Bob Burgelman
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Bob Burgelman is a scholar of strategic management and organizational theory, best known for his work on corporate strategy, innovation, and internal corporate venturing.
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| Bob Burgelman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10940170 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob Burgelman Context triple: [Robert A. Burgelman, isKnownAs, Bob Burgelman]
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Arthur Gelien
Arthur Gelien is the birth name of Tab Hunter, the 1950s American film actor and teen idol known for movies like "Damn Yankees!" and his later work as a gay icon.
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Fred J. Koenekamp
Fred J. Koenekamp was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on major films of the 1970s and 1980s, earning an Academy Award and multiple nominations for his visually striking photography.
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George Schaefer
George Schaefer was an American film executive and producer best known for his leadership at RKO Radio Pictures during the early 1940s, where he supported innovative projects such as Orson Welles’s work.
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D.
James D. van Hoften
James D. van Hoften is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, notably performing spacewalks to repair satellites.
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John Verhoogen
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob Burgelman Target entity description: Bob Burgelman is a scholar of strategic management and organizational theory, best known for his work on corporate strategy, innovation, and internal corporate venturing.
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A.
Arthur Gelien
Arthur Gelien is the birth name of Tab Hunter, the 1950s American film actor and teen idol known for movies like "Damn Yankees!" and his later work as a gay icon.
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B.
Fred J. Koenekamp
Fred J. Koenekamp was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on major films of the 1970s and 1980s, earning an Academy Award and multiple nominations for his visually striking photography.
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C.
George Schaefer
George Schaefer was an American film executive and producer best known for his leadership at RKO Radio Pictures during the early 1940s, where he supported innovative projects such as Orson Welles’s work.
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D.
James D. van Hoften
James D. van Hoften is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, notably performing spacewalks to repair satellites.
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E.
John Verhoogen
John Verhoogen was a prominent 20th-century geophysicist known for his influential work on the thermal and dynamic evolution of the Earth’s interior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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scholar ⓘ strategic management scholar ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Academy of Management
NERFINISHED
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Strategic Management Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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Ghent University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Stanford Graduate School of Business
NERFINISHED
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Stanford University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
corporate entrepreneurship
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corporate strategy ⓘ innovation management ⓘ internal corporate venturing ⓘ organizational theory ⓘ strategic management ⓘ technology strategy ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | PhD in Management ⓘ |
| hasPublished |
articles in leading management journals
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books on strategy and innovation ⓘ |
| hasRole | editorial board member of management journals ⓘ |
| hasTaught |
MBA courses in strategy
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executive education programs in strategy and innovation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
longitudinal studies of Intel’s strategy
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research on corporate strategy ⓘ research on innovation in large firms ⓘ research on internal corporate venturing ⓘ research on strategy-making processes ⓘ work on induced and autonomous strategic behavior ⓘ work on strategy as a process ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| nationality | Belgian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Inside Corporate Innovation
NERFINISHED
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Strategic Dynamics: Concepts and Cases NERFINISHED ⓘ Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic researcher
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professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Stanford Executive Program
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Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Management NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor of Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business ⓘ Professor of Strategy and Organization ⓘ Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Stanford GSB ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
corporate renewal
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evolutionary theory of strategy ⓘ organizational adaptation ⓘ |
| workInstitution | Stanford Graduate School of Business NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Bob Burgelman Description of subject: Bob Burgelman is a scholar of strategic management and organizational theory, best known for his work on corporate strategy, innovation, and internal corporate venturing.
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