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Drones

Exploring the emergence of the commercial drone industry with Mahka Moeen.

[1] Shermon, A., Moeen, M. "Zooming Out or Zooming In? Entrants’ Product Portfolios in the Nascent Drone Industry" (2nd R&R at Strategic Management Journal) 

• Awards & Nominations: Nominated for Best Paper at SMS Frankfurt Special Conference 2019

• Presentations: SMS Paris Annual Conference (2018)*, SMS Frankfurt Special Conference (2019)*, Academy of Management (Boston, 2019), Bocconi Assembly for Innovation and Cooperation (2019)*, Utah-BYU Winter Strategy Conference (2020)*, Strategy Science Conference (2020)*, Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Workshop (2020)*, SMS Online Annual Conference (2020)

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[2] Shermon, A., Moeen, M. "Inventing for Legitimacy: Evidence from the Nascent Drone Industry"

(data collection & analysis)

• Awards & Nominations: $4,500 research grant from the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise (2020)

• Presentations: East Coast Doctoral Conference (2020 - cancelled due to COVID-19), Academy of Management (2020), SMS Toronto Annual Conference (2021)

Graphene

Graphene is a carbon nanomaterial and an emerging general-purpose technology, with potential market applications in consumer electronics, sensors, energy (batteries & supercapacitors), drug delivery, polymers & composites, paint & coatings, and many more.

[3] Shermon, A. "How Science Facilitates Broader Alliance Portfolios with General-Purpose Technologies: Evidence from Graphene" (working paper) ​

• Awards & Nominations: $10,000 research grant from the Strategy Research Foundation Dissertation Program (2019)

• Presentations: Research Policy Conference for Early Career Researchers (2021), East Coast Doctoral Conference (2021), SMS Toronto Annual Conference (2021), Academy of Management (2021)

Healthcare

"Turbocharging Healthcare Innovation" (2021, published in 2021 Trends in Entrepreneurship Report)