Faculty Profile

Dr. Christopher B. Bingham
Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Stanford University

4544 Van Munching Hall
301.405.3422
cbingham@rhsmith.umd.edu

 

Primary Research Areas:

  • Organizational learning
  • Capabilities
  • Innovation and change
  • Cognition
  • Strategy in entrepreneurial firms and unpredictable environments

Chris Bingham is an Assistant Professor of Strategy. He teaches the Strategic Management course in the first year MBA program. Professor Bingham’s research focuses on how firms capture opportunities in fast moving, unpredictable environments. His current research examines how and what firms learn from heterogeneous experience (e.g., new market entry, internationalization, acquisitions, partnering), and the origins and evolution of organizational capabilities. Professor Bingham has also authored several other articles that have been published, and/or have been accepted for publication, in journals such as Managerial and Decision Economics, Human Resource Management Journal, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and the Academy of Management Review.

Professor Bingham received his PhD in Strategy and Organization from Stanford University. Before starting his doctoral studies, he completed an MBA and a Masters in International Studies from Brigham Young University where he graduated with honors. He also worked with McKinsey & Company, Deloitte Consulting, and Price Waterhouse, as well as with several entrepreneurial firms. Professor Bingham is a former nationally sponsored snowboarder, is fluent in Spanish, and enjoys running and waterskiing.

Selected Publications

  • Bingham, C., Felin, T., & Black, S. (2000). How to become a global leader: An interview with John Pepper. Human Resource Management Journal, 39: 287-292.
  • Davis, J., Eisenhardt, K., & Bingham, C. (2007). Developing theory through simulation methods. Academy of Management Review, 32(2): 480-499.
  • Bingham, C., & Eisenhardt, K. (2007). Position, leverage and opportunity: A typology of strategic logics linking resources with competitive advantage. In press, Managerial Decision and Economics
  • Bingham, C., Eisenhardt, K., & Furr, N. (2007). What makes a process a capability? Heuristics, strategy, and effective capture of opportunities. In press, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Honors and Awards

  • National Science Foundation Grant #28820 - How do firms learn from experience? 2003-2006
  • Best Paper Award – Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference, 2005
  • University of Maryland General Research Board Grant, 2006
  • Business and International Education Grant from the U.S. Department of Education - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, 2006
  • Finalist (one of four) – Richard N. Farmer Award for the best dissertation in international business (sponsored by Academy of International Business), 2006
  • Finalist (one of three) – Heizer Award for the best dissertation on entrepreneurship (sponsored by the Academy of Management’s Entrepreneurship Division), 2006
  • The Academy of Management Meeting Best Paper Proceedings, OMT Division, 2006
  • Winner - Carolyn Dexter Award for Best Paper on International Business (all-academy award sponsored by the Academy of Management), 2006
  • The Academy of Management Meeting Best Paper Proceedings, BPS Division, 2007
  • Top 15% Instructor Award - Robert H. Smith School of Business, 2006-2007

Consulting Work

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