Manuela Hoehn-Weiss

Summary

Dr. Manuela N. Hoehn-Weiss is an Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at Oregon State University. She is an active researcher and award-winning teacher with international, high-technology industry experience and first-hand knowledge of the high-tech centers of Silicon Valley, Boston, and Seattle. In her research, Manuela examines resource obtainment by firms, including alliances and alliance portfolios, resource configurations, and resource acquisition by new ventures. Her research has been published in leading academic journals. Manuela teaches strategic management and entrepreneurship in undergraduate, MBA, and Executive Education programs, and has been recognized with several MBA and undergraduate teaching awards. Manuela earned her doctorate at Boston University in Strategy and Policy, and she holds a B.S.C. degree (magna cum laude) in Marketing from Santa Clara University. Prior to pursuing her doctorate, Manuela worked in industry in Silicon Valley, California. She held program management and product marketing positions at Cisco Systems, as well as international marketing management and product marketing management positions at Livingston Enterprises (a startup) and Lucent Technologies. Selected Recent Publications: • Karim, S., Lee, C. & Hoehn-Weiss, M. N. (2023). Task and resource bottlenecks: A holistic examination of task systems through an organization design lens. (Lead article.) Strategic Management Journal 44(8): 1839-1878. • Lee, C., Hoehn-Weiss, M. N. & Karim, S. (2021). Competing both ways: How combining Porter’s Low-Cost and Focus Strategies hurts Firm Performance. Strategic Management Journal 42(12) 2218-2244. • Hoehn-Weiss, M. N., Karim, S. & Lee, C. (2017). Examining alliance portfolios beyond the dyads: The relevance of redundancy and non-uniformity across and between partners. Organization Science 28(1): 56-73. • Lee, C. H., Hoehn-Weiss, M. N. & Karim, S. (2016). Grouping interdependent tasks: Using spectral graph partitioning to study complex systems. Strategic Management Journal 37(1): 177-191. • Hoehn-Weiss, M. N. & Karim, S. (2014). Unpacking functional alliance portfolios: How signals of viability affect young firms’ outcomes, Strategic Management Journal 35(9): 1364-1385.