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"Countries differ in their cultures, political systems, economic systems, legal systems, and levels of economic development. Despite all the talk about the emerging global village and despite the trends toward globalization of markets and production, many of these differences are very profound and enduring."

 

 

 

 
Charles Hill
Professor of Management and Organization
Hughes M. and Katherine G. Blake Endowed Professor in Business Administration

PhD, University of Manchester 1983
BS, University of Manchester 1979


Phone:   
 (206) 543-4867 Mailing Address:
Fax:
 206-685-9392 University of Washington Business School
Office:
Email:
 313 Mackenzie Hall
chill@u.washington.edu
 Management and Organization Department
Box 353200
Seattle, WA 98195-3200
     
Faculty Personal Web Page:   http://faculty.washington.edu/~chill/

Specialties

    Strategy, international business, micro-economics

Positions Held

    At the University of Washington since 1988
    Assistant professor, Michigan State University (1986-88)
    Visiting professor, Texas A&M (1985-86)
    Lecturer, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (1983-86)

Selected Publications

  • International Business: Competing in the Global Market Place, Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2005.

  • Strategic Management: An Integrated Approach, with G.R. Jones, Sixth Edition, Houghton Mifflin, 2004.

  • "The performance of incumbent firms in the face of radical technological change," with F.T. Rothaermel, Academy of Management Review, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2003, pp 257-277.

  • "Tacit knowledge as a source of competitive advantage in the NBA," with S. Berman and J. Down, Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2002, pp. 13-32.

Current Research

    Strategy in industries best by rapid technological change
    Strategy making in the face of uncertainty and complexity

Honors and Awards

    Charles E. Summer Outstanding Teaching Award (2008)
    MBA Core Professor of the Quarter for Autumn (2007)
    TMMBA Excellence in Teaching Award (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008)
    MBA Elective Professor of the Quarter for Autumn (2003)
    Dean's Entrepreneurship Research Award (1999)
    Wells Fargo Faculty Award (1997)
    EMBA Excellence in Teaching Award (1994-97, 2007)
    Burlington Northern Foundation Achievement Award for Scholarship (1990)

Selected Consulting Experience

    Consulting clients have included
    ATL (now part of Philips Medical Systems)
    Boeing
    B.F. Goodrich
    Microsoft
    Seattle City Light
    Thompson Financial Services
    WRQ

Academic Service

    Consulting editor of the Academy of Management Review (1993-96).