In his research, he uses both domestic and international settings to investigate how social factors—such as status, legitimacy, logics, and media framings—influence technological innovation, regulatory oversight, and economic exchanges. He serves on the editorial review board of the Academy of Management Journal, the flagship empirical journal of the Academy of Management, where he received an Editorial Board Outstanding Reviewer Award in 2016. Throughout his career, Dr. Cole has been recognized for his scholarly activity by three Academy of Management divisions. At Fordham, Dr. Cole received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research in 2015, the graduate Gladys and Henry Crown Award for Faculty Excellence and Stanley Fuchs Award in 2015, and the undergraduate Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2009, 2013, and 2016.