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Michael Gerlach

Michael Gerlach

Associate Professor
Haas Business and Public Policy Group
1-510-642-3676
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Academic Status: Emeritus
Office Hours: By appointment only, F599
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Education
BA Psychology, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
MA Administrative Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Ph.D. Organizational Behavior, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Positions Held
At Haas since 1993
1993 - present Associate Professor, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
1993 - 94 Chair of Asian Commerce, Hong Kong Bank of Canada, University of British Columbia
1993 Consultant, Cohen vs. Mitsubhishi Motor Sales of America
1987 - 93 Assistant Professor, School of Business, UC Berkeley
1992 Consultant, Japan External Trade Relations Organization (JETRO)
1991 Consultant, Atari Corporation vs. Nintendo Corporation
1988 - 89 Consultant, Sugihara vs. Kikkoman Corporation
1983 - 85 Consultant, Systems International, Inc., Tokyo
1980 - 81 Research Specialist, Systems International, Inc., Tokyo
1979 - 80 Research Intern, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
1978 Consultant, AT&T, New Technologies and Human Performance Division, Basking Ridge, NJ

Selected Papers and Publications

  • "Evolving Patterns of Keiretsu Organization and Action" (with J. Lincoln and C. Ahmadjian). Research in Organizational Behavior, JAI Press, 1998.
  • "Organizational Logic of Business Groups: Evidence from the Zaibatsu." In Takao Shiba and Masahiro Shimotani (eds.) Beyond the Firm. Oxford University Press, 1997.
  • "Keiretsu Networks and Corporate Performance in Japan" (with J. Lincoln and C. Ahmadjian), American Sociological Review, 1995, 61: 67-88.
  • "Keiretsu Networks in the Japanese Economy: A Dyad Analysis of Intercorporate Ties." (with J. Lincoln and P. Takahashi), American Sociological Review, 1992, 57:561-585.
  • "The Organization of Business Networks in the U.S. and Japan." (with J. Lincoln) In Robert Eccles (ed.), Networks and Organization, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.
  • "The Japanese Corporate Network: A Blockmodel Analysis." Administrative Science Quarterly, 1992, 37:105-139.
  • "Twilight of the Keiretsu? A Critical Assessment," Journal of Japanese Studies, 1992, 18:79-118.
  • "Keiretsu, Corporate Control and the Mitsubishi Oil Buyout," Ryukoku Journal of Economic Studies, 1992, 32:13-27.
  • "Nihon Ni Okeru Kokusai Jointo Benchaa Kigyo" ("The International Joint Venture Company in Japan"), Business Review, 1991, 38:62-88 (in Japanese).
  • "Trust is Not Enough: Cooperation and Conflict in Kikkoman's American Development," Journal of Japanese Studies, 1990, 16:389-425.
  • "Keiretsu Organization in the Japanese Economy," In Chalmers Johnson, Laura Tyson, and John Zysman (eds.), Politics and Productivity. Boston: Ballinger, 1988.
  • "Business Alliances and the Strategy of the Japanese Firm." California Management Review, 1987, 30:126-142
  • "Where East Meets West: A Study of Joint Ventures in Japan," Tokyo: Systems International, Inc., June 1981.
  • "Caught in the Act: Decision Makers at Work," (with M. McCall and R. Kaplan). Greensboro, N.C.: CCL Technical Report Series, No. 20, 1982.

Honors and Awards
  • Abe Fellowship, Social Science Research Council, 1995-97
  • Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching (PhD Program), 1993
  • Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, 1991-92
  • Schwabacher Award, Berkeley Business School, 1988
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship, Center for Japanese Studies, UC Berkeley, 1986-87



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