Qualifications Ph.D. in Business Administration - The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 2000. M.B.A. in Management & International Business - The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 1992. B.S. at Lambuth University, Jackson, TN, 1990. Clay Dibrell is an Adjunct Tutor at Bond University and an Associate Professor of Strategic Management in the College of Business at Oregon State University. He earned a Ph.D from The University of Memphis where he majored in Strategic Management and minored in International Business. After spending approximately two years in the U.S. Peace Corps as a Small Business Advisor in Kenya where he focused on both local and international entrepreneurial activities, he worked with Signal Communications in the telecommunications industry. Throughout his doctoral program and his present position at Oregon State University, he has had an opportunity to deal with executives from both small and large firms from a variety of industries based in high technology, forestry, agriculture, and manufacturing on the topics of strategic planning, corporate entrepreneurship, strategy formulation & implementation, and international business opportunities. His research is at the intersection of strategy and international business with a focus on the role of entrepreneurs and families in business processes and the competitiveness of firms in global markets. In particular, his studies have examined strategies and processes related to firms’ competitiveness in different contexts (e.g., transition economies) and industries (e.g., natural resource), entrepreneurial behaviors (e.g., innovation) in small- to medium-sized firms, and the impact of information technology on firm strategic processes.
Articles
Accession tournaments: The application of a game theory derivative to the multi-dimensional family business accession process (Interactive paper) (with Justin Craig), Frontiers of entrepreneurship research (2009)
We argue that the recent governance and professionalization focus in family business research conversations, while...
Legitimizing the natural environment in SMES: A Strategic issue interpretation perspective (Summary) (with Justin Craig), Frontiers of entrepreneurship research (2009)
How do businesses legitimize their natural environmental strategic initiatives? In this research, we are concerned...
Factors critical in overcoming the liability of newness: Highlighting the role of family (with Justin B. Craig, Ken Moores, Aaron J. Johnson, and Peter S. David), The journal of private equity (2009)
With a focus on the role of family, we explore factors critical in enabling start-up...
Founding family leadership and industry profitability (with Trond Randoy and Justin B. Craig), Small business economics (2009)
In this article, we argue that firms in high-margin industries can benefit from founding family...
The performance implications of temporal orientation and information technology in organization-environment synergy (with Peter S. Davis and Justin B. Craig), Journal of strategy and management (2009)
Purpose: This paper aims to provide new evidence regarding the firm performance implications of using...
Conference Papers
Natural environment, market orientation, and firm innovativeness: A life cycle perspective (with Justin A. Craig and Eric N. Hansen), 2009 Meeting of the Southern Management Association (SMA) (2009)
We investigate the moderating effects of the natural environment on the market orientation to firm...
Development of an integrated supply chain model (with Toru Sakaguchi and Stefan Nicovich), AMCIS 2002 Proceedings (2002)
With increased global competitive pressures, companies operating in these competitive environments are not only looking...