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R. D ANIEL W ADH WANI
Eberhardt School of Business . University of the Pacific . 3601 Pacific Ave . Stockton, CA 95211
Phone (209) 946-7603 . email [email protected]
TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS
Business History
Entrepreneurship
Strategic Management
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Eberhardt School of Business, University of the Pacific
Fletcher Jones Professor of Entrepreneurship, 2006-Present
Associate Professor of Management, 2012-Present
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship & Management, 2006-2012
Harvard Business School
Lecturer (fulltime faculty) in the Entrepreneurial Management, 2002-2006
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
APM Incorporated (acquired by CSC Inc), 1991-1995
Associate, Strategic and Operational Consulting to Healthcare Industry, 1991-1995
Clients included Mass General, Emory Clinic, UMass Med Ctr, & Med Ctr of Baton Rouge
Worked with senior management & medical staff to design strategy & implement org changes
EDUCATION
Harvard Business School , Postdoctoral Fellow, Entrepreneurial Management Unit
University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D. in history (concentrating in business history)
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, M.B.A.
Yale University, B.A. in history, magna cum laude
AWARDS, GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
Harriet Larson Award for the best article in Business History Review (2011)
Annual MBA Teaching Award, Eberhardt School of Business (5 times: 2007, -08, -09, -11, -12)
Best Conceptual Paper Award, Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division (2006)
Derek Bok Center Award for Teaching Excellence at Harvard (2003, 2004)
Finalist, Krooss Dissertation Prize in Business History (2003)
Fellowship, Sloan Foundation Program on the Corporation as a Social Institution (2001 - 2003)
Harvard-Newcomen Fellowship, Harvard Business School (2002 - 2003)
Research Grant, Horowitz Foundation (2002)
John E. Rovensky Fellowship in Business History (2001 - 2002)
Fellowship, Social Science Research Council Program on the Nonprofit Sector (2001-2002)
Fellowship, Program in Early American Economy and Society (2001)
Albert Beveridge Research Grant, American Historical Association (2001)
Andrew Mellon Research Grant, Massachusetts Historical Society (2001)
Grants-in-Aid, Hagley Library (1999, 2000)
Benjamin Franklin Ph.D. Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania (1995-2000)
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RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
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History and Organizational Studies: New Directions (co-edited with Marcelo Bucheli), New York:
Oxford University Press, Forthcoming in 2013.
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Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (co-edited with Geoffrey Jones), Cheltenham: Edward
Elgar, 2007.
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES & PROCEEDINGS
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“Institutional Foundations of Personal Finance: Innovation in the in U.S. Savings Banks,”
Business History Review (Fall 2011)
o Winner of Harriet Larson Award for best article published in BHR in 2011
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“The Entrepreneurial Advantages of Cooperative and Nonprofit Firms: Evidence from the
Personal Finance Industry,” Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research (2011).
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“Organizational Form and Industry Development: Nonprofits and Mutuals in the American
Personal Finance Industry” Business History. (Fall 2011)
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“Changing Landscapes: The Construction of Meaning and Value in a New Market Category—
Modern Indian Art” (with Mukti Khaire), Academy of Management Journal. (December 2010)
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“Entrepreneurial Theory and the History of Globalization,” (with Geoffrey Jones) Business and
Economic History (2007).
-Reprinted in The Act of Accumulation Budapest: Szazadveg, (2009).
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“Schumpeter’s Plea: Historical Methods in the Study of Entrepreneurship,” (with Geoffrey
Jones) Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (2006)
o Winner of Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division’s Best Conceptual
Paper Award for 2006
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“Protecting Small Savers: The Political Economy of Economic Security,” Journal of Policy History
18 (2006): 126-145.
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“Citizen Savers: Family Economy, Financial Institutions, and Public Policy in the Northeastern
United States,” Enterprise & Society 5 (December 2004): 617-624.
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“Banking from the Bottom Up: The Case of Migrant Savers at the Philadelphia Saving Fund
Society,” Financial History Review 9 (April 2002): 41-63.
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“Kodak, FIGHT, and Civil Rights in Rochester, New York, 1966-1967,” The Historian 60
(September 1997): 59-75.
PEER-REVIEWED CHAPTERS
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“Populism and Political Entrepreneurship: The Universalization of German Savings Banks and
the Decline of American Savings Banks,” (with Jeff Fear) in Juergen Kocka, Dieter Ziegler, and
Hartmut Berghoff, Doing Business in the Age of Extremes (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
forthcoming, 2012).
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“Historical Reasoning and the Development of Entrepreneurship Theory,” The Historical
Foundations of Entrepreneurship Research (Hans Landstrom and Franz Lohrke, eds.), Cheltemham:
Edward Elgar, October, 2010.
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“Entrepreneurship,” (with Geoffrey Jones) in Oxford Handbook of Business History, New York:
Oxford University Press, 2008.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS & UNDER REVIEW
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Editor of German Historical Institute’s multi-year project on “Immigrant Entrepreneurship,”
Volume 5, “From the Postwar Boom to Global Capitalism, 1945- Today.”
http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/
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“Valuation as an Institutional Process,” (with Mukti Khaire). Under Review at Academy of
Management Review.
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“The Demise of Thomas W. Dyott: Financial Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century
America,” Revise & Resubmit at Journal of American History.
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Creating Citizen Savers: Origins of the Market for Personal Finance in the United States (Accepted by
University of Pennsylvania Press).
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“Building Assets: Financial Entrepreneurship and Mortgaged Homeownership in the United
States” Working Paper for Journal of Economic History.
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“Legal Institution Formation and the Creation of New Organizational Fields: Origins and
Growth of the Savings Bank Industry in the United States” Working Paper for Organization
Studies.
PUBLISHED TEACHING CASES & TEACHING MATERIALS
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“Saffronart.com: Bidding for Success“ (with Mukti Khaire), Harvard Business School Case Study
808-027 (July 18, 2007)
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“Jerry Rao: Diaspora and Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy,” Harvard Business School
Case Study 805-017 ( rev. November 2007)
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“Debating the Expropriation of Mexican Oil” (with Geoffrey Jones), Harvard Business School Case
Study 805-011 (August 2004).
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“Creating the Global Oil Industry” (with Geoffrey Jones), Harvard Business School Case Study 804089 (November 2003).
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“Teaching Note: Creating the Global Oil Industry” Harvard Business School Case Study 804-089
(November 2003).
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS FOR BROADER AUDIENCES
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“Savings Banks and the Culture of Thrift in Nineteenth-Century America,” Legacies
(forthcoming).
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“Origins of the Indebted American Homeowner, Bloomberg News (April 20, 2012)
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“Inventing Entrepreneurship: The Limited Vision of Entrepreneurial Education,” Society (Spring
2012)
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“Soothing the People’s Panic: The Banking Crises of the 1930s in Philadelphia,” Legacies (May
2011)
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“Savings Banking in the United States,” Perspectives (Trade Publication of the European Savings
Bank Association).
BOOK REVIEWS IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS
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Review of Mark Casson, Entrepreneurship: Theory, Networks, History in Economic History Review 65:
(May 2012): 833-834.
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Review of Stanley Buder, Capitalizing on Change: A Social History of American Business in Enterprise
& Society 10 (December 2009): 871-873.
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Review of Mark Casson, et al Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship in Business History.
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“Birth of the Corporate Republic,” Review of Andrew Schocket, Founding Corporate Power in
Early National Philadelphia in in Common-place 8:4 (July 2008).
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Review of Youssef Cassis and Ioanna Minoglou, eds. Entrepreneurship in Theory and History in
Enterprise and Society 8 (June 2007): 421-424.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL INVITED RESEARCH LECTURES
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“Organizational Form and Industry Development,” University of Maryland School of
Business, September 2012.
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“Integrating History into the Core Business Curriculum,” Harvard Business School, June 2012.
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“Limited Vision: The Boundaries of Contemporary Entrepreneurship Education,” Manhattan
Institute Conference on Capitalism, October, 2011.
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“Savings Banking in the United States,” European Savings Bank Group, Edinburgh, Scotland,
June 2010.
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“Changing Landscapes: New Category Formation in the International Fine Art Market,”
Zhejiang University Entrepreneurship Center, Hangzhou, China, May 2009.
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“The Rise and Fall of Savings Banking in the United States,” “Las Cajas de Ahorros y Montes de
Piedad: una perspectiva comparada" Sponsored by Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros.
Murcia, Spain, October 2008.
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“The Demise of Thomas Dyott: Experimenting with Popular Finance in Jacksonian
Philadelphia” Sponsored by the Program in Early American Economy and Society,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2007.
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“Historical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Research,” UNC Chapel Hill Center for
Entrepreneurial Initiatives & the UNC Sociology Department, September 2007.
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“Political Economy of Personal Finance in America,” Sponsored by the Business and
Economic History Seminar, University of Western Ontario, Canada, November 2005.
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SELECTED PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
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“Co-evolution of States and Organizational Fields: Markets for Personal Finance in
Comparative-Historical Perspective,” European Group for Organizational Studies, Helsinki, Finland,
July 2012.
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“Legal Institution Formation and the Creation of New Organizational Fields: Origins and
Growth of the Savings Bank Industry in the United States” European Group for Organizational
Studies, Gothenberg, Sweden, July 2011.
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“The Entrepreneurial Advantages of Cooperative and Nonprofit Firms: Evidence from the
Personal Finance Industry,” Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, June 2011.
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“Origins of the Indian IT Sector: Diaspora and Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy,”
Business and Economic History Association Meeting Columbus, OH., April 2011.
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“Building Assets: Institutional Lending and Mortgaged Homeownership in the United States,”
Business History Conference, St. Louis, MO.
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Panelist for “Building Entrepreneurship Theory with Historical Data,” Academy of Management
Annual Meeting, August 2010.
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“New Historicism in Organizational Studies,” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August
2010.
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“Non-market Influences, Corporate Form, and the Structure of Innovation,” (with Dara
Szyliowicz) Strategic Management Society Meeting, October 2007.
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“Divergent Paths: Historical Roots of Organizational Differences in Banking in OECD
Countries,” (with Per Hansen) Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 2007.
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“The Effects of Corruption on Entrepreneurial Activity: A Cross Country Study,” (with Dara
Szyliowicz,” Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Madrid, Spain, June 2007.
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“The Structure of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the U.S. Personal Finance Industry,
1870-1930,” Economic and Business Historical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, April 2007.
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“Legal Institution Formation and the Creation of New Fields: Origins and Growth of the Thrift
Industry,” Academy of Management Meeting, Organization and Management Theory Division,
Atlanta, Georgia, August 2006.
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“Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism,” (with Geoffrey Jones), European Business History
Association Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2006.
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“Mutual Savings Banks, State Authority and Corporate Form in the United States,” Business
History Conference, Wilmington, Delaware, May 2003.
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TEACHING & COURSE DEVELOPMENT
EBERHARDT SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC
Strategic Management (B.S.) [Average Rating=4.84/5.00]
Developed and taught senior-level undergraduate “capstone” course in strategic management.
Topics covered included the strategic planning process, industry analysis, analysis of capabilities,
business strategy, corporate strategy, international strategy, strategy and structure.
Entrepreneurial Management (MBA)/ Entrepreneurship (B.S.) [Average Rating=4.90/5.00]
Developed and taught MBA class that introduces students to the entrepreneurial process and
guides them through the development of their own business plans. Topics included idea
generation, opportunity recognition, resource acquisition, managing uncertainty, managing
growth, and realizing value.
Entrepreneurial (Growth) Strategy (MBA) [Average Rating=4.94/5.00]
Developed and taught MBA class that focused on strategic management of entrepreneurial
firms. Topics included disruptive technology, emerging markets, challenger-incumbent
dynamics, strategic alliances, and managing growth.
Understanding Capitalism (MBA/B.S.) [Average Rating=4.73/5.00]
Developed and taught course that introduces students to the history and theory of
entrepreneurship. Topics included the historical development of capitalism and business
practices around the world and the role of entrepreneurship in economic development. The
course was both comparative and global in context.
Entrepreneurs’ Showcase (MBA) [Rating=5.00/5.00]
Developed and co-taught practicum course on entrepreneurship with Founding Partner of
Velocity Venture Capital. Students worked on projects for Sacramento-area firms and
nonprofits and presented results in “showcase” event that drew regional business leaders.
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
Entrepreneurial Management (MBA) [Average Rating=6.3/7.0]
Taught the required MBA course on entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. The course
covered the skills needed in the entrepreneurial process including: evaluating new business
opportunities; assembling financial, human, and strategic resources; managing the risks of a new
venture; stabilizing the business model and expanding the business; and harvesting value,
including going public and selling the venture.
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (MBA)
Assisted Geoffrey Jones in developing this new second-year MBA course at HBS. The course
examines the role of international entrepreneurship in the development of the global economy
over the last century. Enrollment has grown from 15 students in 2003 to 140 students in 2005.
Creating Modern Capitalism (MBA) [Average Rating=5.7/7.0]
Taught the MBA course at Harvard Business School which introduces students to the history and
regulation of business in the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Japan.
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SERVICE
TO THE PROFESSION
Co-convener, Historical Perspectives in Organizational Studies Working Group, European Group
for Organizational Studies, 2013
Board of Trustees, Business History Conference, 2008-2011
Co-chair, Emerging Scholars Committee of the Business History Conference, 2008-2011
Ad hoc reviewer, Business History Review, Enterprise & Society, Essays in Economic & Business History
Member, President’s Advisory Committee, Business History Conference, 2007
Ad hoc reviewer, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management, 2006
HBS Entrepreneurial Management Unit Faculty Liaison, SSRN, 2005-2006
TO THE EBERHARDT SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Promotion & Tenure Committee, 2012-Present
MBA Admissions Committee, 2011-Present
Standards Committee, 2011-Present
Strategic Management Search Committee, 2011
Chair, ESB Research Committee, 2007 – 2010
-Introduced Work-in-Progress Research Talks for Faculty (2007-2010)
Teaching Committee, 2007- 2010
OB Faculty Search Committee, 2008
Mission Steering Committee, Jan – July 2008
Faculty Advisor, Entrepreneurship Club, 2008-2009
Profile Day Presenter, 2007, 2008, 2010
MBA Program Revision Committee, Aug – Dec 2006
TO UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC
Strategic Planning Committee, 2011-2012.
Technology in Education Committee, 2009- Present
Presenter, Faculty and Staff Research Commercialization Workshop, November 2007
Presenter, Founders’ Scholars Luncheon, Spring 2008
Presenter, Council of University Social Entrepreneurs, 2008
Collaborative Vision Team for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 2006-2008
TO THE COMMUNITY
Managed student teams in consulting projects with over 20 businesses, 2007-Present
Board of Directors, San Joaquin Microfinance Fund, 2008 Wadhwani, 7
Member, San Joaquin Partnership, Entrepreneurship Group, 2006 - 2010.
San Joaquin Angels, 2008-2009
Entrepreneurship Workshop Presenter, UC Davis, June 2008
Entrepreneurship Workshop Presenter, University of the Pacific, March 2008
Judge, M.I.T. Enterprise Forum Clean Energy Business Plan Competition, 2006
LOCAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA
“On-the-job Training” Sacramento Bee (April 27, 2010)
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/27/2707796/bob-shallit-rock-fans-invited.html
“Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market” Forbes India (August 9, 2010)
http://business.in.com/article/harvard/modern-indian-art-the-birth-of-a-market/15992/1
“ MBA Students Display Innovative Business Solutions Designed for Local Tech Companies and
Nonrofits” Pacific News Release (December 15, 2010)
“UOP Ventures into VCs” Sacramento Business Journal (January 7, 2011)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/print-edition/2011/01/07/uop-ventures-into-vcs.html
“Small-Business Friendly Presidents” Entrepreneur (February 21, 2011)
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/218168 (Reprinted in Yahoo! News)
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