Damon Phillips

Damon J. Phillips
Occupation(s)Professor, advisor
Known forbusiness strategy, labor markets, and entrepreneurship
SpouseKathy Phillips
Academic background
Alma materMorehouse College,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Stanford University
ThesisThe promotion paradox: The relationship between firm life chances and employee promotion chances in Silicon Valley law firms, 1946-1996 (1998)
Doctoral advisorJoel Podolny
Academic work
DisciplineBusiness
Sub-disciplineEntrepreneurship; Leadership and Ethics
InstitutionsColumbia Business School

Damon J. Phillips is an American business strategist, entrepreneurship scholar, sociologist, and the Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School.[1]

Career

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Phillips graduated from Morehouse College, and holds graduate degrees from MIT and Stanford.[2] Before academia, he worked at a family electronics manufacturing firm, which fueled his interest in business. From 1998 to 2011, he was professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Biography

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Phillips was born on Andrews Air Force Base, outside of Washington D.C. Because his father was in the military, the family moved several times during Phillips' childhood.

He was married to fellow Columbia Business School professor Kathy Phillips from August 1999 until her death in January 2020.[3]

Works

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  • Shaping Jazz, Princeton University Press, 2013. ISBN 9780691150888[4][5]
  • Kahl, Steven; Cusumano, Michael; Silverman, Brian S. (2012-09-03). "Orphaned Jazz: Short-Run Start-Ups and the Long-Run Success of Depression-Era Cultural Products". History and Strategy. Emerald Group Publishing. pp. 315–348. ISBN 978-1-78190-025-3.

References

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  1. ^ School, Columbia Business (2014-09-15). "Damon Phillips". Columbia Business School Directory. Retrieved 2020-01-17. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "Damon J. Phillips". www.cnas.org. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  3. ^ "DAMON J. PHILLIPS^^Professor of Business Strategy at Columbia University". #Startup Columbia. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  4. ^ Godart, Frédéric (2014-10-01). "Book Review: Damon J. Phillips Shaping Jazz: Cities, Labels, and the Global Emergence of an Art Form". Organization Studies. 35 (10): 1541–1544. doi:10.1177/0170840614526680. ISSN 0170-8406. S2CID 146264955.
  5. ^ Rossman, Gabriel (2014-05-01). "Shaping Jazz: Cities, Labels, and the Global Emergence of an Art Form by Damon J. Phillips". American Journal of Sociology. 119 (6): 1818–1819. doi:10.1086/676324. ISSN 0002-9602.
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