General Information
Teaching Interests
Professor Miles teaches primarily Strategy courses in the undergraduate, MBA, and Executive MBA programs. She also teaches courses in entrepreneurship, innovation, and global strategy.
Research Interests
Dr. Miles' areas of expertise include strategic management and entrepreneurship with specific interest garnered toward how institutional or environmental factors influence firm strategy. Working in the financial and banking industry, Dr. Miles experienced first-hand how the external environments influenced trade activity and fund strategy, which motivated her to seek further understanding of these relationships. Her research focuses on how economic environment conditions as well as community relationships influence firm decisions and strategies, with particular interest in entrepreneurial firms. In addition to this line of research, Dr. Miles also studies technology and innovation management within the biotechnology industry. In this line of research she focuses on how external relationships influence innovation patterns and outcomes. Her work has appeared in journal such as Journal of Management, Research Policy, Journal of International Management Reviews, and Asia Pacific Management Journal, as well as the Academy of Management Conference proceedings.
Service Summary
Dr. Miles is one of the founders of the innovative and award winning Capstone Cup. She is the point person and engages in recruitment of area employers to serve as judges for this semester-long event. Professor Miles was part of a team that spearheaded the Jack & Stephanie Koraleski Commerce and Applied Behavioral (CAB) Laboratory in the College of Business. Typically only found in doctoral-granting colleges, the Koraleski CAB Lab continues to pose a great deal of potential for fellow CBA faculty members. Dr. Miles serves on CBA's Strategic Planning Council and DEAI Council and is a faculty sponsor the the Delta Sigma Pi fraternity. She is also on Faculty Senate, the University DEAI Faculty Advisory Committee, and is part of the Faculty Search Training team. Dr. Miles serves as the Assistant Department Chair, the Management Advisory Board Lead, and the faculty advisor for Students in Leadership And Management (SLAM). She is a member of the Academy of Management, the Strategic Management Society and has served as a reviewer for prestigious academic management conferences and journals.