Specialties

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 2008
Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam Business School (2005-2008)
Assistant Professor, RSM Erasmus University (2004-2005)
Junior Consultant, Fource Consulting Group, the Netherlands (1998-1999)

Selected Publications

• "Extrinsic and Intrinsic Drivers of Corporate Social Performance: Evidence from Foreign and Domestic Firms in Mexico," with A. Kolk, Journal of Management Studies, forthcoming.
  
  
• "CSR Performance in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Mexico," with A. Kolk, Journal of Business Ethics, 10.1007/s10551-008-9735-y, 2008.
  
  
• "Exploring the Geography of Corporate Philanthropic Disaster Response: A Study of Fortune Global 500 Firms," with G. Whiteman, Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 84, No. 4, 2008, pp. 589-603.
  
  
• "Do Markets Love Misery? Stock Prices and Corporate Disaster Response," with R. Kräussl in George T. Solomon (ed.), Proceedings of the Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2008, ISSN 1543-8643.
  
  
• "Internationalization and performance, the moderating role of strategic fit," with F. Fortanier and R. Van Tulder, in Rugman (ed.) Regional Aspects of Multinationality and Performance, Research in Global Strategic Management, Elsevier, Vol. 13, 2007.
  
  
• "Global versus Local CSR Strategies: An Exploratory Study of European MNEs in Mexico," European Management Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2-3, 2006, pp. 180-191.
  
  
• "Macro Intentions, Micro Realities: A Two-Level Strategic Approach to the Single European Market," with R. Tulder Multinational Business Review, Vol. X, Fall 2002, pp. 1-10.
  
  

Current Research

Organizational attention and discretionary social behavior; multinationality and corporate social responsibility (particularly in emerging markets); corporate social performance and corporate financial performance

Honors and Awards

Finalist, Best Paper award, Academy of Management Social Issues in Management Division (2008)
Visiting Scholar, Segal School of Business CCGRM, Simon Fraser University (2008)
Finalist, Richard Farmer Dissertation Award, Academy of International Business (2005)
Winner, Annual Dissertation Award, Dutch National Political Science Association (2005)
Cum laude, PhD, RSM Erasmus University (2004)
Winner, Most Challenging Thesis Proposal award, European International Business Academy (2001)
Cum laude, MA, University of Amsterdam (1998)
Phi Beta Kappa (1993)
Cum laude, BA, University of Washington (1993)

Consulting Experience

• Vodafone, competitive strategy
  
• Philips, strategic orientation
  
• ICCO, public-private partnership development
  
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NL), multinationals, taxation and development
  

Academic Service

Review Board member for Journal of Business Ethics
Ad hoc reviewer for:

Academy of Management Journal

Organization Science

Strategic Management Journal

Business & Society

International Business Review

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Supply Chain Management

Referee for:

Academy of Management Annual Meetings

Academy of International Business Annual Meetings


Current Courses:

IBUS 300 (Autumn 2008, Spring 2009)

IBUS 560 (Winter 2009)

IBUS 480 (Winter 2009)