Justin Frake
I am an Assistant Professor of Strategy at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and an Associate Editor at Management Science. I study how individual perceptions and preferences shape organizational outcomes—often in unexpected ways. My research focuses on strategic human capital, stakeholder perceptions, organizational misconduct, and causal inference. My work has been published in Management Science, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Marketing Science.
I currently teach Strategy 502 (Corporate Strategy, MBA) and STRAT 898 (Causal Inference Methods, PhD).
Research Focus Areas
Human Capital
This stream explores how human capital strategies often produce unintended outcomes, examining knowledge protection strategies, organizational design, and employee specialization.
View Human Capital PapersStakeholder Perceptions
This stream examines how stakeholder perceptions affect strategic value, revealing how individual perceptions and social contexts shape strategic initiatives in unexpected ways.
View Related PapersCausal Inference
This stream advances methodological approaches for credible causal inference in strategy research, introducing partial identification methods and addressing threats like collider bias.
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