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Giacomo Negro

Biography
Giacomo Negro joined the Goizueta Business School faculty in 2008. He previously taught at the Durham Business School (UK) and Bocconi University (Italy), and was a visiting scholar at various institutions including Stanford University and UCLA. Negro holds a PhD in management from Bocconi University, where he also received a Laurea degree in economics and business.
Publications
- "Resource Partitioning Revisited: Competitive Interaction and Vital Rates in the Italian TV Industry." With S. Reis, O. Sorenson, F. Perretti and A. Lomi. Industrial and Corporate Change 21, forthcoming. 2012
- "‘Actual’ and Perceptual Effects of Category Spanning: An Analysis of Critical Ratings of Italian Wines." With M. D. Leung. Organization Science 23, forthcoming. 2012.
- "Hybrids in Hollywood: A study of the production and performance of genre spanning films." With G. Hsu and F. Perretti. Industrial and Corporate Change 21, forthcoming. 2012.
- "Category reinterpretation and defection: Modernism and tradition in Italian wine making." With M. T. Hannan and H. Rao. Organization Science 22: 1449–1463. 2011.
- “Categorical contrast and niche width: Critical success in winemaking.” With M. T. Hannan and H. Rao. Industrial and Corporate Change 19: 1397–1425. 2010.
- “Stained Red?: A study of stigma by association to blacklisted artists during the ‘Red Scare’ in Hollywood, 1945-1960.” With E. Pontikes and H. Rao. American Sociological Review 75: 456–478. 2010.
- “Research on categories in the sociology of organizations.” With G. Hsu and Ö. Koçak. Research in the Sociology of Organizations 31: 3–35. 2010.
- “The structure of consensus: Network ties legitimation and exit rates of U.S. feature film producer organizations,” With G. Cattani, S. Ferriani and F. Perretti. Administrative Science Quarterly 53: 145–182. 2008.
- “E Pluribus Unum: Framing, Matching, and Organizational Form Emergence in U.S. Television Broadcasting, 1940-1960,”. With F. Perretti and A. Lomi. Organization Science 19: 533–547. 2008.
- “Evolutionary Perspectives on Inter-Organizational Relations.” With A. Lomi and F. Fonti. Pp. 313–339 in Cropper, S., Ebers, M., Huxham, C., and Smith Ring, P. (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Inter-Organizational Relations , Oxford University Press. 2008.
- “Mixing Genres, Matching People: A Study in Innovation and Team Composition in Hollywood.” With F. Perretti. Journal of Organizational Behavior 28: 563– 586. 2007.
- “Metabolic Implications for the Mechanism of Mitochondrial Endosymbiosis and Human Hereditary Disorders.” With B. Lovegren de Bivort, C-C. Chen, F. Perretti, T. M. Philip and Y. Bar-Yam. Journal of Theoretical Biology 248: 26–36. 2007.
- “Filling Empty Seats: How Social Status and Organizational Hierarchies Affect Exploration vs. Exploitation in Team Design.” With F. Perretti. Academy of Management Journal 49: 759–777. 2006.
- “The Competitive Dynamics of Vertical Integration. Evidence from U.S. Motion Picture Producers, 1912–1970.” With O. Sorenson. Advances in Strategic Management 23: 367– 403. 2006.
Proceedings:
- “Same, Yet Different: Similarity, Distinctiveness and the Evolution of Film Genres”. With G. Hsu and F. Perretti. Academy of Management Meetings Best Paper Proceedings. 2007.
- “Integrating Ecologies: Population Dynamics and Interorganizational Networks in the U.S. Motion Picture Industry, 1912–1970.” With G. Cattani, S. Ferriani and F. Perretti. Academy of Management Meetings Best Paper Proceedings. 2006.
- “System Dependent Organizational Evolution: Evidence from the U.S. Television Industry, 1940–2000.” With A. Lomi and F. Perretti. Academy of Management Meetings Best Paper Proceedings. 2006.
Areas of Specialization
- Organization theory
- Cultural and creative industries
Achievements and Honors
- Goizueta Business School, Caldwell Research Award, 2010
- Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, Research Excellence Award, 2007
- Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, Best Management Paper Award, 2007
- Academy of International Business Conference, Best Reviewer Award, 2005
- Fondazione IRI Research Grant, 2004
- Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, Best Management Paper Award, 2004
- Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, Best Graduates Annual Award, 1999
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Academy of Management
- American Sociological Association
- European Group for Organization Studies
- European Academy of Management
Academic Background
PhD, Management, Bocconi University (Italy), 2004.
Laurea (summa cum laude), Economics and Business, Bocconi University (Italy), 1998.