Robert J. Jensen

Assistant Professor
Organizational Leadership and Strategy, Department of

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Office: 783 TNRB
Phone: 801-422-4413
Email: robertjensen@byu.edu
Office hours: 2:30- 3:30 MW
Expertise:
  • International strategy
  • Strategic management
Research:
  • My research focuses broadly on the use of knowledge in organizations. The specific area of focus at present is on the geographic re-use, or replication, of knowledge in multi-unit organizations.
Education:
  • Ph.D., Stragetic Management, University of Pennsylvania, 2006
Group Affiliations:
  • Center for Economic Self-Reliance - Secondary
  • Global Management Center - Secondary
Selected Publications:
  • "Reproducing Knowledge : Inaccurate Replication and Failure in Franchise Organizations," Academy of Management Meetings Best Paper Proceedings August, 2007    
  • "How Much Do Country Differences Matter in the Performance of Organizational Routines Transferred Across Borders?," Academy of Management Meetings Best Paper Proceedings August, 2007    
  • "Variation through Replication: The Extent and Sources of Variance when Replicating Organizational Routines," Academy of Management Meetings Best Paper Proceedings August, 2007    
  • "Replication and Adaptation: The Effect of Degree and Timing on the Performance of Replicated Routines," Academy of Management Meetings Best Paper Proceedings August, 2007    
  • "Template Use and the Effectiveness of Knowledge Transfer," Management Science Volume 53, Issue 11, Pages 1716-1730, November, 2007    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • "Presumptive Adaptation and the Effectiveness of Knowledge Transfer," Strategic Management Journal Volume 27, Issue 10, Pages 937-957, October, 2006    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • "The Form of Departure: The Initial Degree of Adaptation," Volume Restructuring Strategy: New Networks And Industry Challenges, Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., Abate, R., Cool, K.O., and Henderson, J.E, January, 2005    
  • "Overcoming Stickiness: An Empirical Investigation of the," Managerial and Decision Economics Volume 25, Pages 347-363, 2004    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • "When and How Trustworthiness Matters: Knowledge," Organization Science Volume 15, Issue 5, Pages 600-613, 2004    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • "Stickiness and the Adaptation of Organizational Practices in Cross-," Journal of International Business Studies Volume 35, Pages 508-523, November, 2004    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • "Seeing the Elephant: Human Resource Management Challenges in the Age of Globalization," Organization Dynamics Volume 32, Issue 3, Pages 261-274, 2003    
  • "Adaptation of Franchising Know-how for Cross-," Management International Review Volume 43, Issue 3, Pages 131-150, 2003    
  • "Templates and the Effectiveness of," Academy of Management Meetings Best Paper Proceedings 2003    
  • "Adapting Knowledge in Cross-Border Transfers: Is it the," Vlaamse Management Associatie, Antwerp, Belgium, Verdin, P., De Wulf, K., Deschoolmeester, D., De Pelsmacker, P., De Lembre, E., and Henderickx, E., 2002    
  • "Intranets and Business Model Innovation: Managing," Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA, Y. Malhotra, 2001    
Experience:
   Teaching
  • Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University, 2006
  • Instructor, Brigham Young University, 2004-2006
  • Instructor, University of Pennsylvania, 2002-2003
Awards:
  • Best Paper Proceedings , Academy of Mangement, Business Policy and Strategy Division , 2007
  • Best Paper Proceedings , Academy of Management, Business Policy and Strategy Division , 2007
  • Best Paper Proceedings , Academy of Management, International Management Division , 2007
  • Best Paper Proceedings , Academy of Management, Technology and Innovation Management Division , 2007
  • Finalist, Blackwell Best Dissertation Prize , Academy of Management, Business Policy and Strategy Division , 2007
  • Nominee, William H. Newman Best Paper from a Dissertation Award , Academy of Management, Technology and Innovation Management Division , 2007
  • Outstanding Reviewer , Business Policy and Strategy Division of Academy of Management , 2004
  • Participant , the Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation , 2004
  • Runner-up for the Booz Allen Hamilton/SMS PhD Fellowship , Strtategic Management Society , 2003
  • Selected to be published in the Academy of Management BPS Division Best Paper , Academy of Management , 2003
  • McKinsey & Company/Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper , Strategic Management Society , 2002
  • Selected to be published in the Academy of Management OMT Division Best Paper , Academy of Management , 2001