Bill McKelvey’s CV
Research Professor: Strategic Organizing, Complexity Science & Econophysics
August 2012
Research Consultant, Euromed School of Management, Marseille, Fr.
Professor Emeritus: UCLAAnderson School of Management,
Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481
Phone: (310)-825-7796
Fax: (310)-825-4011;
mckelvey@anderson.ucla.edu
As a PhD student at MIT, I started in Freudian psychology, social psychology, OD,
and T-Group training, believe it or not! Later I switched to organizational
sociology, becoming a fan of Max Weber, Talcott Parsons & Robert Merton.
Arriving at UCLA in 1967, I began by teaching the core course on applied
psychology and OD; use of T-groups dominated for ten years in this course.
By 1975 I had shifted to biological and social evolutionary theory. After the Anderson Complex was completed
(in 1994) I switched to evolutionary economics and corporate strategy. By 1996 I had discovered complexity
science, which now dominates my thinking, writing, and teaching. My latest writing focuses on what is called
“econophysics” applied to stock markets, economies, organizational performance, Pareto, power-law, and
rank/frequency distributions of industries and within firms.
Early articles focused on organization, socio-technical systems design as well as organizational ecology,
taxonomy, and evolution in the Administrative Science Quarterly and Management Science. Other articles appear
in Organization Science; Acad. Mgmt. Rev.; J. Bioeconomics; Strategic Organization; J. Management Inquiry; Int.
J. Complexity in Leadership and Management; Nonlinear Dynamics, Psych. and Life Sciences; Int. J. Production
Economics; M@n@gement; J. Behavioral Finance; J. Int. Business Studies; J. Info. Technology; Leadership Quart.;
Int. J. Physical Distribution and Logistics Mgmt.; Int. J. Accounting and Info. Mgmt.; Advances in Strategic
Mgmt.; Research in Competence-Based Management; J. Business Venturing; Proc. National Academy of Sciences;
Int. J. Innovation Mgmt.; Chronicle of Higher Education; Academic Questions; Int. J. Complexity & Management;
My book, Organizational Systematics (1982), remains a definitive treatment of organizational taxonomy and
evolutionary theory.
I chaired the Building Committee that produced the $110,000,000 Anderson Complex at UCLA—opened in
1994. As Director of the Center for Rescuing Strategy & Organization Science (SOS), I initiated activities leading
to the founding of UCLA’s Center for Human Complex Systems and Computational Social Science; organizing
various agent-modeling speaker programs and conferences at UCLA followed. I co-edited Variations in
Organization Science (with Joel Baum, 1999), a Special Issue of the complexity journal, Emergence (with Steve
Maguire, 1999), and a Special Issue of the Journal of Information Technology applying complexity science to IT,
IS, and Knowledge Management concerns (with Jasmine Merali, 2006).
My co-edited book, The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management (with Peter Allen & Steve Maguire),
appeared in 2011. A Cambridge University Press book is in process, titled Complexity Dynamics in Organizations:
Applications of Order-Creation Science. Edited five books, Complexity: Critical Concepts (2012) for Routledge’s
Major Works Series (assisted by John Bragin). I’ve recently published 70+ “complexity” articles & chapters,
mostly with coauthors, who are mostly in Europe. Have given 150+ “complexity” presentations, mostly in Europe.
Over the years I have advised some 170 student consulting projects in firms and advised a number of
dissertation-award-winning PhD students. My doctoral course, “Management Applications of Complexity Science
and Agent-based Models” and my undergrad course “Complexity Science for Social systems,” review the Santa Fe
Institute inspired literature aimed at using mutually influencing agent interactions and computational models to
explain the dynamics of socio-economic systems. They build from recent developments in epistemology, natural
science, econophysics, and agent-based computational modeling to construct a bottom-up, model-centered social
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science. My newest MBA courses are: “Complexity Leadership: The Secret of Jack Welch’s Success” and
“Econophysics 101 for Finance and Management”.
Newest research venture is on crowd-sourcing and co-creation, with Nadine Escoffier. We have developed a
method for predicting opening box-office weekend receipts that far surpasses the predictive abilities of
professional movie critics or movie Producers. We have used crowd-wisdom and co-creation to help an
Independent Producer improve the story line, actor roles, and actor selection. Articles forthcoming.
Other current research activities include: (1) Using methods from “econophysics” to identify the beginning of
herding behavior and bubbles in stock markets; (2) Testing whether self-organizing “smart parts” can manage
supply chains better than people; (3) Paying more attention to the “Baldwin effect” in studying the evolution of
firms; (4) Making business school research and teaching more relevant to managers.
Postscript: My early life was in the cornfields of Illinois; at age 7, I was on the first ship through the Suez Canal
after WWII; grew up in Pakistan and India; went to the Woodstock boarding school in the Himalayas; returned to
the cornfields for college in 1956. Started at MIT in the Fall of 1960. Lived amongst the horrible traffic of Boston
(even then) for seven years before moving to LA and UCLA in 1967. My “saying” is: “If you live in LA for 2
years, you will never leave.” But I do leave for some 3–4 months per year to live in Europe where most of my
coauthors work! If I ever do leave LA it will be to live in Paris! At some cost to my academics at UCLA, I spent 10
years studying California gardening; 10 years becoming a world-class expert on steam locomotives along with
building the track, switches, bridges, and tunnels at the Griffith Park Steam Locomotive Club; as well as 9 years
guiding architects and builders toward creating the Anderson Complex. For the past 18 years I studied operas and
operatic voice training, took voice lessons, performed in operas, and sang in various chorus groups. I now
financially support OperaWorks—an operatic-acting program that can transform students from going nowhere to
becoming operatic-quality singers and performers.
Education
1945–1956
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Woodstock School, Landour, Mussoorie (Himalaya Mtns.), UP, India.
B. A. Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois.
S. M. Sloan School of Management, MIT.
Ph.D. Sloan School of Management, MIT.
Work Experience
1965–1967
1967–1971
1980–1981
1981–
Assistant Professor, MIT.
Assistant Professor, UCLA;
1971–1981
Associate Professor, UCLA.
Visiting Associate Professor, University of British Columbia.
Professor, UCLA; Professor Emeritus, 2011.
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McKelvey, B. (ed.) 2012. Routledge Major Works Series: Complexity: Critical Concepts. (~2000 pages)
Book 1: Origins of Order-Creation Science: Complexity Science From Basic Disciplines. Oxford, UK: Routledge.
Book 2: Self-organization, Emergence & Self-organized Criticality; Routledge….
Book 3: Organization & Management Complexity Dynamics; Routledge….
Book 4: Socio-economic Agent-based Models; Routledge….
Book 5: Power-Law Distributions in Society & Business; Routledge….
Allen, P., S. Maguire & B. McKelvey (eds.) 2011. Handbook of Complexity and Management. London: Sage.
Baum, J. A. C. & B. McKelvey (eds.) 1999. Variations in Organization Science: In Honor of Donald T. Campbell.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
McKelvey, B. 1982. Organizational Systematics: Taxonomy, Evolution, Classification, Berkeley, CA: UC Press.
Special Issues
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McKelvey, B. (ed.) 2013. Special Issue on Extremes for International Journal of Complexity In Leadership &
Management, 2(1).
McKelvey, B. (ed.) 2012. Special Issue on Extremes for International Journal of Complexity In Leadership &
Management.
Merali, J. & B. McKelvey (eds.) 2006. Journal of Information Technology—Special Issue on IT and Complexity, Vol.
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Maguire, S. & B. McKelvey (eds.) 1999. Emergence–Special Review Issue on Complexity Theory. Vol. 1(2), Summer,
1999.
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McKelvey, B. Forthcoming. “Fixing the UK’s Economy.” In J. McGlade, M. Strathern & K. Richardson (eds.),
Complexity in Human and Natural Systems. Litchfield Park, AZ: ISCE Publishing.
McKelvey, B., B. B. Lichtenstein, & P. Andriani 2013. “When organizations and Ecosystems interact: Toward a law of
Requisite Fractality in Firms.” International Journal of Complexity In Leadership & Management, 2(1):
Lichtenstein, B. B. & B. McKelvey 2012. “Four Degrees of Emergence: A Typology of Complexity and Its Implications
for a Science of Management.” International Journal of Complexity In Leadership & Management, 1(4): 339–378.
Han, M. & B. McKelvey, 2011. “Toward a Complexity Theory of Sustainable Social Entrepreneurship.” Journal of
Enterprising Culture.
Boisot, M. & B. McKelvey 2012. “Extreme Outcomes, Connectivity, and Power Laws: Toward an Econophysics of
Organization.” In J. Child & M. Ihrig (eds.), Knowledge and the Study of Organizations and Management: Building on
the Work of Max Boisot. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Thomas, C., R. Kaminska & B. McKelvey 2012. “Building Ambidexterity into a Firm: The Control/Autonomy Dilemma
Revisited.” In L. Dibiaggio & P.-X. Meschi, (eds.), Management in the Knowledge Economy: New Managerial Models
for Success. Paris, Fr: Pearson, 139–173.
Andriani, P. & B. McKelvey 2011. “Using scale-free processes to explain punctuated-change in management-relevant
phenomena.” International Journal of Complexity In Leadership & Management, 1(3): 211–251.
McKelvey, B. 2011. “Murray Gell-Mann: Celebrating Connectivity Dynamics Among Agents in Organizations—From
Deep Simplicity to Requisite Fractality.” In Olivier Germain (ed.), Les Grands Inspirateurs de la Théorie des
Organisations. Caen, Fr: Editions Management et Société (EMS).
Andriani, P. & B. McKelvey 2011. “Managing in a Pareto World Calls for New Thinking.” M@n@gement,14(2): 89–117.
Yalamova, R. & B. McKelvey 2011. “Explaining What Leads Up to Stock Market Crashes: A Phase Transition Model and
Scalability Dynamics.” Journal of Behavioral Finance, 12(3): 169–182.
Benbya, H. & B. McKelvey 2011. “Using Power-Law Science to Enhance Knowledge for Practical Relevance.” Best
Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Conference, August, San Antonio, TX.
McKelvey, B. & R. Yalamova 2011. “Introduction to Econophysics: Correlated Trader Behaviours, Bubbles & Crashes,
Scalability Dynamics, Power Laws & Scale-free Theories.” In G. Sundström & E. Hollnagel (eds.), Governance and
Control of Financial Systems: A Resilience Engineering Perspective, Ch. 4; 27–36.
McKelvey, B. & R. Yalamova 2011. “The Build-up to the 2007 Liquidity Crisis: An Example of Scalability Dynamics in
Action.” In G. Sundström & E. Hollnagel (eds.), Governance and Control…, Ch. 5; 41–54.
Yalamova, R. & B. McKelvey 2011. “Using Power Laws and the Hurst Coefficient to Identify Stock Market Trading
Bubbles.” In G. Sundström & E. Hollnagel (eds.), Governance and Control…, Ch. 7; 85–106.
McKelvey, B. & R. Yalamova 2011. “Financial Resilience Engineering: Toward Automatic Action Formulas Against Risk
& Reckless Endangerment.” In G. Sundström & E. Hollnagel (eds.), Governance & Control, Ch. 9; 133–148.
Boisot, M. & B. McKelvey 2011. “Connectivity, Extremes, and Power Laws: Towards a Power-law Science of
Organizational Effectiveness.” Journal of Management Inquiry, 20(2): 119–133.
McKelvey, B., B. B. Lichtenstein & P. Andriani 2011. “Cuando las organizaciones y los ecosistemas interactúan: Hacia
una ley de fractalidad requerida en la empresa.” [“When Systems and Ecosystems Collide: Toward a Law of Requisite
Fractality In Firms.”] In M. J. Lopez Moreno (ed.), La Empresa en el Dominio de la Complejidad [Chaos and
Complexity in Organizations and Society.] Madrid, Spain: UNESA, 153–191.
Allen, P., S. Maguire & B. McKelvey 2011. Complexity and Management: Introducing the SAGE Handbook. In P. Allen
et al. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management. London: Sage, 1–26.
McKelvey, B. 2011. “A Scientific Realist Epistemology for Complexity Science.” In P. Allen, S. Maguire & B. McKelvey
(eds.), Handbook of Complexity and Management. London: Sage, 113–130.
Andriani, P. & B. McKelvey 2011. “From Skew Distributions to Power Law Science.” In P. Allen, S. Maguire & B.
McKelvey (eds.), Handbook of Complexity and Management. London: Sage, 254–273.
Boisot, M. & B. McKelvey 2011. “Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety: A Complexity Perspective.” In P. Allen, S. Maguire
& B. McKelvey (eds.), Handbook of Complexity and Management. London: Sage, 279–298.
McKelvey, B. 2010. “Complexity Leadership: The Secret of Jack Welch’s Success.” International Journal of Complexity
In Leadership & Management, 1(1): 4–36.
Trimble, S. W., et al. 2010. “Reward Quality Not Quantity.” Nature (Letter), 467: 789.
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24. Trimble, S. W., W. W. Grody, B. McKelvey & M. Gad-el-Hak 2010. “The Glut of Academic Publishing: A Call for a New
Culture.” Academic Questions, 23(3): 276–286.
25. Bauerlein, M., M. Gad-el-Hak, W. W. Grody, B. McKelvey & S. W. Trimble 2010. “Fixing the Problem of Too Much
Academic Publishing.” Chronicle of Higher Education, Vol. LVI(38; June 13):
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Reprinted in Chinese, 2011, The Teahouse of Sociologists. A journal in East China.
Boisot, M. & B. McKelvey 2010. “Integrating Modernist and Postmodernist Perspectives on Organizations: A Complexity
Science Bridge.” Academy of Management Review, 35(3): 415–433.
Carbonara, N., I. Giannoccaro & B. McKelvey 2010. “Making Geographical Clusters More Successful: Complexity-based
Policies.” Emergence: Complexity and Organization, 12(3): 21–45).
McKelvey, B. & P. Andriani 2010. “Avoiding Extreme Risk Before it Occurs: Scalability Lessons from Complexity
Science.” Risk Management: An International Journal, 12(1): 54–82.
Shepard, J. & B. McKelvey 2009. “An Empirical Investigation of Organizational Memetic Variation.” Journal of
Bioeconomics, 11(2): 135–164.
McKelvey, B. & M. Boisot 2009. “Redefining Strategic Foresight: “Fast” and “Far” Sight via Complexity Science.” In L.
Costanzo & B. MacKay (eds.), Handbook of Research on Strategy and Foresight. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 15–47.
Andriani, P. & B. McKelvey 2009. “From Gaussian to Paretian Thinking: Causes and Implications of Power Laws in
Organizations.” Organization Science, 20(6): 1053–1071.
McKelvey, B., C. Wycisk & M. Hülsmann 2009. Designing Learning Capabilities of Complex ‘Smart Parts’ Logistics
Markets: Lessons from LeBaron’s Stock Market Computational Model.” International Journal of Production Economics
(Summer), 120: 476–494.
McKelvey, B. 2009. “Commensurability, Rhetoric & Ephemera: Searching for Clarity in a Cloud of Critique. Ephemera,
8: 420–432. http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/index.htm.
Han, M., and McKelvey, B. 2008. “Toward a Social Capital Theory of Technology-based New Ventures as Complex
Adaptive Systems.” International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 16: 36–61.
Andriani, P., B. McKelvey 2008: “Management Research and Best Practice Toward Complexity, Extreme Events and
Power Laws.” Quaderni di Management, 34: 63–87.
McKelvey, B. 2008. “Emergent Strategy via Complexity Leadership: Using Complexity Science & Adaptive Tension to
Build Distributed Intelligence.” In M. Uhl-Bien & R. Marion (eds.), Complexity and Leadership, Volume I: Conceptual
Foundations. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, 225–268.
Wycisk, C., B. McKelvey & M. Hülsmann 2008. “Smart Parts” Logistics Systems as Complex Adaptive Systems.”
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 38(2), 108–125.
Andriani, P. & B. McKelvey 2007. “Beyond Gaussian Averages: Redirecting Organization Science Toward Extreme
Events and Power Laws.” Journal of International Business Studies, 38(7): 1212–1230.
Boisot, M., and McKelvey, B. 2007. “Extreme Events, Power Laws, and Adaptation: Towards an Econophysics of
Organization.” Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August.
Uhl-Bien, M., R. Marion & B. McKelvey 2007. “Complex Leadership: Shifting Leadership from the Industrial Age to the
Knowledge Era.” The Leadership Quarterly, 18: 298–318.
McKelvey, B. & B. B. Lichtenstein 2007. “Leadership in Four Stages of Emergence.” In J. K. Hazy, J. Goldstein & B. B.
Lichtenstein (eds.), Complex Systems Leadership Theory. Mansfield, MA: ISCE Publishing Company, 93–107.
Panzer, C., J. K. Hazy, B. McKelvey & D. R. Schwandt 2007. The paradox of complex organizations: Leadership as
multiplexed influence”. In J. K. Hazy, J. Goldstein & B. B. Lichtenstein (eds.), Complex Systems Leadership Theory.
Mansfield, MA: ISCE Publishing Company, 305–325.
Benbya, H. & B. McKelvey 2006. “Using Coevolutionary and Complexity Theories to Improve IS Alignment: A Multilevel Approach Journal of Information Technology, 21: 284–298.
Merali, J. & B. McKelvey 2006. “Using Complexity Science to Effect a Paradigm Shift in Information Systems for the 21 st
Century.” Journal of Information Technology, 21: 211–215.
Maguire, S., B. McKelvey, L. Mirabeau & N. Öztas. 2006. “Complexity Science and Organization Studies.” In S. Clegg,
C. Hardy & T. Lawrence (eds.), Handbook of Organizational Studies (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 165–214.
McKelvey B. 2006. “Comment on Van de Ven and Johnson’s ‘Engaged Scholarship’: Nice Try, But…” Academy of
Management Review, October 31: 822–829.
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47. Benbya, H. & B. McKelvey 2006. “Toward a Complexity Theory of Information Systems Development.” Information
Technology and People, 19: 12–34.
48. Boisot, M & B. McKelvey. 2006. “A Socio/Computational Method for Staying Ahead of Terrorist and Other Adversities.” In
G. G. S. Suder (ed.), Corporate Strategies Under International Terrorism and Adversity. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar, 38–55.
49. Boisot, M & B. McKelvey. 2006. “Speeding Up Strategic Foresight in a Dangerous, Complex World: A Complexity
Approach.” In G. G. S. Suder (ed.), Corporate Strategies Under International Terrorism and Adversity. Cheltenham, UK:
Edward Elgar, 20–37.
50. Baum, J. A. C. & B. McKelvey 2006. “Analysis of Extremes in Management.” Chapter in D. Ketchen and D. Bergh (eds.),
Methodology in Strategy and Management, 3: 123–197.
51. Thomas, C., R. Kaminska-Labbé & B. McKelvey 2005. Managing the MNC and Exploitation/Exploration Dilemma: From
Static Balance to Dynamic Oscillation. In G. Szulanski, Y. Doz & J. Porac (eds.), Advances in Strategic Management:
Expanding Perspectives on the Strategy Process, 22: 213–247.
52. McKelvey, B. & P. Andriani 2005. “Why Gaussian Statistics are Mostly Wrong for Strategic Organization.” Strategic
Organization, 3: 219–228.
53. McKelvey, B. 2005. “Teoria della complessita' negli studi organizzativi” [“Modeling Complexity Dynamics in
Organizations.”] In V. Albino, N. Carbonara & I. Giannoccaro (eds.), Organizzazioni e Complessita': Muoversi tra ordine
e caos per affrontare il cambiamento [Organizations as Complex Systems: An Agent-based Computational Approach].
Milano, Italy: Franco Angeli, 81–116.
54. Madsen, T. & B. McKelvey 2005. “Dynamic Capabilities and Knowledge-Driven Micro-Evolution: Performance Effects of
Intrafirm Variation, Selection and Retention Processes.” Research in Competence-based Management, 2: 3–38.
55. McKelvey B. 2004. “Complexity Science as Order-creation Science: New Theory, New Method.” Emergence: Complexity
and Organization, 6(4): 2–27.
56. McKelvey B. 2004. “Toward a Complexity Science of Entrepreneurship.” Journal of Business Venturing, 19: 313–341.
57. Yuan, Y. & B. McKelvey 2004. “Situated Learning Theory: Adding Rate and Complexity Effects via Kauffman’s NK
Model.” Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, 8: 65–101.
58. McKelvey B. 2004. “Toward a 0th Law of Thermodynamics: Order-Creation Complexity Dynamics from Physics &
Biology to Bioeconomics” Journal of Bioeconomics, 6: 65–96.
59. McKelvey, B. 2004. “‘Simple Rules’ for Improving Corporate IQ: Basic Lessons from Complexity Science. In P. Andriani
and G. Passiante (eds.), Complexity Theory and the Management of Networks. London: Imperial College Press, 39–52.
60. McKelvey B. 2003. “Postmodernism vs. Truth in Management Theory.” In E. Locke (ed.) Post Modernism and
Management: Pro’s, Cons and the Alternative. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 21: 113–168. Amsterdam,
NL: Elsevier Science.
61. McKelvey, B. 2003. “Emergent Order in Firms: Complexity Science vs. the Entanglement Trap.” In E. Mitleton-Kelly
(ed.), Complex Systems and Evolutionary Perspectives on Organizations, Amsterdam, NL: Elsevier Science, 99–125.
62. McKelvey, B. 2003. “From Fields to Science.” In R. Westwood & S. Clegg (eds.), Debating Organization: PointCounterpoint in Organization Studies, Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 47–73.
63. Henrickson, L. & B. McKelvey 2002. “Foundations of New Social Science: Institutional Legitimacy from Philosophy,
Complexity Science, Postmodernism, and Agent-based Modeling.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Vol. 99(Suppl. 3): 7288–7297.
64. McKelvey, B. 2002. “Complexity and Leadership.” In M. Lissack (ed.), The Interaction of Complexity and Management.
Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 85–90.
65. McKelvey, B. 2002. “Model-Centered Organization Science Epistemology,” plus “Glossary of Epistemology Terms.” In J.
A. C. Baum ed., Companion to Organizations, Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 752–780, 889–898.
66. McKelvey B. 2001. “What Is Complexity Science? It’s Really Order-Creation Science.” Emergence, 3: 137–157.
67. McKelvey B. 2001. “Energizing Order-Creating Networks of Distributed Intelligence.” International Journal of
Innovation Management, 5: 181–212.
68. McKelvey, B. 2000. “Toward a Model-Centered Strategy Science: More Experiments, Less History.” In R. Sanchez and A.
Heene (eds.), Research in Competence-Based Management, Greenwich CT: JAI Press, 217–253.
69. McKelvey B. 1999. “The Gurus Speak.” Emergence, 1(1): 73–91.
70. McKelvey B. 1999. “Complexity Theory in Organization Science: Seizing the Promise or Becoming a Fad?” Emergence,
1(1): 5–32.
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71. McKelvey B. 1999. “Avoiding Complexity Catastrophe in Coevolutionary Pockets: Strategies for Rugged Landscapes.”
Organization Science, 10: 294–321.
72. Maguire, S. & B. McKelvey 1999. “Complexity and Management: Moving from Fad to Firm Foundations.” Emergence,
1(2): 19–61.
73. Knott, A. M. & B. McKelvey 1999. “Nirvana Efficiency: A Comparative Test of Residual Claims and Routines.” Journal
of Economic Behavior and Organization, 41: 365–382.
74. McKelvey, B. 1999. “Toward a Campbellian Realist Organization Science.” In Variations…, 383–411.
75. McKelvey, B. 1999. “Self-Organization, Complexity Catastrophes, and Microstate Models at the Edge of Chaos.” In
Variations…, 279–307.
76. McKelvey, B. & J. A. C. Baum 1999. “Donald T. Campbell’s Evolving Influence on Organization Science.” In J. A.C.
Baum and B. McKelvey (eds.), Variations in Organization Science: In Honor of Donald T. Campbell, 1–15.
77. McKelvey, B. 1999. “Complexity vs. Selection Among Coevolutionary Firms.” Reprinted in M. P. e Cunha and C. A.
Marques (eds.), Readings in Organization Science, Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, 241–296.
78. McKelvey B. 1998. “Complexity vs. Selection Among Coevolutionary Firms.” Comportamento Organizacionale Gestão,
4: 17–59.
79. McKelvey B. 1997. “Quasi-natural Organization Science.” Organization Science, 8: 351–381.
80. Madsen, T. & B. McKelvey. 1996. “Darwinian Dynamic Capability.” Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management,
Cincinnati, OH, August.
81. McKelvey, B. 1994. “Evolution and Organization Science.” In J. A. C. Baum and J. V. Singh (eds.), Evolutionary
Dynamics of Organizations, New York: Oxford, 314–326.
82. Ulrich, D. & B. McKelvey 1990. “General Organizational Classification: an Empirical Test Using the United States and
Japanese Electronics Industries.” Organization Science, 1: 99–118.
83. McKelvey, B. 1986. “Organizational Decline from the Population Perspective.” In K. S. Cameron, R. I. Sutton and D. A.
Whetten (eds.), Readings in Organizational Decline, Cambridge, MA: Ballinger, 399–410.
84. Aldrich, H., D. Ulrich & B. McKelvey 1984. “Design Strategy from the Population Perspective.” Journal of
Management, 10: 67–86.
85. McKelvey B. 1983. “The Population Perspective and the Organizational Form Concept.” Economia Aziendale, 2: 63–86.
86. McKelvey, B. & H. Aldrich 1983. “Populations, Natural Selection, and Applied Organizational Science.” Administrative
Science Quarterly, 28: 101–128.
87. Warriner, C. K., B. McKelvey & R. H. Hall 1981. “The Comparative Description of Organizations: A Research Note and
Invitation.” Organization Studies, 2: 173–180.
88. McKelvey, B. 1980. “Organizational Speciation.” In C. Pinder and L. Moore (eds.), Middle Range Theories of
Organizations and Organizational Behavior, Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 169–186.
89. McKelvey B. 1978. “Organizational Systematics: Taxonomic Lessons from Biology.” Management Science, 24: 1428–
1440.
90. McKelvey B. & U. Sekaran 1977. “Toward a Career-Based Theory of Job Involvement: A Study of Scientists and
Engineers.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 22: 281–305.
91. Mosakowski, E. & B. McKelvey 1997. “Predicting Rent Generation in Competence-Based Competition.” In A. Heene &
R. Sanchez (eds.), Competence-Based Strategic Management, Wiley, 65–85.
92. McKelvey, B. 1976. “Toward More Comprehensive Organization Design Objectives.” In R. H. Kilmann, L. Pondy and D.
Slevin (eds.), The Management of Organization Design, New York: Elsevier, 27–52.
93. McKelvey B. 1975. “Guidelines for the Empirical Classification of Organizations.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 20:
509–525.
94. McKelvey B. & R. H. Kilmann 1975. “Organization Design” A Participative Multivariate Approach.” Administrative
Science Quarterly, 20: 24–36.
95. Kilmann, R. H. & B. McKelvey 1975. “The MAPS Route to Better Organization Design.” California Management
Review, 17: 23–31.
96. McKelvey B. 1969. “Expectational Noncomplementarity and Style of Interaction Between Professional and Organization.”
Administrative Science Quarterly, 14: 21–32.
97. Schein, E. H., B. McKelvey, D. R. Peters & J. M. Thomas 1965. “Career Orientations and Perceptions of Rewarded
Activity in a Research Organization.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 9: 333–349.
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McKelvey, B. 2001. “Improving Corporate IQ.” Proceedings, Workshop on Managerial Implications of Complexity
Theory in the Network Economy, ISUFI, University of Lecce, at Ostuni, Italy, July 14 th.
McKelvey, B. 2000. “Improving Corporate IQ.” Keynote Address, Proceedings, Conference on Complex Systems in
Industry, International Manufacturing Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, September 6.
McKelvey, B. 2000. “Improving Corporate IQ.” Proceedings, 3rd Intangibles Conference on Knowledge, Ross Institute of
Accounting Research, Stern School, NYU, New York, May.
McKelvey, B. 1983. “Increasing Measurement Efficiency: An Approach and an Application.” Proceedings, Annual
Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, San Francisco.
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McKelvey, B., M. Li, H. Xu, & R. Vidgen 2011. “Re-thinking Kauffman’s NK Fitness Landscape: Going from Artifact &
Groupthink to Weak-tie Effecgts.” Working paper, UCLAAnderson School.
McKelvey, B. & M. P. Salmador Sanchez 2011. “Explaining the 2007 Bank Liquidity Crisis: Lessons from Complexity
Science and Econophysics. Working paper, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Kiousis, P. K. & B. McKelvey 2009. “Do Capabilities Enhance Efficiency: A Stochastic-Frontier Estimation based on US
Industry.” Working paper, The Ohio State University.
Kiousis, P. K., and McKelvey, B. 2009. “Are Markets Perfectly Competitive in the Long Run? The Persistence of Market
Power in US Manufacturing.” Working paper, The Ohio State University.
Han, M. & B. McKelvey 2009. “Redefining the Social Capital Basis of Technology-based New Ventures: Lessons from
Adaptation & Complexity Theories.” Rogers Business School, Ryerson U. Toronto, CA.
Kaminska-Labbé, R., Thomas, C., and McKelvey, B. 2008. “Renewing Dynamic Capabilities at Times of Crisis: The Roles
of Semistructures and Scalable Complexity.” CERAM, Sophia Antipolis, Fr.
Kaminska-Labbé, R., B. McKelvey & C. Thomas 2008. “On the Coevolution of Causality: A Study of Aristotelian Causes
& Other Entangled Influences” CERAM, Sophia Antipolis, Fr.
Boisot, M., and McKelvey, B. 2008. “Extreme Events, Power Laws, and Adaptation: Towards an Econophysics of
Organization.” University of Birmingham, UK.
McKelvey, B. 2008. “Toward an Epistemology of Pareto-based Science: How to Research Rank/Frequency Distributions?”
Presented at the Organization Science Winter Conference XIV, Squaw Valley, CA, Feb. 8.
Benbya, H. & B. McKelvey 2007. “Using Pareto-based Science to Enhance Knowledge for Practical Relevance.”
Montpellier, Fr.
Thomas, C., R. Kaminska-Labbé & B. McKelvey 2007. “Managing the Control/Autonomy Dilemma: From Impossible
Balance to Irregular Oscillation Dynamics.” University of Nice, Fr.
Mackey, A., P. K. Kiousis & B. McKelvey 2006. “Can the CEO Churning Problem be Fixed? Lessons from Complexity
Science, Jack Welch & AIDS.” Presented at Academy of Management Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, August.
Lewin, A. & B. McKelvey 2006. Attribution of Leadership Effectiveness: The Challenge of Assessing Outlier
Phenomena,” Presented at Academy of Management Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, August.
Lichtenstein, B. B. & B. McKelvey 2006. “Complexity Science and Computational Models of Emergent Order: What’s
There? What’s Missing?” U. Mass. Boston.
Sachs, W., M. Dieleman, J. Fendt, R. Kaminska-Labbé, C. Thomas & B. McKelvey 2006. “Managing Dilemmas in
Organizations: Irregular Oscillation and Coevolving Causalities.” CERAM, Sophia Antipolis, Fr.
Uhl-Bien, M., R. Marion & B. McKelvey 2005. “Leadership for the Post-Industrial Era,” University of Central Florida, FL.
Boisot, M. & B. McKelvey 2005. “Enron and the Challenge of Requisite Variety: Auditing as an Open Source Process.”
INSEAD, Fontainebleau, Fr.
Benbya, H. & B. McKelvey 2005. “Managing Complexity and Coevolution Dynamics in the Design of Knowledge
Management Systems.”
Uhl-Bien, M., R. Marion & B. McKelvey 2005. “A Simple-Rule Approach to CEO Leadership in the 21st Century.”
University of Central Florida, FL.
Boisot, M. & B. McKelvey 2004. “Counter-Terrorism as Neighborhood Watch: A Socio/Computational Approach…”
INSEAD, Fontainebleau, Fr.
McKelvey, B. 2003. “How Scientists Can Keep the Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive: Evolving Past Darwin on the 100th
Anniversary of Bénard.”
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22. Lichtenstein, B. B. & B. McKelvey 2003. “Four Degrees of Emergence: A Typology of Complexity and Implication for
Management,” Syracuse University, NY, May, 43pages.
23. McKelvey, B. 2002. “Transcendental Organizational Foresight in Nonlinear Contexts.” July.
24. McKelvey, B. 2001. “Foundations of New Social Science: Institutional Legitimacy from Philosophy, Complexity Science,
Postmodernism, and Agent-based Modeling.” September, 25 pages. (long version)
25. McKelvey, B. 2000. “Emergent Distributed Intelligence as a Rent-Generating Competence: A New Competence-Based
Perspective.” April 21, 2000, 25 pages.
26. McKelvey, B. 2000.“Using Complexity Science to Develop the Corporate Brain,” 45 pages.
27. Knott, A. M. & B. McKelvey 1999. “Knowledge Dynamics: Reconciling Competing Hypotheses from Economics and
Sociology,” 54 pages.
28. McKelvey, B. 1998. “What Is Theory? Really. Toward a Model-Centered Organization Science.” August, 26 pages.
29. Knott, A. M., M. Aoki & B. McKelvey 1998. “The Socio-Economics of Knowledge Diffusion Rates: A Ewens Based
Random Partition Evolutionary Model,” 40 pages.
30. McKelvey, B. 1998. “Thwarting Faddism at the Edge of Chaos.” June, 38 pages.
31. McKelvey, B. 1998. “‘Good’ Science from Postmodernist Ontology: Realism, Complexity Theory, and Emergent
Dissipative Structures.” January, 34 pages.
32. McKelvey, B. 1997. “Organizational Realism: A Dynamic Semantic Conception.” November, revised March 1998, 47
pages.
33. McKelvey, B. 1997. “Organizational Positivism: Separating Myth from Reality.” November, 27 pages.
34. McKelvey, B. 1997. “Organizational Epistemology: Quivering in the Dust.” July, 30 pages.
35. Cho, S-H. & McKelvey, B. 1996. “A Resource Gradient Theory of Industry Competition Groups and The Stock Return
Method,” 26 pages.
36. McKelvey, B. 1995. “Process Architecture—Toward a Reductionist Generative Code, 18 pages.
37. McKelvey, B. 1995. “Delimiting Stochastic Idiosyncrasy: Phase States of Adaptive Progression, Metabolic Rates, and
Levels of Predictability, July, 43 pages.
38. McKelvey, B. 1995. “Absorbing Stochastic Idiosyncrasy: Scientific Realism, Value Chain Coevolution, and Directive
Correlation Envelopes, June, 49 pages.
39. McKelvey, B. 1994. “Process Meta-theory: Toward a Generative Code,” 45 pages.
UCLA Activities
1968–1971
Doctoral Board Committee,
1968–1969
Course and Curriculum Committee,
1968–1969
Special Committee on Organization Studies,
1969
Search Committee for Directorship of Western Management Science Institute, Spring and Fall.
1969–1970
Computer Services Committee,
1969
Served as evaluator for Committee on Teaching Evaluation, Spring.
1969
Chairman of Ad Hoc Organization Theory Curriculum Committee for Management Theory Area, Fall.
1969–1970
Committee on Student Governance in Business School, (prepared notes serving as basis of final report).
1969–1970
Committee on Doctoral Program Core and Prerequisites,
1960–2000
Member: Various Ad Hoc Review Committees,
1970
Ad Hoc Constituency Development Committee, Summer.
1970–1971
Research Paper Evaluation Committee,
1970–1971
Socio-Technical Systems Program Committee,
1970–1971
Core Committee Professional Master’s Program Redesign,
1970–1971
Chairman, Behavioral Science Curriculum Committee,
1971–1972
Chairman, Socio-Technical Systems Curriculum Committee,
1971–1972
Teaching Evaluation Committee,
1972
Distinguished Teaching Award,
1971–1972
UCLA Computing Policy Committee.
1973–1974, 1983–1985 Research Committee,
1973–1974
Executive Committee,
1973–1974, 1975–1976 Coordinator, Mgt. 435 staff,
1973–1974, 1980–1981 Doctoral Board,
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1974–1976
Computing Committee, GSM.
1975–1978
Human Systems Curriculum Committee,
1975–1978
Chairman, Major Field Examination Committee,
1975–1977
PMP Advisory Committee,
1975
Admissions Committee,
1975–1978
Chair, Behavioral Science Unit.
1976–1992
Chairman: Various Ad Hoc Review Committees,
1976–1977
Staffing Committee,
1976–1977
Chairman, Special Task Force to Review Doctoral Program,
1977–1978, 1983–1984 Doctoral Board,
1977–1978
Member, Dean Search Committee.
1978
Chairman, Human Systems Curriculum Committee,
1981–1982
Member, Computer and Learning Resource Committee,
1982–1986
Chair, Organization and Strategic Studies Academic Unit,
1982–1988
Chair, AGSM Building Committee,
1983–1987
Member, Computing Policy Committee.
1984–1985, 1986–1987, 1989–1991 MBA Policy Committee,
1985–1987
Vice Chair, Department of Management, UCLA.
1984–1993
Chair/Faculty Liaison: $110,000,000 Project to Build the Anderson School Building Complex.
1985–1987
Vice Chair, Department of Management,
1987–1988
Chair, Department of Management,
1988–1993
AGSM Building Faculty Representative.
1989–1991
Doctoral Advisor, Policy and Organization Academic Unit,
1991–1993
Member, AGSM Building Construction Progress Review Committee, Chaired by LMB Associates,
1992
Acting Director of AGSM Capital Planning, January-March.
1992–
Faculty Governance Committee,
1992–
Field Study Review Committee,
1993–1994
Member, AGSM Building Budgetary and Design Integration Committee, Chaired by John Sandbrook,
1995–1996
Chair, Consulting Curriculum Steering Committee.
1996–1997
Informally formed “Consulting Track Committee,”.
1996–
Research Paper Review Committee,
1997
McDonough Committee for CAB Implementation,
1997–2000
Director, Center Revitalizing Research in Strategy and Organization Science (SOS),
1998–2004
Organizer/Coordinator/Financial Sponsor, UCLA Computational Modeling Colloquium.
1999–
Co-Founder and Member: InterDepartmental Program (IDP) on Human Complex Systems & Agentbased Computational Modeling, Division of Social Science, UCLA.
2005
Co-Founder of the Interdepartmental Program on Human Complex Systems and Computational
Modeling, UCLA, formally approved Spring 2005.
Outside Activities
1994–1995
1996–1997
1998–2000
2000–2002
2000–2004
2001–2003
2002–2003
2003–2006
2004–
2005–
2008
Teaching
Program Chair, Macro Organizational Behavior Society.
Chair, Committee to select the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Organization Science.
Member, INFORMS Publications Committee.
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence, Boston, MA.
Research Advisor, “Integration of Complex Social Systems Research Project,”
Complexity Research Programme, London School of Economics.
Research Professor in Residence, University of Paris–Dauphine, May to July 2001; September
2003.
Research Professor in Residence, University of Nice, and CNRS (Sophia Antipolis, Fr.) February
18 to March 23, 2002; May to June 2003.
Member, UCLA Council on Planning and Budgeting.
Research Professor in Residence, University of Durham Business School, April/May 2004;
September 2005; June & September 2006.
Steering Committee Member, Centre for Complexity Science Training, Imperial College, London.
Research Professor in Residence, Groupe ESC Business School, Rouen, France.
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Undergrad:
MBA:
Fiat Lux-1: Images of Organizations;
Fiat Lux-2: Introduction to Complexity Science.
Complexity Science for Social Dynamics.
Foundations in Behavioral Science;
Socio-technical Systems Design;
Situational Factors in Management;
Advanced Management Theory;
Organization and Management Processes;
Strategic Organizing for Consultants;
Management Field Study—170+ Firms (each project lasting 6 months).
Complexity Leadership: The Secret of Jack Welch’s Success.
Ph.D.: Social Structure of Organizations;
Organization Theory;
Research Methods;
The Population Perspective;
Organizational Systematics and Ecology;
Various Research Tutorials;
Philosophy of Science;
Foundations of “New” Social Science: Realism, Complexity, Dynamics, Agent-Based Models.
‘New’ Management & ‘New’ Economics: Applications of Complexity Science and Agent-based Models.
Chairmanships of PhD Committees
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Jerry Porras, 1974, Stanford University, Professor and Associate Dean.
Robert Dillon, 1974, SUNY-Albany, Assistant Prof. (current status unknown).
Donald Yates, 1975, Private Consultant.
Uma Sekaran, 1977, University of Southern Illinois, Professor and Department Chair (now retired).
Dina Lavoie, 1977, University of Montreal, Professor. (Nominated by department for Irwin Fellowship, Spring 1977.)
Meryl Louis, 1978, Boston University, Professor.
Ed Kur, 1978, Private Consultant.
Nancy Adler, 1980, McGill University, Canada, Professor (tenured). (Nominated by department and was one of the
recipients of “Graduate Women of the Year” Award by Association of Academic Women, Spring 1980.)
Dave Ulrich, 1982, The University of Michigan, Asst. Prof. Became a consultant but continued at Michigan as Senior
Lecturer. (Recently given Distinguished Alumnus Award, Brigham Young University, March 10, 2006.)
Yvonne Randle, 1990, Private Consultant.
Doug Johnson, 1995, Purdue University, Associate Professor.
Seong-Ho Cho, 1996, Anderson Consulting. Now a Professor.
Anne Marie Knott, 1996, Wharton, Asst. Prof. Now Professor Washington U., St. Louis,
Tammy Madsen, 1997, SMU, Asst. Prof. Now Associate Professor at University of Santa Clara.
Connie James, 1998, Pepperdine University, Professor.
Heather Elms, 1998, University of Florida, Asst. Prof. Now Assoc. Prof at American U., Wash. DC.
Konstantina Kiousis, 2000, Ohio State University, Asst. Prof. Now at SMU.
Belén Villalonga, 2001, Harvard Business School, Assoc. Prof. (I was her mentor behind the Chairs!).
Luis Lujan, 2006 (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico).
Will Tracy, 2008. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Ithaca, NY, Asst. Prof. Took a job with the world’s 7 th largest super
computer!
Marco Huesch, 2008, Duke University, Asst. Prof.
Alice Wieland,
Membership on PhD Committees
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Tom Armor, Behavioral Science, granted 1969.
Marjorie Day, Education, granted 1970.
Mike Martin, D.Ed., Education, granted 1970.
Pat Partridge, D.Ed., Education, granted 1970.
Jim Quinn, Education, granted 1970.
Tom Cummings, granted 1970.
Ola Johnson, Psychology, granted 1971.
Laird Landon, granted 1971.
Shirley L. Emin, Education, granted 1972.
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Lena Petracca, Education, granted 1972.
Ralph Kilmann, granted 1972.
Wayne Strom, granted 1972.
Maurice Boisvert, granted 1973.
Jan Beyer, dropped from program.
Roger Putzel, granted 1976.
Frank Wagner, granted 1976.
Dave Hopelain, granted 1977.
Dave Caldwell, granted 1978.
Ann Phelps, Education, granted 1978.
John Sell, Economics, granted 1981.
Ann Tsui, GSM, granted 1981.
Ken Stewart, Education, granted 1984.
Ed Schumacher, Education, granted 1984.
Emily Brenzendine, Education, 1984–85.
Wayne Brockbank, granted 1985.
Dean Morris, Education, 1985–87.
Fariba Hashimi, Economics, 1992–93.
Robert A. Lee, Sociology, 1993–94.
Cynthia Lee, Social Welfare, 1997–98.
Margaret Hendrickx, Purdue, 1998–02.
Belen Villalonga, Harvard Business School, 1999–01.
Garance Marechal, University of Paris–Dauphine, 2000–04.
Manuel Cartier, University of Paris–Dauphine, 2001–03.
Ana Colovic, University of Paris–Dauphine, 2003–04.
Ozgur Ekmekci, George Washington University, 2004–05.
Brian Tivnan, George Washington University, 2004–06.
Leslie Dennis, Music, 2004–06.
Carmen Panzer, George Washington University, 2006–09.
Chris Wasden, George Washington University, 2007–
Editorial Service
Academy of Management Review,
Administrative Science Quarterly,
California Management Review,
Complexity,
Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory,
Computers & Industrial Engineering,
Emergence: Complexity & Organization,
Human Relations,
International Small Business Journal,
Journal of Business Research,
Journal of Information Technology,
Journal of Management Studies,
Journal of Operations Management,
Management Science,
Organization Science (and occasional Senior Editor),
Organization Studies,
Sociological Forum,
Strategic Management Journal;
National Science Foundation,
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada,
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Counsel of UK
U. S. Army,
Addison-Wesley,
Blackwell,
Goodyear,
Little Brown,
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Prentice-Hall,
Sage,
Wiley; &
Oxford/MIT/Univ. Pennsylvania/Univ. California University Presses.
Presentations
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Los Angeles, Lecturer, Los Angeles Chapter of Federal Accountants, December, 1968.
Los Angeles, Lecturer on Behavioral Science to Los Angeles Cooperative Council on Inservice Education, Spring 1969.
Los Angeles, Two lectures to Bank of America Industrial Management Seminar, UCLA Extension, Spring 1969.
Los Angeles, Lecture to “Career Day Program,” UCLA, March 23, 1973.
Boston, “Participative Multivariate Differentiation Toward Purposefulness,” Academy of Management Meeting, August
19–21 (with Ralph H. Kilmann), 1973.
Pittsburg, “Toward More Comprehensive Organization Design Objectives,” Conference on the Management of
Organization Design, October 24–26, 1974.
Palo Alto, CA, “Structure, Promotions, and Contingency Theory,” Stanford-NIMH Colloquium on Organizational
Research, January 31, 1975.
Durham, NC, “Systematics and Taxonomy in Organization Science,” TIMS College on Organization, November 5–7,
1976.
Sun Valley, ID, “An Elaboration on Contingency Theory: The Case for Organizational Systematics,” Western Academy of
Management Meeting, April 1–3, 1977.
Monterey, CA, Invited member to Workshop on “Beyond Rationality,” ONR and TIMS, Naval Post Graduate School,
August 31–September 2, 1977.
San Francisco, “The Evolution of Organizational Form in Ancient Mesopotamia,” National Academy of Management
Meeting, Management History Division, August 9–13, 1978.
San Francisco, Discussant at Organizational Behavior Division session on “Field Experiments to Evaluate Organization
Development,” National Academy of Management Meeting, August 9–13, 1978.
Vancouver, BC, “Organizational Speciation” Conference on “Toward Middle Range Theories of Organizations and
Organizational Behavior,” The University of British Columbia, August 1–3, 1978.
Vancouver, Discussant at conference on “Toward Middle Range Theories of Organizations and Organizational Behavior,”
The University of British Columbia, August 2–3, 1978, 1978.
Vancouver, “Theory in Organizational Science”; “Models of Organizational Variation: Toward a Synthesis of Individual
Purposefulness and Environmental Determination”; “Organizational Evolution: The Case of Ancient Mesopotamia”;
“Organizational Taxonomy,” four lectures given at the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, The University
of British Columbia, Spring Term, 1978.
Boston, “Notes on Prerequisites to a Numerical Taxonomy of Organizations,” American Sociological Association, August,
1979.
Phoenix, “Theory in Organizational Science,” presented as part of a refereed symposium on “Theory, Data and Values in
Organizational Research,” Western Academy of Management Meeting, March 27–29, 1980.
Detroit, “The Population Ecology Perspective,” Doctoral Consortium of the Organization and Management Theory,
Organizational Behavior and Organization Development Division, Academy of Management Meeting, August, 1980.
Kansas City, “Evolutionary Prerequisites to a Numerical Taxonomy of Organizations,” remarks given at Organizational
Taxonomy Conference, The University of Kansas, June 3–6, 1980.
Philadelphia, “Organizational Taxonomy and Evolution,” Organizational Behavior Colloquium, The Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania, October 21, 1980.
New York, “Organizational Populations and Natural Selection,” Organizational Behavior Department, Graduate School of
Business, Columbia University, October 22, 1980.
Cambridge, MAGuest, doctoral workshop and presented, “Population Organizational Science,” Organization Studies
Group, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, October 23, , 1980.
Ithaca, NY, “The Population Perspective in Organizational Science,” School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell
University, October 29, 1980.
Minneapolis, “Organizational Taxonomy” and “Organizational Evolution and Natural Selection,” The Industrial Relations
Center, University of Minnesota, October 29, 1980.
Toronto, “The Population Perspective in Organizational Science,” Organizational Behavior Department, University of
Toronto, October 30, 1980.
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26. Palo Alto, CA, 1980, “Micro-evolutionary Dynamics in Organizational Populations” and “The Population Perspective in
Organizational Science,” two presentations at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, December 4, 5.
27. Midlands, UK, Distinguished Visitor, Midlands Organizational Group (Consortium of University of Aston, University of
Warwick, and Birmingham University), March 26, 27, 1981.
28. San Diego, “Assumptions Underlying Organization Theory: Natural Selection and Natural Science,” Academy of
Management Meeting, San Diego, August. (A competitive symposium organized with
Barbara S. Lawrence. Members were: Karl Weick, Howard Aldrich, Steve Kerr, Marshall Meyer, Jerry Salancik, Bill
McKelvey.), 1981.
29. San Diego, “Living With a Nonpredictive Science,” Academy of Management Meeting, August. San Diego, 1981.
30. San Diego, “Some Implications of the Population Ecology Approach in Organizational Science,” paper presented at a
competitive symposium titled: “Developing Perspectives on Population Ecology,” Academy of Management Meeting, San
Diego, August 1981.
31. San Diego, Chairman and discussant of session titled, “Models of Organizational Inquiry,” Academy of Management
Meeting, August, 1981.
32. San Francisco, “Increasing Measurement Efficiency: An Approach and an Application,” (with Ann Tsui) November,
1981.
33. Colorado Springs, “Population Ecology: A Review of the Underlying Disciplines” (with Dave Ulrich), Western Academy
of Management Meeting, April 1–3, 1982.
34. Los Angeles, “Population, Natural Selection, and Applied Organizational Science,” Department of Management and
Organization, School of Management, University of Southern California, January 18, 1983.
35. Kalamazoo, MI, “Implications of the Population Perspective for Organization Theory, Research, and Practice” (with Dave
Ulrich), Midwest Academy of Management Meeting, April 14–16, 1983.
36. Dallas, “The Taxonomic Approach: Some Methodological Issues,” paper presented at a competitive symposium titled
“The Taxonomic Approach: Its Use and Usefulness in Research on Strategic Management,” Academy of Management
Meeting, Dallas, August 14–17, 1983.
37. Dallas, “Selected Strategy Implications of the Population Ecology Paradigm,” paper part of a competitive symposium titled
“Ecological Perspectives on Business Policy: Problems and Prospects,” Academy of Management Meeting, August 14–17,
1983.
38. Dallas, “Ecological Perspective,” presentation part of a competitive symposium titled “Ecology, Efficiency, and Resource
Dependence Perspectives in Organization Theory: Dialog and Debate,” Academy of Management Meeting, August 14–17,
1983.
39. San Francisco, “Increasing Measurement Efficiency: An approach and an Application,” competitive paper presented at
Annual Meeting of American Institute for Decision Sciences, 1983.
40. Minneapolis, “Design Strategy from the Population Perspective,” School of Management, University of Minnesota,
October 25, 1983.
41. Monterey, CA, “In Search of Excellence; and Me,” presented to Fourth Radical Workshop on Organizational Design,
May 12, 1984.
42. Claremont, CA, “Explaining Organizations . . .,” all day symposium on Applied Social Psychology, Claremont College,
February 15, 1986.
43. Philadelphia, “Garbage Cans, Foolishness, and Weeds: Backing Toward an Explanation of Evolutionary Significant
Developments in Organizational Populations,” Wharton Conference on Organizational Evolution, December 1–2, 1988.
44. Asilomar, CA, “Population Ecology, a Critical Note,” Stanford/UCLA/Berkeley Conference on Organizational Research,
April 22–24, 1991.
45. Berkeley, “Population Ecology, a Critical Note” Macro Organizational Behavior Society, UC Berkeley, November 8–100,
1991.
46. New York, “Organizational Evolution: Some Concerns after a Decade Plus,” New York University Conference on the
Evolutionary Dynamics of Organizations, January 10–11, 1992.
23. Evanston, “Some Ecological Conditions of Organization Design,” Macro Organization Behavior Society Meeting, Allen
Center, Northwestern University, October 9–11, 1992.
24. Irvine, CA, “Some Ecological Conditions of Organization Design,” School of Management, UC Irvine, November, 1992.
25. Westwood, CA, “Downsizing with Vision,” UCLA Council on Planning and Budget, April 16, 1993.
26. Evanston, “Archetypes as Design Platforms,” Macro Organizational Behavior Society Meeting, Northwestern University,
October, 1994.
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27. Snowmass, CO, “When the Value Chain Changes,” 1st Organization Science Winter Conference, INFORMS College of
Organization Science, January, 1995.
28. Evanston, “Complexity vs. Selection Among Coevolutionary Firms: A Complexity Theory of Strategic Organizing”
Macro Organizational Behavior Society Meeting, Northwestern University, October, 1995.
29. Ghent, Belgium, “Predicting Rent Generation in Competence-based Competition” (E. Mosakowski 1st author), presented
at the Third International Conference on Competence-Based Management, De Vlerick School voor Management,
November, 1995.
30. Ghent, “Bringing the Environment into the Resource-Based View” (with E. Mosakowski), presented at the Third
International Workshop on Competence-Based Competition, November, 1995.
31. Snowmass, CO, “Quasi-Natural Organizational Science,” 2nd Organization Science Winter Conference, INFORMS
College of Organization Science, January, 1996.
30. Cincinnati, “Complexity vs. Selection Among Coevolutionary Firms: A Complexity Theory of Strategic Organizing.”
presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, August, 1996.
31. Atlanta, “Complexity vs. Selection Among Coevolutionary Firms: A ‘Field Effect’ Simulation Approach” (with P. K.
Kiousis), presented at the Complexity Conference (within) the INFORMS Conference, November, 1996
32. Coventry, UK, “Theoretical Implications of Dynamic Environments.” Presented at the Round Table on Competence
Theory Building, Warwick University, December 11, 1996.
33. Durham, NC, “Quasi-Natural Organizational Science.” Presented at Saturday Workshop Duke University, April 11, 1997.
34. Durham, “Research Implications of Quasi-Natural Organization Science.” Saturday Workshop at Duke University, April
12, 1997.
35. San Diego, “Kauffman’s NK Model of Complexity as Cause: A Critique.” Presented at the Computational Mathematical
Organization Theory Workshop, INFORMS, May 3, 1997.
36. Boston, “Microstate Aspects of Complexity Theory,” presented at national Academy of Management Meeting, August,
1997.
37. Evanston, IL, “Organizational Positivism: Separating Myth from Reality,” presented at the Macro Organizational
Behavior Society Meeting, Allen Center, Northwestern University, October, 1997.
38. Dallas, “Microstate Modeling for Strategy and Evolution,” presented at INFORMS College of Organization Science
Conference, October, 1997.
39. Barcelona, “Knowledge Physics: Reconciling Competing Null Hypotheses of Knowledge Flow” (Anne Marie Knott 1 st
author), presented at Strategic Management Society, November, 1997.
40. Las Cruces, NM, “‘Good’ Science from Postmodernist Ontology: Realism, Complexity Theory, and Emergent Dissipative
Structures,” Keynote Address at the 1st Annual Winter Sun-Break Conference on Non-Linearity & Organization, January
1998.
41. Brussels, “Thwarting Faddism at the Edge of Chaos,” presented at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in
Management Workshop on Complexity and Organization, June 1998.
42. Oslo, “Can Strategy be Better Than Acupuncture? A Realist/Semantic Conception of Competence-Based Research,”
presented at the Fourth International Conference on Competence-Based Management, Norwegian School of Management,
June 1998.
43. Nashua, NH, “Metaphor vs. Truth-Testing in Organizational Complexity Theory,” invited Friday presentation to
academics at the New England Complexity Conference, October 1998.
44. Nashua, “MBA Terrorists vs. Complexity Theory: Managing the Critical Values of Emergent Intelligence in Firms”
invited Saturday presentation to CEOs at the New England Complexity Conference, October 1998.
45. Nashua, “Leadership, Adaptation, and Complexity: Managing Distributed Intelligence,” New England Complexity Science
Institute Conference, October 1998.
46. Seattle, “‘Good’ Knowledge Science from Postmodernist Ontology,” College of Organization Science, INFORMS,
October 1998.
47. Evanston, “What is Theory?” Macro Organization Behavior Society, Allen Center, Northwestern University, October
1998.
48. Keystone, CO, “Managing Distributed Intelligence: Managerial Applications,” Organization Science Winter Conference,
January 1999.
49. Boston, “Cheops vs. Complexity Science: Practical Guidelines for Leading Emergence—Anywhere, Anytime,” New
England Complexity Science Institute Conference, March 1999.
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50. Durham, US, Coevolutionary Aspects of Managing Distributed Intelligence,” MESO Conference, Duke University, April
1999
51. Brussels, “Fostering Emergent Structure from Stochastically Idiosyncratic Agents: Some Practical Guidelines,” Workshop
on Complexity and Organization, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, June 1999.
52. Chicago, “Report on the Review of Thirty-four ‘Complexity-Applied-to-Management’ Books,” Academy of Management
Pre-conference Workshop, August 1999.
53. Chicago, “Knowledge Dynamics: Reconciling Competing Hypotheses from Economics and Sociology,” presented at
Academy of Management, August 1999, (A. M. Knott, 1st author).
54. Evanston, “Dynamics of New Science Leadership: Strategy, Microcoevolution, Distributed Intelligence, Complexity,”
presented at Macro Organizational Behavior Society Meeting, Allen Center, Northwestern University, October 22–24,
1999.
55. Utrecht, NL, “The 0th Law in Physical, Biological, and Social Systems: Complexity Science vs. the Entanglement Trap—
in Firms,” presented at the Conference on Entanglement at a Human Scale, University for Humanist Studies, February
2000.
56. UCLA, “Toward a Rule-Based Science of Emergent Order: Search for the 0 th Law,” presented at the Center for the Study
of Evolution and the Origin of Life, UCLA, February 23rd, 2000.
57. Cranfield, UK, “Dynamics of New Science Leadership: Strategy, Microcoevolution, Distributed Intelligence,
Complexity,” presented at Cranfield University, UK, 2000.
58. Paris, “Dynamics of New Science Leadership: Strategy, Microcoevolution, Distributed Intelligence, Complexity,”
presented at HEC-Paris, March 15th, 2000.
59. Paris, “Dynamics of New Science Leadership: Strategy, Microcoevolution, Distributed Intelligence, Complexity,”
presented at University of Dauphine-Paris, March 16th, 2000.
60. Fontainebleau, “Dynamics of New Science Leadership: Strategy, Microcoevolution, Distributed Intelligence,
Complexity,” presented at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, Fr., March 17, 2000.
61. London, “Toward a Rule-Based Science of Emergent Order: Search for the 0 th Law,” presented at the Complexity and
Organisational Learning Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, morning, March 14, 2000.
62. London, “Applications of New Science Leadership: GE, Simple Rules, and Complexity Theory,” presented at the
Complexity and Organisational Learning Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, afternoon, March
14, 2000.
63. Lausanne, “Simple Rules at GE: Complexity Theory in Action,” presented at IMD, March 20, 2000.
64. New York, “Improving Corporate IQ,” presented at the Conference on Knowledge: Management, Measurement, and
Organizations, NYU, New York, May 18–19, 2000.
65. Helsinki, “Emergent Distributed Intelligence as a Rent-Generating Competence: A Complexity Theory Approach,”
presented at the 5th International Conference on Competence-Based Management, Helsinki University of Technology,
June 10–14, 2000.
66. Otranto, Italy, “Energizing Order-Creating Networks of Distributed Intelligence: Improving the Corporate Brain,” 2000.
67. Toronto, “The Role of Computational Models in Making Scientific Research Managerially Useful,” presented at the AllAcademy Session—Does Research Add Value to Management Practice?, Academy of Management Meetings, August 6–9,
2000.
68. Toronto, “Agent-Based Computational Models: Why they Are Important! What they Are! Making them Better!
Connecting them to Reality!” I was Chair and Creator/Organizer of this symposium at the Academy of Management
Meetings, Toronto, Canada, August 6–9, 2000.
69. Toronto, “Modern Epistemology, Model-Centered Science, and the Necessity of Computational Experiments for
Management, Strategy, and Organization Science,” presented Academy of Management Meetings, August 6–9, 2000.
70. Coventry, UK, “Improving Corporate IQ,” Keynote address at the Manufacturing Complexity Network Conference,
Warwick University, September 19–20, 2000.
71. Durham, UK, “Simple Rules at GE: Complexity Theory in Action,” presented at University of Durham, September 18th,
2000.
72. London, “Simple Rules at GE: Complexity Theory in Action,” presented at London School of Business, September 25th,
2000.
73. Lecce, Italy, “Energizing Order-Creating Networks of Distributed Intelligence: Improving the Corporate Brain” six
lectures presented at the Advanced International School, University of Lecce, Italy, March 19th to 29th, 2001.
74. Lecce, “Foundations of ‘New’ Social Science” nine lectures presented to an e-business research group at the Graduate
School for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Lecce, March 19th to 29th, 2001.
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75. Lecce, “Improving the Corporate Brain” presented in plenary session at the Graduate School for Interdisciplinary
Research, University of Lecce, March 22nd, 2001.
76. UCLA, “Social Order-Creation Dynamics: Heterogeneous Agents and Dynamical Speed-Up,” presented at the Evolution
and Social Behavior Conference, UCLA, April 20, 2001.
77. Paris, “Foundations of ‘New’ Social Science.” Ten lectures presented at the University of Paris-Dauphine, May 18th to
June 29th, 2001.
78. Milton Keynes, UK, “Strategy Creation in the New Economy: Lessons from Evolution, Chaos & Complexity,” Keynote
address, at the Conference on Using Science for Business Success: Ideas and Practice from Nature’s Toolbox,” Open
University, June 6, 2001.
79. London, Complexity Science and Order-Creation, morning presentation and afternoon workshop at the Complexity and
Organisational Learning Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, June 8, 2001.
80. Budapest, “Limits to Knowledge,” NEXUS Workshop on Living with Limits to Knowledge, Central European University,
June 21–23, 2001.
81. Barbizon, France, "Recent Trends in Epistemology," presented a research training school for the top Ph.D. students (in all
of France) in Marketing, OB, and Strategy sponsored by the French Foundation of Management Development, June 25–
29, 2001.
82. Lyon, France, “Natural Order in Organizations: Lessons From Complexity Science,” presented at the 17th EGOS
Colloquium, July 5-7, 2001.
83. Ostuni, Italy, “CEO Leadership in the New Economy,” presented at Advanced International Summer School on “eBusiness and Complexity: New Management Practices” ISUFI, University of Lecce, July 14, 2001.
84. Madison, WI, “Situativity of Learning Within Groups: Coevolutionary Dynamics Over Time Using Kauffman’s NK
Model” (Y. Yuan, 1st author), presented at the Society for Chaos Theory Conference, August 3-6, 2001
85. Brussels, “Social Order-Creation Instability Dynamics: Heterogeneous Agents and Fast-Motion Science—on the 100th
Anniversary of Bénard’s Paper,” to be presented at the Workshop on Thermodynamics and Complexity Applied to
Organizations, EIASM, September 28–29, 2001.
86. Rotterdam, “On the Interaction of Coevolution and Self-Organization,” to be presented at the NOFIA Ph.D. Seminar on
Coevolution of Strategy and Organizational Form, School of Management, Erasmus University, October 3-5, 2001.
87. Beckman Center, UC Irvine, “Foundations of New Social Science: Institutional Legitimacy from Philosophy, Complexity
Science, Postmodernism, and Agent-based Modeling,” to be presented at the National Academy of Sciences Colloquium—
Adaptive Agents, Intelligence and Emergent Human Organization: Capturing Complexity Through Agent-Based
Modeling, October, 5-6, 2001.
88. New York, “Foundations of “New” Social Science,” presented at the Macro Organizational Behavior Society Meeting,
New York University, October 20, 2001.
89. Steamboat Springs, CO, “Foundations of ‘New’ Organization Science” Organization Science Winter Conference,
February 7, 2002.
90. Nice, France, “New Social Science Epistemology,” Groupe de Recherche sur l’Organisation la Décision et la Gestion des
Entreprises (RODIGE), Sophia Antipolis, Fr., February 21, 2002.
91. Nice, “Theories of Order Creation and Emergence,” ERAM, Sophia Antipolis (Nice), Fr., February 28, 2002.
92. Nice, “Improving Corporate IQ,” RODIGE, Sophia Antipolis, Fr., March 7, 2002
93. Nice, “Agent-based Modeling,” Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies, University of Nice, Fr., March 8, 2002
94. Nice, “Knowledge Management, A Complexity Science Perspective,” Centre d’Enseignement et de Recherche Applique au
Management (CERAM), Sophia Antipolis, Fr., March 14, 2002.
95. Nice, “Improving Corporate IQ,” THESEUS, Sophia Antipolis, Fr., March 11, 2002.
96. Nice, “Dynamics of Emergent Self-Organization,” ERAM, Sophia Antipolis, Fr., March 14, 2002.
97. Nice, “Managing Coevolutionary Dynamics: Some Leverage Points,” CERAM, Sophia Antipolis, Fr., March 21, 2002.
98. Barbizon, "Philosophy, Complexity & Agent-based Modeling," to be presented a research training school for the top
Ph.D. students (in all of France) in Marketing, OB, and Strategy; sponsored by the French Foundation of Management
Development, June 24–28, 2002.
99. Barcelona, “Managing Coevolutionary Dynamics: Some Leverage Points,” presented at the 18 th EGOS Conference, July
4–6, 2002.
100. London, “Managing Coevolutionary Dynamics: Some Leverage Points.” Complexity and Organisational Learning Centre,
London School of Economics and Political Science, July 9, 2002.
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101. Glasgow, “Transcendental Organizational Foresight in Nonlinear Contexts.” Keynote address presented at a conference on
Probing the Future: Developing Organizational Foresight in the Knowledge Economy,” Strathclyde University, July 11–
13, 2002.
102. Denver, “Managing Your Dissertation.” Managing Your Dissertation Workshop, Academy of Management Meetings,
August 10–14, 2002.
103. Baltimore, “Sending Evolutionary Entrepreneurial Research the Way of the Dodo Bird by Replacing Darwin with
Schumpeter and Bénard.” Opening presentation at the Journal of Business Venturing Conference: Evolutionary
Approaches in Honor of Howard Aldrich, October 3, 2002, 23 pages.
104. Washington, DC, “Toward a Complexity Theory of Entrepreneurship.” Executive Leadership Doctoral Program, George
Washington University, January 18, 2003.
105. Washington, DC, “Managing Coevolutionary Dynamics.” Executive Leadership Doctoral Program, George Washington
University, January 18, 2003.
106. Santa Barbara, “Order-Creation Science and the Bren School’s Mission.” Presented at the Bren School of Environmental
Science and Management, UCSB, January 31, 2003.
107. Fontainebleau, Fr., “Redefining Strategic Foresight: “Fast” and “Far” Sight via Complexity Science” (with M. Boisot).
Presented at the INSEAD Conference on Expanding Perspectives on Strategy Processes, August 24–26, 2003.
108. Fontainebleau, Fr., “Process Dynamics Underlying the Exploration vs. Exploitation Strategy Dilemma” (C. Thomas, 1st
author; with R. Kaminska-Labbé). Presented at the INSEAD Conference on Expanding Perspectives on Strategy
Processes, August 24–26, 2003.
109. Steamboat, CO, “Why Organization Science Isn’t!” Presented at the Organization Science Winter Conference, February
6–9, 2003.
110. Lake Arrowhead, CA, “Unsolved Problems in Agent-Modeling Design.” Presented at the 2nd International Conference on
Agent-Modeling in Social Science,” UCLA Conference Center, March 19–22, 2003.
111. Nice, Fr., “How to Get Published in American Journals.” Presented at Centre d’Enseignement et de Recherche Applique
au Management (CERAM), Sophia Antipolis/Nice, Fr., May 22, 2003.
112. Ostuni, It., “A ‘Simple Rule’ Approach to CEO Leadership in the 21 st Century.” Presented at the Conference on New
Approaches to Strategic Management, September 11, 2003.
113. Ostuni, “Unraveling Entangled Organizational Dynamics: Managerial Problems from Coevolving Causalities” (C.
Thomas, 1st author; with R. Kaminska-Labbé). Presented at the Conference on New Approaches to Strategic Management,
September 13, 2003.
114. Durham, UK, “Toward a Complexity Science of Entrepreneurship.” Presented at Durham University, September
115. Paris, “Unraveling Entangled Organizational Dynamics: Managerial Problems from Coevolving Causalities” (C. Thomas,
1st author; with R. Kaminska-Labbé). Presented at University of Paris-Dauphine, October 13, 2003.
116. Paris, “A ‘Simple Rule’ Approach to CEO Leadership in the 21 st Century.” Presented at University of Paris-Dauphine,
October 20, 2003.
117. Steamboat, “Process Dynamics Underlying the Exploration vs. Exploitation Strategy Dilemma” (C. Thomas, 1st author;
with Renata Kaminska-Labbé). Presented at the Organization Science Winter Conference, February 5th, 2004.
118. Steamboat, “Unraveling Entangled Organizational Dynamics: Managerial Problems from Coevolving Causalities” (C.
Thomas, 1st author; with Renata Kaminska-Labbé). Presented at Organization Science Winter Conference, February 7th,
2004.
119. Steamboat, “Managing Coevolutionary Dynamics. Presented at Organization Science Winter Conference, February 7th,
2004.
120. Montreal, “A ‘Simple Rule’ Approach to CEO Leadership in the 21st Century.” Presented at the McGill University, March
26th, 2004.
121. Durham, UK, “A ‘Simple Rule’ Approach to Leadership in the 21 st Century.” Presented at Durham Business School,
University of Durham, May 18, 2004.
122. Teesside, UK, “Toward A Complexity Science of Entrepreneurship, Teesside Business School, University of Teesside,
May 20, 2004.
123. Durham, UK, “Ashy, Aristotle, Complexity, and Entrepreneurship.” Presented at Durham Business School, University of
Durham, May 21, 2004.
124. Durham, UK, “Modeling Complexity Dynamics in Organizations.” Presented at Durham Business School, University of
Durham, May 26, 2004.
125. Liverpool, Improving Corporate IQ.” Presented at the AIM Fellows Workshop, University of Liverpool, April 15, 2004.
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126. Liverpool, “A ‘Simple Rule’ Approach to Leadership in the 21st Century.” Presented at the University of Liverpool’s
Business School, April 16, 2004.
127. Washington, DC, “A ‘Simple Rule’ Approach to Leadership in the 21 st Century.” Lecture for Executive Leadership
Doctoral Program, George Washington University, 9:00–10:30am, May 31st, 2004.
128. Washington, “Tangled Hierarchies & Coevolutionary Causalities.” Lecture for Executive Leadership Doctoral Program,
George Washington University, 10:45–12:15pm, May 31st, 2004.
129. Washington, “Managing Coevolutionary Dynamics” Lecture for Executive Leadership Doctoral Program, George
Washington University, 2:30–4:00pm, May 31st, 2004.
130. Ljubljana, Slovenia, “Power Law Phenomena in Organizations: Causes and Consequences for Managers” (P. Andriani 1 st
author). Presented at the 20th EGOS Colloquium, July 2, 2004.
131. Ljubljana, “Complexity Science is Really Order-Creation Science.” Presented at the Sub-Plenary Session of the 20th
EGOS Colloquium, July 3, 2004.
132. Ostuni, “Complex Leadership of Dynamic Capabilities in MNCs.” Presented at the Workshop on Dynamic Capabilities in
High-Uncertainty Markets, July 9, 3004.
133. New Orleans, “Complex Leadership: Shifting Leadership from the Industrial Age to the Knowledge Era” (M. Uhl-Bien 1st
author, with R. Marion). Presented at the Academy of Management Meetings, New Orleans, August 9, 2004.
134. New Orleans, “A Neo-Realist Perspective on Knowledge Management: Epistemological Fallout from Complexity
Science.” Presented at the Academy of Management Meetings, New Orleans, August 9, 2004.
135. New Orleans, “Complexity Science and Computational Models of Emergent Order: What’s There? What’s Missing?” (B.
B. Lichtenstein 1st author). Presented at the Academy of Management Meetings, New Orleans, August 9, 2004.
136. New Orleans, “Do Capabilities Enhance Efficiency: A Stochastic-Frontier Estimation based on US Industry” (P. K.
Kiousis 1st author). Presented at the Academy of Management Meetings, New Orleans, August 10, 2004.
137. Durham, UK, “Power Law Phenomena in Organizations: Causes and Consequences for Managers” (P. Andriani 1st
author). Presented at the Durham Business School, University of Durham, September 7, 2004.
138. Evanston, IL, “Power Law Phenomena in Organizations: Redirecting Organization Science” (P. Andriani 1 st author).
Macro OB Society Conference, Northwestern University, November 6, Evanston, IL, 2004.
139. Sophia Antipolis, “Power Laws and Statistics.” Presented at CERAM Business School, Sophia Antipolis, Fr.
140. Lund, Sweden, “Power Law Phenomena in Organizations: Redirecting Organization Science” (P. Andriani 1st author).
Presented at the Lund University business school, January 21, 2005.
141. Copenhagen, “Power Law Phenomena in Organizations: Redirecting Organization Science” (P. Andriani 1 st author).
Copenhagen Business School, January 24, 2005.
142. Paris, “Power Law Phenomena in Organizations: Redirecting Organization Science” (P. Andriani 1 st author). University of
Paris–Dauphine, January 27, 2005.
143. Steamboat, “Defense of ‘New’ Scientific Realism.” Played the role of defending attorney in a Mock Trial of Realism vs.
Postmodernism, Organization Science Winter Conference, Steamboat Springs, CO, Feb., 2005.
144. Steamboat, Power Law talk. Organization Science Winter Conference, February, 2005.
145. Washington, DC, “A ‘Simple Rule’ Approach to CEO Leadership in the 21st Century.” George Washington University,
March 12, 2005.
146. Washington, DC., “Power Laws of Extreme Events: Re-Directing Organization Science.” George Washington University,
March 12, 2005.
147. Greensboro, NC, “Leadership, Power Laws, and Statistics.” Comments at the Leadership and Complexity Symposium,
Center for Creative Leadership, May 14–15, 2005.
148. Urbana-Champaign, Il, “Power Laws, Statistics, and Evaluating Agent-based Models.” Presented at the 5th
Understanding Complex Systems Symposium, Department of Physics, University of Illinois, May 17, 2005.
149. Lake Arrowhead, CA, “Power Laws, Statistics, and Evaluating ABMs.” Presented at the 3rd Lake Arrowhead Conference
on Agent-based Modeling in Social Science, UCLA Conference Center, May 18–21, 2005.
150. Liverpool, “Improving Corporate IQ.” Presented at the University of Liverpool, April 16, 2005.
151. Berlin, Co-Chair of the Complexity Track (with Raymond-Alain Thietart), 2005.
152. Berlin, “Beyond Averages: Extending Organization Science to Extreme Events and Power Laws” (P. Andriani 1st author).
21st EGOS Colloquium, June 30–July 2, 2005.
153. Berlin, “Managing the Control/Autonomy Dilemma: From Impossible Balance to Rhythmic Oscillation Dynamics” (C.
Thomas 1st author, with R. Kaminska-Labbé) . 21st EGOS Colloquium, June 30–July 2, 2005.
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154. Denver, “Beyond Averages: Extending Organization Science to Extreme Events and Power Laws” (P. Andriani 1 st author).
Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences, August 6, 2005.
155. Denver, “Workshop on Power Laws and Scale-free Theory.” 15th Annual International Conference, Society for Chaos
Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences, August 4, 2005.
156. Honolulu, “Beyond Averages: Extending Organization Science to Extreme Events and Power Laws” (P. Andriani 1 st
author). Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 8–10, 2005.
157. Honolulu, “Managing the Control/Autonomy Dilemma: From Impossible Balance to Rhythmic Oscillation Dynamics” (C.
Thomas 1st author; with R. Kaminska-Labbé). Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 8–10,
2005.
158. Los Angeles, “Counter-Terrorism as Global Neighborhood Watch.” Presented at the Department of Justice Conference on
Neighborhood Watch, August, 23, 2005.
159. Liverpool, “What Can Complexity Science Offer Business.” Presented at the Complexity Conference, University of
Liverpool, Sept. 13, 2005.
160. Durham, “CEOs, Leadership & Jack Welch: Lessons from Complexity Science.” Presented at Durham Business School,
University of Durham, UK, September.
161. Rotterdam, “Adding the Aristotelian Causes to Strategy Process Research.” JIBS Conference, Erasmus University,
September 29, 2005.
162. Singapore, “Counter-Terrorism as Global Neighborhood Watch: A Socio/Computational Approach for Getting Patterns
From Dots” (M. Boisot 1st author). Presented at the 47th Annual Conference of the International Military Testing
Association, November 8, 2005.
163. Singapore, “Energizing Order-Creating Networks of Distributed Intelligence.” Presented at the Ministry of Defense,
November 9, 2005.
164. Steamboat, “Managing the Exploitation/Exploration Dilemma,” Organization Science Winter Conference, Steamboat
Springs, CO, Feb., 2006.
165. Toronto, “Making Research Relevant to Practice,” Conference on the Future of the MBA, Rotman Business School,
University of Toronto, CA, March 27–28, 2006.
166. Laguna Nigel, CA, “Extreme Events in Organization Science: Toward a New Ontology” (M. Boisot 1 st author). Presented
at the 5th Annual Knowledge and Organizations Conference, April 20–21, 2006.
167. London, “On the Organizational Relevance of Power Laws, Fractals, and Scale-free Theory,” Complexity Research
Centre, London School of Economics, July 4, 2006.
168. Bergen, Norway, “Making Research More Relevant: Learning from the Science of Extreme Events,” 22nd EGOS
Colloquium, July 6–July 8, 2006.
169. Atlanta, “Analysis of Extremes in Management Studies.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 12–16, 2006.
170. Atlanta, “Can the CEO Churning Problem be Fixed? Lessons from Complexity Science, Jack Welch & AIDS.” Academy
of Management Annual Meeting, August 12–16, 2006.
171. Atlanta, “On the Coevolution of Causality: A Study of Aristotelian Causes & Other Entangled Influences.”Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, August 12–16, 2006.
172. Washington, DC, “Power Laws and Scale-Free Theory.” George Washington University, August 19, 2006.
173. Washington, DC, “Can the CEO Churning Problem be Fixed? Lessons from Complexity Science, Jack Welch & AIDS.”
George Washington University, August 19, 2006.
174. Bremen, Germany, “Jack Welch, ‘Manager of the Century’: His Secret? Complexity Theory.” University of Bremen
Business School, October 2nd, 2006.
175. Bremen, “Complexity Science as Order-Creation Science: New Philosophy, New Theory, New Method.” University of
Bremen Business School, October 3rd, 2006.
176. Steamboat, “‘Smart Parts’ Logistics Systems as Complex Adaptive Systems: How to Best Manage the Scalability &
dynamics of Interactive Learning Chips” (C. Wycisk 1st author). Organization Science Winter Conference, Steamboat
Springs, Co., Feb. 7, 2007.
177. Paris, “Making Geographical Clusters More Adaptive: Complexity-based Policies” (V. Albino 1st author, with N.
Carbonara & I. Giannoccaro). European Academy of Management, May 18–20, 2007.
178. Rouen, France, “Econophysics Applied to Organizations.” Groupe ESC Business School, May 24, 2007.
179. Nice/Sophia Antipolis, Fr., “Theory & Method for Studying Technology Interactions in the 21 st Century: Lessons from
Econophysics.” CERAM, Sophia Antipolis, June 4, 2007.
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180. Uddevalla, Sweden, “Making Geographical Clusters More Adaptive: Complexity-based Policies” (V. Albino 1st author,
with N. Carbonara & I. Giannoccaro). Uddevalla Symposium on Institutions for Knowledge Generation and Knowledge
Flows, June 14–16, 2007.
181. Orange, CA, “On the Fractal Essence of Living Systems”, Chaos Society Conference, Oct. 27, 2007.
182. Orange, CA, “Toward Pareto-based Epistemology: Doing Credible Research on Extremes,” Chaos Society Conference,
Oct. 29, 2007.
183. Philadelphia, “An Outlier’s View of Research on Outliers: Toward a Pareto-based Organization Science.” Academy of
Management Conference, August 3, 2007.
184. Philadelphia, “Power Laws as Telltales of Emergence-in-Action.” Academy of Management Conference, August 6, 2007.
185. Philadelphia, “Extremes, Power Laws, and Scale-free Dynamics in Organizations: Theory and Research Implications” (P.
Andriani 1st author). Academy of Management Conference, August 6, 2007.
186. Philadelphia, “Extreme Events, Power Laws, and Adaptation: Toward an Econophysics of Organization” (M. Boisot 1 st
author). Academy of Management Conference, August 7, 2007.
187. Philadelphia, “Market Power, Productivity & Organizational Capabilities in US Manufacturing” (P. K. Kiousis 1st author).
Academy of Management Conference, August 6, 2007.
188. Philadelphia, “Toward a Social Capital Theory of Technology-based New Ventures as Complex Adaptive Systems” (M.
Han 1st author). Academy of Management Conference, August 6, 2007.
189. Washington, DC, “Can the CEO Churning Problem be Fixed? Lessons from Complexity Science, Jack Welch & AIDS.”
George Washington University, August 11, 2007.
190. Washington, DC, “Power Laws and Scale-Free Theory.” George Washington University, August 11, 2007.
191. Washington, DC, “Complexity Basics I.” George Washington University, August 17, 2007.
192. Washington, DC, “Complexity Basics II.” George Washington University, August 17, 2007.
193. Montpellier, Fr. Toward a Pareto-based Organization Science: Power Laws and Scale-Free Theory. Presented at GSCMMontpellier Business School, Montpellier, France, September 19, 2007.
194. Nice/Sophia Antipolis, Fr., “Managing Knowledge Dynamics” Presented at the Knowledge Forum, Sept. 27, 2007.
195. Bremen, Germany, “Toward Pareto-based Epistemology: Doing Credible Research on Rank/Frequency Pareto
Distributions,” October 4, 2007.
196. Durham, UK, Researching Rank/Frequency Pareto Distributions,” University of Durham Business School, October 10,
2007.
197. Glasgow, “Toward Pareto-based Epistemology: Doing Credible Research on Rank/Frequency Pareto Distributions,”
University of Glasgow Business School, October 16, 2007.
198. Phoenix, “Complex Adaptive Systems and Supply Chain Networks.” Invited Panel Member, Decision Science Institute
Conference, November 17–20, 2007.
199. Phoenix, “‘Smart Parts’ Logistics Systems as Complex Adaptive Systems” (C. Wycisk 1st author). Decision Science
Institute Conference, November 17–20, 2007.
200. Squaw Valley, CA, “Toward a Pareto-based Organization Science.” Organization Science Winter Conference, Feb. 2008.
201. Garden City, NJ, “Pareto-based Science: Basic Principles—and Beyond.” Adelphi Conf. on Social Entrepreneurship,
Systems Thinking & Complexity, Adelphi University, April 25, 2008.
202. Garden City, NJ, “Toward a Pareto-based Entrepreneurial Science” TNVs as CAS.” Adelphi Conf. on Social
Entrepreneurship, Systems Thinking & Complexity, Adelphi University, April 24, 2008.
203. London, “Pareto-based Science.” London School of Economics, June 17, 2008.
204. Lecce, It., “Model-centered Science.” ISUFI, University of Salento, June 24th, 2008.
205. Lecce, “introduction to Agent-based Computational Modeling.” ISUFI, University of Salento, Oct. 21 st, 2008.
206. Amsterdam, “Pareto-based Science: Researching Rank/Frequency Distributions.” EGOS Colloquium, July 11, The
Netherlands.
207. Anaheim, CA, “Professional Development Workshop on High Reliability Organizations.” AOM Conf. Aug. 11, 2008.
208. Washington DC,
“Complexity Leadership: The Secret of Jack Welch’s Success;”
“Introduction to Order-creation Science;”
“Fractals, Power Laws, Pareto Distributions & Self-Organizing Economies;”
“Pareto-based Science.” George Washington University, August 1–2, 2008.
209. Lethbridge, CA, “Researching Pareto Distributions.” University of Lethbridge Business School, Sept. 26, 2008.
210. Lecce, “Fractals, Power Laws, and Rank/Frequency Distributions.” ISUFI, University of Salento, Oct. 21 st, 2008.
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211. Lecce, “Pareto-based Science.” ISUFI, University of Salento, Oct. 23 rd, 2008.
212. Grenoble, Fr. “How to get published in American Journals.” University of Grenoble, Nov. 21, 2008.
213. Rouen, Fr. “Toward a Pareto-based Organization Science.” Groupe ESC-Rouen Business School, Nov. 27th, 2008.
214. Bremen, “Researching Power Laws vs. Pareto-based Science.” University of Bremen Business School, Dec. 4th, 2008.
215. Tarzana, CA, “Complexity Leadership: The Secret of Jack Welch’s Success.” Tarzana Hospital, Feb. 16, 2009.
216. Sarasota, FL, “What Lies Behind Community Sustainability? Self-organized Criticality.” Presented at the
Communiplexity Summit, Sarasota Art Center; Sponsored by Univ. So. Florida, and SCOPE, March 26–28, 2009.
217. Chicago, IL, “Knowledge Management and the Mini Ice Age.” Professional Development Workshop, Acad. Mgmt.
Conference, 2009
218. Chicago, IL, “Complexity Leadership: The Secret of Jack Welch’s Success.” Professional Development Workshop, Acad.
Mgmt. Conference, 2009
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221. Lethbridge, “Complexity Leadership: The Secret of Jack Welch’s Success.” University of Lethbridge, 2010
222. San Antonio, TX, “Using Power-Law Science to Enhance Knowledge for Practical Relevance.” AOM Conf., 2011
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224. San Antonio, TX, “Empirically Analyzing Complex Systems: A Power-law Science Approach.” Professional
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225. Quincy, MA. “Managing in a Pareto World Calls for New Thinking.” 8 th International Conference on Complex Systems,
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227. Bremen, Germany. “Complexity Leadership: The Secret of Jack Welch.” Jacobs University, December 2011.
228. Berkeley, CA. “World Conference on Mass Customization, Personalization, and Co-Creation, November, 2011.
229. Pasadena, CA. “Multiplying OD  Complexity Science to Reach the Stochastic Frontier.” Society of Consulting
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