David Gaddis Ross

R. Perry Frankland Professor
Full Professor

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University of Florida
Warrington College of Business
Management Department
Stuzin Hall 223

Bio

David Gaddis Ross is the R. Perry Frankland Professor at the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business Administration. Before that, he was an Assistant and Associate Professor at Columbia Business School. He has two streams of research: (1) organizational strategy, with a particular focus on gender issues in top management, and (2) the foundations of strategy, including topics like differentiation and resource acquisition. His theoretical work often makes use of mathematical modeling.

Professor Ross’s research has been featured many times in the media, including in outlets like The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC Nightly News, The McKinsey Quarterly, Forbes, Huffington Post, Bloomberg, Businessweek, The Sunday Times, and The Economist.

He teaches courses on strategy and entrepreneurship in the University of Florida’s graduate business programs, where he has won several awards for teaching. He also has taught for years in executive training programs on behalf of organizations like Accenture, Columbia Business School, KPMG, and Oliver Wyman.

Professor Ross received a Ph.D. in economics from New York University’s Stern School of Business, an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, and a B.S. in computer-science/mathematics and economics from Binghamton University.

Prior to becoming an academic, he worked for over a decade on Wall Street, where he advised governments and firms on mergers & acquisitions, restructuring, privatization, and cross-border tax and accounting arbitrage. He has extensive experience applying quantitative methods to solving real business problems and explaining technical subjects to non-technical audiences.

Professor Ross is also a contributor to PayAnalytics, an interdisciplinary effort by several researchers in diverse quantitative disciplines to help companies address pay equity in their workforces. He is also an advisor to 20-first, a consultancy that supports companies in adapting to global trends in gender, nationality, and generational issues.

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PhD, Stern Business School, 2007

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Research: Why Your Board Should Include a Long-Tenured Director — December 11, 2024 — The presence of long-tenured independent directors on corporate boards can be an effective governance mechanism that leads to greater perfor...
4 in 10 women feel underpaid – compared to 2 in 10 men: survey — March 11, 2024 — March 8 marked International Women’s Day, and the stats are still not great when it comes to women in the workplace. Overall, 40% of femal...
A Better Way for Companies to Address Pay Gaps — February 5, 2024 — Income inequality remains a troubling issue, despite years of progressive and proactive approaches and legislation. All too often, workers o...
Warrington management department No. 1 in productivity per faculty — June 1, 2022 — GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Even with only 13 tenure-track faculty members, the Department of Management at the University of Florida Warrington C...
Management professor’s paper wins top prize for insights on building equitable workplaces with AI technologies — April 12, 2021 — David Ross, R. Perry Frankland Associate Professor of Management, and two co-authors won first place for their white paper at the University...

Honors and awards Last 5 years

EMBA23 Outstanding Faculty Award — 2023
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Research Promotion Initiative — 2023
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First Place of the Wharton People Analytics White Paper Competition University of Pennsylvania Wharton — 2021
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Courses taught Last 3 years

Advanced DBA Research (MAN7978)
DBA Doctoral Dissertation/Defense (MAN7985)
Global Strategic Management (MAN6636)
Global Strategic Management (MAN6637)
Individual Work in Management (MAN6905)
Special Topics (ENT6930)
Special Topics (MAN6930)
Strategy and Disruption in Technology Industries (ENT6621)

PhD students advised Last 3 years

Gannon — 2024 — 2025
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Sana Zafar — 2022 — 2024
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Jarrod Humphrey — Unknown — 2023
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Jarrod Holmes Humphrey — 2021 — 2022
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Moonsik Shin — 2020 — 2022
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Professional service Last 5 years

Editorial Review Board Member, Academy of Management Review — 2017 to Present
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Editorial Review Board Member, Strategy Science — 2015 to Present
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Associate Editor, Strategic Management Journal — 2020 to 2023
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Editorial Review Board Member, Strategic Management Journal — 2015 to 2020
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Case publications Last 5 years

AfreecaTV: The Godfather of Streaming
Status: Published

Published Year: 2020

Author: David Ross
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Conference proceeding publications Last 5 years

There Are No Colorblind Models in a Colorful World: How to Successfully Apply a People Analytics Tool to Build Equitable Workplaces
Status: Published

Published Year: 2021

Authors: David Anderson, Margrét Bjarnadóttir, David Ross
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Journal article publications Last 5 years

Revisiting managerial “style”: The replicability and falsifiability of manager fixed effects for firm policies
Status: Published

Journal: Strategic Management Journal

Published Year: 2023

Authors: Victor Jarosiewicz, David Ross
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Female CEOs and the compensation of other top managers
Status: Published

Journal: Journal of Applied Psychology

Published Year: 2022

Authors: Cristian Dezső, Yixuan Li, David Ross
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Long-Tenured Independent Directors and Firm Performance
Status: Published

Journal: Strategic Management Journal

Published Year: 2022

Authors: Stefano Bonini, Justin Deng, Mascia Ferrari, Kose John, David Ross
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Using People Analytics to Build an Equitable Workplace
Status: Published

Published Year: 2022

Authors: David Anderson, Margrét Bjarnadóttir, David Ross
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