Foster School of Business, University of Washington
Warren Boeker earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Past academic appointments have included Columbia University (1987-96), London Business School (1996-98) and the University of Washington, where he is the Douglas Olesen Professor and Chair of the Department of Management and Organization.
Professor Boeker has been involved in teaching and
advising in the areas of governance and organizational
strategy for the last 20 years, first as the Strategy
Director of Columbia University’s Institute
for Non-profit Management, and most recently as an
advisor to non-profit organizations undergoing strategic
change and board transitions. He is also actively
involved in research investigating for-profit organizations,
including the effect of founders on new ventures and
alliance activity between biotechnology and pharmaceutical
firms. His major publications/papers include articles
in Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy
of Management Journal, Strategic Management
Journal, Organization Science, and chapters
in books, and he has presented research seminars at
a number of universities, including Harvard, INSEAD
(France), London Business School, New York University,
Northwestern, Stanford, University of California (Berkeley,
Irvine, and Los Angeles), University of Michigan,
University of Pennsylvania, and Yale, among others.
He has consulted with numerous organizations, and
has been an active designer, participant and leader
in more than 25 executive programs across numerous
universities, both domestic and international, including
the University of Zurich, Ecole Polytechnique (Paris),
Australian Graduate School of Management, and Hebrew
University.
