Announcements

  • Rich Bettis passing

    The STR leadership is saddened to hear of the passing of Richard A. Bettis. Rich was a Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a former Division Chair of the Strategic Management (then Business Policy and Planning) Division in 1987-1988. He also served on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management from 1989-92. Rich was an Associate Editor and then a Co-Editor of the Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) for a total of 20 years, as well as an Associate Editor of Management Science and a consulting editor of Academy of Management Review. He was a Founding Member and Fellow of the Strategic Management Society (SMS), served as a member of its Board of Directors and later as its President. He and C.K. Prahalad won the first SMJ Dan and Mary Lou Schendel Best Paper Prize in 1993 for their paper on “the dominant logic” of diversified firms. He was the recipient of the SMS Distinguished Service Award in 2016. 
     
    Rich has contributed greatly to the field of strategy through his work on corporate strategy and behavioral strategy, among others. In his later publications, he strongly advocated for replicability and transparency in empirical strategy research. Rich advised and mentored numerous doctoral students and junior colleagues. He will be greatly missed. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones.