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Guy L.F. Holburn
Associate Professor
Guy Holburn joined
Ivey in July 2001 after completing his Ph.D. in
Business Administration (strategy) and M.A. in
Economics at the
University of California, Berkeley.
At Ivey he is also the Director (Energy) of the
Lawrence Centre for Policy and Management. Prior
to his Ph.D. studies, Holburn worked for several
years as a management consultant with
Bain and Company
in London, England, and was a founding member of
the Bain South Africa office. His undergraduate
degree is from
Cambridge University.
Holburn's research focuses on the relationship
between firms and governments, asking how
government institutions and policies affect
business strategy and how, in turn, firms help
shape public policy decisions. Much of his
research is applied to strategy and policy
issues in the utilities sector, particularly in
the electric power industry.
Holburn has been
awarded a number of research grants, including
those from the
Canada Foundation for Innovation,
Olin Foundation, the
University of California Energy
Institute,
California Public
Utilities Commission,
Ontario Centres
of Excellence and the
Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada.
In addition to academic-based research
activities, Holburn has also worked as a
consultant in the private and public sectors on
economic impact assessments, regional economic
development strategy, performance improvement
strategy in the utility sector and consumer
advocacy policy.
PROGRAM
TEACHING
Business,
Economics and Public Policy
RESEARCH FIELDS
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Renewable energy
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Corporate political strategy
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Stakeholder management
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International investment strategy
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
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“Political Capabilities, Policy Risk and
International Investment Strategy:
Evidence from the Global Electric Power
Industry” with Bennet Zelner.
Forthcoming, Strategic Management
Journal.
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"Information Asymmetries and Regulatory
Decision Costs: An Analysis of Electric
Utility Rate Changes, 1980-2000" with
Adam Fremeth. Forthcoming, Journal of
Law, Economics and Organization.
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“Contentious Implementation and
Retrenchment in Neoliberal Policy
Reform: The Global Electric Power
Industry, 1989 – 2001” with Witold
Henisz and Bennet Zelner,
Administrative Science Quarterly.
(Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 379-412, 2009).
- "Making
Friends in Hostile Environments:
Political Strategy in Regulated
Industries" with Richard Vanden Bergh,
Academy of Management Review.
(Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 520-540, 2008).
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"Nonmarket strategy performance:
Evidence from U.S. electric utilities"
with J.P Bonardi and Richard Vanden
Bergh, Academy of Management Journal
(Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 1209-1228, 2006).
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"Influencing Agencies through Pivotal
Political Institutions" with Richard
Vanden Bergh, Journal of Law,
Economics and Organization (Vol. 20,
No. 2, Fall 2004).
EXPERIENCE
Research
Fellow, California Public Utilities
Commission (1999-2000)
Teaching Assistant, Haas School of
Business, University of California,
Berkeley (1996-2001)
Consultant, Bain & Company, London, U.K.
and Capetown, South Africa (1993-1995)
INDUSTRY EXPERTISE
Government
Relations
Non-Market Strategy
Corporate Political Strategy
Lobbying Strategy
Political Institutions
Public Policy
Governance
Regulation
Deregulation and Privatization
Renewable Energy
Electricity
Water
Gas
Infrastructure
Consumer
Advocacy
Stakeholder Management
International Investment Strategy
Globalization
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