Paul Drnevich

Paul Drnevich
Assistant Professor of Strategic Management
Management & Marketing
Office: 147 Alston Hall, 205-348-0153
Specialty Areas:
  • Examining causal mechanisms of firm performance (e.g., competitive advantage, rivalry restraint, information asymmetry, and commitment timing) contribute to superior value creation and value appropriation, and the effects of environmental uncertainty on their contributions.

  • The role of information technology (IT) in enhancing these contributions, particularly to innovation and performance in entrepreneurial ventures and small business.

  • The design and application of virtual environments using intelligent agent-based simulation to study the contributions to superior value creation and value appropriation under conditions of high environmental dynamism.

  • The application of the knowledge created from my research to solve problems in management education, business practice, and public policy.
Education:

Purdue University (Ph.D.), University of Colorado (M.S.), Florida State University (B.S.). 

Honors, Achievements and Affiliations:

Dr. Drnevich has also presented over two dozen papers on these topics at major international conferences such as the Academy of Management, the Babson Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, Southern Management Association, and the Strategic Management Society. He is on the editorial board of Academy of Management Learning & Education, the McKinsey Quarterly’s Executive Panel, and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management & Organization, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Small Business Management, and Strategic Management Journal.

Prior to his academic career, Dr. Drnevich worked as the manager of Research and Information for McKinsey and Company's High Tech Strategy Consulting practice. His public and private sector work and consulting experience include: American Express, Ford Motor Company, Gartner Group, Indiana State & Local Government, Kentucky State Government, Mellon Financial, MicroStrategy, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the U.S. Federal Government.

Selected Publications

  • Drnevich, P., Brush, T., & Luckock, G. (2011). Process and Structural Implications for IT-Enabled Outsourcing. Forthcoming at International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications.

  • Withers, M., Drnevich, P., & Marino, L. (2011). Doing More with Less: The Disordinal Implications of Firm Age for Leveraging Capabilities for Innovation. Journal of Small Business Management 49(4) 515-536.
  • Chaturvedi, A., Dolk, D., & Drnevich, P. (2011). Design Principles for Virtual Worlds. MIS Quarterly 35(3), 1-12.

  • Drnevich, P., Armstrong, C., Crook, T. A., & Crook, T. R. (2011). Do Research and Education Matter to Business School Rankings? International Journal of Management in Education 5(2-3), 169-187.

  • Drnevich, P. & Kriauciunas, A. (2011). Clarifying the Conditions and Limits of the Contributions of Ordinary and Dynamic Capabilities to Relative Firm Performance. Strategic Management Journal, 32(3), 254-279.
  • Moskowitz, H., Drnevich, P., Ersoy, O., Altinkemer, K., & Chaturvedi, A. (2011). Using Real-Time Decision Tools to Improve Distributed Decision Making Capabilities in High- Magnitude Crisis Situations. Decision Sciences 42(2), 477-493.
  • O’Brien, J. P., Drnevich, P., Crook, T. R., & Armstrong, C. (2010). Does Business School Research Add Economic Value for Students? Academy of Management Learning & Education 9(4), 638-651. 1st Runner-up for the Academy of Management Learning and Education 2010 Outstanding Article Award.
  • Drnevich, P., Brush, T., & Shanley, M. (2010). Strategic Implications of Information Technology for Resource and Capability Outsourcing Decisions. International Journal of Decision Support System Technology 2(4), 37-49.
  • Drnevich, P., & McIntyre, D. (2010). Information Technology Resources, Capabilities, and Competitive Advantage: Two Camps, Four Perspectives, One Elusive Goal. International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications 1(2), 1-18.
  • Drnevich, P., Brush, T., & Chaturvedi, A. (2010). Examining the Implications of Process and Choice for Strategic Decision Making Effectiveness. International Journal of Decision Support System Technology 2(3), 1-15.
  • Drnevich, P., Ramanujam, R., Mehta, S., & Chaturvedi, A. (2009). Affiliation or Situation: What Drives Strategic Decision Making in Crisis Response? Journal of Managerial Issues XXI (2), 216-231.
  • Crook, T.R., Drnevich, P., Adams, G., & Combs, J. (2009). How Important Are Transaction Costs for Service Firm Integration Decisions? A Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Services Technology & Management. 11(2), 128-144.