COLBY D. GREEN
Strategy & Environment
Jones Graduate School of Business
Rice University
6100 Main Street, MS-531
Houston, Texas 55005
Cell: 801-636-0131
E-mail: Colby.D.Green@rice.edu
RESEARCH STATEMENT
I think of myself as a non-market strategic management scholar, with an emphasis in
corporate political activities. This interest arose out of an internship and subsequent full-time
job working in the Utah Senate. Since my work on Utah’s Capitol Hill, two questions have
plagued me: First, what is different about firms (or their behavior) that are successful in their
efforts to affect policy outcomes as compared with firms who are not successful? Second, in
what ways do government policies benefit or harm business – both individually and
collectively? Said differently, how do specific policies affect firm performance? These
questions tend to focus my scholarly interests on (1) understanding differences among the
various types of corporate political activities, and (2) examining the outcomes of corporate
political activities.
EDUCATION
Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business
Ph.D., Strategic Management
Apr. 2018
(Expected)
Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Management
M.B.A., Organizational Behavior
Apr. 2013
Brigham Young University
B.A., Political Science
Dec. 2008
AWARDS AND HONORS
Graduate Research Fellowship ($15,000), Brigham Young University
MBA Graduate Student Scholarship, Marriott School
The Sheri Joy Bushnell Bischoff Endowed Scholarship, Marriott School
2012 Outstanding Scholar Award, OBHR Major, Marriott School
Dean’s Scholarship, Marriott School
2012
2012
2012
2012
2011
PAPERS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
Green, C., Testing Political Markets: A Meta-Analysis of Corporate Political Activity.
(targeting AMJ).
Updated June 5, 2015
Schuler, D., Zavyalova, A., Green, C., Mr. President, you’re not welcome here: A
contingency model of the benefits of affiliation with high status actors. This project
examines stock market reactions to visits by the President of the U.S. (targeting SMJ).
Hoskisson, R., Li, T., Green, C., Gambeta, E. The mechanisms that protect firmspecific investments by stakeholders. This project is a theoretical application of the firmspecific human capital paradox to other key stakeholders (targeting JMS).
Rodgers, Z., Whetten, D., Green, C., Coles, R. Applied or Disciplined: What
Constitutes our Scholarly Contributions? An Analysis of the Research-TheoryPractice Nexus in Published Academy of Management Journal Articles. (targeting ASQ).
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Green, C., Schuler, D., Zavyalova, A. When Presidential Popularity Matters:
Examining Stock Market Returns to Firm Visits by the President of the United States.
This paper was accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management in
Vancouver, BC (August, 2015).
Whetten, D., Rodgers, Z., Green, C., Coles, R., What, really, constitutes a theoretical
contribution? This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (August, 2014).
Kryscynski, D., Green, C. Exploring knowledge investment: the case for a laboratory
simulator. This presentation was part of a symposium at the annual meeting of the Academy of
Management in Orlando, Florida (August, 2013).
Kryscynski, D., Green, C. Bingham, J. Explaining Away the Paradox: How
Workplace Identity Motivates Firm-Specific Investments. This paper was presented at the
annual international conference of the Strategic Management Society in Prague (2012).
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Green, C. (2013). The Misguided Allure of Transferrable Expertise. MBA Student
Wire, Marriott School of Management. April.
DeTienne, K., Green, C., Blackburn, A. (2011). Jack in the Box: A Case Study in
Communication Strategy. Journal of Organizational Behavior Education.Vol. 4, pp97-108
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
MBA 549R: David Whetten’s theory development course.
(Teaching Assistant)
Winter 2013
Updated June 5, 2015
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION AND SERVICE
Vice President, Pre-doctoral Student Organization, Marriott School
Member, Academy of Management
2012 – 2013
2012 – Current
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Chief Operations Officer, Lincoln Law Center & CounselNow
Legislative Assistant, Senator John Valentine, Utah State Senate
Real Estate Appraisal Trainee, Dwight F. Green Appraisal Services
2009 – 2011
2008 – 2009
2006 – 2008
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Committee Member, Boy Scouts of America Troop 1881
Range Safety Officer, Provo City
Full-time missionary, LDS Church, Cordoba, Argentina
Hobbies: Backpacking, camping, skiing
Languages: English (native), Spanish (conversational)
2015 – Current
2007 – 2010
2004 – 2006
Updated June 5, 2015