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							                                   Curriculum Vitae

                                                                       79 East Lynn Ave.
                                                                  Toronto, ON M4C 3X3
                                                                               CANADA
                                                   alison.kemper04@rotman.utoronto.ca
                                                           Citizenship: USA and Canada
Alison Kemper
Education
      Ph.D., Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management, University of
      Toronto, 2004-present
          • “Exchanging values, changing organizations: How activist ratings change
          corporate institutions.” Terry Amburgey, chair
          • Comprehensive exam fields: Strategy and Organizations, Strategy and
          Economics, Models and Methods, Corporate Social Responsibility

      M.B.A., Rotman School, University of Toronto, 2004

      M.Th., Church History, Trinity College, University of Toronto, 1985

      M.Div. (Honours), Trinity College, University of Toronto, 1979

      B.A., Religious Studies, Yale College, Yale University 1976


Awards, Distinctions and Fellowships

      • Dissertation Proposal Award. Aspen Institute. 2009
      • Award for Teaching Excellence, Rotman School of Management, 2008
      • Bealight Fellowship, Rotman School of Management, 2005-2008
      • William Osborn Twaits Fellowship. University of Toronto. 2007-2008
      • CCMF Foundation National Fellowship. University of Toronto. 2005-2007
      • Valedictorian, Rotman MBA Class 2004


Research Interests / Research Profile

      • Strategy: corporate social performance, governance, sustainability
      • Organization theory: Performativity, institutional enactment, institutional
      entrepreneurship, social movements

      I am interested in the ways in which value-laden information is intelligible to and
      used by firms. In my dissertation, I investigate whether firms understand and use
      information about values and institutions more frequently when the information is
      quantitative. Do ratings increase the adoption of rated practices? I use logistic
      regression to determine whether inclusion in ratings has impact on firm
      behaviour. I use heterogeneous diffusion modelling to examine how the
      publication of ratings shifts the diffusion patterns of rated practices. In related
      publications and working papers with colleagues, I also explore issues in
       corporate social responsibility, regulations and standards, and business
       education.

Publications and Working Papers
      Martin, Roger, Alison Kemper and Jennifer Riel. “Virtue Matrix Reloaded”,
      Rotman Magazine, Fall 2009

       Kemper, Alison and Roger Martin. “Corporate Social Responsibility”, in.
       Qfinance: The Ultimate Resource. Bloomsbury Publications, 2009

       Kemper, Alison, “Strategy”, Chapter 2, in Daft, R.L and A. Armstrong.
       Organization Theory and Design (2009, first Canadian edition)

       Kemper, Alison. “Accessibility Standards and Innovation: Projecting the
       Economic Impact of Meeting Ontario's Human Rights Challenges”, Canadian
       Business Ethics Research Network (CBERN), Business and Human Rights
       symposium, 2010 in preparation for a special issue of the Journal of Business
       Ethics
       Kemper, Alison. “Observer effects in corporate ratings”. Proceedings,
       Administrative Sciences Association of Canada. 2009



Presentations and Invited Seminars
       Kemper, Alison. “Accessibility Standards and Innovation: Projecting the
       Economic Impact of Meeting Ontario's Human Rights Challenges”, Canadian
       Business Ethics Research Network (CBERN), Business and Human Rights
       symposium, 2010
       Kemper, Alison and Roger Martin. “After the Fall: Reconsidering the Social Roles
       of Business given the Collapse of the Capital Markets” Presentation at EGOS,
       Barcelona, 2009
       Kemper, Alison. “Observer effects in corporate ratings”. OMT Division,
       Administrative Sciences Association of Canada. 2009
       Kemper, Alison. “Making markets, changing organizations”, Presentation at
       Energizing Markets – Making and Breaking Boundaries for The Regimes of
       Value, Copenhagen Business School, 2008
       Kemper, Alison and Roger Martin. “Rethinking our self-fulfilling prophecies:
       rebuilding the social dimensions of the MBA”, Presentation at Biennial
       Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Humboldt University, Berlin 2008
       Kemper, Alison and Roger Martin. “Evading self-fulfilling prophecies: rebuilding
       the social dimensions of the MBA”, Presentation at EABIS, Cranfield, UK, 2008
       Kemper, Alison. “Performativity Effects in Corporate Rankings”, Poster at the SIM
       Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, 2008
       Kemper, Alison. “Activists, Firms and Institutions”, Presentation at the
       Organization Theory Division, ASAC Conference, Halifax, 2008




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Research Experience
      Lead Researcher, Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School, University of
            Toronto, Projected impact of proposed accessibility standards on
            Ontario’s economy, 2009

      Research Associate, AIC Institute for Corporate Citizenship, Rotman School,
            University of Toronto, 2004-present

Teaching Experience

      Lecturer: Organizational Behaviour, Business Communication. third year
      requirement,
      Rotman, Winter 2008 and Fall 2009.

      Instructor: Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
      Atkinson College, York University, Summer 2009

      Lecturer: Corporate Citizenship Strategy, M.B.A. Second year elective,
      Rotman, Winter 2008

      Lecturer: Canadian Women’s Religious History,
      Emmanuel College, University of Toronto, 1984-86

      Teaching Assistant, Rotman School of Management
            Strategic Change and Implementation, M.B.A., 2005- 2009
            Cooperative Strategy, M.B.A., 2006-2007
            International Management, M.B.A., 2005-9
            Leadership and Ethics, M.B.A., 2006-7


Professional Service
Ad hoc reviewer
       Canadian Journal of Administrative Studies
       Journal of Small Business Management
       Corporate Governance: An International Review
       Strategic Management Journal
       Academy of Management Program
              Business Policy and Strategy
              Organization and Management Theory
              Social Issues in Management

Memberships
      European Group for Organizational Studies
      Administrative Sciences Association of Canada
      Academy of Management
            Business Policy and Strategy Division
            Organization and Management Theory Division
            Social Issues in Management Division




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Administrative, Community and Professional Experience
Executive Director, The 519 Community Centre, Toronto, 1992–2007

National Administrative Director, Greenpeace Canada, Toronto, 1990–1992

Executive Director, Riverdale Immigrant Women’s Centre, 1988–1990

Administrative Coordinator, New Experiences for Immigrant Women, 1987–1988

Administrative Coordinator, Rexdale Women’s Centre, 1985–1987

Curate, Anglican Diocese of Toronto, Toronto, 1980–1985


References
Dean Roger Martin, Rotman School of Management, martin@rotman.utoronto.ca

Professor Terry Amburgey, Rotman School of Management,
amburgey@rotman.utoronto.ca

Professor Richard Florida, Rotman School of Management, florida@rotman.utoronto.ca




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