Michael D. Ryall

Professor of Strategic Management

Degrees:

PhD, UCLA
MBA, University of Chicago
BS, North Carolina State University

Email:

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Phone:

416-978-7445

Personal Website:

http://works.bepress.com/michael_ryall/

Bio

Michael Ryall is a Professor of Strategy Magagement at Rotman. As an economist trained in game theory, his primary research interest is the formal theoretical foundations of business strategy. This is a small but rapidly growing research area that uses mathematical models to analyze issues relating to firm performance under competition, organizational learning, and social networks. More recently, his interests have extended into philosophy, with a focus on social ontology and business ethics. His research has been published in the Academy of Management Review, Management Science and The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, among others.

Academic Positions

2017-present

Professor, University of Toronto
2009-2016

Associate Professor, University of Toronto
2004-2009

Associate Professor, University of Melbourne
1997-2004

Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
2015

Guest Scientist, Max Planck Inst. for Mathematics in the Siences, Leipzig
2014-15

Associate Scholar, Lonergan Research Inst., University of Toronto
2015-2016

Visiting Scholar, Lonergan Research Inst.
2008

Visiting Scholar, London Business School
2007

Visiting Scholar, University of Toronto
2002-2003

Visiting Scholar, UCLA
2001

Visiting Scholar, Northwestern University

Non-Academic Positions

1989-1992

Managing Director, Decision Strategies, Intl.
1988-1989

General Manager, Fresh Effects Division, Dalgety, Intl.
1986-1988

VP Finance, EKSF, Inc.
1984-1986

Controller, Lytel, Inc.
1983-1984

Sr. Financial Analyst, General Instrument Coroporation
1981-1983

Financial Analyst, Air Products and Chemicals

Selected Publications - Papers

Do new competitors, new customers, new suppliers,... sustain, destroy or create competitive advantage?

MacDonald, G., and M. D. Ryall

Strategic Management Journal

Issue:39(9)

2018

Pages: 1-20
Value capture theory: A Strategic Management Review

Gans, J., M. D. ryall

Strategic Management Journal

Issue:38

2017

Pages: 17-41
Competitive intensity and its two-sided effect on the boundaries of firm performance

Montez, J., F. Ruiz-Aliseda, and M. D. Ryall

Management Science

Issue:64(6)

2017

Pages: 2473-2972
Contract structure for joint production: risk and ambiguity under compensatory damages

Ryall, M. D., and R. C Sampson

Management Science

Issue:63(4)

2016

Pages: 1232-1253
The New Dynamics of Competition

Ryall, M. D.

Harvard Business Review

Issue:June

2013

Pages: 80-87
The Strategy Research Initiative: Recognizing and encouraging high-quality research in strategy

Oxley, J. E. et al.

Strategic Organization!

Issue:8(4)

2010

Pages: 377-76
Formal contracts in the presence of relational enforcement mechanisms: Evidence from Technology Development Contracts

Ryall, M. D., R. C. Sampson

Management Science

Issue:55(6)

2009

Pages: 906-25
Causal Ambiguity as a Source of Sustained Capability-Based Advantages

Ryall, M. D.

Management Science

Issue:55(3)

2009

Pages: 389-403
The case for formal theory

Ander, R. L. et al.

Academy of Management Review

Issue:34(2)

2009

Pages: 201-208
Empirical Implications of Information Structure in Finite Extensive Form Games

Penalva, J., and M. D. Ryall

B. E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (Contributions)

Issue:8(1)

2008
Brokers and Competitive Advantage

Sorenson, O., and M. D. Ryall

Management Science

Issue:53(4)

2007

Pages: 566-583
How do Value Creation and Competition Determine Whether a Firm Appropriates Value?

MacDonald, G., and M. D. Ryall

Management Science

Issue:50(10)

2004

Pages: 1319-1333
Subjective Rationality, Self-Confirming Equilibrium and Corporate Strategy

Ryall, M. D.

Management Science

Issue:49(7)

2003

Pages: 936-49

Selected Publications - Books and Chapters

Inference and Intervention: Causal Models for Business Analysis

Ryall, M. D., and A. Bramson

Routledge

2013
Do Prior Alliances Influence Alliance Contract Structure?

Ryall, M. D., and R. C. Sampson, A Arino and J. J. Reuer eds.

Palgrave MacMillan

2006
Does Strategy Need Computer Experimentation? in Advances in Strategic Management

Page, S., and M. D. Ryall, J. A. C. Baum ed.

JAI Press

Issue:No. 15

1998

Research and Teaching Interests

Game theory, corporate strategy, competition, causal inference, corporate culture, social ontology.

Honors and Awards

2015

Insight Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
2015

Best Essay, Strategic Organization!
2007

Distinguished Alumni, Intellectual Property Research Inst. of Australia
2007

Discovery Grant, Australian Research Council
2006

Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management
1996

Harriet and Charles Luckman Distinguished Teaching Award, UCLA

Academic / Professional Service

2015-2018

Associate Editor, Management Science
2012-2014

President, Strategy Research Initiative
2008-2010

BPS Executive Committee, Academy of Management
2008-2009

Chair, Dissertation Consortium, Academy of Management
2009

Editor, special issue, Academy of Management
2007-2009

Area Editor, Strategy, Australian Journal of Management
2006-2015

Editorial Board, Strategic Organization!
2007

Co-Founder, Strategy Research Initiative
1997

Co-Founder, Strategy Research Forum
2000-2004

Area Editor, Formal Logic and Mathematical Models,

Michael D. Ryall

Michael D. Ryall

Bio

Academic Positions

Professor, University of Toronto

Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Associate Professor, University of Melbourne

Assistant Professor, University of Rochester

Guest Scientist, Max Planck Inst. for Mathematics in the Siences, Leipzig

Associate Scholar, Lonergan Research Inst., University of Toronto

Visiting Scholar, Lonergan Research Inst.

Visiting Scholar, London Business School

Visiting Scholar, University of Toronto

Visiting Scholar, UCLA

Visiting Scholar, Northwestern University

Non-Academic Positions

Managing Director, Decision Strategies, Intl.

General Manager, Fresh Effects Division, Dalgety, Intl.

VP Finance, EKSF, Inc.

Controller, Lytel, Inc.

Sr. Financial Analyst, General Instrument Coroporation

Financial Analyst, Air Products and Chemicals

Selected Publications - Papers

The Strategy Research Initiative: Recognizing and encouraging high-quality research in strategy

Subjective Rationality, Self-Confirming Equilibrium and Corporate Strategy

Selected Publications - Books and Chapters

Inference and Intervention: Causal Models for Business Analysis

Do Prior Alliances Influence Alliance Contract Structure?

Does Strategy Need Computer Experimentation? in Advances in Strategic Management

Research and Teaching Interests

Honors and Awards

Insight Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Best Essay, Strategic Organization!

Distinguished Alumni, Intellectual Property Research Inst. of Australia

Discovery Grant, Australian Research Council

Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management

Harriet and Charles Luckman Distinguished Teaching Award, UCLA

Academic / Professional Service

Associate Editor, Management Science

President, Strategy Research Initiative

BPS Executive Committee, Academy of Management

Chair, Dissertation Consortium, Academy of Management

Editor, special issue, Academy of Management

Area Editor, Strategy, Australian Journal of Management

Editorial Board, Strategic Organization!

Co-Founder, Strategy Research Initiative

Co-Founder, Strategy Research Forum

Area Editor, Formal Logic and Mathematical Models,