Education:
Doctor of Philosophy Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley

Master in Business Administration
University of Illinois
 
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
University of Illinois

Refereed Publications:
The Role of Organizational Culture in the Corporate Branding Process at Silicon Valley Firms by Kowalczyk S. Published in a book of readings, Strategy in Transition edited by Bettis R.; Blackwell 2005. P. 205-222.

Corporate Branding Through External Perception of Organizational Culture by Kowalczyk S. & Pawlish M. Published in The Corporate Reputation Review, Fall 2002. Vol 5, #2/3, P.159-174.

Do Corporate Reputations Partly Reflect External Perceptions of Organizational Culture? by Flatt S. & Kowalczyk S. Published in The Corportate Reputation Review. Fall 2000. Vol 3, #4, P.351-358.

The HP Way: An Application Using Deliberate and Emergent Corporate Cultures to Analyze Strategic Competitive Advantage by Kowalczyk S. Giusti G. Published in a book of readings, Strategic Flexibility edited by Hamel G., Prahalad CK, Thomas & O'Neil. 1998, P. 77-91.

Refereed Conferences:

The Indirect and Direct Effects Between Financial Performance and Intangible Resources: Corporate Culture and Reputation by Flatt S. & Kowalczyk S. Presented at the 26th Annual International Conference of the Strategic Management Society. Vienna, Austria. November 2006.

Corporate Reputation as a Mediating Variable Between Corporate Culture and Financial Performance by Flatt S. & Kowalczyk S. Presented at the 10th Annual International Conference on Reputation, Image, Identity and Competitiveness. New York City, New York. May 2006.

A Preliminary Study on the Relationship Between Corporate Reputation and the External Perception of Culture by Kowalczyk S. & Flatt S. Presented at the 2005 Western Academy of Management Conference in Las Vegas, NV. April 2005. Judged to be one of the five best papers submitted to the conference and received a Best Paper Nomination.

Corporate Reputation & Financial Performance -The Emergence of Reputation Persistence by Kowalczyk S. & Flatt S. Presented at the 2004 Western Academy of Management Conference in Anchorage, AK. April 2004.

The Dynamics of Strategic Reputation Management and the Financial Market's Evaluation of Corporations by Kowalczyk S. & Malmberg A. Presented at The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Strategic Management Society. Baltimore, MD. November 2003.

The Underlying Construct of Fortune's Corporate Reputation by Kowalczyk S., Malmberg A. & Eng J. Presented at The 7th Annual International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Image and Identity. Manchester, UK. May 2003.

Plenary Presentation: Symposium on Corporate Branding by Kowalczyk S. & Pawlish M. Presented at The 6th Annual International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Identity and Competitiveness. Boston, MA. May 2002.

External Perception of Organizational Culture, Firm Reputation and Financial Performance: Is There a Relationship? by Kowalczyk S., Backman D. & Kanerva L. Presented at the 2002 Conference of the Western Academy of Management. Santa Fe, NM. March 2002.

Corporate Branding at Silicon Valley Firms by Kowalczyk S. Presented at The 21st Annual International Conference of the Strategic Management Society. San Francisco, CA. October 2001. Of more than 300 papers, selected as one of 15 to be included in the Outstanding Paper Proceedings.

The Reputation Quotient and Organizational Culture by Kowalczyk S. & Pawlish M. Presented at The 5th Annual International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Identity and Competitiveness. Paris, France. May 2001.

Reputation and Organizational Culture as Intangible Strategic Competencies in Seven of the largest Silicon Valley Firms by Kowalczyk S. & Pawlish M. Presented at The 20th Annual International Conference of the Strategic Management Society. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. October 2000.

Relating External Perceptions of Organizational Culture and Firm Reputation by Kowalczyk S. & Pawlish M. Presented at The 4th International Conference on Corporate Reputation Identity and Competitiveness. Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark. May 2000.

Reputation and Organizational Culture in Silicon Valley Firms by Kowalczyk S. Presented at The 2000 Western Academy of Management Conference. Kona, HI. April 2000.

An Empirical Examination of the Relationship Between Organizational Culture and Reputation by Kowalczyk S., Azoury K., Flatt S. & Eng J. Presented at The 1999 Western Academy of Management Conference. Redondo Beach, CA. March 1999. Judged to be one of the four best papers submitted to the conference and received a Best Paper Nomination.

An Empirical Examination of Organizational Culture and Performance in Hewlett Packard and Nordstrom by Kowalczyk S., Azoury K. & Eng J. Presented at The 1997 Western Academy of Management Conference. Lake Tahoe, CA. April 1997. Judged to be one of the five best papers submitted to the conference and received a Best Paper Nomination.

The HP Way: An Application by Kowalczyk S. & Giusti G. Presented at The 16th Annual International Conference of the Strategic Management Society. Phoenix, AZ. November 1996.

An Exploratory Study of The Relationship Between Perceived Environmental Dynamism and Organizational Culture: An Empirical Approach by Kowalczyk S. Presented at The 1996 Western Academy of Management Conference. Banff, Alberta, Canada. March 1996.

Subcultures Within a Strong Unicultural Firm: Hewlett Packer-An Empirical Analysis by Kowalczyk S., Lauzon C. & Fischer K. Presented at The 1995 Western Academy of Management Conference. San Diego, CA. April 1995.

Firm V.S. Industry Determinant of Organizational Culture by Kowalczyk S. & MacColl M. Presented at The International Conference on Advances in Management. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. June 1994.