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April M. Franco
Assistant Professor
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Ph.D. in Economics, 2000, University of Rochester
M.A. in Economics, 1995, University of Rochester
B.A. in Philosophy and Economics, 1992, University of California, Los Angeles
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Positions Held
Academic Positions
| 2008-Present |
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Assistant Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and Department of Management, University of Toronto at Scarborough
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| 2007-2008 |
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
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| 1999-2007 |
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Assistant Professor, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa
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| 1999-2002 |
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Adjunct Consultant, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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Selected Articles and Papers
- "Decentralized Learning from Failure" Andreas Blume and April M. Franco, Journal of Economic Theory, 1, 2007, 504-523
- "Employment Mobility Laws and Competition" April M. Franco and Matthew F. Mitchell, Journal of Corporation Law, 31(2), 2006, 375-386
- "Spin-outs: Knowledge Diffusion through Employee Mobility" April M. Franco and Darren Filson, Rand Journal of Economics, 37(4), 2006, 841-60
- "Employee Entrepreneurship: Recent Research and Future Directions" April M. Franco, Handbook of Entrepreneurship, 2005, 81-96
- "Knowledge Transfer through Inheritance: Spin-out Generation, Growth, and Survival" Rajshree Agarwal, Raj Echambadi, April M Franco, and MB Sarkar, Academy of Management Journal, 47(4), 2004, 501-522
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Honors/Awards
| 2006 |
Dean’s Teaching Award, Tippie College of Business
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| 2005 |
Best Paper Award, Academy of Management Journal
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| 2005-2008 |
Research Grant for Entrepreneurship and Technological Change, Kaufmann Foundation
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Award for Beginning Academics, National Science Foundation
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| 2000 |
Old Gold Fellowship, University of Iowa
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Research and Teaching Interests
April teaches the undergraduate courses in Organizational Strategy, Management Economics, Industrial Organization and MBA courses in Strategy. Her research is focused on the development of knowledge within an organization, as well as the flows across organizations.
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