Vaughn Tan
Graduate Student in Organizational Behavior / Sociology
Biographical Note
My interests lie in developing theory and methods for characterizing organizational diffuseness, particularly in relation to boundary permeability, happiness, knowledge production, productivity, and information efficiency. Areas of particular empirical interest are venture-capital and entrepreneurial networks, haute cuisine networks, distributed artisanal production systems, standards-creating coalitions, and open-source software communities.
I grew up in Singapore, served in the Singapore Army as a logistician, and concentrated in Social Studies at Harvard College (my thesis examined the adoption of Japanese food as haute cuisine in 1980s America). Inexplicably hired by Google after college, I worked there on advertising partnerships, Google Maps and Earth, the Lunar XPRIZE, and structured data products. I moved to the Anderson Ranch Art Foundation in May 2008 before returning to Cambridge.
10/10/2009
- Research Interests
- Organizational diffuseness, knowledge production, boundary permeability, information efficiency, multiplex networks
- Previous Degrees
- AB, Social Studies; Harvard 2005
| Teaching Experience | ||
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Sciences 147 | Idea translation: effecting change through the arts and sciences | TF |
| Biology 95hfy | Tutorial: biodiversity, agriculture, economics | TF |
Suggested Links
| A few small things. |
Contact
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