Robert Burgelman Joins SHOP.COM Board of Directors.Online Multi-Merchant Marketplace Elects Stanford Business School Professor MONTEREY, Calif. -- SHOP.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. , the multi-merchant ecommerce marketplace with the convenience of OneCart[TM] today announced the election of Robert A. Burgelman to its Board of Directors effective immediately. Currently, Burgelman is the Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Management and the Director of the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. An internationally-recognized author, Burgelman's research focuses on the role of strategy in a firm's evolution. He joins existing SHOP.COM Board members: * Lee Lorenzen, Founder, Chairman * Michael C. Boyd, Co-Founder of QVC QVC Quality Value Convenience QVC Question Valid Command , Inc., and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Longport, Inc. * Fred Harman Fred Harman (February 9, 1902 - January 2, 1982) is best known as the artist of Red Ryder, "America's famous fighting cowboy." Harman was two months old when his parents moved from St. , General Partner of Oak Investment Partners * Bob Kavner, Chairman of the Board for Earthlink, Vendare and Ironport Systems * Ken Goldstein, CEO of SHOP.COM "I first met Professor Burgelman about 10 years ago and was immediately impressed with his inspired intellect, good-natured communication skills, and highly creative approach to business leadership," said Ken Goldstein, CEO of SHOP.COM. "Robert has a keen understanding of technology, tangible and circumstantial forces in the development of an enterprise, and his true passion, the role of strategic intent in determining exemplary outcomes. He will be instrumental in helping us chart our future, and we are extremely fortunate to have him participate in our governance and direction." Prior to joining Stanford in 1981, Burgelman served on the faculties of Antwerp University in Belgium and New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the . During 1991-92 he was a Marvin Bower Faculty Fellow at Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. . Burgelman is the author of Strategy is Destiny: How Strategy-Making Shapes a Company's Future (Free Press, 2002) and the co-author of Inside Corporate Innovation: Strategy, Structure, and Managerial Skills (Free Press, 1986), Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation (4th edition, McGraw-Hill-Irwin, 2004), the leading textbook in the field, and Strategic Dynamics: Concepts and Cases (McGraw-Hill, 2006). He has written numerous articles in leading academic and professional journals. Burgelman holds a licenciate degree in Applied Economics from Antwerp University as well as a M.A. degree in Sociology and a Ph.D. degree in Management of Organizations from Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. . In 2003, he received an honorary doctorate from the Copenhagen Business School Source: FT Business Education Rankings Source: [1] MBA CBS' MBA study program is not listed in the major rankings. External links
abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration elective on "Strategy and Action in Information Technology." Since 1996 Burgelman has served as the Director of the Stanford Executive Program (SEP 1. SEP - Someone Else's Problem. 2. (tool) SEP - A SASD tool from IDE. ), and has taught executive programs and led senior and top management seminars for major companies worldwide. He has also served as an adviser to company leaders and on boards of directors and advisory boards of several high-technology companies. About SHOP.COM(TM) SHOP.COM is the destination online marketplace designed to help consumers more conveniently and efficiently shop on the web. SHOP.COM organizes millions of products from more than a thousand merchants in a single location, allowing consumers to shop across them all -- start to finish -- with OneCart[TM] and one personal password-protected account. OneCart [TM] is SHOP.COM's unique, proprietary patent-pending solution that fully integrates data feeds from all SHOP.COM merchant partners to allow a single check-out experience. SHOP.COM is a privately-held company headquartered in Monterey, Calif. For more information, visit the company's website at www.SHOP.COM. |
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