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Faculty & Staff

Areas of Expertise

Global outsourcing, sustainability in global value chains, geographic clusters, network coordination, project-based organizing, multi-stakeholder collaboration.

Degrees

PhD, Free University Berlin, School of Business and Economics

Professional Publications & Contributions

• Larsen, M.M., Manning, S., Pedersen, T. "Uncovering the Hidden Costs of Offshoring: The Interplay of Complexity, Organizational Design and Experience"; Strategic Management Journal, Forthcoming.
• Manning, S., Hutzschenreuter, T., Strathmann, A. “Emerging Capability or Continuous Challenge? Relocating Knowledge Work and Managing Process Interfaces”; Industrial and Corporate Change, Forthcoming.
• Manning, S. "New Silicon Valleys Or a New Species? Commoditization of Knowledge Work and the Rise of Knowledge Services Clusters"; Research Policy, Forthcoming.
• Manning, S., Sydow, J., Windeler, A. 2012. "Securing Access to Lower-Cost Talent Globally: The Dynamics of Active Embedding and Field Structuration”; Regional Studies, 46, Forthcoming.
• Reinecke, J., Manning, S., Von Hagen, O. 2012. "The Emergence of a Standards Market: Multiplicity of Sustainability Standards in the Global Coffee Industry"; Organization Studies, 33 (5/6), 791-814.
• Manning, S., Sydow, J. 2011. “Projects, Paths, and Practices: Sustaining and Leveraging Project-Based Relationships”; Industrial and Corporate Change, 20 (5), 1369-1402.
• Manning, S. 2010. “The Strategic Formation of Project Networks: A Relational Practice Perspective”; Human Relations, 63 (4), 551-573.
• Manning, S., Massini, S., Lewin, A.Y. 2008. ”A Dynamic Perspective on Next-Generation Offshoring: The Global Sourcing of Science and Engineering Talent”; Academy of Management Perspectives, 22 (3), 35-54.

Additional Information

For more publications and downloads click here: http://um-boston.academia.edu/StephanManning/Papers

Background

2006-2009 Senior Research Associate, Offshoring Research Network, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Durham, NC
2002-2006 Research Fellow, Free University Berlin, Institute of Management, Berlin, Germany
2001-2002 Research Assistant, Social Science Research Center Berlin, Unit Labour Market and Employment, Berlin, Germany
2000 Evaluator of UNICEF Urban Out-of-School Program and Volunteer Consultant in Lekhnath Municipality, Nepal
1999-2000 Analyst at Consulting Firm for Regional Economic Development, Berlin, German

Courses Taught

Strategic Management (MGT490, MGT689)
Managing in the Global Economy (MGT434)
Business and Its Environment (MGT660)

Research Interests

My research stretches across the field of management and mainly covers three areas: (1) the formation and coordination of project-based relationships and networks; (2) global service sourcing and geographic knowledge services clusters; and (3) the role of multinational corporations in promoting sustainable development and global institution-building. I have done field research in different countries, including Germany, the U.S., Romania, China and Kenya; and industries, including film production, the automotive industry, the coffee industry, and global business services.

Professional and Service Activities

I am ad-hoc reviewer for several management journals, including Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, and the Academy of Management Perspectives. I am member of the Academic of Management, the Academy of International Business and the European Group for Organizational Studies. I am further affiliated with the international Offshoring Research Network (ORN), based at Duke University. As ORN partner I co-moderate discussion groups on offshoring and outsourcing on XING and LinkedIn, and have been involved in corporate advisory projects and practitioner workshops, e.g. in collaboration with the Conference Board and the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals.