Kevin's research on business strategy and strategy implementation has been published in the Academy of Management Review, Advances in Strategic Management, the Journal of High Technology Management Research, Business Horizons, Management Decision, and the Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings. His article "Economic 'Short-Termism': The Debate, the Unresolved Issues, and the Implications for Management Practice and Research," in the Academy of Management Review, has been cited in leading journals in management, psychology, accounting, economics, and law.
Kevin's current work focuses on [a] economic and organizational dimensions of strategy problems involving long time horizons and intangible assets (e.g., short-termism, real options) and [b] the connections among business strategy, environmental sustainability (via strategies, operations, and technologies), and temporal and social dilemmas. He is the Principal Investigator for a 3-year $600,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, "University of Washington Environmental Management Program Keystone Projects." His teaching interests are in Business Policy and Strategy, Environmental Management, International Management, and Managerial Economics.
From 2004-2006, Kevin was the Faculty Director of the University of Washington's Environmental Management Program. For the 2005-2006 academic year, he was Chair of the UW Bothell General Faculty Organization.
In 1999, Kevin received the University of Washington's highest teaching honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award.
Dr. Laverty's Ph.D. is from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
updated October 2007