The George R. Terry Book award is granted annually to the book judged to have made the most outstanding contribution to the advancement of management knowledge with a contribution to management theory, conceptualization, research, or practice. Nominated books must be unedited and published during the previous two years. The deciding award committee for the 2011 George R. Terry Book Award included: Constantinos Markides (Chair), Gautam Ahuja, Peter Cappelli, Laurence Capron, Denise M. Rousseau.  Additional information about this award and other all-Academy awards can be found on the 2011 Annual Meeting Website, under Awards & Recognition.


The 2011 George R. Terry Book Award was presented to:

“Neighbor Networks: Competitive Advantage Local and Personal” Ronald S. Burt 

The 2011 finalists for the George R. Terry Book Award included:

“Design-Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean” Roberto Verganti

“Reorganize for Resilience: Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business” Ranjay Gulati

“The Entrepreneurial Group: Social Identities, Relations, and Collective Action” Martin Ruef

"Diaminds: Decoding the Mental Habits of Successful Thinkers" Mihnea Moldoveanu and Roger L. Martin

“From Predators to Icons: Exposing the Myth of the Business Hero” Michel Villette and Catherine Vuillermot