Laszlo Tihanyi

Laszlo Tihanyi

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LASZLO TIHANYI

B. MARIE OTH PROFESSOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENTPH: (979) 845-2825

MAYS BUSINESS SCHOOLEMAIL:

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 77843-4221

EDUCATION

DEGREES

Ph.D. in Strategic Management, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1996

Master ofBusiness, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1995

Doctorate in Business Economics, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Hungary, 1989

B.Sc. in Economics and Business, Janus Pannonius University, Pécs, Hungary, 1986

OTHER EDUCATION

Harvard Business School, International Teachers Program, 1992

Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Visiting Scholar, 1989-1990

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

Professor of Management and B. Marie Oth Professor, Texas A&M University, 2012-

Associate Editor, Academy of Management Journal, 2013-

Co-Editor, Advances in International Management, 2009-

PAST APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor and Mays Research Fellow, Texas A&M University, 2005-2012

Associate Editor, Journal of Management Studies, 2009-2011

Assistant Professor and Nichols Faculty Fellow, University of Oklahoma, 2000-2005

Visiting Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1999-2000

Assistant Professor, California State University at Fullerton, 1996-1999

Visiting Scholar, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, 1991

Assistant Professor, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Hungary, 1986-1992

RESEARCH

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

Soule, S. A., Swaminathan, A., and Tihanyi, L. In press. The diffusion of foreigndivestment from Burma.Strategic Management Journal.

Connelly, B. L., Haynes, K. T., Tihanyi, L., and Devers, C. E. In press. Minding the gap: Antecedents and consequences of top management-to-worker pay dispersion.Journal of Management.

Connelly, B. L., Tihanyi, L., Crook, T. R., and Gangloff, K. A. In press. Tournament theory: Thirty years of contest and competitions. Journal of Management.

Umphress, E. E., Tihanyi, L., Bierman, L., and Gogus, C. I. In press. Personal lives? The effects of nonwork behaviors on organizational image. Organizational Psychology Review.

Webb, J. W., Bruton, G. D., Tihanyi, L., and Ireland, R. D. In press.Research on entrepreneurship in the informal economy: Framing a research agenda. Journal of Business Venturing.

Connelly, B. L., Johnson, J. L., Tihanyi, L., and Ellstrand, A. E. 2011. More than adopters: Competing influences in the interlocking directorate. Organization Science. 22: 688-703.

Aharoni, Y., Tihanyi, L., and Connelly, B. L. 2011. Managerial decision making in international business: A forty-five year retrospective. Journal of World Business, 46: 135-142.

Webb, J. W., Ireland, R. D., Hitt, M. A., Kistruck, G. M., and Tihanyi, L. 2011. Where is the opportunity without the customer? An integration of marketing activities, the entrepreneurship process, and institutional theory. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 39: 537-554.

Connelly, B. L., Tihanyi, L., Certo, S. T., and Hitt, M. A. 2010. Marching to the beat of different drummers: The influence of institutional ownership on competitive actions. Academy of Management Journal, 53: 723-742.

Connelly, B. L., Hoskisson, R. E., Tihanyi, L., and Certo, S. T. 2010. Ownership as a form of governance. Journal of Management Studies, 47: 1561-1589.

Webb, J. W., Tihanyi, L., Ireland, R. D., and Sirmon, D. G. 2009. You say illegal, I say legitimate: Entrepreneurship in the informal economy. Academy of Management Review, 34: 492-510.

Academy of Management Review 2009 Best Paper Award Finalist

Tihanyi, L., Hoskisson, R. E., Johnson, R. A., and Wan, W. P. 2009. Technological competence and international diversification: The role of managerial incentives. Management International Review, 49: 409-431.

Steensma, H. K., Barden, J. Q, Lyles, M. A., Dhanaraj, C., and Tihanyi, L. 2008. The influence of power, learning, and conflict on the internalization of international joint ventures. Journal of International Business Studies, 39: 491-507.

Certo, S. T., Connelly, B. L., and Tihanyi, L. 2008. Managers and their not-so rational decisions. Business Horizons, 51: 113-119.

Ireland, R. D., Tihanyi, L., and Webb, J. W. 2008. A tale of two politico-economic systems: Implications for entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 32: 107-130.

Tihanyi, L. and Hegarty, W. H. 2007. Political interests and the emergence of commercial banking in transition economies. Journal of Management Studies, 44: 788-813.

Zhu, H., Hitt, M. A., and Tihanyi, L. 2006. The internationalization of SMEs in emerging economies: Institutional embeddedness and absorptive capacities. Journal of Small Business Strategy, 17: 1-26.

Hitt, M. A., Tihanyi, L., Miller, T., and Connelly, B. L. 2006. International diversification: A review of recent research on antecedents, moderators, and outcomes. Journal of Management, 32: 831-867.

Journal of Management Best Paper Award 2006

Hoskisson, R. E., Johnson, R. A., Tihanyi, L., and White, R. E. 2005. Diversified business groups and corporate refocusing in emerging economies. Journal of Management, 31: 941-965.

Steensma, H. K., Tihanyi, L., Lyles, M. A., and Dhanaraj, C. 2005. The evolving value of foreign partnerships in transitioning economies. Academy of Management Journal, 48: 213-235.

Best Paper Award Finalist AOM IM Division 2003

Tihanyi, L., Griffith, D. A., and Russell, C. J. 2005. The effect of cultural distance on entry mode choice, international diversification, and MNE performance: A meta-analysis. Journal of International Business Studies, 36: 270-283.

Tihanyi, L. and Thomas, W. B. 2005. Information-processing demands and the multinational enterprise: A comparison of foreign and domestic earnings estimates. Journal of Business Research, 58: 285-292.

Dhanaraj, C., Lyles, M. A., Steensma, H. K., and Tihanyi, L. 2004. Managing tacit and explicit knowledge transfer in IJVs: The role of relational embeddedness and the impact on performance. Journal of International Business Studies, 35: 428-442.

Academy of International Business Best Paper Award 2004

Hoskisson, R. E., Cannella, A. A. Jr., Tihanyi, L., and Faraci, R. 2004. Asset restructuring and business group affiliation in French civil law countries. Strategic Management Journal, 25: 525-539.

Kim, H., Hoskisson, R. E., Tihanyi, L., and Hong, J. 2004. Evolution and restructuring of diversified business groups in emerging markets: The lessons from chaebols in Korea. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 21: 25-48.

Sharfman, M. P., Shaft, T. M., and Tihanyi, L. 2004. Global and institutional antecedents of high-level corporate environmental performance. Business & Society, 43: 6-36.

Filatotchev, I., Wright, M., Uhlenbruck, K., Tihanyi, L., and Hoskisson, R. E. 2003. Governance, organizational capabilities, and restructuring in transition economies. Journal of World Business, 38: 331-347.

Tihanyi, L., Johnson, R. A., Hoskisson, R. E., and Hitt, M. A. 2003. Institutional ownership differences and international diversification: The effects of boards of directors and technological opportunity. Academy of Management Journal, 46: 195-211.

McKinsey/SMS Best Conference Paper Prize Honorable Mention 2001

Ellstrand, A. E., Tihanyi, L., and Johnson, J. L. 2002. Board structure and international political risk. Academy of Management Journal, 45: 769-777.

Tihanyi, L. and Roath, A. 2002. Market development and technology transfer in Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of World Business, 37: 188-198.

Harvey, M., Tihanyi, L., Novicevic, M. M., and Dabic, M. 2002. Technology transfers to Central and Eastern Europe: Developing a due diligence format. Journal of East-West Business, 8: 5-38.

Tihanyi, L., Ellstrand, A. E., Daily, C. M., and Dalton, D. R. 2000. Composition of the top management team and firm international diversification. Journal of Management, 26: 1157-1177.

Tihanyi, L. and Ellstrand, A. E. 1999. The involvement of board of directors and institutional investors in investing in transition economies: An agency theory approach. Journal of International Management, 4: 337-351.

Hegarty, W. H. and Tihanyi, L. 1999. Surviving the transition: Central European bank executives’ view of environmental changes. Journal of World Business, 34: 409-422.

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

Papers under review or in preparation for submission have been omitted to protect the double-blind review process.

EDITED VOLUMES

Devinney, T. M., Pedersen, T., and Tihanyi, L. (Eds.) In press.Philosophy of Science and Meta-Knowledge in International Business and Management. Advances in International Management Vol. 26. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

Tihanyi, L., Devinney, T. M., and Pedersen, T. (Eds.) 2012.Institutional Theory in International Business and Management. Advances in International Management Vol. 25. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

Asmussen, C. G. Pedersen, T, Devinney, T. M., and Tihanyi, L. (Eds.) 2011.Dynamics of Globalization: Location-Specific Advantages or Liability of Foreignness?Advances in International Management Vol. 24. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

Devinney, T. M., Pedersen, T., and Tihanyi, L. (Eds.) 2010.The Past, Present and Future of International Business and Management. Advances in International Management Vol. 23. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS, PROCEEDINGS, AND BOOK REVIEWS

Wu, N. and Tihanyi, L. In press. Corporate governance, multinational firms, and internationalization.Wright, M., Siegel, D. S., Keasey, K., & Filatotchev, I. (Eds.) Handbook of Corporate Governance. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Boss, D. S., Connelly, B. L. Hoskisson, R. E., and Tihanyi, L. In press. Corporate governance:Ownership interests, incentives, and conflicts. Wright, M., Siegel, D. S., Keasey, K., & Filatotchev, I. (Eds.) Handbook of Corporate Governance. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Tihanyi, L., Swaminathan, A., and Soule, S. A. 2012. International subsidiary management and environmental constraints: The case for indigenization. In: Tihanyi, L., Devinney, T. M., and Pedersen, T. (Eds.) Institutional Theory in International Business and Management. Advances in International Management Vol. 25. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.: 373-397.

Martin, X., Swaminathan, A., and Tihanyi, L. 2007. Modeling international expansion. Ketchen D. J. and Bergh D. D. (Eds.) Research Methodology in Strategy and Management Vol. 4. Oxford, UK: Elsevier/JAI Press 101-117.

Tihanyi, L. 2004. Globalization and institutions: Redefining the rules of the economic game. Administrative Science Quarterly, 49: 307-310 (Book review).

Hoskisson, R. E., Kim, H., White, R. E., and Tihanyi, L. 2004. A framework for understanding international diversification by business groups from emerging economies. Hitt, M. A. and Cheng, J. L. C. (Eds). Theories of the multinational enterprise: Diversity, complexity, and relevance. Advances in International Management. Vol. 16. Oxford, UK: Elsevier/JAI Press: 137-163.

Kim, H., Hoskisson, R. E., Tihanyi, L., and Hong, J. 2004. The evolution and restructuring of diversified business groups in emerging markets: The lessons from chaebols in Korea. S. H. Jwa and I. K. Lee (Eds.), Competition and corporate governance in Korea. London: Edward Elgar.

Steensma, H. K., Tihanyi, L., Lyles, M. A., and Dhanaraj, C. 2003. The evolving value of foreign partnerships in transitioning economies. Best Paper Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle.

Lyles, M. A., Szabo, K., Kocsis, E., Barden, J., Dhanaraj, C., Steensma, H. K., and Tihanyi, L. 2003. A longitudinal study of organizational learning, unlearning, and innovation among IJVs in a transitional economy. In Chakravathy, B., Mueller-Stewens, G., Lorange, P., and Lechner, C. (Eds.) Strategy Process. Shaping the contours of the field. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing: 191-207.

Tihanyi, L. and Hegarty, W. H. 1999. Organizational adaptation in transition economies: A study of the Central European banking industry. Best Paper Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago.

Hegarty, W. H. and Tihanyi, L. 1998. Perceiving environmental change and strategic uncertainty in the Central European banking industry. In Hitt, M. A., J. E. Ricart, and R. D. Nixon (Eds.) Managing strategically in an interconnected world. Best Papers of the Strategic Management Society 1997 Annual Conference, Barcelona, Spain. New York: John Wiley & Co.: 55-78.

Tihanyi, L. Business strategies in the emerging Eastern-European market. 1992. In Burton, R. M. J. D. Forsyth, and B. Obel (Eds.) Strategies for players in a larger world: The effect of regulatory and information changes. Amsterdam: Elsevier: 161-176.

PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS

Connelly, B. L., Haynes, K., Tihanyi, L., and Devers, C. Exporting pay practices: The influence of U.S. institutional investors on global pay inequality.2011 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Miami, FL.

Xu, K., Davies, H., and Tihanyi, L. Managerial objectives and strategies in a hybrid institutional setting: A model of commercial performance, slack and their antecedents.2011 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Miami, FL.

Xu, K., Tihanyi, L., and Hitt, M. A. Firm resources, power imbalance, and privatization: Evidence from the Chinese pharmaceutical industry. 2011 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, San Antonio, TX.

Connelly, B. L., Tihanyi, L., Certo, S. T, and Hitt, M. A. Common institutional ownership and competitive activity. 2010 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada.

Haynes, K., Tihanyi, L, Connelly, B. L., and Devers, C. The executive-employee pay differential: A 21-country study of institutional and firm effects. 2009 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago.

Soule, S. A., Swaminathan, A., and Tihanyi, L. The diffusion of firm divestment from Burma, 1996-2002. 2008 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Cologne, Germany.

Connelly, B., Johnson, J. L., Tihanyi, L., and Ellstrand, A. E. Network perspectives of governance and foreign direct investment: The effects of board interlocks on entry to China. 2008 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA.

Umphress, E. E., Bierman, L., Tihanyi, L., and Gogus, C. I. You’ve been dooced. Maintaining organizational legitimacy by influencing employee accountability for nonwork behaviors. 2008 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA.

Zhu, H. and Tihanyi, L. Institutions and cross-border M&A value creation. 2008 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA.

Soule, S. A., Swaminathan, A., and Tihanyi, L. The diffusion of firm divestment from Burma, 1996-2002. 24th EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) Colloquium, 2008 Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Connelly, B., Certo, T., Tihanyi, L., and Holcomb, T. Environmental uncertainty and firm performance: A meta-analytic view. 2007 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, San Diego, CA.

Soule S. A., Swaminathan, A., and Tihanyi, L. The diffusion of firm divestment from Burma, 1996-2002. 2007 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.

Webb, J. W., Tihanyi, L., Ireland, R. D., and Sirmon, D. G. The informal economy: Entrepreneurship outside institutions. 2007 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.

Connelly, B., Johnson, J. L., Tihanyi, L., and Ellstrand, A. E. Network perspectives of governance and FDI: The effects of board interlocks on entry into China. 2007 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.

Aharoni, Y., Tihanyi, L., and Connelly, B. Managerial decision making in international business research. Academy of International Business 2007 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Tihanyi, L. Hoskisson, R. E., and Cannella, A. A. Jr. Persistence or convergence: Institutional and modernization determinants of multinationality. 2006 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Vienna, Austria. Honorable Mention for the McKinsey/SMS Best Conference Paper Prize.

Connelly, B., Johnson, J. L., Tihanyi, L., and Ellstrand, A. E. Network perspectives of governance and foreign direct investment: The effects of board interlocks on entry to China. 2006 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Tihanyi, L. Strategic competitiveness in Central and Eastern Europe: The academic perspective. 2006 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Tihanyi, L., Swaminathan, A., and Soule, S. A. Indigenization of international subsidiary management. 2006 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta.

Webb, J., Tihanyi, L., and Ireland, D. Organizational identity and the strategy-structure link in multinational corporations. 2006 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta.

Tihanyi, L. and Hegarty, W. H. Political interests and the emergence of commercial banking in transition economies. 2006, 22nd EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) Colloquium, Bergen, Norway.

Soule, S. A., Swaminathan, A., and Tihanyi, L.. Social movement organizational outcomes. 2005 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu. Best Symposium Award. Organization and Management Theory Division.

Hoskisson, R. E., Johnson, R. A., Tihanyi, L., and White, R. E. Corporate restructuring in emerging economies: Balancing transaction and organization costs. 2005 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu.

Kim, H., Tihanyi, L., and Hoskisson, R. E. Firm- and subsidiary-specific advantages, strategic choices, and liability of foreignness. Academy of International Business 2005 Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada.

Steensma, H. K., Barden, J., Lyles, M. A., Dhanaraj, C., and Tihanyi, L. Evolution and internalization of international joint ventures. Academy of International Business 2005 Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada.

Hoskisson, R. E., Kim, H., White, R. E., and Tihanyi, L. The multinationality-performance relationship in different contexts: Emerging economies vs. developed economies. Academy of International Business 2005 Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada.

Tihanyi, L., Hoskisson, R. E., Johnson, R. A., and Wan, W. P. The incentive effects of technological competence and managerial compensation on international diversification. 2004 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Hoskisson, R. E., Kim, H., White, R., and Tihanyi, L. A framework for understanding international diversification by business groups from emerging economies. 2004 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans.

Filatotchev, I., Wright, M., Uhlenbruck, K., Tihanyi, L., and Hoskisson, R. E. Governance and organizational learning in transition economies: The case of enterprise restructuring. 2004 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans.

Dhanaraj, C., Lyles, M. A., Steensma, H. K., and Tihanyi, L. Managing the dynamics of tacit and explicit learning in IJVs: The role of social embeddedness and the impact on performance. Academy of International Business 2004 Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden. Best Paper Award.

Tihanyi, L., Griffith, D. A., and Russell, C. J. An exploratory meta-analysis of the effects of cultural distance. 2003 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle.

Steensma, H. K., Tihanyi, L., Lyles, M. A., and Dhanaraj, C. The evolving value of foreign partnerships in transitioning economies. 2003 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle. Best Paper Award Finalist and Nominee for the Douglas Nigh Award, International Management Division.

Tihanyi, L., Hoskisson, R. E., Johnson, R. A., and Wan, W. P. Extending the innovation—international diversification link from an agency theory perspective. Academy of International Business 2003 Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA.

Dhanaraj, C., Lyles, M. A., Steensma, H. K., and Tihanyi, L. Managing the dynamics of tacit and explicit learning in IJVs: The role of social embeddedness and the impact on performance. 2003 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Filatotchev, I., Wright, M., Uhlenbruck, K., Tihanyi, L., and Hoskisson, R. E. Governance, organizational capabilities, and restructuring in transition economies. Gorbachev Foundation 2003 Conference on Corporate Governance and Transitioning Economies, Boston, MA.

Johnson, R. A., Hoskisson, R. E., Hitt, M. A., and Tihanyi, L. Corporate refocusing in response to competition and takeovers: The moderating effect of internal control capabilities. 2002 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Denver, CO.

Hoskisson, R. E., Cannella, A. A. Jr., Tihanyi, L., and Faraci, R. The effects of business group affiliation on asset restructuring. Academy of International Business 2002 Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Kim, H., Hoskisson, R. E., Tihanyi, L., and Hong, J. Evolution and restructuring of diversified business groups in emerging markets: The lessons from chaebols in Korea. Academy of International Business 2002 Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Filatotchev, I., Wright, M., Uhlenbruck, K., Tihanyi, L., Hoskisson, R. E. Governance, organizational capabilities and restructuring in the transition economies of Central Eastern Europe. Academy of International Business 2002 Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Tihanyi, L., Johnson, R. A., and Hoskisson, R. E. Institutional ownership differences and international diversification: The effects of board of directors, technological opportunity, and innovation. 2001 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, San Francisco. Honorable Mention for the McKinsey/SMS Best Conference Paper Prize.

Hoskisson, R. E., Cannella, A. A. Jr., Tihanyi, L., and Faraci, R. The effects of business group affiliation on asset restructuring. 2001 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Washington, D.C.

Filatotchev, I., Wright, M., Uhlenbruck, K., Tihanyi, L., Hoskisson, R. E. The evolution of modern corporate governance and its effects on firm restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe. 2001, 17th EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) Colloquium, Lyon, France.

Tihanyi, L. and Hegarty, W. H. A longitudinal study of organizational adaptation in transition economies: A comparison of Czech, Hungarian, and Slovenian perspectives. 2000 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Toronto.

Tihanyi, L. and Hegarty, W. H. A longitudinal study of organizational adaptation in transforming societies. 2000 16th EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) Colloquium, Helsinki, Finland.

Tihanyi, L. and Hegarty, W. H. Organizational adaptation in transition economies: A study of the Central European banking industry. 1999 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago.

Tihanyi, L., Ellstrand, A. E., Daily, C. M., and Dalton, D. R. Composition of the top management team and firm internationalization. 1998 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, San Diego.

Ellstrand, A. E., Tihanyi, L., Johnson, J. L. The effects of board structure on international risk diversification. 1998 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, San Diego.

Hegarty, W. H. and Tihanyi, L. Strategic uncertainty and environmental change: An empirical study of Central European banks. Academy of International Business 1998 Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria.

Tihanyi, L. and Ellstrand, A. E. The influence of corporate governance structures on investment decisions in Central and Eastern Europe. 1998 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Orlando.

Hegarty, W. H. and Tihanyi, L. Perceiving environmental change and strategic uncertainty in the Central European banking industry. 1997 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Barcelona, Spain.