Sine, Wesley David
Associate Professorresearch
research and scholarship focus
- Entrepreneurship
- Organizational Theory
- Emergence and Evolution of New Technologies and Industries
- Social Construction of Entrepreneurial Opportunity
- Institutional Change
- Organizational Structure and Strategy
- Structuration of New Organizational Fields
- Economic Sociology
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Johnson School Entrepreneurship | academic concentration
- Johnson School Management and Organizations | academic concentration
other Cornell affiliations
- Institute for the Social Sciences (ISS) | research institute
teaching
teaching focus
- Commercializing University Technology
- Global Innovation and Technology Commercialization
- Entrepreneurship
- Social Entrepreneurship
- New Venture Strategy and Growth
- International Entrepreneurship
teaches
- NBA 5920 - Experience in International Management (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NBA 6180 - GLOBAL INNNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION (F 01:00:PM-03:00:PM) | spring 2009 class
- NBA 6180 - GLOBAL INNNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION (F 01:00:PM-03:00:PM) | spring 2009 class
- NBA 6180 - GLOBAL INNNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION (F 01:00:PM-03:00:PM) | spring 2009 class
- NBA 6180 - GLOBAL INNNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION (F 09:00:AM-12:00:PM) | spring 2009 class
- NBA 6180 - GLOBAL INNNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION (F 10:00:AM-12:00:PM) | spring 2009 class
- NBA 6180 - GLOBAL INNNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION (F 10:00:AM-12:00:PM) | spring 2009 class
- NBA 6180 - GLOBAL INNNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION (F 10:00:AM-12:00:PM) | spring 2009 class
- NBA 6520 - COMMERCIALIZING UNIVERSITY SCIENCE AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY (W 10:10:AM-01:10:PM) | spring 2009 class
- NBA 6650 - Management of Technology & Innovation (TR 10:10:AM-11:25:AM) | spring 2009 class
- NBA 6650 - Management of Technology & Innovation (TR 11:55:AM-01:10:PM) | spring 2009 class
background
educational background
- Ph.D., (Organizational Behavior), Cornell University, 2001
- M.A., (Organizational Behavior), Brigham Young University, 1996
- M.A., (International Studies), Brigham Young University, 1996
- B.Sc., (with Honors), Brigham Young University 1993
professional background
- 2003 - Present | Assistant Professor, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
- 2000 - 2003 | Assistant Professor, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park
awards and distinctions
- 2006 J. Thomas Clark Professorship in Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise
- 2004 Johnson Graduate School of Management Air Products Faculty Fellow
- 1998 Best Paper Award (Conference on Quality Management, Academy of Management, Arizona State University)
- 1995 Graduate Research Fellow, Brigham Young University (one of five university wide)
- 1994-1996 Marriott School of Management Scholarship
- 1994-1996 Kennedy Center for International Studies Scholarship
featured in
- Chaos and commerce: Researchers find that Colombia's violence has damaged the nation's economic growth | Cornell Chronicle Feature
- Einaudi Center grants fund research on African nutrition, Egyptian cinema and more | Cornell Chronicle feature
- ISS fellowships free some of Cornell's top social scientists to pursue their research | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Johnson School students spend immersion time in Colombia advising businesses | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Zalaznick Teaching Assistantships awarded | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
- Sine, W.D., David, R.J. and Mitsuhashi, H. 2007. “From plan to plant: effects of certification processes on the likelihood of entrepreneurs reaching operational startup.” Forthcoming at Organization Science.
- Sine, W.D., Kirsch, D., and Mitsuhashi, H. 2006. “Revisiting Burns and Stalker: Formal structure and new venture performance in emerging economic sectors” Academy of Management Journal. 49: 121-132.
- Sine, W.D., Haveman, H., and Tolbert, P. 2005. “Risky business? Entrepreneurship in the new independent-power sector.” Administrative Science Quarterly: 50: 200-232.
- Sine, W.D., Shane, S. and DiGrigorio, D. 2003. “The halo effect and technology licensing: The influence of institutional prestige on the licensing of university inventions.” Management Science, 49: 478-496.
- Sine, W. D. and David, R. 2003. “Environmental jolts, institutional change, and the creation of entrepreneurial opportunity in the U.S. electric power industry.” Research Policy, 32: 185-207.
- Cameron, K.S. and Sine, W.D. 1999. “A framework for organizational quality culture.” Quality Management Journal, 6: 7-25.
Keywords: Organizational Behavior