Faculty Profile

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Gerard GEORGE

Visiting Faculty
Visiting Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
LKCSB

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  


 

Research Areas and Areas of Expertise