Lindy Archambeau
Assistant Professor
Department of Management
Email: mgtla@business.utah.edu
Degrees:
2002 PHD University of California at Berkeley
1994 MBA University of California at Berkeley
Teaching Areas:
Entrepreneurship
Organizational Theory
Strategy
Research Statements:
Research Statement
A fundamental question in both the strategy and organizational theory literature is what drives firm heterogeneity and what impact does this heterogeneity have on the survival rate of firms. Both perspectives provide insight into the formation and survival of organizations. My research interests rest within these two domains with an emphasis on entrepreneurship. As described below, I apply a variety of theoretical lenses in addressing the question of organizational formation focusing on the areas of resource acquisition and the development of firm capabilities.
Within entrepreneurship, the main purpose of my research program is to identify factors that enable new ventures to overcome the liability of newness. Drawing on the resource based theory of the firm, my research concentrates primarily on the processes that support new ventures in their quest to acquire the resources necessary for their survival. Building on ideas used in network theory and the resource dependence view, my research focuses on the role interorganizational relationships play in the resource acquisition of new ventures. I examine this process at both the organizational and the environmental level. At the firm level, the main purpose of my research is to identify how the structure of interfirm relationships shapes the pattern and value of resource acquisition. In particular, I use ideas from the knowledge-based view of the firm together with network theory to examine the absorption of knowledge in Biotech Firms. At the environmental level, the interest shifts away from the focal firm towards the context it is operating in. Building upon the theoretical framework utilized in both the institutional and population ecology perspectives, my work in this area concentrates on identifying the mechanisms underlying the legitimization process of new ventures and the development of common architectural components. Empirically, I use databases such as VentureXpert and Bioscan to conduct longitudinal analyses of the processes under study.
Recent Awards:
2005 University Research Grant - University of Utah
