
Professor Kovács studies various topics in organization theory and strategy, including social networks, entrepreneurship, learning, diffusion, organizational identity, and status. He has investigated these issues in a variety of settings, including restaurants, movies, book publishing, innovation and patenting, and banks. His current work investigates the effects of category spanning and innovation in technological domains. Professor Kovács typically uses large-scale, “big data” approaches to study these questions, analyzing online reviews and social networks. His research appears in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, American Sociological Review, Organization Science, Management Science, Nature Biotechnology, Research Policy, Social Networks, and Strategic Management Journal.
Professor Kovács received his PhD from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Prior to joining the Yale School of Management, he was an assistant professor at the University of Lugano, Switzerland.
Expertise
Education
- PhD, Stanford University, 2009
Selected Articles
Linguistic Style Similarity and Network Formation
The Ecology of Management Concepts
Says Who?: Audiences’ Social Identities Influence Perceptions of Organizational Authenticity
Experientially Diverse Customers and Organizational Adaptation in Changing Demand Landscapes: A Study of US Cannabis Markets, 2014-2016
Authenticity Is in the Eye of the Beholder: The Exploration of Audiences’ Lay Association to Authenticity Across Five Domains
Selected Books
More Publications by Balázs KovácsAchievements
- Academy of Management Annals Best Paper of 2019 Award, 2020
- SO! WHAT award winner for the best paper published in 2014, 2019