Robert Roebuck Wiggins Curriculum Vitae Current as of Sunday, July 29, 2007
Standard vita (suitable for printing) available by request.
Department of Management 203 Fogelman College Admin. Bldg. The University of Memphis Memphis, TN 38152-3120
Phone: (901) 678-5719 Fax: (901) 678-2685 Internet: http://people.memphis.edu/~rwiggins Email: rwiggins@memphis.edu
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ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Teaching
Associate Professor, September 2005-present Suzanne Downs Palmer Research Associate Professor, September 2004-August 2005
Assistant Professor, August 2002-August 2004 University of Memphis, Fogelman College of Business and Economics
Teach EMBA and MBA capstone, Global Strategic Management, BBA capstone, Strategic Management, and Ph.D. course Seminar in Strategy Research which covers contemporary research topics.
Assistant Professor Tulane University
, A.B. Freeman School of Business
, Summer 1995-Spring 2002
Taught information systems elective Emerging Information Technologies and a portion of Economic Environment of Global Business, capstone course Strategic Management and elective Information Technology Application, in new MBA curriculum
introduced 1999-2000. Taught MBA and PMBA capstone courses, Business Policy, in previous curriculum. Taught Ph.D. seminar, Strategic Management, MBA elective course, Competition and Strategy, which covers strategic analysis in high-tech industries and
hypercompetition, and undergraduate BSM capstone course, Management Policy. For more details see Courses Taught (below).
Assistant Instructor University of Texas at Austin
, Summer 1994-Spring 1995
Co-developed capstone course, Strategic Analysis for High-Tech Industries, for Technology Strategies track of Information
Management MBA program.
Assistant Instructor University of Texas at Austin, Fall 1993-Spring 1994
Taught two sections of undergraduate BBA capstone course, Business Policy and Strategy. For more details see Courses Taught (below)
Administration and Service
IT Research Advisory Committee University of Memphis, Fall 2006-present
EMBA Curriculum Review Committee, Co-Chair University of Memphis Fogelman College of Business and Economics, Spring 2005-present
College Information Technology Committee University of Memphis Fogelman College of Business and Economics, Fall 2003-present
Management Graduate Studies Committee University of Memphis Fogelman College of Business and Economics, Fall 2002-present
Management Undergraduate Curriculum Committee University of Memphis Fogelman College of Business and Economics, Fall 2002-Spring 2003
Information Systems Curriculum Committee Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Fall 2000-Spring 2002
MBA Core Faculty Coordination Group Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Fall 1999-Spring 2000
MBA Curriculum Committee Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Spring 1999-Spring 2000
Strategic Management, Production & Operations Management, and Information Systems Recruiting Committees Tulane University,
A.B. Freeman School of Business, Spring 1998-Spring 2000
Faculty Senate Committee on Computing (Voting Member) Tulane University, Fall 1997-Spring 2000
Freshman Advisor Tulane University
, Paul Tulane College
, Fall 1996-Spring 1998
Computer Committee Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Spring 1996-Fall 1997
Bachelor of Science in Management Curriculum Committee Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Fall 1995-Fall 1996
Assistant Director Information Systems Management MBA Concentration University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, Fall 1992-Fall 1993
Responsible for student relations, academic advising, and admissions for one of the top 5 Techno MBA programs in the country
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The organization and behavior of complex systems, including:
- The content of corporate strategy, including (a) the sustainability of competitive advantage,
(b) applications of economic theories in strategic management, (c) hypercompetition.
- Information systems management and strategy
- Strategic information systems
- Strategic networks and strategic alliances.
TEACHING INTERESTS
- Business policy and strategy
- Strategic analysis in high-tech industries
- Information systems management
- Organizational economics
- Contemporary issues in strategic management
- Management of technology
EDUCATION
University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., 1995 Major: Strategic Management Minor: Statistical Methods Dissertation Title: "Sustained Competitive Advantage: Temporal Dynamics
And The Myth Of Persistent Superior Economic Performance" Dissertation Committee:Timothy W. Ruefli (Chair), William W. Cooper, David B. Jemison, Paul Y. Mang, R. Preston McAfee
University of Texas at Austin, Graduate School of Business
M.B.A., 1977 Major: Management Information Systems
Vassar College
A.B., 1975 Double Major:Computer Science and Drama
RESEARCH
Publications — Journal Articles
Schumpeter's Ghost: Is Hypercompetition Making the Best of Times Shorter? Robert R. Wiggins and Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) Strategic Management Journal
Volume 26, Number 10, October 2005, pp. 887-911 Selected by Emerald Management Reviews as one of the top 50 management articles of 2005
Response to McGahan and Porter's Commentary on 'Industry, Corporate, and Segment Effects and Performance: A Non-Parametric Approach'
Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) and Robert R. Wiggins
Strategic Management Journal Volume 26, Number 9, September 2005, pp. 881-886
Industry, Corporate, and Segment Effects and Performance: A Non-Parametric Approach Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) and Robert R. Wiggins
Strategic Management Journal Volume 24, Number 9, September 2003, pp. 861-879
Competitive Advantage: Temporal Dynamics and the Incidence and Persistence of Superior Economic Performance Robert R. Wiggins and Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) Organization Science
Volume 13, Number 1, January-February 2002, pp. 82-105
Longitudinal Performance Stratification: An Iterative Kolmogorov-Smirnov Approach Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) and Robert R. Wiggins
Management Science Volume 46, Number 5, May 2000, pp. 685-692
Necessary Conditions for the Predictive Validity of Strategic Groups: Analysis without Reliance on Clustering Techniques Robert R. Wiggins and Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) Academy of Management Journal
Volume 38, Number 6, December 1995, pp. 1635-1656
When Mean Square Error Becomes Variance: A Comment on "Business Risk and Return: A Test of Simultaneous Relationships" Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) and Robert R. Wiggins
Management Science Volume 40, Number 6, June 1994, pp. 750-759
Publications — Other
The Role of Managerial Discretion and CEO Attributes in Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance David A. Fritz (University of Memphis) and Robert R. Wiggins Proceedings, Southwest Academy of Management, Annual Meeting, Orlando 2004
The Digital Technological Environment Timothy W. Ruefli (UT Austin), Andrew Whinston (UT Austin) and Robert R. Wiggins In Digital Marketing, Vijay Mahajan (UT Austin) and Jerry Wind (Wharton), Editors John Wiley & Sons, 2001, ISBN 0471361224
Downscoping versus Downscaling: Spinoffs and Parent, Subsidiary, and Combined Performance Hemang Desai (Southern Methodist University), Robert D. Nixon (Tulane) and Robert R. Wiggins Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management, Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1999
The Trail Guide to CompuServe Robert R. Wiggins and Ed Tittel (LANWrights, Inc.) Addison Wesley, 1994, ISBN: 0201408341
Working Papers
Undue Influence: Redirecting Research in Business Policy and Strategy Robert R. Wiggins and Frances Fabian (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Being prepared for 2007 submission to
Strategic Management Journal
Death Can Be Proud: Toward a Performance-Based Ecology Robert R. Wiggins and Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) Under development for 2007/2008 submission to Strategic Management Journal
Presented Papers
Peeking Under the Sheet of Schumpeter's Ghost: Further Investigations into Hypercompetition Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) and Robert R. Wiggins Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu, 2005
Also presented by invitation at the University of Missouri-Columbia, November, 2005 Also presented by invitation at the University of Houston, November, 2005 Download Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of paper 
Hypercompetitive Performance: Are the Best of Times Getting Shorter Robert R. Wiggins and Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Washington DC, 2001
Also presented by invitation at the University of Missouri-Columbia, October, 2001 Also presented by invitation at the University of Texas at Dallas, March, 2002
Also presented by invitation at Texas Christian University, December, 2003 Download Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of paper
Downscoping versus Downscaling: Spinoffs and Parent, Subsidiary, and Combined Performance Hemang Desai (Southern Methodist University), Robert D. Nixon (Tulane) and Robert R. Wiggins Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, 1999
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Digital Marketing: The Digital Technological Environment Timothy W. Ruefli (University of Texas at Austin), Andrew Whinston (UT Austin) and Robert R. Wiggins Presented at Digital Marketing Conference, The Wharton School, October, 1998
Nonlinearity and Outliers: Putting Performance in its Place Frances Fabian (Tulane University) and Robert R. Wiggins Presented at Sun-Break 98, Nonlinearity & the Organization Conference, Las Cruces, NM, 1998
Sustaining Competitive Advantage: Temporal Dynamics and the Rarity of Persistent Superior Economic Performance Robert R. Wiggins Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 1997 Also presented by invitation at SUNY Buffalo, January, 1995
Also presented by invitation at the University of South Carolina, November, 1994
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When Mean Square Error Becomes Variance: A Comment on "Business Risk and Return: A Test of Simultaneous Relationships" Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) and Robert R. Wiggins Presented by invitation at the Fall 1993 TIMS/ORSA Meeting Also presented by invitation at ITESM, Mexico City, Mexico, March, 1993
Commercializing Intellectual Property Assets: Efficient Boundaries and Strategic Networks Robert R. Wiggins and David B. Jemison (The University of Texas at Austin) Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 1993
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The Number of Unique Return Distributions Across a Set of Firms and its Implications for the Mean/Variance Approach to Risk and Return Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) and Robert R. Wiggins Presented by invitation at the Fall 1991 TIMS/ORSA Meeting
Work in Progress
A Resource-Based Theory of Industrial Organization: Static Equilibrium vs. Dynamic Homeostasis Robert R. Wiggins, Jovan Grahovac (Tulane), and Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) Under development for 2006/2007 submission to Academy of Management Review HONORS
- Best Empirical Paper Award, Fogelman College, University of Memphis, 2005
- Emerald Management Reviews Citation of Excellence, 2005
- Suzanne Downs Palmer Research Professorship, University of Memphis, 2004-2005
- BSM Teaching Honor Roll, Tulane University, Spring 2002
- MBA Teaching Honor Roll, Tulane University, Spring 2001
- Freeman Faculty Fellow, Tulane University, 2000-2001
- MBA Teaching Honor Roll, Tulane University, Spring 2000
- Freeman Faculty Fellow, Tulane University, 1999-2000
- MBA Teaching Honor Roll, Tulane University, Fall 1998
- Freeman Professor of Doctoral Studies and Research, Tulane University, 1998-1999
- J.F., Jr., & Jessie Lee Seinsheimer Research Fellow, Tulane University, 1997-1998
- BPS New Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management, 1997
- BSM Teaching Honor Roll, Tulane University, Fall 1996
- University Continuing Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 1994-1995
- Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, inducted 1994
- BPS Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management, 1994
- Dean's Award for Academic Excellence, University of Texas at Austin, 1977
- Sord Scholar Award for Academic Excellence, University of Texas at Austin, 1976
- National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist, 1969
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Officer/Leadership Positions
Memberships
Ad hoc reviewing
COURSES TAUGHT
Fogelman College of Business and Economics, University of Memphis
2004-2005
2003-2004
2002-2003
A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
2001-2002
2000-2001
1999-2000
- GMGT 645-01 -- Strategic Management(New MBA Required)
Enrollment: 44 Instructor Rating: 6.3/7.0
(100% satisfaction) All MBA Average Instructor Rating: 5.9/7.0 (88% satisfaction)
- GMGT 645-01 -- Strategic Management (New MBA Required)
Enrollment: 26 Instructor Rating: 6.6/7.0
(100% satisfaction) All MBA Average Instructor Rating: 5.9/7.0 (88% satisfaction)
- GMGT 715-03 -- Business Policy (MBA Required)
Enrollment: 47 Instructor Rating: 5.3/7.0
(79% satisfaction) All MBA Average Instructor Rating: 5.5/7.0 (78% satisfaction) Â
- GMGT 715-04 -- Business Policy (MBA Required)
Enrollment: 43 Instructor Rating: 5.7/7.0
(88% satisfaction) All MBA Average Instructor Rating: 5.5/7.0 (78% satisfaction) Â
- Named to Spring 2000 MBA Teacher Honor Roll
1998-1999
- GMGT 715-01 -- Business Policy (MBA Required)
Enrollment: 37 Instructor Rating: 6.4/7.0
(100% satisfaction) All MBA Average Instructor Rating: 5.5/7.0 (78% satisfaction)
- GMGT 715-02 -- Business Policy (MBA Required)
Enrollment: 23 Instructor Rating: 6.7/7.0
(100% satisfaction) All MBA Average Instructor Rating: 5.5/7.0 (78% satisfaction)
- PGMT 715-21 -- Business Policy (Professional MBA Required)
Enrollment: 31 Instructor Rating:
6.2/7.0 (96% satisfaction) All MBA Average Instructor Rating: 5.5/7.0 (78% satisfaction)
- Named to Fall 1998 MBA Teacher Honor Roll
1997-1998
- GMGT 715-02 -- Business Policy (MBA Required)
Enrollment: 37 Instructor Rating: 5.2/7.0
(86% satisfaction) All MBA Average Instructor Rating: 5.5/7.0 (79% satisfaction)
- GMGT 715-03 -- Business Policy (MBA Required)
Enrollment: 36 Instructor Rating: 5.3/7.0
(83% satisfaction) All MBA Average Instructor Rating: 5.5/7.0 (79% satisfaction)
- PGMT 715-21 -- Business Policy (Professional MBA Required)
Enrollment: 20 Instructor Rating:
6.1/7.0 (90% satisfaction) All MBA Average Instructor Rating: 5.5/7.0 (79% satisfaction)
1996-1997
1995-1996
- GMGT 716-01 -- Competition and Strategy (MBA Elective)
Enrollment: 24 Instructor Rating: 5.4/7.0
(62% satisfaction) All MBA Average Instructor Rating: 5.3/7/0 (74% satisfaction)
- GMGT 415-01 -- Business Policy (BSM Required)
Enrollment: 30 Instructor Rating: 6.1/7.0
(90% satisfaction) All BSM Average Instructor Rating: 5.7/7.0 (84% satisfaction)
- GMGT 415-02 -- Business Policy (BSM Required)
Enrollment: 33 Instructor Rating: 6.3/7.0
(92% satisfaction) All BSM Average Instructor Rating: 5.7/7.0 (84% satisfaction)
College of Business Administration, University of Texas at Austin
1993-1994
- MAN 374-02760 -- Managerial Policy and Strategy (BBA Required)
Enrollment: 41 Instructor Rating: 4.4/5.0 (100% satisfaction)
- MAN 374-02800 -- Managerial Policy and Strategy (BBA Required)
Enrollment: 35 Instructor Rating: 4.8/5.0 (100% satisfaction)
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Consulting
The Wiggins Group - Palo Alto, CA, and Austin, TX
Principal Consultant, 1987-19954
Offered strategic management consulting services as well as strategic planning to clients including Novell Corporation, Provo, Utah. Also provided expert witness testimony and related computer
industry analysis consulting services to clients such as Borland Corporation, Scotts Valley, California.
Roebuck Wiggins Associates, Inc. - New York, NY
President, 1982-1986
Writing
Contributing Editor -- MediaDirect CD-ROM magazine (Japan), 1993-1995
Contributor -- Home Office Computing magazine, 1993
Contributor -- Mobile Office magazine, 1993
Contributing Editor -- Windows User magazine, 1992-1993
Contributor -- Computer Shopper magazine, 1991-1992
Contributing Editor -- MacUser magazine, 1986-1991
Wrote a monthly column titled "The Pinstripe Mac," regarding business uses of the Apple
Macintosh. Also contributed occasional feature articles.
Other
Ray West Warehouses, Inc. - Corpus Christi, TX
Director, 1998-present
Serve on the Board of Directors of the privately-held logistics firm which has provided bonded
warehousing services in South Texas since 1953.
Micronetworked Computer Users, Inc. - Hicksville, NY
Sysop, 1985-1991 and 1993-1995
Provided services as a system operator on the fourteen Apple Computer related Forums, the Newton Forum, and the CyberForum on CompuServe.
Ziff Communications - New York, NY
Chief Sysop, Computer Shopper Forum, 1991-1992
International Business Machines Corporation - New York, NY
Systems Engineer, Data Processing Division, 1977-1981
Responsible for sales and installation of over $40 million of computer hardware and software at
customers such as Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Greater New York and TIAA/CREF.
REFERENCES
Timothy W. Ruefli Daniel B. Stuart Centennial Professor in the Application of Computers to Business and Management Department of Management Science and Information Systems
McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, CBA 5.202 Austin, TX 78712 (512) 471-9454 (512) 471-0587 (fax) Tim.Ruefli@bus.utexas.edu
William W. Cooper Professor of Management, Accounting, and Management Science and Information Systems Department of Management, McCombs School of Business
University of Texas at Austin, CBA 4.202 Austin, TX 78712 (512) 471-1822 (512) 471-3937 (fax) cooperw@mail.utexas.edu
Richard Makadok Associate Professor of Organization & Management Goizueta Business School Emory University 1300 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30322 (404) 727-8639
(404) 727-6313 (fax) Rich_Makadok@bus.emory.edu
Reuben R. McDaniel, Jr. Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Regents Chair in Health Care Management Department of Management Science and Information Systems McCombs School of Business
University of Texas at Austin, CBA 5.202 Austin, TX 78712 (512) 471-9451 (512) 471-0587 (fax) reuben.mcdaniel@bus.utexas.edu
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