CV
CURRENT EDUCATION
London Business School, 2014-present; Ph.D. Strategy and Entrepreneurship
(Advisors: Sendil Ethiraj and Keyvan Vakili)
PREVIOUS EDUCATION
University College London, 2013-2014, Masters (Distinction), Economics
Harvard University, 2009-2011, Masters, Public Policy
University of Oxford, 2004-2007, B.A. (Honours), Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Innovation and Technology Strategy, Human Capital, Corporate Investment in Science, Firm Boundaries and Scope
WORKING PAPERS
Blomfield, M., & K. Vakili, 2019, “The Research Money Can’t Buy: Sponsoring Academic Science in the Shadow of Reputational Rewards,”
Revise & Resubmit, Organization Science
Blomfield, M., 2019, “Hiring for Knowledge or Skills: How Do Firms Use Scientific Human Capital Acquired from Academia?”
Blomfield, M., 2019, “More in Common, Further Apart? Common Institutional Ownership and Firms’ Innovation Decisions”
WORK IN PROGRESS
McGahan, A.M., K. Vakili, and M. Blomfield, “The Impact of TRIPS on the Diffusion of Knowledge in Science and Commercialization”
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Tutor, Developing Strategy for Value Creation, Executive Education, 2016-2019
Leading sessions re-capping core lecture themes and analyzing strategic challenge cases, pre-session online tutoring
(Professor Yiorgos Mylonadis)
Teaching Assistant, Career Leadership, MiM, MBA, EMBA, 2015-2019
Leading interactive exercises for groups of 15-20 students
(Professor Isabel Fernandez-Mateo)
Teaching Assistant, Advanced Competitive Strategy, MiM, MBA, 2019
Running in-class simulation, writing case solutions
(Professor Sendil Ethiraj)
Teaching Assistant, Strategic Analysis, Masters in Management, 2015-2018
Teaching supplementary sessions for the core strategy course re-capping lecture themes, writing case for exam, providing
assignment feedback, grading, other ad hoc duties
(Professors Olenka Kacperczyk, Aharon Cohen Mohliver, and Sugyong Chang)
TEACHING CASES
"Sofar Sounds," London Business School Case (with Julian Birkinshaw, David Mather, Aharon Cohen Mohliver, and Victoria Sevcenko)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., 2011-2012
Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence, London U.K., 2007-2009
HONORS & AWARDS
U.K. Economic and Social Research Council Ph.D. Scholarship, London Business School
The James Lanner Memorial Scholarship, University College London
Captain, University Challenge, New College, University of Oxford
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Reviewer, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Annual Conferences (STR Outstanding Reviewer Award 2019)
Conference Organizer, Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference
Student Representative, London Business School Department Ph.D. Committee
OTHER INFORMATION
Work Authorization: U.K. Citizenship; U.S. Permanent Residence
Computer Skills: Stata; R; Python
REFERENCES
Sendil Ethiraj
London Business School
Regent’s Park
London, NW1 4SA
United Kingdom
Keyvan Vakili
London Business School
Regent’s Park
London, NW1 4SA
United Kingdom
Olenka Kacperczyk
London Business School
Regent’s Park
London, NW1 4SA
United Kingdom