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Theodora Carole Welch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management
617-287-7731
theodora.welch@umb.edu

 


EducationProfessor Welch
Ph.D., M.B.A., John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
B.A., McGill University

Areas of Expertise
Corporate governance, Change management, Organizational culture, Management of high-technology firms

Background
Faculty member at Concordia University, McGill University; Lecturer and Visiting Researcher Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico City

Courses Taught
Managing Strategic Action, Strategy and Competition, Strategy and Organization, Organizational Policy

Research Interests
Governing restructuring and innovation in technology-intensive firms

Selected Publications
“A Resource Based View of Privatization as Capabilities Development: Ownership and Networks,” with Rich Molz, 8th International Conference on Marketing and Development, Bangkok, Thailand, 2003.

“How Does Trade Sale Privatization Work?: Evidence from the Fixed-Line Telecommunications Sector in Developing Economies,” with Rich Molz, September 2002, Working Paper 79-2002,
Privatization, Regulation and Antitrust Series, Fondazione Erri Enrico Mattei, Milan, Italy, in sponsorship with the European Commission.

“Effects of Privatization Transaction Strategy on Performance: An Examination of Large-Block Shareholding and Hybrid Governance Structures in Developing and Emerging Economies,” with Rick Molz,
Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, May 28, 2002.

“Inter-firm Knowledge Transfer in the Bio-Pharmaceutical and Contract Research Industries,” with Susan Reid,
Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, May 28, 2002.

“Networks of Governance: Privatization in Global Telecommunications. Presentation at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, March 19, 2001.

“International Strategic Alliances in the Age of Privatization: Ownership Transformation and New Cross-Border Equity-Based Inter-Organizational Networks,”
Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, July 11, 2000.

“Strategic Privatization: An Assessment of Ownership Transformation in the Global Telecommunications Industry,” with Rich Molz,
Academy of Business and Administrative Sciences, Barcelona, Spain, July 13, 1999.

“Privatization Governance and Strategic Investors: Evidence from the Telecommunications Industry,” with Rick Molz,
International Management, volume 4, issue 1, 1999, 31-41.

Honors
Harvard University Research Fellowship, Harvard Information Infrastructure Project, 2000-2001
Harvard University Research Fellowship; Science Technology and Policy Program, 2000-2001
Harvard University Research Fellowship, Center for Business and Government, 2000-2001
Bombardier Fellowship in Transnational Management, 1977-1998
Economic Internship, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C., 1993

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