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Frahm Family Professor of Organization and Strategy

Expertise: business strategy & public policy, intellectual capital management, new institutional economics, organizational economics, organizational theory, technology licensing, corporate strategy and policy, innovation, pharmaceutical manufacturing

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Jackson Nickerson
Jackson Nickerson
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Nickerson's area of expertise includes corporate strategy and policy, economic policy, microeconomics, industrial organization, organizational economics, new institutional economics, intellectual capital management, technology licensing, organizational theory, human resource management, organizational behavior, and political economy. His collaborative reesearch with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the pharmaceutical industry is aimed at modernizing the regulation of pharmaceutical manufacturing and product quality. The study holds promise for reducing costs and expanding availability of life-saving medicines.

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Work:(314) 935-6374
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E-mail:nickerson@olin.wustl.edu
Address:One Brookings Drive
Campus Box 1133
St. Louis, MO 63130

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Business research in practice

Washington University in St. Louis awards first Olin Award for most applicable research (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11495.html)

April 7, 2008 -- Two professors at the Olin Business School are the winners of the first annual "Olin Award: Recognizing Research that Transforms Business." Jackson Nickerson, Ph.D. and Todd Zenger, Ph.D. will share the $10,000 honorarium in recognition of their research that examined the negative impact that social comparison, or envy, causes in the workplace.


Technology can help ease the pain when corporations change

The cozy side of IT (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/10353.html)

Oct. 19, 2007 --
Streaming video can make for a very authentic form of communication.
While most businesses pay lip service to the importance of communication in managing change, few successfully do it. A business professor from Washington University in St. Louis says using the internet to stream short videos every week from the CEO is the first step toward smooth transitions.


Making R&D more cost effective

New framework for developing and supporting products could improve profitability as much as 30 percent (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/8883.html)

March 5, 2007 --
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In dating — as in business — you don't want to be looking for a date when you're desperate; you want to find one before you become desperate. Business professors at Washington University in St. Louis have found that how firms manage their research and development (R&D) pipelines could mean the difference between always having products in the works and searching desperately for new goods. More... (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/8883.html)


Study finds both drug makers and F.D.A. could run a tighter ship

Pharmaceutical industry wastes $50 billion a year due to inefficient manufacturing (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/7912.html)

Oct. 9, 2006 --
The pharmaceutical industry could be wasting more than $50 billion a year in manufacturing costs alone, costs that could translate in to lower prices or greater research and development - according to findings of the largest empirical study ever performed of pharmaceutical manufacturing and the Food and Drug Administration monitoring policies. More... (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/7912.html)


WUSTL business professor studies when contracting work to outside sources is a bad idea

Outsourcing helps or hurts businesses, depending on how they're used (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/6480.html)

Feb. 2, 2006 --
People's suspicions about outsourcing are sometimes right; it is just a way for firms to save a buck. But when firms outsource IT projects or share resources with a supplier, they might be creating competitors who could steal customers or profit making ideas, says a professor from the Olin School of Business. Without knowing when it is appropriate to outsource, the financial impact could be quite harmful.



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Making pills the smart way
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April 26, 2004 -- Despite its high-tech image, the pharmaceutical industry is less adept at manufacturing than you might expect. The Food & Drug Administration recently found hundreds of quality violations at drug companies and some factory processes are so antiquated that companies can't even pinpoint the cause of the snafus. Manufacturing may have become the poor stepchild of the pharmaceutical industry, but now, that stepchild is getting the attention it deserves. Jackson A. Nickerson of the Olin School of Business is leading an effort to find and correct flaws in drug-manufacturing practices and in FDA regulations, and he predicts huge economic gains. "Everyone has said that costs could decline by up to 50%," said Nickerson in the May 3, 2004, online issue of Business Week.



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