I am an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. I completed my Ph.D. at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. My research focuses on cooperative strategy—relationships such as alliances or collaborations—in nonmarket settings. I study how and when strategically aligning with often-adversarial stakeholders, such as social activists, NGOs, and local communities can benefit firms, and the implications for stakeholders and society. My research explains why cooperative strategy is an increasingly popular approach to managing nonmarket stakeholders, when and why existing theories of relationships fail in nonmarket settings, and the critical role conflict, networks and identities play in cooperative nonmarket strategy. My research also shows cooperative and conflictual nonmarket stakeholder relationships impact firm innovation and M&A synergies. Newer projects explore how firms engage in corporate activism, the implications of corporate activism on movements, and the anti-ESG movement.
I serve on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, and the Strategic Management Journal. I am an International Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Corporate Reputation, and a Fellow of the ESG Initiative at The Wharton School. Prior to joining Rotman, I spent three years at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business, and prior to academia, I worked in private, public and non-profit sectors.
Email: kate.odziemkowska@rotman.utoronto.ca
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