bailey, ed.)"
   Technology and Culture 45:3, 650-652.


REFEREED PRESENTATIONS

"How Collaborative Are Public- Versus Private-Science Organizations?" Academy of Management
   Annual Meeting, August 2007

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"Institutional Influences on Knowledge Diffusion and Collaboration Networks" 14th Annual
    Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation (CCC), April 2007

"How Collaborative Are Public- Versus Private-Science Organizations?" Roundtable on Engineering
   Entrepreneurship Research (REER), December 2006

"How Collaborative Are Public- Versus Private-Science Organizations?" Technology Transfer Society
   (T2S) Annual Conference, September 2006

"Path Constrained Melioration and Intertemporal Externalities in Technology Development and
   Diffusion: The Keyboard Interface and Electronic Musical Instruments" Academy of Management
   Annual Meeting, August 2005

"Reconciling Economic and Cultural Influences in the Diffusion of Early Railroad Signaling
   Technologies" Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 2005

"Negotiating Work Schedules: The Micro-Foundations of Temporal Structures in Distributed
   Groups"(with Stine Grodal and Rosanne Siino), Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August
   2004

"Collaboration in Distributed Teams: Evidence for the Importance of Time"(with Stine Grodal and
   Rosanne Siino), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2002


INVITED PRESENTATIONS

"Competing Institutional Prescriptions and the Diffusion of University- versus Firm-Origin
   Technologies" SCANCOR Seminar, Stanford University, November 2007

"Assessing the Diffusion of University-Invented Technologies" Ministry of Science, Technology and
   Innovation (Denmark), September 2007

"Institutional Convergence and the Diffusion of University- versus Firm-Origin Technologies"
    Workshop on Paths of Developing Complex Technologies, Freie Universität Berlin, September 2007

"Relationships Between Entrepreneurship Education and Technology Transfer" Innovationsbron
   (Sweden), May 2007

"What Do We Really Know About University Technology Transfer?" General Motors Collaborative
  Research Laboratory Review Meeting, October 2006

" Public Science Institutions Breed Collaborative Technologies?" Max Planck Institute of Economics,
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   Department of Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy, August 2006

"Institutional Change and Technology Licensing by the Stanford University Music Department"
    Max Planck Institute of Economics, Department of Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy,
    July 2005

"Creating Markets for Music Technologies" CCRMA Industrial Affiliates Meeting, May 2005


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"Organizational Modularity and Intra-University Relationships Between Entrepreneurship
   Education and Technology Transfer"Kauffman Foundation Colloquium on University Technology
   Transfer and Entrepreneurship Education, January 2005

" University Technology Development Efforts Really Help Technology Development ­ or Even
 Do
   Universities?" UC Berkeley ­ Stanford ­ University of Michigan Conference on University-Industry
   Interfaces, November 2004

"The Social Shaping of Technological Fields: An Analysis of Telecommuting" General Motors
   Collaborative Research Laboratory Review Meeting, October 2004

"The Social Shaping of Technological Fields: An Analysis of Telecommuting" University College
   London Symposium on Work, Technology and Organizations, August 2004


AWARDS

School of Engineering Fellowship ­ Stanford University (PhD)
University Distinction ­ Oxford University (MSc)
University Distinction ­ Stanford University (BA)
Departmental Honors in Science, Technology and Society ­ Stanford University (BA)
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Major Grant ­ Stanford University (BA)
Walter Vincenti Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research ­ Stanford University (BA)


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Commercialization of university research
University-firm relations and inter-organizational collaborations
Entrepreneurship
Institutional theory
Diffusion networks and network analysis


ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

"The Social Construction of Telecommuting"
Co-Investigators: Profs. Stephen Barley and Diane Bailey

       Our investigation of the rhetoric surrounding telecommuting is driven by the mismatch
       between unrealized predictions of practice and continued enthusiasm. Drawing on nearly
       4000 articles covering the thirty-year history of telecommuting, we identify historic waves of
       interest that reframe telecommuting in terms of then-present concerns in order to justify an
       (assumed) imminent explosion in practice. The most powerful ­ and recent ­ of these waves
       is that of telecommuters as a market; starting around 1990, telecommunications firms
       recognized the potential of a new market formed by outfitting homes with office equipment
       and communications services. This market frame of telecommuting has shaped both the
       trajectory of related technologies and the balance between work and home, highlighting the
       interplay between market creation and work practices.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Director, Stanford University Office of Development (1999 ­ 2001)
       Executed multiple fundraising campaigns raising $600k to $10mm each
       Managed high-profile relationships for the university
       Oversaw integration of information management systems
Intern, U.S. Senate, Senator Max Baucus (1998)
        Researched science and technology issues for pending legislation
        Developed internet-based resources for constituency
Park Ranger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Libby Dam Project (1995 ­ 1996)
       Collected and analyzed visitor data to guide allocation of resources
       Devised and presented programs on hydroelectric power and fisheries science
       Developed physical and virtual exhibit spaces


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor:

Management and Organization of Research & Development (Management Science and Engineering 281)
Autumn 2007
       This course draws on relevant theoretical perspectives from sociology and management
       theory to address the social and pragmatic issues that surround technical innovation and the
       employment of scientists and engineers. Topics include the organization of scientific and
       technical communities, industrialization of research, strategies for fostering innovation,
       university technology transfer, and managerial problems characteristic of R&D settings. The
       course is directed towards masters and PhD students in engineering and the life sciences,
       select MBA students, and several working professionals employed in high-technology
       companies. I serve as sole instructor.

High-Technology Entrepreneurship (AeA/Stanford Executive Institute)
Summer 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
       The AeA/Stanford Executive Institute is a two-week program for 100 senior managers from
       leading high technology companies. The executives take a series of courses in marketing,
       finance, organizational behavior, product development, and supply chain management to
       refresh their MBA training and to focus on these subjects from a high-technology
       perspective. I served as co-instructor for the section on entrepreneurship, working with
       participants to refine business models and strategy around proposed new ventures.

Assessing Institutions Through Network Structure and Change (Scancor/Stanford)
Summer 2006 and 2007
         This weeklong course ­ held at Copenhagen Business School in 2007 and at the Helsinki
         University of Technology in 2006 ­ provides PhD students with insights into key theoretical
         issues concerning the emergence and dynamics of institutional change. I taught a daylong
         session on the public and private science as exemplars of different institutional models, and
         on the emergence of academic entrepreneurship as a case of institutional change. I also
         included one module on the use of network analysis for the assessment of institutional roles
         and influences.
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Issues in Technology and Work for a Post-Industrial Economy (Management Science and Engineering 181)
Spring 2007
          MS&E 181 is an undergraduate course that examines how changes in technology and
          organization are altering work practice. Course topics include models of organization,
          including the rise of bureaucracy and the network form; analysis of substitutional versus
          infrastructural technologies; automation; distributed and virtual organizations; and trends in
          occupational structures. I served as co-instructor.

Management of Technology Ventures (Engineering 140C )
Autumn 2005
       Engineering 140 is a three-quarter course sequence that teaches entrepreneurship to masters
       and upper-level undergraduate students in science and engineering disciplines. The course
       addresses functional management and leadership within high technology startups, focusing
       on entrepreneurial skills related to product and market strategy, venture financing and cash
       flow management, team recruiting and building strategies, and the challenges of managing
       growth and handling adversity in emerging ventures. I served as co-instructor for one
       quarter.


Teaching Assistant:

Management of Technology Ventures (Engineering 140A)
Spring 2004, 2005, 2006

Management of Technology Ventures (Engineering 140B)
Summer 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Management of Technology Ventures (Engineering 140C)
Autumn 2003, 2004, 2006

Organizational Behavior and Management (Management Science and Engineering 280)
Spring 2003

Management and Organization of Research & Development (Management Science and Engineering 281)
Winter 2004, 2005

Work, Technology and Organizations (Management Science and Engineering 284)
Winter 2003



TEACHING INTERESTS

Entrepreneurship
Strategy
Organizational theory
Research methods, especially social networks and network analysis
Economics of science and technology


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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Academy of Management
American Economic Association
American Sociological Association
Society for the History of Technology


SERVICE

Organizer, Stanford Center for Work, Technology and Organizations Colloquia (2002 ­ 2007)
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Organization Science
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Academy of Management Journal
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Research Policy
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Academy of Management annual meetings, OMT and OCIS Divisions


SELECT ACTIVITIES AND VOLUNTEER POSITIONS

Board Member, American Guild of Organists, Peninsula Chapter (2004 ­ 2007)
Founder, EnvelopeMusic (2001 ­ 2007)
Board Member, Haas Center for Public Service, Alumni Relations Board (2002 ­ 2006)
Co-Chair, Stanford University 5th Reunion (2002)
2nd Baseman, Oxford University varsity baseball team (1998-1999)
Board Member, Stanford In Government (1996-1998)


REFERENCES

Walter W. Powell
Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology, Organizational Behavior & Communication
Stanford University
External faculty member, Santa Fe Institute
532 CERAS Building
Stanford, CA 94305
Telephone: 650.725.7391
Email: woodyp@stanford.edu

Stephen Barley
Charles M. Pigott Professor of Management Science and Engineering
Stanford University
422 Terman Engineering Center
Stanford, CA 94305
Telephone: 650.723.9477
Email: sbarley@stanford.edu




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Kathleen Eisenhardt
Stanford Warren Ascherman Professor in the School of Engineering
Professor, Management Science and Engineering
415 Terman Engineering Center
Stanford, CA 94305
Telephone: 650.723.1887
Email: kme@stanford.edu

Thomas H. Byers
Professor (Teaching) of Management Science and Engineering
Stanford University
417 Terman Engineering Center
Stanford, CA 94305
Telephone: 650.725.8271
Email: tbyers@stanford.edu




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