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Wesley David Sine

  • John and Dyan Smith Professor of Management and Family Business
  • Academic Director of the Smith Family Business Initiative
Phone 607.254.1336
Office
341 Sage Hall

Biography

Wesley Sine is professor of management and organizations. His research focuses on the emergence of new economic sectors and entrepreneurship in the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia. He explores issues related to institutional change, industry and technology evolution, technology entrepreneurship, and new venture structure and strategy. Sine has examined a diverse set of economic sectors, including the electric power industry and the emergence of the internet.

Teaching interests include entrepreneurship, commercializing university technology, new venture growth, the management of technology and innovation, and organizational change. He has consulted and taught executives in Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East.

Sine has published papers in the following journals: Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Management Science, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Research Policy. Sine is currently a senior associate editor at Organization Science and is the book review editor at Administrative Science Quarterly.

Education

PhD School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 2000
MS Brigham Young University, Provo, 1996
BS Brigham Young University, Provo, 1993

Faculty Academic Areas

  • Management and Organizations

Expertise

  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Global Business
  • Innovation
  • Management
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Strategy
  • Sustainable Business
  • Technology Strategy