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Faculty Profile

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Daniel MACK

Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship
Lee Kong Chian School of Business LKCSB

 

EDUCATION

2017

Ph.D. in Management
INSEAD

2011

M.S. in Business Administration
Seoul National University

2008

B.Eng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering
National University of Singapore

CURRENT APPOINTMENT(S)

2017- Now

Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Singapore Management University

RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Corporate strategy and governance
  • Executive decision making
  • Organizing for innovation
  • Stakeholder involvement
  • Strategy making processes

RESEARCH ARTICLES
  • “High Flying Adored: How CEO Narcissism Influences Firms’ Responses to Above-aspiration Performance With Risky Organizational Change” (with Korcan Kavusan, Matthew Mount, and Gokhan Ertug). Strategic Management Journal, conditionally accepted.
  • “Interfaces, Social Information Processing, and Diversity Cascades: How Board Diversity Influences Invention Output” (with Guoli Chen, Po-Hsuan Hsu, Yen Teik Lee, and Gerry George). Research Policy, 2025, 54(1): 105148.
  • “How Deep-level and Surface-level Board Diversity, Formal and Informal Social Structures Affect Innovation” (equal authorship with Guoli Chen, Po-Hsuan Hsu, and Yen Teik Lee). Journal of Management Studies, 2024, 62(1): 65-101. 
  • “Attentional Engagement and Strategic Responses to Discontinuous Environmental Change: Evidence from the US Banking Industry” (with Theresa Cho, and Andrew Yi). Strategic Organization, 22(1): 49- 90, 2024. 
  • “The Differential Effects of CEO Narcissism and Hubris on Corporate Social Responsibility” (with Yi Tang and Guoli Chen), Strategic Management Journal, 2018, 39(5): 1370-1387.
  • “Opening up: How Centralization Affects Participation and Inclusion in Strategy Making” (with Gabriel Szulanski), Long Range Planning, 2017, 50(3): 385-396.

BOOK CHAPTERS
  • “How Centralized Organizations Involve Stakeholders in the Strategy Process” (with Gabriel Szulanski). In A. Nir (Eds.) Centralization: costs and benefits. In-press. Nova Science Publishers: New York. 
  • “Strategic Change and Renewal” (with Quy N. Huy). In I.M. Duhaime, M.A. Hitt, and M.A. Lyles (Eds.) Strategic Management: State of the Field and Its Future: 539-558. 2021. Oxford University Press.
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Research Areas and Areas of Expertise

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Highlights
5
Publications
5
H-Index (All Time)
728
Citations (All Time)
Daniel Z. Mack is an accomplished scholar in strategy and entrepreneurship, renowned for his research on organizational change, board diversity, CEO personality, and innovation, with impactful contributions to both academic theory and practical case studies.

Integrates rigorous empirical research with practical case development, advancing understanding of leadership, diversity, and organizational adaptation; recognized for methodological innovation and real-world relevance; consistently awarded for teaching excellence and scholarly contributions.

Focused research areas include Examines how CEO traits, board diversity, and organizational structures influence strategic responses, innovation, and change; investigates inclusion in strategy processes, resource constraints, and multi-stakeholder scaling; explores behavioral integration in top management teams and the impact of organizational fraud on inventor outcomes.
Areas of Expertise
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EDUCATION

2017

Ph.D. in Management
INSEAD

2011

M.S. in Business Administration
Seoul National University

2008

B.Eng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering
National University of Singapore

CURRENT APPOINTMENT(S)

2017- Now

Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Singapore Management University

RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Corporate strategy and governance
  • Executive decision making
  • Organizing for innovation
  • Stakeholder involvement
  • Strategy making processes

RESEARCH ARTICLES
  • “High Flying Adored: How CEO Narcissism Influences Firms’ Responses to Above-aspiration Performance With Risky Organizational Change” (with Korcan Kavusan, Matthew Mount, and Gokhan Ertug). Strategic Management Journal, conditionally accepted.
  • “Interfaces, Social Information Processing, and Diversity Cascades: How Board Diversity Influences Invention Output” (with Guoli Chen, Po-Hsuan Hsu, Yen Teik Lee, and Gerry George). Research Policy, 2025, 54(1): 105148.
  • “How Deep-level and Surface-level Board Diversity, Formal and Informal Social Structures Affect Innovation” (equal authorship with Guoli Chen, Po-Hsuan Hsu, and Yen Teik Lee). Journal of Management Studies, 2024, 62(1): 65-101. 
  • “Attentional Engagement and Strategic Responses to Discontinuous Environmental Change: Evidence from the US Banking Industry” (with Theresa Cho, and Andrew Yi). Strategic Organization, 22(1): 49- 90, 2024. 
  • “The Differential Effects of CEO Narcissism and Hubris on Corporate Social Responsibility” (with Yi Tang and Guoli Chen), Strategic Management Journal, 2018, 39(5): 1370-1387.
  • “Opening up: How Centralization Affects Participation and Inclusion in Strategy Making” (with Gabriel Szulanski), Long Range Planning, 2017, 50(3): 385-396.

BOOK CHAPTERS
  • “How Centralized Organizations Involve Stakeholders in the Strategy Process” (with Gabriel Szulanski). In A. Nir (Eds.) Centralization: costs and benefits. In-press. Nova Science Publishers: New York. 
  • “Strategic Change and Renewal” (with Quy N. Huy). In I.M. Duhaime, M.A. Hitt, and M.A. Lyles (Eds.) Strategic Management: State of the Field and Its Future: 539-558. 2021. Oxford University Press.