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Elena Obukhova is the Fred Kayne (1960) Career Development Professor of Entrepreneurship and an Assistant Professor of Global Economics and Managementat the MIT Sloan School of Management. Obukhova studies how globalization affects the technology strategies of firms. In particular, she is interested in high-skilled migration between developed and developing economies and its effects on the internationalization of research and development. Her current work focuses on the development of the semiconductor design industry in China. Obukhova holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago.
| Current Institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Current School | MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Department | Entrepreneurship, Global Economics and Management |
| Disciplines | |
| Address | 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E62-487 Cambridge Massachusetts United States Phone: (617) 253-7782 |
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Education
University of Chicago
PhD,
Sociology
(2007)
Northwestern University
M.S,
Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences
(1997)
Work Experience
Fred Kayne Career Development Professor
MIT Sloan School of Management
Assistant Professor
MIT Sloan School of Management
Achievements
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Publication Summary
Publications
- 2011 Motivation vs. Relevance: Using Strong Ties to Find a Job in Urban China. Forthcoming in Social Science Research.
Manuscripts Under Review
- Do Job Seekers Benefit from Contacts?: A Direct Test (with G. Lan). Under review at American Sociological Review.
- Legitimacy vs. Experience: Returnee Entrepreneurs and Political Ties in China. Under review at Administrative Science Quarterly.
- Politics of Conformity: Exogenous Triggers of Endogenous Cultural Change (with E. Zuckerman and J. Zhang). Under review at American Journal of Sociology.
Working Papers
- Knowledge Transfer as a Mixed Blessing for Returnee Firms: The Case of Shanghai’s Fabless Semiconductor Design. To be submitted to Industry and Corporate Change.
- Tradition in Fashion: Dynamics of Personal-Name Popularity in the U.S., 1880-2008 (with J. Zhang and E. Zuckerman). To be submitted to American Sociological Review.
- The Value of Local Embeddedness for Returnee Entrepreneurs (with Y. Wang and J. Li).
- How Ties Help the Job-Seeker in Extensive Job Search (with A. Sterling)
- What Makes Strong Ties Valuable for job Seekers (with G. Lan)
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