Regular biography
Christopher Poliquin is an Assistant Professor of Strategy at the University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management. His research focuses on public policy and corporate strategy, particularly CEO political engagement, corporate political activity, organizational design, and how firms redeploy resources for competitive advantage. Poliquin joined the UCLA Anderson faculty in 2018 and teaches Business Strategy in the MBA programs. His work has been published in journals such as PNAS, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Strategic Management Journal, and has been featured in media outlets like The New York Times and The Economist.
Scholar-generated biography
Christopher Poliquin is a researcher at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, focusing on business strategy and economics. His work explores the intersection of corporate behavior, public policy, and market dynamics. Poliquin's research interests include the impact of CEO activism on consumer behavior, the effects of gun policy on firearm sales, and the role of technology in organizational strategy. He also investigates how corporate political donations influence public policy and how internal mobility affects employee redeployment. His studies often use natural experiments and innovative data sources, such as smartphone location data, to analyze strategic and economic outcomes.