I am an Assistant Professor of Management at Appalachian State University. Check my AppState profile page here: https://management.appstate.edu/directory/tiberiu-ungureanu-phd

My research focuses on understanding how organization structure influence resource allocation processes. In my dissertation study how vertical (hierarchical) positions of managers differently influences their resource allocation to exploration versus exploitation activities. In the first dissertation chapter I study how structure dictates optimal exploration strategies at different hierarchical levels. In the second chapter I try to understand how structure influences the tradeoff between rigidity and flexibility in resource allocation decisions. In the third chapter I study how structure influences resource redeployment decisions. In other related projects I study how environmental dynamism influences exploration intensity (i.e., how much to incentivize managers to search for new opportunities) and exploration breadth (i.e., whether to allocate resources to projects relatively similar to what firm currently does, or whether to invest in pioneering projects) and I empirically test theoretical predictions in my dissertation. In the future I will expand my research to the broader problem generated by the tradeoff between exploration and exploitation.