Biography

Dr. Robert R. Wiggins received his PhD (1995) and MBA (1977) from the University of Texas at Austin, and AB (1975) from Vassar College. Dr. Wiggins has published articles in several leading journals including Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Management Science, and Academy of Management Journal. His research concerns sustained competitive advantage and hypercompetition. Dr. Wiggins serves on the Board of Directors of Ray West Warehouses, Inc., a privately-held logistics firm in South Texas.

Education

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1995
M.B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1977
A.B., Vassar College, 1975

Teaching

Dr. Wiggins has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Management at the University of Memphis including:

• MGMT 4710: Strategic Management
• MGMT 7160: Global Strategic Management
• MGMT 8510: Seminar in Strategy (doctoral seminar)

Professional Service

• Academy of Management (AOM), BPS Division
• Webmaster, BPS Division, Academy of Management, 2004-2007
• Executive Committee Member (Ex Officio), BPS Division, Academy of Management, 2004-2007

Ad Hoc Reviewing

• Academy of Management Discoveries
• Academy of Management Journal
• Administrative Science Quarterly
• Management Science
• Organization Science
• Strategic Management Journal
• National Science Foundation
• Academy of Management annual meetings (BPS Division)
• British Journal of Management
• Long Range Planning
• Operations Research
• OMEGA
• Review of Industrial Organization

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Management, 2023
• George Johnson Teaching Fellowship, Fogelman College of Business and Economics, University of Memphis, 2017
• Best Empirical Paper Award, Fogelman College of Business and Economics, University of Memphis, 2005
• Emerald Management Reviews Citation of Excellence, 2005
• Suzanne Downs Palmer Research Professorship, University of Memphis, 2004-2005
• BSM Teaching Honor Roll, Tulane University, Spring 2002
• MBA Teaching Honor Roll, Tulane University, Spring 2001
• Freeman Faculty Fellow, Tulane University, 2000-2001
• MBA Teaching Honor Roll, Tulane University, Spring 2000
• Freeman Faculty Fellow, Tulane University, 1999-2000
• MBA Teaching Honor Roll, Tulane University, Fall 1998
• Freeman Professor of Doctoral Studies and Research, Tulane University, 1998-1999
• F., Jr., & Jessie Lee Seinsheimer Research Fellow, Tulane University, 1997-1998
• BPS New Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management, 1997
• BSM Teaching Honor Roll, Tulane University, Fall 1996
• University Continuing Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 1994-1995
• BPS Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management, 1994
• Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, inducted 1994
• Dean's Award for Academic Excellence, University of Texas at Austin, 1977
• Sord Scholar Award for Academic Excellence, University of Texas at Austin, 1976

Research

Representative Publications

Hypercompetition in the 21^st Century: A Look Back and a Look Forward, Robert R. Wiggins and Frances Fabian (University of Memphis), In Strategic Management in the 21^st Century, Timothy Wilkinson (Montana State University Billings), Editor, Praeger, 2013, ISBN 978-0-313-39741-7      

Schumpeter's Ghost: Is Hypercompetition Making the Best of Times Shorter?, Robert R. Wiggins and Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin), Strategic Management Journal 2005, Volume 26, Number 10, October 2005, pp. 887-911

• Selected by Emerald Management Reviews as one of the top 50 management articles of 2005

Response to McGahan and Porter's Comment on 'Industry, Corporate, and Segment Effects and Performance: A Non-Parametric Approach',Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) and Robert R. Wiggins, Strategic Management Journal 2005, Volume 26, Number 9, September 2005, pp. 881-886

Industry, Corporate, and Segment Effects and Business Performance: A Non-Parametric Approach, Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) and Robert R. Wiggins, Strategic Management Journal 2003, Volume 24, Number 9, pp. 861-879

Sustained Competitive Advantage: Temporal Dynamics and the Incidence and Persistence of Superior Economic Performance, Robert R. Wiggins and Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin), Organization Science 2002, Volume 13, Number 1, pp. 81-105

Longitudinal Performance Stratification: An Iterative Kolmogorov-Smirnov Approach, Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) and Robert R. Wiggins, Management Science 2000, Volume 46, Number 5, pp. 685-692

Necessary Conditions for the Predictive Validity of Strategic Groups: Analysis without Reliance on Clustering Techniques, Robert R. Wiggins and Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin), Academy of Management Journal 1995, Volume 38, Number 6, pp. 1635-1656

When Mean Square Error Becomes Variance: A Comment on “Business Risk and Return: A Test of Simultaneous Relationships”, Timothy W. Ruefli (The University of Texas at Austin) and Robert R. Wiggins, Management Science 1994, Volume 40, Number 6, pp. 750-759