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Todd R. Zenger

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Robert and Barbara Frick Professor of Business Strategy

Expertise: economic theories of the firm, employee compensation, managing technology, organizational design, business strategy, innovation

Bio:
Zenger
Zenger's research centers on organizational forms, organizational boundaries, and employee compensation. His current research seeks to understand new organizational forms, shifting organizational boundaries, and group-based pay initiatives.

WUSTL Contact Information:
Work:(314) 935-6399
Fax:(314) 935-6359
E-mail:zenger@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.


Business school students work out plan for biofuels in undeveloped countries

Using the jatropha plant in African villages could help stabilize local economies (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/8171.html)

Nov. 9, 2006 --
Jatropha plants
Photo courtesy R. K. Henning and D1 Oils; www.jatropha.org
Jatropha plants
During a practicum for the World Agricultural Forum, Washington University M.B.A. students realized that using ethanol as an alternative fuel in developing countries isn't cost effective. Instead, they stumbled upon the jatropha plant, a hardy shrub with seeds that can easily produce oil to power basic generators. The students' work demonstrated the potential for economic stability that jatropha could offer small villages. More... (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/8171.html)


New research

How complex, unique business strategies are undervalued (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/6871.html)

April 3, 2006 --
Successful strategies are innovative. They combine resources or businesses in unique or complex ways that other firms may fail to recognize. Yet research from the Olin School of Business at Washington University finds that the market tends to undervalue companies with complex or unique strategies. The reason: they receive less analyst coverage. More... (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/6871.html)


For expert comment

New CEO at Hewlett Packard (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/4997.html)

March 29, 2005 --
Todd Zenger installed Feb. 10

Fricks endow professorship in Olin School; Zenger named initial holder (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/4603.html)

Feb. 14, 2005 -- Alumnus Robert Frick and his wife Barbara have established a professorship in the Olin School of Business. Todd Zenger, authority on business strategy and organizational design, will be formally installed as the first holder.



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Hewlett-Packard to Lay Off 14,500 in Turnaround Effort
The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and 3 others

July 20, 2005 -- Hewlett-Packard announced that it will lay off 14,500 workers, or nearly 10 percent of its staff, over the next 18 months as part of a revamping plan that the company's executives hope will turn around the struggling fortunes of the giant computer and printer maker.
WUSTL business strategy professor Todd Zenger comments.



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