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Toby Stuart is the Leo Helzel Professor of Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Innovation at the Haas School of Business. His research examines social networks, status processes, and innovation and strategic dynamics in a variety of markets and contexts, including venture capital, the life sciences, and academe. Recent projects range from examinations of email networks in a group of large companies to the production of ideas in academic settings."

"Fraud and Innovation" (with Yanbo Wang and Jizhen Li). Administrative Science Quarterly, 2020.
"Does Intra-household Contagion Cause an Increase in Prescription Opiod Use?" (with Mathijs de Vaan). American Sociological Review, 2019.
"Status Spillovers" (with Pierre Azoulay and Brian Reschke). Administrative Science Quarterly, 2017.
"The Matthew Effect and Lucan Lawyer: Outlining an Ecological Approach to Status Research." (with Brian Reschke). Journal of Management Inquiry, 2017.
"Social influence given (partially) deliberate matching: Careet imprints in the creation of academic entrepreneurs" (with Pierre Azoulay and Chris Liu). American Journal of Sociology, 2017.
"The role of optimal distinctiveness in online dating sites" (with Daniel Romero, Arun Varghese, and Danaja Maldenya, International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2017).
“Who cooks the books in China, and does it pay?” (with Yanbo Wang), Strategic Management Journal, 2016.
“An Intraorganizational ecology of individual attainment” (with Chris Liu and Sameer Srivastava). Organization Science, 27: 2015.
"The Matthew Effect and Lucan Lawyer: Outlining an Ecological Approach to Status Research,” (with Brian Reschke), Forthcoming, Journal of Management Inquiry, 2017.
"Status Spillovers" (with Pierre Azoulay and Brian Reschke), Forthcoming, Administrative Science Quarterly.
“Of Hobos and Highfliers: Disentangling the Classes and Careers of Technology-Based Entrepreneurs” (with Weiyi Ng)
3D Robotics Teaching Case, (with Chris Anderson), California Management Review: 57: 2 2015.
Positions and Rewards: The Allocation of Resources within a Science-Based Entrepreneurial Firm” (with Chris Liu), Forthcoming, Research Policy.
Network Responsiveness: The Social Structural Microfoundations of Dynamic Capabilities.” (with Adam Kleinbaum), Forthcoming, Academy of Management Perspectives.
“Matthew: Effect or Fable?” (with Pierre Azoulay and Yanbo Wang), Management Science. 60: 2014.
“Inside the black box of Corporate Headquarters: An exploratory analysis using email data” (with Adam Kleinbaum). Strategic Management Journal, 35: 2014.
“From Bench to Board “ (with Fiona Murray and Waverly Ding), Academy of Management Journal. 56: 2013.
Discretion Within Constraint: Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization,” (with Adam Kleinbaum) Organization Science 24: 2013.

“Strategic alliances, venture capital, and exit decisions in high-tech firms“ (ith Umit Ozmel and David Robinson). Journal of Financial Economics 107: 2013.
“Board interlocks and the propensity to be targeted in PE-backed take privates” (with Soojin Yim) Journal of Financial Economics, 97: 2010.

“The impact of academic patenting on the rate and direction of (public) research output" (with Pierre Azoulay and Waverly Ding), Journal of Industrial Economics, 57: 2009.

“The evolution of venture capital investment networks.” (with Olav Sorenson). Administrative Science Quarterly. 2008.

“Brokerage in a Vertical Alliance Network” (with Salih Ozdemir and Waverly Ding). Research Policy. 2007.

"Network effects in the governance of strategic alliances" (with David Robinson.) Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. 2007.
“Financial contracting in biotech strategic alliances” (with David Robinson.), Journal of Law and Economics. 2007.

“The structural determinants of aggressive behavior on the NASCAR circuit.” (with Matthew Bothner and Jeong-han Kang). Administrative Science Quarterly, 52: 2007.

“The determinants of faculty patenting behavior: Demographics or opportunities?” (with Pierre Azoulay and Waverly Ding), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizations, 63: 2007.
"When do Scientists Become Entrepreneurs? The Social Structural Antecedents of Commercial Activity in the Academic Life Sciences." (with Waverly Ding). American Journal of Sociology, 112(1): 97-144. 2006.

“Gender difference in patenting in the academic life science?” (with Waverly Ding and Fiona Murray). Science 313 (5787): 665-667, Aug 4, 2006.

Status Differentiation and Social Cohesion.” (with Matthew Bothner and Harrison White). Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 28, 261-295, 2004.

"Liquidity events and the geographic distribution of organizational foundings." (with Olav Sorenson.) Administrative Science Quarterly, 42, 175-201, 2003.

"The geography of opportunity: Spatial heterogeneity in founding rates and the performance of biotechnology firms." (with Olav Sorensen.) Research Policy, 32, 2: 229-253, 2003.

“Governing strategic alliances,” Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 20, edited by Vincent Buskens, Werner Raub, and Chris Snijders, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 2003.

"Organizational endowments and the performance of university start-ups" (with Scott Shane.) Management Science, 48, 1: 154-170, 2002. [Paper received Grief Research Impact Award, USC.]

"Syndication networks and the spatial distribution of venture capital investments," (with Olav Sorenson.) American Journal of Sociology, 106: 1546-86, 2001.

"Avenues of attainment: Occupational demography and organizational careers in the California Civil Service." (with William Barnett and James Baron) American Journal of Sociology, 106: 88-144 (July) 2000.
"Interorganizational alliances and the performance of firms: A study of growth and innovation rates in a high-technology industry," Strategic Management Journal, 21: 791-811, 2000.
"Aging, obsolescence, and organizational innovation." (with Jesper Sorensen) Administrative Science Quarterly, 45, 1:81-112, 2000. [Paper received the Administrative Science Quarterly Award for Scholarly Contributions (best paper award).]

"A structural theory of the rate and intensity of corporate innovation." Industrial and Corporate Change, 8, 4: 745-775, 1999.

"Positional causes and correlates of strategic alliances in the semiconductor industry." (with Joel Podolny.) Pages 161-182 in Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 16, edited by Steven Andrews and David Knoke, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1999.

"Interorganizational endorsements and the performance of entrepreneurial ventures." (with Ha Hoang and Ralph Hybels.) Administrative Science Quarterly, 44: 315-349, 1999.

"Producer network positions and propensities to collaborate: An investigation of strategic alliance formations in a high-technology industry." Administrative Science Quarterly, 43: 668-698, 1998.

"Local search and the evolution of technological capabilities." (with Joel Podolny.) Strategic Management Journal, 17:21-38, 1996.

"Networks, knowledge, and niches: Competition in the worldwide semiconductor industry, 1984-1991." (with Joel Podolny and Michael Hannan.) American Journal of Sociology, 102 (3): 659-689, 1996.
"A role-based ecology of technological change," (with Joel Podolny.) American Journal of Sociology, 100 (5): 1224-1260, 1995.

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