Assistant Professor
Department of Management
Email: tim.swift@sju.edu
Education
B.A. (with Honors), Rutgers the State University of New Jersey (1988)
M.B.A., Drexel University (1990)
Ph.D., Temple University (2008)
Dissertation topic: Creative Destruction in R&D: On the Relationship between R&D Expenditure Volatility and Firm Performance (Chair: Dr. Ram Mudambi)
Professional Experience
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Haub School of Business, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia PA (2008 to current)
Instructor, Temple University, Philadelphia PA (2005 to 2008)
Taught MBA and undergraduate Business Policy, the capstone course in the Fox School program.
Instructor, Rutgers University, Camden NJ (2007 to 2008)
Taught International Business course.
Research Associate, Temple University, Philadelphia PA (2004 to 2008)
Instructor, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA (1989 to 1990)
Taught Principles of Economics.
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Telecordia Technologies, Piscataway, NJ (2/04 to 8/04)
Served as Director -level advisor to Vice President of Product Management on the formation of new Wireless product management group.
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (6/99 to 2/04)
Served in a variety of Director-level positions, including corporate e-business strategy, product management for ASP solutions, and North American lead for Market Source Consulting Practice.
Conectiv Communications, Newark, DE (11/98 to 6/99)
Led a team of four managers responsible for all pricing strategy and implementation activies.
AT&T Corporation, Basking Ridge, NJ (5/90 to 11/98)
Rose from first-level Manager to District Manager in four years. Participated in AT&T's Leadership Continuity Program, a development program for high-potential managers. Held a broad array of senior management positions in international corporate development, strategy, finance, marketing and forecasting.
Publications
Ram Mudami and Tim Swift. 2009. Professional Guilds, Tension and Knowledge Management. Research Policy 38:736-745.
Swift, Tim and H. Donald Hopkins. 2008.“Banking Deregulation, Punctuated Equilibrium and Early Mover Advantage,” European Journal of Scientific Research,22(4)
H. Donald Hopkins and Tim Swift. 2008. Business Leaders Speak Out: Their Real Strategic Problems. Journal of Business Strategy 29(5): 32-37
Tim Swift and Hopkins, H. Donald . 2008. Banking Deregulation, Punctuated Equilibrium and Early Mover Advantage. European Journal of Scientific Research 22(4)
Review of Business Elites and Corporate Governance in France and the UK, by Mairi Maclean, Charles Harvey and Jon Press. JIBS Book Reviews, December 19, 2006 http://aib.msu.edu/jibs/bookreviews/html/2006-08.asp
Conference Presentations
Domain Expertise, Innovation and R&D Expenditure Volatility, Temple and Duke Universities International Business Research Forum, 2008
R&D Expenditure Volatility and Firm Performance: Firm and Industry Contexts, Academy of Management 2008
R&D Project Entrenchment, Academy of Management 2007
Banking Deregulation, Bank Strategies, and Bank Performance, Academy of Management 2007
Professional Guilds and Knowledge Management, Academy of Management 2006
Working Papers
R&D Project Entrenchment (with D. Reeb and R. Mudambi)
" A Resource-Based View of R&D Management (with R. Mudambi)"
"Domain Expertise, Incremental Innovation and Proactive R&D Management"
