Markus Becker

Curriculum

Curriculum Vitae

Markus C. Becker



Position: Professor

Work address: Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
Phone: +45 6650 3316
Email: [email protected]

Home page: http://www.sam.sdu.dk/staff/mab
DIAS webpage: http://dias.sdu.dk/
SOD webpage: http://www.sdu.dk/sod


Education

PhD in Management, Cambridge University, 2001

MPhil in Management, Cambridge University, 1998

MSc in Economics and Management (Dipl.Oec.), Witten/Herdecke University, Germany, 1997


Academic employments

Professor, Strategic Organization Design, Strategic Organization Design Unit, Department of Management & Marketing, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, since 01/2007

Chargé de récherche 1er classe (senior researcher, tenured)
Centre national de recherche scientifique (CNRS), 10/2003-12/2006

Assistant Professor, Department of Management & Marketing, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 01/2001- 09/2003


Recognition

Fulbright Scholar (Stanford), 2005


Conference Organization

Co-organizer of three workshops on organization routines (2002-2007), and member of the organizing committee of the DRUID Conference (since 2011).


Funding for Research Projects

Research grant for 3-year research project on innovation routines (2005-2008), Agence Nationale de Recherche (ANR), part of the Young Researcher Program (Jeunes Chercheuses et Chercheurs), principal investigator


Editorial Boards and reviewer

Editorial Board, Organization Science

Occasional reviewer for Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Management Studies, Management Science, Management Information Systems Quarterly, Organization Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science, Organization Studies and other management journals.


Invited Lectures

Plenary speaker:
7th Symposium on Strategic Learning, Johannes-Kepler-University Linz, 2011
European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics (EMAEE), Jena, 2009

Invited speaker:
Standard Exchanges Workshop, University of Strasbourg, 2012
Workshop on Routines and Capabilities, Lund University, 2009

Research seminar invitations at Mannheim University, Dauphine University, Ecole des Mines, Ecole Polytechnique, St. Gallen University, Stockholm School of Economics, Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz, Freie Universität Berlin, Max-Planck-Institute of Economic Research, Jena, Ca Foscari University Venice


Teaching

Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration (Foundations of Organization, Corporate Strategy & Organization Design, Business Development, Organizing Innovation)

MBA (Organizational Analysis and Design, Innovation and Business Development)

PhD-courses on strategy and organization

Supervision of more than 50 MSc theses

Principal supervisor of 2 PhD students, second supervisor of 1 PhD student


Publications

Publication summary

Markus Becker is author of 52 publications. His current accepted and published works include 32 journal articles in peer-reviewed international journals, 17 book chapters, 3 (co-)edited books, as well as 2 co-edited journal special issues.

Selected works

Yi, Sangyoon, Thorbjørn Knudsen and Markus C. Becker (2016): Inertia in Routines: A Hidden Source of Organizational Variation. Organization Science, Vol. 27, No. 3, 782-800

Stieglitz, Nils, Thorbjørn Knudsen and Markus C. Becker (2016): Adaptation and Inertia in Dynamic Environments. Strategic Management Journal, 37(9): 1854-1864

Pentland, Brian T., Martha S. Feldman, Markus C. Becker and Peng Liu (2012): Dynamics of Organizational Routines: A Generative Model. Journal of Management Studies. Vol. 49, No. 8, 1484-1508

Becker, Markus C., Thorbjørn Knudsen and James G. March (2006): Schumpeter, Winter, and the sources of novelty. Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 15, No. 2, 353–371

Becker, Markus C., Nathalie Lazaric, Richard R. Nelson and Sidney G. Winter (2005): Applying Organizational Routines in Understanding Organizational Change. Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 14, No. 5, 775-791

Becker, Markus C. (2004): Organizational routines: A review of the literature. Industrial and Corporate Change. Vol. 13, No. 4, 643-678


Comprehensive list

Articles in Refereed Academic Journals:

Becker, Markus C. and Thorbjørn Knudsen (2017): Heterogeneity of habits as a foundation for Schumpeterian economic policy. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol. 27, No. 2, 43-62

Becker, Markus C. and Francesco Zirpoli (2017): How to Avoid Innovation Competence Loss in R&D Outsourcing. California Management Review, Vol 59, No. 2: 24-44.

Yi, Sangyoon, Thorbjørn Knudsen and Markus C. Becker (2016): Inertia in Routines: A Hidden Source of Organizational Variation. Organization Science, Vol. 27, No. 3, 782-800

Stieglitz, Nils, Thorbjørn Knudsen and Markus C. Becker (2016): Adaptation and Inertia in Dynamic Environments. Strategic Management Journal, 37(9): 1854-1864

Prætorius, Thim and Markus C. Becker (2015): How to achieve care coordination inside health care organizations: Insights from organization theory on coordination in theory and in action. International Journal of Care Coordination, Vol. 8(4): 85–92

Pentland, Brian T., Martha S. Feldman, Markus C. Becker and Peng Liu (2012): Dynamics of Organizational Routines: A Generative Model. Journal of Management Studies. Vol. 49, No. 8, 1484-1508

Becker, Markus C., Thorbjørn Knudsen and Richard Swedberg (2012): Schumpeter’s Theory of Economic Development: 100 Years of Development. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol. 22, No. 5, 917-933

Zirpoli, Francesco and Markus C. Becker (2011): What happens when you outsource too much. MIT Sloan Management Review. Vol. 52, No. 2, 59-64

Zirpoli, Francesco and Markus C. Becker (2011): The limits of design and
engineering outsourcing: performance integration and the unfulfilled promises of modularity. R&D Management. Vol. 41, No. 1, 21-43

Becker, Markus C. and Francesco Zirpoli (2009): Towards an Organizational Approach to Firm Boundaries. Economia Politica, Vol. 26, No. 3, 465-480

Stieglitz, Nils, Thorbjørn Knudsen and Markus C. Becker (2009): Strategic Focus and the Quest for Temporary Advantage. Proceedings of the Academy of Management

Becker, Markus C. and Francesco Zirpoli (2008): Applying organizational routines in analyzing the behavior of organizations. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 66, No. 1, 128–148

Becker, Markus C. and Francesco Zirpoli (2007): Organizing open innovation: the role of competences, modularity, and performance integration. Proceedings of the Academy of Management

Becker, Markus C., Thorbjørn Knudsen and James G. March (2006): Schumpeter, Winter, and the sources of novelty. Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 15, No. 2, 353–371
Reprinted in: March, James G. (ed., 2008): Explorations in Organizations, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 147-166

Becker, Markus C. and Morten Lillemark (2006): Marketing/R&D-integration in the pharmaceutical industry. Research Policy, Vol. 35, No. 1, 105-120

Becker, Markus C. and Francesco Zirpoli (2006): Problem-solving in New Product Development. Logic Journal of the IGPL [Interest Group in Pure and Applied Logics], Vol. 14, No. 2, Special Issue on ‘Abduction, Practical Reasoning and Creative Inferences in Science’, 379-390

Becker, Markus C., Nathalie Lazaric, Richard R. Nelson and Sidney G. Winter (2005): Applying Organizational Routines in Understanding Organizational Change. Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 14, No. 5, 775-791

Becker, Markus C. (2005): A framework for applying organizational routines in empirical research: Linking antecedents, characteristics, and performance outcomes of recurrent interaction patterns. Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 14, No. 5, 817-846

Becker, Markus C., Pasquale Salvatore and Francesco Zirpoli (2005): The impact of virtual simulation tools on problem-solving and new product development organization. Research Policy, Vol. 34, No. 9, 1305-1321

Schumpeter, Joseph A. (2005): Development. Translated by Becker, Markus C. and Thorbjørn Knudsen. With an introduction by Becker, Markus C., Hans Ulrich Eßlinger, Ulrich Hedtke and Thorbjørn Knudsen. Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. XLIII, No. 1, 108-120.
Translated into Chinese: Nanjing Business Review, Vol. 6 (2005), 1-26

Becker, Markus C. and Francesco Zirpoli (2005): Knowledge- and task-partitioning in the automotive industry: coordination, governance and learning in new product development in the automotive industry. International Journal of Automotive Technology Management, Vol. 5, No. 2, 137-145

Becker, Markus C. (2005): The concept of routines – Some clarifications. Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 29, No. 2, 249–262

Becker, Markus C. and Thorbjørn Knudsen (2005): The role of routines in reducing pervasive uncertainty. Journal of Business Research. Vol. 58, No. 6, 746-757

Becker, Markus C. (2004): Organizational routines: A review of the literature. Industrial and Corporate Change. Vol. 13, No. 4, 643-678
Reprinted in: Augier, Mie and David J. Teece (eds., 2008): Fundamentals of Business Strategy. London: Sage, 226-254

Becker, Markus C. and Nathalie Lazaric (2003): The influence of knowledge in the replication of routines. Économie Appliquée, tome LVI, No. 3, 65-94

Becker, Markus C. and Zirpoli, Francesco (2003): Organising new product development: Knowledge hollowing-out and knowledge integration. The Fiat Auto case. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 23, No. 9, 1033 – 1061.

Becker, Markus C. and Knudsen, Thorbjørn (2003): The entrepreneur at a crucial juncture in Schumpeter's work: Schumpeter's 1928 handbook entry "Entrepreneur". Koppl, Roger (ed.): Advances in Austrian Economics, Vol. 6, Austrian Economics and Entrepreneurial Studies, 199-234.

Becker, Markus C. and Knudsen, Thorbjørn (2003): Joseph A. Schumpeter: Unternehmer (1928). Translation. Koppl, Roger (ed.): Advances in Austrian Economics, Vol. 6, Austrian Economics and Entrepreneurial Studies, 235-266.

Becker, Markus C. (2003): The sociology of organizations - Classic, contemporary, and critical readings by Handel MJ. Book review. Management Learning, Vol. 34, No. 4: 493-495.

Becker, Markus C. (2003): What is the role of teams in Knowledge Management? International Journal of Information Technology and Management, Vol. 2, No. 1/2, pp. 50-58

Becker, Markus C. and Zirpoli, Francesco (2003): Organizing knowledge integration and co-ordination in New Product Development: The FIAT case. International Journal of Automotive Technology Management, Vol. 3, No. 1-2, 30-46

Becker, Markus C. and Knudsen, Thorbjørn (2002): Schumpeter 1911: Farsighted Visions of Economic Development. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 387-403

Becker, Markus C. and Knudsen, Thorbjørn (2002): Joseph A. Schumpeter: Theorie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung. Translation of excerpts of chapter 2 and chapter 7. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 405-437

Becker, Markus C. (2001): Managing dispersed knowledge: Organizational problems, managerial strategies, and their effectiveness. Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 38, No. 7, 1037-1051


Book Chapters:

Becker, Markus C. & Nils Stieglitz (2009): Toward a logic of appropriateness? Rules, identities, and organizational coordination, in: Wieland, Josef (ed): Behavioural Business Ethics, Metropolis, Marburg, forthcoming

Becker, Markus C. & Francesco Zirpoli (2009): Innovation routines – Exploring the role of procedures and stable behaviour patterns in innovation. Becker, Markus C. & Nathalie Lazaric (eds.): Organizational Routines: Advances in empirical research. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham: 303-339

Becker, Markus C. & Nathalie Lazaric (2009): Introduction: Advances in empirical research on Organizational Routines. Becker, Markus C. & Nathalie Lazaric (eds.): Organizational Routines: Advances in empirical research. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham: 1-11

Becker, Markus C. (2007): Routines - A brief history of the concept. Ioannides, Stavros and Klaus Nielsen (eds.): Economics and the Social Sciences. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 365-410

Becker, Markus C., Patrick Cohendet and Patrick Llerena (2007): Division of labor and division of knowledge: Why the nature of the causality matters for the evolutionary theory of the firm. Malerba, Franco and Uwe Cantner (eds.): Innovation, Industrial Dynamics and Structural Transformation - Schumpeterian Legacies. Heidelberg: Springer, 49-63

Becker, Markus C. (2004): Towards an integrated theory of economic governance – Conclusions from the governance of ethics. Wieland, Josef (ed.): Governanceethik im Diskurs. Metropolis, Marburg, 213-251.

Becker, Markus C. (2004): Zur Operationalisierung des Routinen-Konzeptes. Marco Lehmann-Waffenschmidt, Alexander Ebner und Dirk Fornahl (eds.): Institutioneller Wandel, Marktprozesse und dynamische Wirtschaftspolitik: Perspektiven der Evolutorischen Ökonomik. Metropolis Verlag, Marburg, 265-286.

Wieland, Josef and Markus C. Becker (2004): Über das Verhältnis von Struktur und Kultur in der Neuen Organisationsökonomik. Blümle, G., Goldschmidt, N. et al. (eds.): Perspektiven einer kulturellen Ökonomik. Münster: LIT-Verlag, 441-450

Becker, Markus C. (2002): Virtual teams and networks – Organizational responses to dispersed knowledge. Askegaard, Soeren, Joergensen, Niels, and Knudsen, Thorbjoern (ed.): Network perspectives on marketing. Thompson, Copenhagen

Becker, Markus C. (2002): Routinen, wiederkehrende Handlungsmuster und Heuristiken – Schlußfolgerungen aus einem empirischen Beitrag zur Diskussion von Routinen. Lehmann-Waffenschmidt, Marco (ed.): Perspektiven des Wandels – Evolutorische Ökonomik in der Anwendung. Metropolis, Marburg, pp. 467-488

Wieland, Josef and Becker, Markus C. (2000): Methodologische Grundlagen der Neuen Organisationsökonomik – Berührungspunke und Differenzen zwischen New Institutional Economics und Evolutorischer Ökonomik am Beispiel der 'New Economics of Organization'. Beschorner, Thomas and Pfriem, Reinhard (eds.): Evolutorische Ökonomik und Theorie der Unternehmung. Metropolis, Marburg, pp. 25-50


Articles in Reference Works: 

Becker, Markus C. (2017): Organizational Routines and Organizational Learning. Argote, Linda and John M. Levine (eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Group and Organizational Learning. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Becker, Markus C. (2016): Organizational Routines. Teece, David and Mie Augier (eds.): The Palgrave Dictionary of Strategic Management. London: MacMillan

Becker, Markus C. and Thorbjørn Knudsen (2012): Nelson and Winter Revisited. Dietrich, Michael and Jackie Kraft (eds.): Handbook on the Economics and Theory of the Firm. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 243-255

Becker, Markus C. (2012): Distributed knowledge and its coordination. Arena R., A. Festré et N. Lazaric (eds.): Handbook of Economics and Knowledge. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 458-487

Markus C. Becker and Thorbjørn Knudsen (2009): Schumpeter and the Organization of Entrepreneurship. Paul S. Adler (ed.): The Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Organization Studies - Classical Foundations’ Oxford University Press, Oxford: 307-326

Becker, Markus C. (2008): The past, present and future of organizational routines: introduction to the Handbook of Organizational Routines. Becker, Markus C. (ed.): Handbook of Organizational Routines. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar: 3-14

Becker, Markus C. (2001): Winter, Sidney G. Witzel, Morgen (ed.): The Biographical Dictionary of Management, vol. 2, Thoemmes Press, Bristol, pp. 1074-8


Edited Books:

Markus C. Becker, Thorbjørn Knudsen & Richard Swedberg (eds., 2011): The Entrepreneur: Classic Texts by Joseph Schumpeter. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Markus C. Becker & Nathalie Lazaric (eds.) (2009): Organizational Routines: Advances in empirical research. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.

Markus C. Becker (ed.) (2008): Handbook of Organizational Routines. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.


Edited Special Issues:

Markus C. Becker and Nathalie Lazaric (eds.) (2005): Towards an operationalization of the routines concept. Special section of Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 14, No. 5

Markus C. Becker and Francesco Zirpoli (eds.) (2005): ' Knowledge- and task-partitioning in the automotive industry: coordination, governance and learning in new product development in the automotive industry'. Special Issue of International Journal of Automotive Technology Management, Vol. 5, No. 2

Research areas

My research interest is in how organizations adapt and learn, especially if work in organizations is to some degree accomplished through organizational routines.

The role of organizational routines in organizational adaptation