Mihkel M. Tombak
Bio
Mihkel Tombak is the Hatch Professor in Technology Management and Strategy at the University of Toronto Mississauga. He holds a cross-appointment with the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and is Associate Fellow, CIRANO. He has served on the faculties of European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD), University of British Columbia, Helsinki School of Economics and Queen’s University. His research interests include industrial organization, economics of technological innovation, and competition policy. He has published articles in journals such as Economic Journal, Journal of Industrial Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Management Science and Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.
Academic Positions
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1988-1991
Assistant Prof., INSEAD
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1991-1994
Assistant Prof., UBC
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1994-2000
Professor, Helsinki School of Economics
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2000-2003
Professor, Queens University
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2005-2006
Director of the Master of Biotechnology Programme, Univ. of Toronto
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2007 - 2012
Director of the Master of Management of Innovation Programme, Univ. of Toronto
Selected Publications - Papers
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Optimal Reimbursement Policy in Health Care: Competition, Ownership Structure and Quality Provision
Mihkel M. Tombak (with R. Stenbacka)
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
Issue:Vol. 18, No. 1
2018
Pages: 1-19
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Switching to Green: the Timing of socially responsible innovation
Mihkel M. Tombak (with A. Galasso)
Journal of Economics and Management
Issue:23, No.3 Fall
2014
Pages: 669-691
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Make and buy: Balancing bargaining power
Mihkel M. Tombak (with R. Stenbacka)
Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization
Issue:81
2012
Pages: 391-402
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Endogenous Location Leadership
Meza, S., M. Tombak
International Journal of Industrial Organization, forthcoming
2009
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Why firms form (or dont form) RJVs
L.H. Roller, R. Siebert, M. Tombak
Economic Journal
Issue:July
2007
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Strategic Asymmetry
Mihkel Tombak
Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization
Issue:61, 3, Nov.
2006
Pages: 339-350
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Investment, Capital Structure and Complementarities between Debt and New Equity
Rune Stenbacka, and Mihkel Tombak
Management Science
Issue:Vol. 42, No. 2
2002
Pages: 257-272
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Mergers to Monopoly
Mihkel Tombak
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy
Issue:Vol. 11, No. 3
2002
Pages: 513-546
Research and Teaching Interests
competition policy, antitrust, economics of innovation, industrial organization
Honors and Awards
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2002
Research Excellence Award, Queens School of Business
Professional Affiliations/Memberships