Strategy & Innovation
Goal
We are a collegial, eclectic, and highly motivated group of researchers who focus broadly on how firms generate performance differentials over their competitors. We place particular emphasis on the study of innovation in different kinds of organizations and the role that technological change plays in creating new industries and shaping existing ones.
Our goal is to provide thought leadership to the field of strategy, to our students, and to practitioners worldwide who must deal with ever changing market realities.
The Strategy & Innovation Department also draws on the resources of the School’s research centers and corporate partners.
Research Interests
- Innovation strategies
- Entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship
- Entry-timing advantages
- Reorganization and firm turnaround
- Diffusion of innovations and new business models
- Flexibility, modularity and firm performance
- Strategic alliances and acquisitions
- Disruptive innovation and platform competition
- Learning and knowledge transfer
- Intellectual property
- Selected Industry expertise: telecoms, software, medical (biotech, pharma, device), IT
Faculty and Affiliated Programs in the News
Boston University School of Management Prof. N. Venkatraman is 22nd most-cited scholar in management across the globe
Boston University’s International Incubator Program earns world-wide recognition
Video: N. Venkatraman discusses " Opportunities and Challenges of Winning in a Network Era"
Boston Business Journal reports BU’s New Venture group “made the most difference” in entrepreneur’s success
Modern Healthcare asks Iain Cockburn about measuring biotech R&D growth in emerging markets
Xconomy praises ITEC’s exploration of VCs in Boston vs. Silicon Valley
| Program Faculty |
| Iain Cockburn |
Professor and Everett V. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar, ITEC Research Advisor, Graduate Strategy Core Coordinator |
| Jeffrey Furman |
Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Strategy Concentration & Core Coordinator |
| Aleksios Gotsopolous |
Post Doctoral Fellow |
| Stine Grodal |
Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Strategy Core Coordinator, Research Seminar Series Coordinator |
| Samina Karim |
Assistant Professor, MBA Program Committee Representative |
| Paul McManus |
Executive-in-Residence, Lecturer, and Director, International Programs, ITEC |
| Erik Molander |
Lecturer |
| Allen Mottur |
Executive-in-Residence and Lecturer |
| Vinit Nijhawan |
Executive-in-Residence and Lecturer |
| Siobhan O'Mahony |
Associate Professor, PhD Program Coordinator |
| Jonathan Rosen |
Lecturer and Executive Director, ITEC |
| Peter Russo |
Executive-in-Residence, Senior Lecturer, Director, Entrepreneurship Programs, ITEC, Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Concentration Coordinator |
| Timothy Simcoe |
Assistant Professor, Research Seminar Series Coordinator |
| Ashley Stevens |
Lecturer |
| Fernando Suarez |
Department Chair, Associate Professor, Graduate Strategy Concentration Coordinator |
| Sushil Vachani |
Professor |
| N. Venkatraman |
David J. McGrath, Jr. Professor in Management |
| Yanbo Wang |
Assistant Professor |
For general inquiries, please contact:
Christopher J. Tuite
Program Coordinator
Phone: (617) 353-2523
Fax: (617) 353-5003
Leading in times of change requires knowledge of key conceptual tools to understand dynamic environments, and an appreciation of the practical obstacles and resistance that leaders encounter when trying to foster transformation. We provide students and executives with the tools and insights they need to be game-changers in their organizations. 
