Stephen V. Horner, Ph.D.

Department of Management & Marketing

P. O. Box 59

Arkansas State University

State University, AR 72467

(870)-680-8019

shorner@astate.edu

EDUCATION:

Doctor of Philosophy, Business Administration, 2006

University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Management

Major emphasis in Strategic Management, minor emphases in sociology and research methods

Dissertation: Directors, Boards, and Firm Strategic Outcomes: Board Experience Effects on Post-Acquisition Outcomes, (final defense November, 2006); Douglas D. Moesel, chair; Allen C. Bluedorn, Richard A. Johnson, Daniel W. Greening, J. Kenneth Benson, committee members

Master of Business Administration, 1991

Emporia (Kansas) State University

Research Assistant, 1989-1991; Special Graduate Assistant (1 of 10 granted University-wide), 1989-1991

Bachelor of Arts (Political Science), 1976 (cum laude)

Emporia State University
Graduate assistant: organized and managed annual Model United Nations conference for Kansas High School students

Coordinated University chapter of United Nations Association of the United States of American (UNA-USA) and its involvement in collegiate Model UN

Kantonsschule Zuercher Oberland, Wetzikon, Switzerland 1970-1971

Swiss secondary school: student exchange program (AFS Intercultural Programs)

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:

Assistant Professor – Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas 2004-present

Lead strategy instructor: Develop capstone strategic management course
Develop upper level undergraduate and graduate course electives

Graduate Assistant – Department of Management, University of Missouri 1999-2003

Research assistant: coded proxy statements and prepared text for scanning in NVivo

· Graduate Instructor: Strategy, Organization Theory, Organizational Theory and Design (MBA course)

Assistant Professor – Department of Economics/Business, Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS 1991-1999

Courses taught: MIS, P/OM, Business Statistics, Small Business Management, Accounting, Microcomputers: Economics and Business Applications, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, International Business

Instructor – Kansas State University – Salina, College of Technology and Aviation, Salina, KS 1996-1999

Courses taught: Elements of Statistics, Management Information Systems
Developed MIS course for Technology Management degree program

Graduate Research Assistant – Small Business Development Center, Roe R. Cross Institute for Business and Economic Development, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 1989-1991

Coordinated small business seminars; interfaced with center clientele
Editor of bi-monthly newsletter for 2000 clients in nine county area

Computer Operator – Emporia State Bank, Emporia, KS 1988-1991

Full-time employment while completing MBA
Computer operations for $75 million bank; operated NCR 9400 mainframe computer

Assistant Office Manager - Dolly Madison (subsidiary of Interstate Brands Corp.), Emporia, KS 1985-1987

Reported to plant controller; coordinated management of 39-person office with three other assistants
Supervised computer operations, transfer pricing, bank reconciliations, retail accounting

Senior Manager – O’Reilly Management Corporation (Franchisee of McDonald’s), Emporia, KS 1981-1985

Supervised management staff and 120 personnel
Initiated/conducted training and staff meetings

CURRENT RESEARCH:

Publications:

Entrepreneurship in the Experience Economy: The Evolution of Hard Rock Café, 2007, with Todd Chiles and Rico Lam, The Global Enterprise: Entrepreneurship and Value Creation, R. A. Ajami & M. M Bear (eds.).Haworth Press.

The Right Tool for the Right Job: A Methodological Review of Research on Boards of Directors, 2002, published in Proceedings of the 45^th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Academy of Management.

Munificence, Dynamism, and Complexity: Task Environment Effects on Attributes of Boards of Directors, 2002, published in Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Academy of Management.

Grants submitted:

Acquisitions and Audit Committee Composition: Integrating Directors’ Knowledge Resources and Internal Firm Processes Summer Research Fellowship Proposal (accepted for funding Summer 2003)

Effects of Institutional Investment on Corporate Governance Systems, submitted as MU College of Business Summer Research Fellowship Proposal, 2001

Conference presentations:

Board power, CEO appointments, and CEO duality, 2008, presented at the Annual Meeting of Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA.

Works in progress:

Board power and firm diversification, development of a conceptual framework of the collective power of the board of directors and the impact of that power on firm diversification.

Board of Directors Involvement in Strategy: A Review and Research Agenda intended for submission to Academy of Management Review

Corporate Governance and the Social Control of Organizations: A Review and Comparative Assessment

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management New Faculty Consortium, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2007

Introduction to Structural Equation Methods, Consortium for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, May 2006

Reviewer for BPS and OMT divisions, 2007 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA

Conceptual and methodological considerations in multilevel constructs and theory development

Professional Development Workshop, Academy of Management, Atlanta, 2006

Resources, capabilities, & competitive heterogeneity: Empirical workshop for junior scholars

Academy of Management, Atlanta, 2006

Chair, Business Policy and Strategy / Public and Nonprofit Issues / Research Methods / Health Care Management track, Southwest Academy of Management, 2007

Southwest Academy of Management, Career Choices Panel, Doctoral Consortium, March, 2005

Ad hoc reviewer, Academy of Management Review, Special Topic Forum on Corporate Governance, July, 2003

Academy of Management, 2000, 2001, 2002

New Doctoral Student Consortium (NDSC) 2000; NDSC Finance Committee, 2001, 2002

Southwest Academy of Management, 1991-2006; Midwest Academy of Management, 2002

Track chair, Session Chair, Presenter, Reviewer, Discussant, Doctoral Student/New Faculty Consortia

Preparing Future Faculty Fellow, 2002-2003, University of Missouri-Columbia

Leadership Lindsborg, Lindsborg Chamber of Commerce and Bethany College, 1995-1997

Intensive leadership development program designed to enhance effective community leadership

Teaching Workshop: Active Learning in the College Classroom, 1997

Southwest Academy of Management pre-conference workshop

The 1990 Census: A Resource for Undergraduate Teaching and Research, 1997

Dudley L. Poston, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University

AWARDS:

Outstanding Teaching Assistant (Management), 2001-2002

University of Missouri-Columbia College of Business

Member Beta Gamma Sigma

Honor Society for AACSB Accredited Business Programs

Outstanding Doctoral Student Scholarship

Awarded by the Southwest Academy of Management for submission and acceptance of paper sole authored by a doctoral student