Christopher Liu
Bio
Christopher Liu is an Assistant Professor of Strategy at Rotman. His research explores spatial networks: how geography shapes the ability of individuals and firms to enter into some (but not other) relationships and networks. Empirical settings for his work have ranged from scientists working within a biotechnology firm to the US Senate Chamber. Chris also has a long-standing interest on scientists, innovation and productivity, and continues to actively conduct research in this area.
Selected Publications - Papers
- Social Influence Given (Partially) Deliberate Matching: Career Imprints in the Creation of Academic Entrepreneurs; with Pierre Azoulay and Toby Stuart; American Journal of Sociology; Issue: 122(4); 2017; Pages: 1223-71
- Boundaries Awry? Knowledge Production and Social Networks in a Corporate R&D Lab; with Toby Stuart; Under revision; 2017
- Brokerage by Design: Formal Structure, Geography and Crosscutting Ties; Under review; 2017
- Is Bigger Better? Lab Productivity and Lab Size; Working Paper; 2017
- Stamps of Power and Conflict: Imprinting and Influence in the U.S. Senate, 1973-2005; with Sameer Srivastava; Under Review; 2017
- Freedom to Act? Brokerage, Autonomy, and Peer Evaluation; with Jason Greenberg; Under Review; 2017
- From the Ground Up: Housing Assignment, Informal Business, and Gender in a Colombian Housing Project; with Laura Doering; Working paper; 2017
- Is Bigger Better? Lab Productivity and Lab Size; Working paper; 2017
- An Intra-organizational Ecology of Individual Attainment; with Sameer Srivastava and Toby Stuart; Organization Science; Issue: 27(1); 2016; Pages: 90-105
- What Goes on Beneath the Surface of Reconfiguration; with Joel Blit and Will Mitchell; Advances in Strategic Management; 2016; Pages: forthcoming
- Virtues, Vices, and Political Influence in the U.S. Senate.; with Leanne ten Brinke, Dacher Keltner, and Sameer Srivastava; Psychological Science; Issue: 27(1); 2016; Pages: 85-93
- Geography and Power in an Organizational Forum: Evidence from the U.S. Senate Chamber; with Jillian Chown; Strategic Management Journal; Issue: 36(2); 2015; Pages: 177-196
- Bringing the Lab Back In: Personnel Composition and Scientific Output at the MIT Department of Biology; with Annamaria Conti; Research Policy; Issue: 44; 2015; Pages: 1633-1644
- Pulling Closer and Moving Apart: Interaction, Identity, and Influence in the U.S. Senate, 1973-2009; with Sameer Srivastava; American Sociological Review; Issue: 80(1); 2015; Pages: 192-217
- Positions and Rewards: The Allocation of resources within a Science-Based Entrepreneurial Firm; with Toby Stuart; Research Policy; Issue: 43; 2014; Pages: 1134-1143
- The (Changing) Knowledge Production Function: Evidence from the MIT Department ofBiology for 1970-2000; with Annamaria Conti; NBER Working Paper Series; Issue: WP #20037; 2014
- The Large Extracellular Loop of Murine CD9 is an Autonomously Folding Dimer; with Richard O. Hynes and Peter S. Kim; mimeo; 2005
- Complete Replication of Hepatitis C Virus in Cell Culture; with Lindenbach BD, Evans MJ, Syder AJ, Wold B, Tellinghuisen TL, Maruyama T, Hynes RO, Burton DR, McKeating JA, Rice CM; Science; 2005
- Eschericia coli DegP Protease Cleaves Between Paired Hydrophobic Resieus in a Natural Substrate; with Jones CH, Dexter P, Evans AK, Hultgren SJ, and Hruby DE; J. Bacteriology; 2002
- Residues SFQ (173-175) in the Large Extracellular Loop of CD9 are Required for Gamete Fusion; with Zhu GS, Miller BJ, Boucheix C, Rubinstein E, Hynes RO, Myles, DG, and Primakoff P; Development; 2002
- Periplasmic Chaperone Recognition Motif of Subunits Mediates Quarternary Interactions in the Pilus; with Soto GE, Dodson KW, OggD, Heuser J, Knight S, Kihlberg, Jones CH, and Hultgren SJ; EMBO J; 1998
- Ectopic Overexpression of Asparagine Synthetase in Transgenic Tobacco; with Brears T, Knight TJ, and Coruzzi GM; Plant Physiol.; 1993
Academic / Professional Service
| 2018 | Special Issue Editor on Micro-Geography; Industry and Innovation |
| 2017- | Academy of Management Review Editorial Board |
| 2016- | Strategic Management Journal Editorial Board |
| 2016-2019 | Rotman Executive Committee; Rotman/Univ of Toronto |
Honors and Awards
| 2015 | IDG Grant Recipient; SSHRC |
| 2010-2013 | Excellence in Teaching Award; Rotman |
| 2014 | Grant Recipient; INET/CIGI |
| 2012 | New Researcher Award; Connaught Foundation |
| 2011 | BPS Dissertation Finalist; AOM |
| 2011 | TIM Dissertation Finalist; AOM |
| 2011 | Best Doctoral Dissertation; DRUID Society |
| 2008 | Dissertation Fellow; Kauffman Foundation |
| 1993 | Compton Fellow; Washington University in St. Louis |
Research and Teaching Interests
My research explores the geographic antecedents of networks. As some examples, I am currently working on projects examining i) the email networks of life scientists, ii) co-sponsorship patterns of US Senators and iii) regional patenting activity
Other Info
Email: chris.liu@rotman.utoronto.ca
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