Todd H. Chiles

research interests

publications

articles:

Todd H. Chiles, Denise M. Vultee, Vishal K. Gupta, et al.
2010 "The philosophical foundations of a radical Austrian approach to entrepreneurship." Journal of Management Inquiry, 19(2): 138-164. [pdf]

Todd H. Chiles, Christopher S. Tuggle, Jeffery S. McMullen, et al.
2010 "Dynamic creation: Extending the radical Austrian approach to entrepreneurship." Organization Studies, 31(1): 7-46. [pdf]

Todd H. Chiles, Vishal K. Gupta, and Allen C. Bluedorn
2008 "On Lachmannian and effectual entrepreneurship: A rejoinder to Sarasvathy and Dew." Organization Studies, 29(2): 247-253. [pdf]

Todd H. Chiles, Allen C. Bluedorn, and Vishal K. Gupta
2007 "Beyond creative destruction and entrepreneurial discovery: A radical Austrian approach to entrepreneurship." Organization Studies, 28(4): 467-493. [pdf]

Todd H. Chiles, Alan D. Meyer, and Thomas J. Hench
2004 "Organizational emergence: The origin and transformation of Branson, Missouri's musical theaters." Organization Science, 15(5): 499-519. [pdf] [supplements]

Todd H. Chiles
2003 "Process theorizing: Too important to ignore in a kaleidic world." Academy of Management Learning & Education, 2(3): 288- 291. [pdf]

Todd H. Chiles and Alan D. Meyer
2001 "Managing the emergence of clusters: An increasing returns approach to strategic change." Emergence, 3(3): 58-89. [pdf]

Todd H. Chiles and Thomas Y. Choi
2000 "Theorizing TQM: An Austrian and evolutionary economics interpretation." Journal of Management Studies, 37(2): 185-212. [pdf]

Todd H. Chiles and John F. McMackin
1996 "Integrating variable risk preferences, trust, and transaction cost economics." Academy of Management Review, 21(1): 73-99. [pdf]

chapters:

Stephen V. Horner, Todd H. Chiles, and Long W. Lam
2007 "Entrepreneurship in the experience economy: The evolution of the Hard Rock Café." In R. A. Ajami and M. M. Bear (Eds.), The Global Enterprise: Entrepreneurship and Value Creation: 137-165. New York: Routledge. ISBN-13: 9780789023391. [pdf]

current appointment

Associate Professor of Management, Trulaske College of Business, University of Missouri, Columbia MO

education

PhD, Management (strategy & organization)

MA, International Management (high honors)

BS, Mechanical Engineering (magna cum laude)

industry

experience:

eight years industry experience as an R&D engineer, project manager, market planner and competitive strategist at IBM and the IBM spin-off company Lexmark International; and as an engineering intern at Fasco Corporation and General Motors.

awards:
Lexmark Outstanding Contribution Award

• market planning and introduction of the IBM
  LaserPrinter 4029 Series
• market planning and introduction of the IBM LAN
  Connection 4033 Series
• competitive analysis for the IBM PPS II 2380, 2381,
  2390 and 2391, and the IBM 4226

IBM Significant Technical Contribution Award

• technology development and engineering project
  management of "thin gold" metallurgy for direct-chip- attach circuit cards for the IBM Personal Wheelwriter 2 and IBM Wheelwriter 15

IBM Inventors Recognition Award

• published four IBM invention disclosures in the area of
  microelectronic packaging technology

leadership:

lead engineer for direct-chip-attach metallurgical systems for printed circuit boards, testing and analysis of microelectronic bonding systems, kinematic and computer-aided analysis of robot dynamics for laser measurement of flat panel displays, finite-element analysis of mechanical systems, analysis and programming of electro-mechanical systems for computer printers and automated teller machines, laser processing of polymer circuit cards, experimental and computational stress analysis of mechanical components and systems, etc.

lead planner responsible for market support plan, product introductions, press briefings at headquarters, and pre- announcement briefings at Electronic Data Systems, Key Bank, Beneficial Finance, and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency

lead analyst for the Atlanta focus group on the IBM LaserPrinter 4029 Series, and the IBM LAN Connection 4033 Series

lead strategist for competitive analysis at CeBit in Hanover, Germany and Comdex in Las Vegas, Nevada

served on IBM's Worldwide Microelectronic Packaging Technology Council

research

empirical research:

field research that triangulates between archival data, interviews, documents, and naturalistic observation; empirical phenomena include entrepreneurial imagination, resource recombination, strategic change, industry emergence and evolution, and market order and upheaval

research contexts:

entertainment, tourism, restaurants, breweries, online job search/recruitment, and entrepreneurs' life stories

theoretical research:

conceptual work that addresses such issues as the subjective nature of economic exchange, quality management, novelty creation, resource reshuffling, organizational emergence, and market dynamics

recent presentations:

2010 "Dare to care about nonlinearity in entrepreneurship: Disequilibrium at the core of entrepreneuring." 70th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Montréal, Canada (with Benyamin Lichtenstein)

doctoral student coauthors:

Vishal Gupta, Steve Horner, Jisung Kim, John McMackin, and Tal Zarankin

teaching

teaching awards:

Honors Student Faculty Mentor, O'Brien Excellence in Teaching Award Finalist [pdf]

teaching experience:

ug strategy [pdf]
ug org design [pdf]
ug strategic leadership
ug org behavior
ug special topics
honors strategy
mba strategy
mba special topics
macctg org design
phd strategy process & dynamics [pdf] [pdf]
phd directed readings in organizational aesthetics

invited speaker:

"Austrian economics in entrepreneurship research," PhD seminar in entrepreneurship, University of Oregon, January 2009

"Management, McDonald's and the Machine Metaphor" at MU's Trulaske College of Business Summer Academy for Minority High School Students, July 2008 and July 2009 [pdf]

"Using a 'real case' approach to teach management: Some lessons learned," O'Brien Teaching Excellence Award Presentation, University of Missouri, April 2005 [pdf]

"Complexity theory and organization science," PhD seminar in organization theory, University of Missouri, November 2001 [pdf]

teaching philosophy:

adopting a complex, dynamic systems approach; integrating multiple viewpoints; employing visual methods; connecting theory and practice; stressing teamwork; emphasizing writing and speaking; having high expectations [pdf]

personal

practicing yoga; watching documentary films; learning from history, biography, classics, science, religion, spirituality, abstract expressionist art, jazz improvisation, etc.; traveling; hiking; biking; exploring my genealogy; walking my dogs

my colleagues and I celebrating another successful dissertation defense...

© Todd H. Chiles, January 21, 2011

editing/reviewing

editorial advisory board:

Perspectives on Process Organization Studies

guest editor:

Organization Studies

ad hoc reviewer:

AMJ, AMR, JMI, JMS, Management Science, Organization Science, Organization Studies, etc.

selection committee:

William H. Newman "Best Dissertation" Award, Academy of Management

research committee:

Research Proposal
Review for the Process
Research Workshop,
Academy of Management

favorites

books:

The Web of Life (Capra); At Home in the Universe (Kauffman); Einstein (Isaacson); The Universe in a Single Atom (Dalai Lama); Origins (Tyson); Images of Organization (Morgan); Austrian Economics in America (Vaughn); The Austrian School and Modern Economics (Foss); Path Dependence and Creation (Garud & Karnøe); Researching Entrepreneurship (Davidsson)

chapters:

The Theory of Complex Phenomena (Hayek, 1967, In "Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics"); Three Types of Market Process (Littlechild, 1986, In "Economics as a Process"); Substitutes for Strategy (Weick, 1987, In "The Competitive Challenge"); Give and Take: The Collective Conversation of Jazz Performance (Berliner, 1997, In "Creativity in Performance"); Non- equilibrium Thermodynamics (Juerrero, 1999, In "Dynamics in Action"); Three Views of Entrepreneurial Opportunity (Sarasvathy et al., 2003, In "Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research"); Mechanical Models and the New Physics (Matthews, 2005, In "The Challenge of Baha'ullah")

articles:

Astley (1985, ASQ); Barney (1986, AMR); Arthur (1990, Sci Am); Stevenson & Harmeling (1990, JBV); Gersick (1991, AMR); Russo (1993, ASM); Barrett (1998, Org Sci); Langley (1999, AMR); Hargadon & Douglas (2001, ASQ); Tsoukas & Chia (2002, Org Sci); Davidsson (2003, AEFEG), McKelvey (2004, JBV); Baker & Nelson (2005, ASQ); Meyer et al. (2005, Org Sci); Parameshwar (2006, LQ); Foss & Ishikawa (2007, Org Studies); Gartner (2007, JBV); Plowman et al. (2007, AMJ); Steyaert (2007, ERD); Hatch & Yanow (2008, Org Studies); Lichtenstein & Plowman (2009, LQ); Danneels (2010, SMJ)

audios:

Foundations of Western Thought (Shutt); One God, Three Faiths (Peters); Sailing to the Edge of the World (Williams); Masters of Enterprise (Brands); Walt Whitman: Songs of Ourselves (Karbiner)

documentaries:

King Corn; Super Size Me; Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill; The Motorcycle Diaries; Roadtrip Nation; Death by Design; I Like Killing Flies: Portrait of an Eccentric NYC Restaurateur; Atlantic Records: The House that Ahmet Built; Stress: Portrait of a Killer; Las Vegas: An Unconventional History; The Greening of Southie; The Real Dirt on Farmer John; Yoga Unveiled: Evolution and Essence of a Spiritual Tradition; Carrier; Spain...On the Road Again; Pollock: Portrait of a Radical Painter; Paradigm Pioneers; Guns, Germs and Steel; Walt Whitman; I.O.U.S.A.; Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations; Painters Painting; Surfwise; Blood into Wine; Journey into Buddhism