Nicole W. Biggart

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Nicole Woolsey Biggart is a professor of Management and Sociology, the Jerome J. and Elsie Suran Chair in Technology Management at the University of California, Davis. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Professor Biggart is currently Dean of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management and was a founding faculty member of the school.

Professor Biggart held leadership positions in the Academy of Management, the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics and the American Sociological Association, She also served on the editorial boards of several professional journals.

Professor Biggart teaches organizational theory and management of innovation. Her research fields include organizational theory, management of innovation, economic and organizational sociology, firm networks, industrial change and social bases of technology adoption.