Reuer, J., Klijn, E., Van den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, H. (2019). Board Oversight Monitoring in International Joint Ventures Organization Science.
Henk Volberda
University
University of Amsterdam
E-mail
Research field
Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Interests
Corporate Governance, Industrial Organization, Innovation, Learning, Panel Data, Technological Progress, Survey Methodology, Leadership
Website
Biography
Henk W. Volberda is Professor of Strategic Management & Innovation at Amsterdam Business School of the University of Amsterdam and leads the Innovation & Digital group of the Strategy & IB section. Moreover, he is Scientific Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Business Innovation. His research focuses on various themes such as hyper-competition, technological disruption, new business models, strategic flexibility, management innovation and new forms of organisation.
Volberda holds various executive and advisory positions. He is a member of the Netherlands Defence Academy, an expert member of the World Economic Forum and a fellow of the European Academy of Management. Previously, he was, among other things, vice-dean of the Rotterdam School of Management of Erasmus University and chair of the Department Strategic Management, board member of the Netherlands Centre for Social Innovation and Vice-President Research of the European Academy of Management (EURAM).
Volberda is a member of the editorial board of, among others, the Journal of Strategy and Management, Long Range Planning, Management and Organization Review, Organization Studies, Holland Management Review and Maandblad voor Accountancy en Bedrijfseconomie. Volberda has held visiting scholarships at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and at Bayes Business School in London.
Volberda is the author of numerous books, including his new textbook Strategic Management: From Confrontation to Transformation (Sage, 2023). Some of his other well-known titles that have received international acclaim are Building the Flexible Firm: How to Remain Competitive (Oxford University Press 1998), which has been published in several languages, and Rethinking Strategy (Sage, 2001). His book Reinventing Business Models: How Firms Cope with Disruption (Oxford University Press, 2018) has been awarded with the Best Book Award of the European Academy of Management. He also published Strategic Renewal: Core Concepts, Antecedents, and Micro Foundations (Routledge, 2019) and more recently The New Professional Service Firm (Springer, 2022).
Volberda has published extensively in several international peer-reviewed journals, including Academy of Management Journal, British Journal of Management, Corporate Governance, European Management Journal, Decision Support Systems, European Management Review, Global Strategy Journal, Group & Organization Management, Industrial and Corporate Change, Industrial Marketing Management, International Journal of Management Reviews, International Journal of HMR, International Business Review, Journal of International Business, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Organization Design, Leadership Quarterly, Long Range Planning, Management Science, Management and Organization Review, Organization Science, Organization Studies, R&D Management, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Strategic Organization, and Technology Analysis & Strategic Management. In addition, he has received numerous awards for his research into organisational flexibility and strategic renewal, including the ERIM Impact Award, the Erasmus Research Award, the SAP Strategy Award and the prestigious Igor Ansoff Strategic Management Award.
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Key publications
Mihalache, R., Jansen, J., Van den Bosch, .A.J. and Volberda, H. (2012). Offshoring and Firm Innovativeness: The Moderating Role of Top Management Team Attributes Strategic Management Journal, 33(13):1480--1498.
Volberda, H., van der Weerdt, N.P., Verwaal, E., Stienstra, M. and Verdu, AntonioJ. (2012). Contingency Fit, Institutional Fit and Firm Performance: A Meta-fit Approach to Organization Environment Relationships Organization Science, 23(4):1040--1054.
Volberda, H., Foss, NicolaiT. and Lyles, MajorieA. (2010). PERSPECTIVE—Absorbing the Concept of Absorptive Capacity: How to Realize Its Potential in the Organization Field Organization Science, 21(4):931.
Jansen, .J.P., Tempelaar, M., Van den Bosch, .A.J. and Volberda, H. (2009). Structural differentiation and ambidexterity: The mediating role of integration mechanisms Organization Science, 20(4):797–811.
Mom, T., Van den Bosch, .A.J. and Volberda, H. (2009). Understanding variation in manager's ambidexterity: Investigating direct and interaction effects of formal structural and personal coordination mechanisms Organization Science, 20(4):812--828.
Sidhu, J., Commandeur, H. and Volberda, H. (2007). The Multifaced Nature of Exploration and Exploitation: Value of Supply, Demand, and Spatial Search for Innovation Organization Science, 18(1):20--38.
Hutzschenreuter, T., Pedersen, T. and Volberda, H. (2007). The Role of Path Dependency and Managerial Intentionality: A Perspective on International Business Research Journal of International Business Studies, 38(7):1055--1068.
Volberda, H. (2006). Bridging IB theories, constructs and methods across cultures and social sciences Journal of International Business Studies, 37(2):280.
Jansen, .J.P., Van den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, H. (2006). Exploratory Innovation, Exploitative Innovation, and Performance effects of organizational antecedents and environmental moderators Management Science, 52(11):1661--1674.
Jansen, .J.P., Van den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, H. (2005). Managing Potential and Realized Absorptive Capacity: How do Organizational Antecedents Matter? Academy of Management Journal, 48(6):999--1015.
Volberda, H. (2005). Knowledge and Competitive Advantage: The Coevolution of Firms, Technology, and National Institutions Academy of Management Review, 30(2):446.
Dijksterhuis, MarjolijnS., Van Den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, HenkW. (1999). Where Do New Organizational Forms Come From? Management Logics as a Source of Coevolution Organization Science, 10(5):519--690.
Van Den Bosch, FransA.J., Volberda, HenkW. and De Boer, M. (1999). Coevolution of Firm Absorptive Capacity and Knowledge Environment: Organizational Forms and Combinative Capabilities Organization Science, 10(5):519--690.
Lewin, ArieY. and Volberda, HenkW. (1999). Prolegomena on Coevolution: A Framework for Research on Strategy and New Organizational Forms Organization Science, 10(5):519--690.
Publications
Narayan, S., Sidhu, J. and Volberda, H. (2021). From Attention to Action: The Influence of Cognitive and Ideological Diversity in Top Management Teams on Business Model Innovation Journal of Management Studies, 58(8):2082--2110.
Sidhu, J., Feng, Y., Volberda, H. and Van den Bosch, F.A.J. (2021). In the Shadow of Social Stereotypes: Gender diversity on corporate boards, board chair's gender and strategic change Organization Studies, 42(11):1677--1698.
Sidhu, J., Heyden, M., Volberda, H. and Van den Bosch, F.A.J. (2020). Experience maketh the mind? Top management teams’ experiential background and cognitive search for adaptive solutions Industrial and Corporate Change, 29(2):333--350.
Alexiev, A., Volberda, H., Jansen, J. and Van den Bosch, F. (2020). Contextualizing Senior Executive Advice Seeking: The Role of Decision Process Comprehensiveness and Empowerment Climate Organization Studies, 41(4):471--497.
van Doorn, S., Troster, C. and Volberda, H. (2019). Entrepreneurial orientation and performance at middle management level: The moderating role of strategic process variables and network considerations Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.
Heyden, M., van Doorn, S., Reimer, M., Van den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, H. (2019). Environmental Uncertainty, Competitive Performance and Top Management Heterogeneity: Examining Cross-Level Correlates of CEO Advice-Seeking Organization Studies.
Stienstra, M., Van den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, H. (2019). Strategic Renewal Actions of North-West European Energy Incumbents during Deregulation: The Interaction of Market Regulation and Trait Imitation Organization Studies.
Reuer, J., Klijn, E., Van den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, H. (2019). Board Oversight Monitoring in International Joint Ventures Organization Science.
Volberda, H., Jansen, .J.P., Van den Bosch, FransA.J. and Mihalache, R. (2019). Untangling the effects of knowledge and dynamic capabilities on exploratory and exploitative innovation Journal of Business Venturing.
Heyden, M., Sidhu, J. and Volberda, H. (2018). The Conjoint Influence of Top and Middle Management Characteristics on Management Innovation Journal of Management, 44(4):1505--1529.
Klitsie, E., Ansari, S. and Volberda, H. (2018). Maintenance of Cross-Sector Partnerships: The Role of Frames in Sustained Collaboration Journal of Business Ethics, 150(2):401--423.
Khanagha, S., Ramezan Zadeh, M.T., Mihalache, O. and Volberda, H. (2018). Embracing Bewilderment: Responding to technological disruption in heterogeneous market environments Journal of Management Studies, 55(7):1078--1121.
Mihalache, R., Jansen, J., Van Den Bosch Frans, A.J. and Volberda, H. (2014). Top Management Team Shared Leadership and Organizational Ambidexterity: A Moderated Mediation Model Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 8(2):128--148.
Volberda, H., van den Bosch, F.A.J. and Mihalache, R. (2014). Advancing Management Innovation: Synthesizing Processes, Levels of Analysis, and Change Agents Organization Studies, 35(9):1245--1264.
Klijn, E., Reuer, J., Van den Bosch, .A.J. and Volberda, H. (2013). Performance Implications of IJV Boards: A Contingency Perspective Journal of Management Studies, 50(7):1245--1266.
Heyden, M., van Doorn, S., Reimer, M., Van den Bosch, .A.J. and Volberda, H. (2013). Perceived Environmental Dynamism, Relative Competitive Performance, and Top Management Team Heterogeneity: Examining Correlates of Upper Echelons’ Advice-Seeking Organization Studies, 34(9):1327--1356.
Volberda, H., van der Weerdt, N.P., Verwaal, E., Stienstra, M. and Verdu, AntonioJ. (2012). Contingency Fit, Institutional Fit and Firm Performance: A Meta-fit Approach to Organization Environment Relationships Organization Science, 23(4):1040--1054.
Vaccaro, I., Jansen, J., Van den Bosch, .A.J. and Volberda, H. (2012). Management Innovation and Leadership: The Moderating Role of Organizational Size Journal of Management Studies, 49(1):28--51.
Mihalache, R., Jansen, J., Van den Bosch, .A.J. and Volberda, H. (2012). Offshoring and Firm Innovativeness: The Moderating Role of Top Management Team Attributes Strategic Management Journal, 33(13):1480--1498.
Baaij, M., Mom, T., Van den Bosch, .A.J. and Volberda, H. (2012). Should Top Management Relocate Across National Borders? MIT Sloan Management Review, 53(2):17--19.
Kwee, Z., Van den Bosch, .A.J. and Volberda, H. (2011). The Influence of Top Management Team's Corporate Governance Orientation on Strategic Renewal Trajectories: A Longitudinal Analysis of Royal Dutch Shell plc, 1907 - 2004 Journal of Management Studies, 48(5):984--1014.
Hoskisson, R., Covin, J., Volberda, H. and Johnson, R. (2011). Revitalizing Entrepreneurship: The Search for New Research Opportunities Journal of Management Studies, 48(6 Special issue):1141--1168.
Volberda, H., Foss, NicolaiT. and Lyles, MajorieA. (2010). PERSPECTIVE—Absorbing the Concept of Absorptive Capacity: How to Realize Its Potential in the Organization Field Organization Science, 21(4):931.
Mom, T., Van den Bosch, .A.J. and Volberda, H. (2009). Understanding variation in manager's ambidexterity: Investigating direct and interaction effects of formal structural and personal coordination mechanisms Organization Science, 20(4):812--828.
Burgers, J.Henri, Jansen, .J.P., Van den Bosch, .A.J. and Volberda, H. (2009). Structural Differentiation and Corporate Venturing: The Moderating Role of Formal and Informal Integration Mechanisms Journal of Business Venturing, 24(3):206--220.
Jansen, .J.P., Tempelaar, M., Van den Bosch, .A.J. and Volberda, H. (2009). Structural differentiation and ambidexterity: The mediating role of integration mechanisms Organization Science, 20(4):797–811.
Jansen, .J.P., George, G., Van den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, H. (2008). Senior Team Attributes and Organizational Ambidexterity: The Moderating Role of Transformational Leadership. Journal of Management Studies, 45(5):982--1007.
Vlaar, PaulW.L., Van den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, H. (2007). Towards a Dialectic Perspective on Formalization in Interorganizational Relationships: How Alliance Managers Capitalize on the Duality Inherent in Contracts, Rules and Procedures Organization Studies, 28(4):437--466.
Hutzschenreuter, T., Pedersen, T. and Volberda, H. (2007). The Role of Path Dependency and Managerial Intentionality: A Perspective on International Business Research Journal of International Business Studies, 38(7):1055--1068.
Sidhu, J., Commandeur, H. and Volberda, H. (2007). The Multifaced Nature of Exploration and Exploitation: Value of Supply, Demand, and Spatial Search for Innovation Organization Science, 18(1):20--38.
Vermeulen, P., Van den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, H. (2007). Complex Incremental Product Innovation in Established Service Firms: A Micro Institutional Perspective Organization Studies, 28(10):1523--1546.
Mom, T., Van den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, H. (2007). Investigating Managers' Exploration and Exploitation Activities: The Influence of Top-Down, Bottom-Up, and Horizontal Knowledge Inflows Journal of Management Studies, 44(6):910--931.
Spedale, S., Van den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, H. (2007). Preservation and Dissolution of the Target Firm's Embedded Ties in Acquisitions Organization Studies, 28(8):1169--1196.
Jansen, .J.P., Van den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, H. (2006). Exploratory Innovation, Exploitative Innovation, and Performance effects of organizational antecedents and environmental moderators Management Science, 52(11):1661--1674.
Volberda, H. (2006). Bridging IB theories, constructs and methods across cultures and social sciences Journal of International Business Studies, 37(2):280.
Vlaar, PaulW.L., Van den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, H. (2006). Coping with Problems of Understanding in Interorganizational Relationships: Using Formalization as a Mean to make Sense Organization Studies, 27(11):1617--1638.
Volberda, H. (2005). Knowledge and Competitive Advantage: The Coevolution of Firms, Technology, and National Institutions Academy of Management Review, 30(2):446.
Jansen, .J.P., Van den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, H. (2005). Managing Potential and Realized Absorptive Capacity: How do Organizational Antecedents Matter? Academy of Management Journal, 48(6):999--1015.
Sidhu, JatinderS., Volberda, HenkW. and Commandeur, HarryR. (2004). Exploring exploration orientation and its determinants: Some empirical evidence Journal of Management Studies, 41(6):913--932.
Volberda, HenkW. and Lewin, ArieY. (2003). Guest Editors' Introduction: Co-evolutionary Dynamics within and between Firms: From Evolution to Co-evolution Journal of Management Studies, 40(8):2111--2136.
Flier, B., Van Den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, HenkW. (2003). Co-evolution in Strategic Renewal Behaviour of British, Dutch and French Financial Incumbents: Interaction of Environmental Selection, Institutional Effects and Managerial Intentionality Journal of Management Studies, 40(8):2163--2187.
Lewin, ArieY. and Volberda, HenkW. (2003). Preface: Beyond Adaptation vs. Selection Research: Organizing Self-Renewal in Co-evolving Environments Journal of Management Studies, 40(8):2109--2110.
Huygens, M., Baden-Fuller, C., Van Den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, HenkW. (2001). Co-evolution of firm capabilities and industry competition: Investigating the music industry, 1877-1997 Organization Studies, 22(6):971--1011.
Van Den Bosch, FransA.J., Volberda, HenkW. and De Boer, M. (1999). Coevolution of Firm Absorptive Capacity and Knowledge Environment: Organizational Forms and Combinative Capabilities Organization Science, 10(5):519--690.
Lewin, ArieY. and Volberda, HenkW. (1999). Prolegomena on Coevolution: A Framework for Research on Strategy and New Organizational Forms Organization Science, 10(5):519--690.
De Boer, M., Van Den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, HenkW. (1999). Managing organizational knowledge integration in the emerging multimedia complex Journal of Management Studies, 36(3):379--398.
Dijksterhuis, MarjolijnS., Van Den Bosch, FransA.J. and Volberda, HenkW. (1999). Where Do New Organizational Forms Come From? Management Logics as a Source of Coevolution Organization Science, 10(5):519--690.