Kate Odziemkowska

Kate’s research focuses on nonmarket strategy. More specifically, how and when strategically aligning with often-adversarial stakeholders, such as social activists, NGOs, and local communities can benefit firms, and the implications for stakeholders and society. Kate’s research also explores how collaborative and conflictual stakeholder relationships affect firm innovation, returns to corporate scope expansion, and supplier and buyer networks. Kate’s research has been published or is forthcoming in Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science and the Strategic Management Journal. She serves on the Editorial Board of Organization Science.

At Rice’s Jones School of Business, she teaches courses in strategic management, stakeholder management and network theory. Prior to obtaining her PhD in Management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Kate worked in private, public and non-profit sectors.

Teaching Interests: 

• Strategic management
• Nonmarket strategy
• Corporate sustainability

Research Interests: 

• Nonmarket strategy
• Stakeholder governance
• Cross-sector collaboration
• Social movements