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Ines Black

Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Fuqua School of Business
Fuqua School of Business, Box 90120, Durham, NC 27708
100 Fuqua Drive, Box 90120, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications


The aging firm

Journal Article Research in Organizational Behavior · December 1, 2025 Prior research suggests that a firm’s workforce age composition is a key factor influencing its performance through effects on technological adoption, organizational learning, employee job satisfaction, and turnover. However, the existing literature often ... Full text Cite

Hunting for talent: Firm-driven labor market search in the United States

Journal Article Strategic Management Journal · March 1, 2024 Research Summary: We analyze firm-driven labor market search, where firms “hunt” for talent rather than rely on workers to apply for vacancies. We leverage three approaches. We develop a model of firm-driven search and derive equilibrium conditions under w ... Full text Cite

Market Segment, Organizational Form, and Information Technology Fit

Journal Article Strategy Science · March 1, 2024 Several literatures in strategy propose models of the displacement of incumbent firms by newer firms that adopt newer technologies. Although that pattern likely plays out often, it is also often the case that incumbents adopt new technologies less intensiv ... Full text Cite