Rumelt’s research has centered on corporate diversification strategy and the sources of sustainable advantage to individual business strategies. His current research interests center on the dynamics of industry transitions with a focus on the patterns and forces shaping the evolution of complex industries.
Rumelt received his doctorate from the Harvard Business School in 1972. He joined the UCLA faculty in 1976. He was President of the Strategic Management Society in 1995-98. He received the Irwin Prize for his book Strategy, Structure, and Economic Performance. In 1997, he was appointed Telecom Italia Strategy Fellow, a position he held until April 2000. He has won teaching awards at UCLA and received a “best paper prize” in 1997 from the Strategic Management Journal.
Books in order of publication:
Strategy, Structure, and Economic Performance, Harvard Business School Press – 1974
Fundamental Issues In Strategy, Harvard Business School Press – 1994
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why it Matters, Crown Business – 2011 The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists, Public Affairs – 2022
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