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David Tan, PhD

Research Professor
Academic AreaManagement & Organization
Academic AreaHealth

David Tan is a research professor of Management & Organization at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. His areas of research include the impact of business on public health, nonmarket strategy, labor markets, entrepreneurship, and technological innovation. David serves as a senior editor at Organization science.

He has received awards and honors for his research and teaching, including being named by Poets & Quants in 2023 as one the Best 40 Under 40 MBA Professors. David is a Michael G. Foster Endowed Professor at the University of Washington's Foster School of Business and was previously an assistant professor in Strategy, Economics, Public Policy, and Business Ethics at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.

Education

  • PhD, Organization and Management, Emory University

Research

  • Tan, D. and West, N. 2023. Bad medicine: litigation, competition, and the marketing of prescription opioids. Strategic Management Journal. 44 (11): 2658-2687.
  • Tan, D. and Rider, C. 2023. How the basis for status perceptions varies with perceiver status. Organization Science. 34 (2): 509-531.
  • Tan. D. 2023. The road not taken: technological uncertainty and the evaluation of innovations. Organization Science. 34 (1): 156-175.
  • Tan. D. and Rider, C. 2017. Let them go? How losing employees to competitors can enhance firm status. Strategic Management Journal. 38 (9): 1848-1874.
  • Tan. D. and Tan, J. 2017. Far from the tree? Do private entrepreneurs agglomerate around public sector incumbents during economic transition?. Organization Science. 28 (1): 113-132.
  • Tan, D. 2016. Making the news: heterogeneous media coverage and corporate litigation. Strategic Management Journal. 37 (7): 1341-1353.
  • Rider, C. and Tan, D. 2015. Labor market advantages of organizational status: a study of lateral partner hiring by large U.S. law firms. Organization Science. 26: 356-372.

Honors and Distinctions

  • Senior Editor, Organization Science
  • Poets and Quants, Best 40 under 40 MBA Professors, 2023
  • Board of Directors, Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation (CCC)
  • Best Conference Paper in Stakeholder Strategy IG, Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, October 2020
  • Best Conference Paper in Strategic Human Capital IG, Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Denver, CO, October 2015
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