Bill McEvily
Bio
Bill McEvily is a Professor of Strategic Management at Rotman and the Jim Fisher Professor of Leadership Development, where he teaches courses on social networks, strategy implementation and organizational theory in MBA and Executive programs, and courses on organizational theory in the PhD program. His research explores social networks as an organizational and strategic resource. Professor McEvily has published research articles in leading academic journals in the fields of management, psychology, sociology, and economics. Thomson-Reuters named Professor McEvily to its list of “Highly Cited Researchers” in 2014 and again in 2015. He is currently an Associate Editor at Annals of Academy of Management and has previously served as a Senior Editor at Organization Science and as guest editor for special issues of Management Science and Organization Science. Prior to joining Rotman, Professor McEvily was on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University and he earned his Ph.D. in Strategic Management and Organization from the University of Minnesota.
Selected Publications - Papers
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Dual networking: How collaborators network in their quest for innovation
ter Wal, A., P. Criscuola, B. McEvily & A. Salter
Administrative Science Quarterly
Issue:https://doi.org/10.1177/0001839219893691
2020
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McEvily, B., A. Zaheer, and D. Fudge-Kamal
Organization Science
Issue:28(1)
2017
Pages: 74-92
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Tortoriell, M., McEvily, B. & Krackhardt, D.
Organization Science
Issue:26(2)
2015
Pages: 423-438
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McEvily, B., Soda, G. & Tortoriello, M.
Academy of Management Annals
Issue:8(1)
2014
Pages: 299-345
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Whom do you Distrust and How Much Does it Cost? An Experiment on the Measurement of Trust
With: J. Radzevick & R. Weber
Games & Economic Behavior
Issue:74
2012
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Better with age? Tie longevity and the performance implications of bridging and closure
With: J.A.C. Baum & T. Rowley
Organization Science
Issue:23(2)
2012
Pages: 529-546
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Measuring Trust in an Organizational Context: Review and Recommendations
With: M. Tortoriello
Journal of Trust Research
Issue:1
2011
Pages: 23-63
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Reorganizing the Boundaries of Trust: From Discrete Alternatives to Hybrid Forms
Organization Science
Issue:22(5)
2011
Pages: 1266-1276
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Bridging the Knowledge Gap: The Impact of Strong Ties, Network Cohesion, and Network Range
With: M. Tortoriello & R. Reagans
Organization Science
Issue:23(4)
2011
Pages: 1024-1039
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All in due time: The development of trust in computer-mediated and face-to-face teams
With: Jeanne Wilson, Susan Straus
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Issue:99
2006
Pages: 16-33
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Embedded Ties and the Acquisition of Competitive Capabilities
With: Alfie Marcus
Strategic Management Journal
Issue:26
2005
Pages: 1033-1055
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How to Make the Team? Social Networks vs. Demography as Criteria for Designing Effective Teams
With: Ray Reagans, Ezra Zuckerman
Administrative Science Quarterly
Issue:49
2004
Pages: 101-133
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Trust as an Organizing Principle
With: Vincenzo Perrone, Aks Zaheer
Organization Science
Issue:14
2003
Pages: 91-103
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Free to be Trusted? Organizational Constraints on Trust at the Boundary
With: Vincenzo Perrone, Aks Zaheer
Organization Science
Issue:14
2003
Pages: 1-4
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Free to be Trusted? Organizational Constraints on Trust at the Boundary
With: Vincenzo Perrone, ks Zaheer
Organization Science
Issue:14
2003
Pages: 422-439
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Managing Knowledge in Organizations: An Integrative Framework and Review of Emerging Themes
With: Linda Argote, Ray Reagans
Management Science
Issue:49
2003
Pages: 571-582
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Introduction to the Special Issue on Managing Knowledge in Organizations: Creating, Retaining and Transferring Knowledge
With: Linda Argote, Ray Reagans
Management Science
Issue:49
2003
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Network Structure and Knowledge Transfer: The Effects of Cohesion and Range
With: Ray Reagans
Administrative Science Quarterly
Issue:48
2003
Pages: 240-267
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Bridging Ties: A Source of Firm Heterogeneity in Competitive Capabilities
With: Aks Zaheer
Strategic Management Journal
Issue:20
1999
Pages: 1133-1156
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Does Trust Matter? Exploring the Effects of Interorganizational and Interpersonal Trust on Performance
With: Vincenzo Perrone, Aks Zaheer
Organization Science
Issue:9
1998
Pages: 141-159
Selected Publications - Books and Chapters
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McEvily, B.
Research in the Sociology of Organizations
Issue:40
2014
Pages: 295-313
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Not all Bridging Ties are Equal: Network Imprinting and Firm Growth in the Nashville Legal Industry, 1933-1978
With: J. Jaffee & M. Tortoriello
Organization Science
Issue:23(2)
2012
Pages: 547-563
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Contradictory or compatible? Reconsidering the tradeoff in Network Effects on Knowledge Sharing
Advances in Strategic Management
Issue:25
2008
Pages: 275-313
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On firmer ground: The collaborative team as strategic research site for verifying network-based social capital hypotheses
With: Ray Reagans, Ezra Zuckerman
Formation and Decay of Economic Networks
2007
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Can Groups be Trusted? An Experimental Study of Collective Trust
With: Roberto Weber, Cristina Bicchieri, Violet Ho
The Handbook of Trust
2006
Pages: 52-67
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Does Trust Still Matter? Research on the Role of Trust in Interorganizational Exchange
With: Aks Zaheer
The Handbook of Trust
2006
Pages: 280-300
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Architects of Trust: The Role of Network Facilitators in Geographical Clusters
With: Aks Zaheer
Trust and Distrust in Organizations
2004
Pages: 189-213
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Environmental competence in two small firms
With: A. Marcus
Better Environmental Decisions
1999
Pages: 289-307
Selected Publications - Case
Honors and Awards
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2015
Highly Cited Researcher, Thompson-Reuters
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2014
Highly Cited Researcher, Thompson-Reuters
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2004
Roman Weil Prize, Tepper School of Business
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2003
research grant, Russell Sage Foundation
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2003
Guest editor of special issue in 2003, Management Science
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2003
Guest editor of special issue in 2003, Organization Science
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2002
research grant, National Science Foundation
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1999-2000
Xerox Chair, GSIA
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1996-1997
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Professional Affiliations/Memberships
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Annals of Academy of Management (Associated Editor), 2019 -
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Organization Science (Guest Editor), 2003
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Management Science (Guest Editor), 2003
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Organization Science(Senior editor), 2003 - 2014