Joel M. Podolny

Joel M. Podolny is an American sociologist and is Dean of the Yale School of Management. Prior to his arrival at Yale, he was Professor and Director of Research at Harvard Business School where he taught courses in business strategy, organizational behavior, and global management. Podolny was also a faculty member at Stanford Graduate School of Business for 11 years; he held the position of Senior Associate Dean during the latter part of his Stanford tenure.

In 2006, Podolny led a major restructuring of the Yale MBA curriculum in response to the increasingly complex and cross-functional global environment in which businesses and their executives operate.

Podolny has developed a sociological theory of market competition based on status dynamics. In order to do so, he has examined a variety of industries including venture capital, semiconductors, and investment banking. Podolny has also conducted research on the role of social networks in mobility and information transfer within organizations. He is the author of "Status Signals: A Sociological Study of Market Competition" and co-author (with Garth Saloner and Andrea Shepard) of the textbook "Strategic Management".

Podolny is also a member of the Board of Advisors of Greenwich Associates, an institutional financial services consulting and research firm.

Podolny earned his A.B. (magna cum laude), A.M., and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. He graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati.fact|date=September 2007

References

* [http://mba.yale.edu/faculty/professors/podolny.shtml Joel M. Podolny bio at Yale]
* [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3409e660-ad5a-11db-8709-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=991cbd66-9258-11da-977b-0000779e2340.html Dean profile: Joel Podolny of Yale (Source: Financial Times)]