PUBLICATIONS

Uzzi, Brian and Jarrett Spiro. 2005. "How Small Worlds Make Big Differences: The Case of the Financial and Artistic Success of Broadway Musicals, 1945 to 1990." American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 111 (2): 447-504.

Guimera, Roger, Brian Uzzi, Jarrett Spiro, and Luis Amaral. 2005. "Team Assembly Mechanisms Determine Collaboration Network Structure and Team Performance." Science, Vol. 308 (April 29, 2005): pp. 697-702.

Spiro, Jarrett. 2007. Review of the book The New Capitalists: How Citizen Investors are Reshaping the Corporate Agenda. Stanford Social Innovation Review, Vol. 5(1): pp.77-78.

PAPERS UNDER REVIEW

Uzzi, Brian, Roger Guimera, Jarrett Spiro, Luis Amaral. "The Emergence of Self-Organizing Collaboration Networks." Administrative Science Quarterly, Revise and Resubmit, 2007.

Uzzi, Brian and Jarrett Spiro. "What Keeps a Small World Small? The Dynamics of Robustness in Affiliation Networks." Organization Science, Revise and Resubmit, 2007.

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

The Role of Network Position in Genre Novelty: The Case of the U.S. Film Industry, 1920-1996. (Dissertation)

Making Nets Work: The Diffusion of Knowledge Sharing as a Norm in Public Health Networks (with Hayagreeva Rao, Joe Porac, Karl Weick and Kathleen Lawrence).

The Performance Implications of Network-derived Community Structures in the Broadway Musical Industry: The Dynamics of the Tony Awards (with Brian Uzzi).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

"The Role of Network Position in Genre Novelty: The Case of the U.S. Film Industry, 1920-1996." Academy of Management, August 2007.

"The Emergence of Self Organizing Networks: Small Worlds." (Co-Authored with Brian Uzzi, Roger Guimera and Luis Amaral), Conference on the Institutional Foundations of Industry Self-Regulation, February 2007.

"Emergence of Social Networks in Self-Organizing Collaborative Enterprises." (Co-Authored with Brian Uzzi, Roger Guimera and Luis Amaral), American Sociological Association, August 2006.

"A Pick up Stick Model of the Emergence of Networks: Simulations and a Case Study." (Co-Authored with Brian Uzzi), Academy of Management, August 2004.

MEDIA COMMENTARY

Seitz, Patrick. "What's a Dream Team's DNA?" Investor's Business Daily. June 6, 2005

"Case Study: Team Mechanisms - Lessons from Broadway," London Times. May 26, 2005.

Guterl, Fred. "True Teamwork: Diversity is Essential to the Success of Any Endeavor, From Scientific Research to Broadway Musicals," Newsweek International. May 9, 2005.

Wright, Allison. "Network Theory: On Broadway," Nature. May 5, 2005.

Bhattacharya, Shaoni. "Recipe for Building 'Dream Teams' Revealed," New Scientist. April 28, 2005.

Barabasi, Albert-Laszlo. "Network Theory - The Emergence of Creative Enterprises," Science. April 29, 2005.

Donkin, Richard. "How to Preserve the Soul of Management," Financial Times. September 19, 2002.

RESEARCH SUPPORT

Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Summer Research Fellow, 2000

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Stanford University, Graduate School of Business
  • Course Assistant
    • Human Resource Management (Masters Core Course), Professor Hayagreeva Rao. Spring 2006.
      • Designed and Taught Three Review Sessions on Regression and Statistical Analysis
      • Evaluated Course Participation
      • Graded Final Papers
      • Determined Final Grade Distribution
    • Organizational Behavior (Masters Core Course), Professor Michael Hannan and Professor Jerker Denrell, Fall 2004.
      • Graded Final Papers
      • Helped Determine Final Grade Distribution
      • Attended Course Planning Meetings

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Refereed Journal Reviewer
  • American Journal of Sociology
  • Organization Science
  • Industry and Innovation
  • Industrial and Corporate Change


DISSERTATION READING COMMITTEE

Michael Hannan, StrataCom Professor of Management, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; Professor of Sociology, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University

Hayagreeva Rao, Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Walter W. Powell, Professor of Education, School of Education, Stanford University

REFERENCES

Michael Hannan
StrataCom Professor of Management
Graduate School of Business
Stanford University
525 Memorial Way
Stanford, CA 94305-5015
650-723-1511
hannan@stanford.edu

Hayagreeva Rao
Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources
Graduate School of Business
Stanford University
525 Memorial Way
Stanford, CA 94305-5015
650-724-7708
hrao@stanford.edu

Walter W. Powell
Professor of Education
School of Education
Stanford University
532 Ceras Building
Stanford CA 94305-3084
650-725-7391
woodyp@stanford.edu

Brian Uzzi
Richard L. Thomas Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change
Kellogg School of Management
Management and Organizations Department
Room 355 Leverone Hall
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208-2011
847-491-8072
uzzi@northwestern.edu