Faculty Profile

Lee Kong Chian School of Business

Gerard GEORGE

Visiting Faculty

Visiting Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Education

1997	Ph.D. in Management, Virginia Commonwealth University
1994	Master of Management Studies Master of Science (Honours) in Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India

Current Position(s) Held

2021 - Now	Visiting Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Singapore Management University
2015 - 2021	Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2013 - 2016	Editor, Academy of Management Journal
2007 - 2014	Deputy Dean and Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Imperial College London
2005 - 2007	Associate Professor, London Business School

Research Interests

Resources, Capabilities and Entrepreneurship-- Resources, knowledge, internationalization
Inclusive Innovation -- Organizational design; Business models for inclusive growth
Knowledge Production and Innovation -- Science commercialization; networks and innovation

Recent Publications

Schillebeeckx, S.J.D., Lin, Y., George, G., Alnuaimi, T. 2020. Knowledge recombination and inventor networks: The asymmetric effects of embeddedness on knowledge reuse and impact. Journal of Management, in press.

George, G., Merrill, R., Schillebeeckx, S.J.D. 2020. Digital sustainability and entrepreneurship: How digital innovations are helping tackle climate change and sustainable development, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, in press.

Blagoeva, R., Mom, T., Jansen, J. George, G. 2020. Problem-solving or self-enhancement? A power perspective on how CEOs affect R&D search in the face of inconsistent feedback. Academy of Management Journal, 63(2).

Schillebeeckx, S.J.D., Lin, Y., George, G. 2019. When do expert teams fail to create impactful inventions? Journal of Management Studies, 56 (6): 1073-1104.

George, G., Baker, T., Tracey, P. & Joshi, H. 2019. Handbook of Inclusive Innovation: The role of organizations, markets, and communities in social innovation. Edward Elgar. (Edited Book, 584 pages)

Zou, T., Ertug, G., George, G. 2018. The capacity to innovate: A meta-analysis of absorptive capacity, Innovation: Organization & Management, 20 (2): 87-121.

Bock, A. & George, G. 2018. The Business Model Book: Design, build and adapt business models that drive business growth. Pearson (Book, 245 pages)

George, G. & Schillebeeckx, S.J.D. 2018. Managing Natural Resources: Organizational strategy, behavior and dynamics. Edward Elgar (Edited Book, 326 pages)

Caldwell, N., Roehrich, J., George, G. 2017. Social value creation and relational coordination in public-private collaborations, Journal of Management Studies, 54(6): 906-928.

Kyratsis, Y., Atun, R., Phillips, N., Tracey, P., George, G. 2017. Health systems in transition: identity work in the context of shifting institutional logics. Academy of Management Journal, 60(2): 610-641.

George, G., Howard-Grenville, J., Joshi, A., Tihanyi, L. 2016. Understanding and tackling societal grand challenges through management research. Academy of Management Journal, 59(6): 1879-1894.

Schillebeeckx, S.J.D., Chaturvedi, S., George, G., King, Z. 2016. What do I want? The effects of individual aspiration and relational capability on collaboration preferences. Strategic Management Journal, 37(7): 1493-1506.

Alnuaimi, T., George, G. 2016. Appropriability and the retrieval of knowledge after spillovers, Strategic Management Journal, 37(7): 1263-1279.

George, G., Kotha, R., Parikh, P., Alnuaimi, T., Bahaj, A. 2016. Social structure, reasonable gain, and entrepreneurship in Africa, Strategic Management Journal, 37(6): 1118-1131.

Research Advisor/Co-Research Advisor to

Dale John COOK (djcook.2019[at] dba.smu.edu.sg), Doctor of Business Administration

ggeorge@smu.edu.sg

Research Areas

Lee Kong Chian School of Business

Strategic Priorities

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