He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his research examines how top management team and stakeholder belief systems influence a firm’s strategic choices and outcomes. His research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Strategic Management Journal and he is currently an editorial review board member of the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, and Strategic Management Journal and an International Research Fellow of the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation.