Faculty and ResearchExpert Guide

Education

• Ph.D. in Business Administration
  Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
• Master of Finance and Management
  College of Management, Tel-Aviv, Israel
• Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business Administration
  College of Judea and Samaria, Ariel, Israel

Areas of Expertise

• Dynamic capabilities
• Institutions and governance
• international business

Courses Taught

• Advanced Management Research
• Doc Res In Bus Admin
• Emerging Markets
• Fundamentals of International Business
• Global Strategy and Business Models
• International Business
• Master's Seminar in Management
• Navigating in a Globalizing World
• Ph.D. Dissertation
• Strategic Management

Refereed Journal Articles

Andrews, D., Fainshmidt, S., Gaur, A., & Parente, R. C. (2021). Configuring Knowledge Connectivity and Strategy Conditions for Foreign Subsidiary Innovation. Long Range Planning Journal. (In Press)

Haliday, C., Paustian-Underdaul, S., & Fainshmidt, S. (2021). Women on Boards of Directors: A Meta-Analytic Examination of the Roles of Organizational Leadership and National Context for Gender Equality. Journal of Business and Psychology, 36.

Zhao, Y., Parente, R. C., Fainshmidt, S., & Carnovale, S. (2021). MNE host-country alliance network position and post-entry establishment mode choice. Journal of International Business Studies.

Fainshmidt, S., Andrews, D., Gaur, A., & Schotter, A. (2021). Recalibrating Management Research for the Post?COVID?19 Scientific Enterprise. Journal of Management Studies.

Fainshmidt, S., Witt, M., Aguilera, R., & Verbeke, A. (2020). The contributions of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to international business research. Journal of International Business Studies, 51.

Geleilate, J., Andrews, D., & Fainshmidt, S. (2020). Subsidiary autonomy and subsidiary performance: A meta-analysis. Journal of World Business, Volume 55(Issue 4).

Pezeshkan, A., Smith, A., Fainshmidt, S., & Nair, A. (2020). A neo-configurational institutional analysis of international venture capital attractiveness and performance: Insights for Asia-Pacific. Asia Pacific Journal of Management.

Judge, W., Fainshmidt, S., & Brown, L. (2020). Institutional Systems for Equitable Wealth Creation: Replication and an Update of Judge et al. (2014). Management and Organization Review, 16(1).

Mallon, M., & Fainshmidt, S. (2020). Who’s Hiding in the Shadows? Organized Crime and Informal Entrepreneurship in 39 Economies. Journal of Management.

Geleilate, J., Fainshmidt, S., & Zollo, M. (2020). More (new) products, more problems? A systems perspective on increased capability deployment and organizational errors. Long Range Planning Journal.

Guldiken, O., Mallon, M., Fainshmidt, S., & Judge, W. (2019). Beyond tokenism: How strategic leaders influence more meaningful gender diversity on boards of directors. Strategic Management Journal, 40(12).

Pezeshkan, A., Smith, A., Fainshmidt, S., & Zhang, Z. (2019). Risk, Capabilities, and International Venture Capital Syndication in China. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research.

Fainshmidt, S., Wenger, L. A., Pezeshkan, A., & Mallon, M. (2018). When do Dynamic Capabilities Lead to Competitive Advantage? The Importance of Strategic Fit. Journal of Management Studies.

White, G., Fainshmidt, S., & Rajwani, T. (2018). Antecedents and Outcomes of Political Tie Intensity: Institutional and Strategic Fit Perspectives. Journal of International Management, 24(1). View Article

Putzhammer, M., Fainshmidt, S., Puck, J., & Slangen, A. (2018). To elevate or to duplicate? Experiential learning, host-country institutions, and MNE post-entry commitment increase. Journal of World Business, 53(4).

Fainshmidt, S., Judge, W., Aguilera, R., & Smith, A. (2018). Varieties of Institutional Systems: A Contextual Taxonomy of Understudied Countries. Journal of World Business, 53(3). View Article

Frazier, L., Fainshmidt, S., Klinger, R., Pezeshkan, A., & Vracheva, V. (2017). Psychological Safety: A Meta-analytic Review and Extension. Personnel Psychology, 70(1).

Zattoni, A., Witt, M., Judge, W., Talaulicar, T., & Chen, J. (2017). How Does Board Independence Influence IPO Financial Performance? The Moderating Role of the National Business System. Journal of World Business, 52(5). View Article

Fainshmidt, S., & Frazier, L. (2017). What Facilitates Dynamic Capabilities? The Role of Climate for Trust. Long Range Planning Journal, 50(5). View Article

Lewellyn, K., & Fainshmidt, S. (2017). Effectiveness of CEO Power Bundles and Discretion Context: Unpacking the 'Fuzziness' of the CEO Duality Puzzle. Organization Studies, 38(11).

Mallon, M., & Fainshmidt, S. (2017). Assets of Foreignness: A Theoretical Integration and Agenda for Future Research. Journal of International Management, 21(1). View Article

Paustian-Underdahl, S. C., Fainshmidt, S., Sanchez, J. I., Misati, E., & Zhao, Y. (2017). The Role of Economic Development and Perceived Growth Opportunities in Employee Reactions to M&As: A Study of the Merger Syndrome Across 29 Countries. Group and Organization Management, 42(2). View Article

Fainshmidt, S., Nair, A., & Mallon, M. (2017). MNE Performance during a Crisis: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Role of Dynamic Managerial Capabilities and Industry Context. International Business Review, 26(6). View Article

Fainshmidt, S., Smith, A., & Guldiken, O. (2017). Orchestrating the flow of human resources: Insights from Spanish soccer clubs. Strategic Organization, 15(4). View Article

Erkan, A., Fainshmidt, S., & Judge, W. (2016). Variance Decomposition of the Country, Industry, Firm, and Firm-year Effects on Dividend Policy. International Business Review.

Fainshmidt, S., Pezeshkan, A., Frazier, L., Nair, A., & Markowski, E. (2016). Dynamic Capabilities and Organizational Performance: A Meta-analytic Evaluation and Extension. Journal of Management Studies.

Fainshmidt, S., Smith, A., & Judge, W. (2016). National Competitiveness and Porter's Diamond: The Role of MNE Penetration and Governance Quality. Global Strategy Journal.

Frazier, M. L., Tupper, C., & Fainshmidt, S. (2016). The Path(s) to Employee Trust in Direct Supervisor in Nascent and Established Relationships: A Fuzzy Set Analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Pezeshkan, A., Fainshmidt, S., Nair, A., Frazier, M. L., & Markowski, E. (2016). An Empirical Assessment of the Dynamic Capabilities-performance Relationship. Journal of Business Research.

Pezeshkan, A., Smith, A., Fainshmidt, S., & Sedeh, A. (2016). National Business Systems and Firm Innovation: A Study of Developing Economies. Journal of Business Research.

Judge, W. Q., Bell, R. G., Taulalicar, T., Chen, J., & Kohli, N. (2015). Corporate Governance and IPO Underpricing in a Cross-National Sample: A Multi-Level Knowledge-Based View. Strategic Management Journal.

Nair, A., Guldiken, O., Fainshmidt, S., & Pezeshkan, A. (2015). Innovation in India: A Review of Past Research and Future Directions. Asia Pacific Journal of Management.

Bao, R., Fainshmidt, S., Nao, A., & Vracheva, V. (2014). Women in Upper Echelons of Management, Tenure and Legal Risk. British Journal of Management, 25(2).

Fainshmidt, S., White, G. O., & Cangioni, C. (2014). Legal Distance, Cognitive Distance, and Conflict Resolution in International Business Intellectual Property Disputes. Journal of International Management, 20(2).

Judge, W. Q., Fainshmidt, S., & Brown, L. J. (2014). Which Model of Capitalism Best Delivers Both Wealth and Equality? Journal of International Business Studies.

Nair, A., Rustambekov, E., McShane, M., & Fainshmidt, S. (2014). Enterprise Risk Management as a dynamic capability: A test of its effectiveness during the global financial crisis. Managerial and Decision Economics.

Frazier, M. L., Johnson, P. D., & Fainshmidt, S. (2013). Development and Validation of a Propensity to Trust Scale. Journal of Trust Research, 3(2).

White, G. O., Hadjimarcou, J., Fainshmidt, S., & Posthuma, R. A. (2013). MNE Home Country Cultural Norms and Conflict Strategy Fit in Transnational Business Contract Disputes. International Business Review, 22(3).

Frazier, M. L., & Fainshmidt, S. (2012). Voice Climate, Work Outcomes, and the Mediating Role of Psychological Empowerment: A Multilevel Examination. Group and Organization Management, 37(6).

Books

Judge, W., Brown, L., & Fainshmidt, S. (2014). Piketty's big flaw? Capitalism isn't the same the world over. The Conversation.