Corey Phelps is an American business educator and author. He currently serves as the John and Karen Arnold Dean of the Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University and a professor of strategic management.[1]

Corey Phelps
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSan Diego State University
New York University
Occupation(s)John and Karen Arnold Dean of the Smeal College of Business
EmployerThe Pennsylvania State University

Education

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Phelps earned an undergraduate degree and MBA from San Diego State University. He received a Ph.D. from the Stern School of Business at New York University.[2]

Career

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Prior to his current position, Phelps served as the Dean of the Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma. Prior to that, he served as Associate Dean of Executive Programs and Education,[3] Professor of Strategy and Organization,[4] and the Marcel Desautels Faculty Fellow at the Desautels Faculty of Management[5] at McGill University.[6][7]

He has also served as a member of the Strategy and Business Policy faculty at HEC Paris[8][9] and was an Assistant Professor of Management and Organization along with serving as the Dempsey Faculty Fellow at the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.[10]

Phelps is the co-author, with Bernard Garrette and Olivier Sibony, of Cracked It! How to Solve Big Problems and Sell Solutions Like Top Strategy Consultants[11][12] and has written articles for various publications[13] and scholarly journals.[14] Phelps has received multiple research awards and grants[15] and is a past member of the editorial boards of four leading academic journals.

Phelps is the past Chair of the Academy of Management Technology and Innovation Management Division[16] along with the Knowledge and Innovation Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society.[17] In 2011, he co-founded the European Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (SEI) Doctoral Consortium.[18]

He is the past director of the HEC Paris-Atos GOLD Talent Development Program, an EFMD Excellence in Practice Award recipient.[19]

For his teaching, he was awarded the Pierre Vernimmen BNP Paribas Award at HEC Paris and two professor of the year awards at the University of Washington.

Publications

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Phelps’s research has been published in academic journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Information Systems Research, Management Science,[20] Organization Science, and Strategic Management Journal. According to Google Scholar, Phelps’s research has received over 8,500 citations as of 2022.[14]

Phelps received the Academy of Management Technology and Innovation Management Division’s Best Dissertation Award,[21] The State Farm Companies Foundation Dissertation Award, and the 2012 INFORMS Technology Management Best Paper Award.[22]

According to research conducted by the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford University, Phelps is among the world's top 2% most-cited economics and business researchers.[23]

References

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  1. ^ "Penn State Smeal College of Business names new dean". StateCollege.com. June 27, 2024. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "Corey Phelps, MPhil '01, PhD '03". NYU Stern. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "Professor Phelps named as new Dean at University of Oklahoma's business school". McGill University. March 27, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "How to Become a Better Problem Solver—The 4S Method". Ivy Exec. June 5, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  5. ^ Weikle, Brandie (January 13, 2019). "It's never been a better time to find a new job — but do employers realize it?". CBC News. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  6. ^ "OU names Corey Phelps dean of Price College of Business". The Norman Transcript. Archived from the original on March 27, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  7. ^ Nickish, Curt (December 4, 2018). "The Right Way to Solve Complex Business Problems". HBR IdeaCast. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  8. ^ Le Bolzer, Julie (January 22, 2021). "Trouver la solution : un problème de leadership ?". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  9. ^ "HEC Paris holds workshop for QLC". The Peninsula. January 28, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  10. ^ "OU names Price College of Business dean". The Journal Record. March 26, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  11. ^ "How to solve big problems: Author Corey Phelps". CTV News. October 24, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  12. ^ ""Cracked It!" Co-author Corey Phelps Offers Tips and Tricks to Entrepreneurs". Cheddar News. September 18, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  13. ^ Phelps, Corey (March 18, 2019). "The Expertise Trap: When Experts Fail at Problem Solving". CEOWORLD Magazine. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Corey Phelps". Google Scholar. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  15. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 0521839 - The Influence of Pre-acquisition Alliance Experience with a Target on Acquirer Innovativeness". National Science Foundation. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  16. ^ "2020-2021 Division Officers". Academy of Management. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  17. ^ "Join the Knowledge and Innovation Interest Group" (PDF). Strategic Management Society. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  18. ^ "SEI Consortium 2011". HEC Paris. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  19. ^ "corporate responsibility report 2013 – for a sustainable future" (PDF). Atos Group. p. 29. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  20. ^ Gardner, Nancy (August 16, 2007). "Fewer degrees of separation make companies more innovative, creative". UW News. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  21. ^ "Campus news & notes". UW News. October 7, 2004. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  22. ^ "Best Paper Award". Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Section. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  23. ^ "New Study Finds OU Research Well Cited, Impactful". University of Oklahoma. Norman, Oklahoma. December 10, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
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