Annamaria Conti

Annamaria will teach you the strategy, systems and culture needed for innovation.

Annamaria is an Associate Professor and a co-editor of the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy. She conducts research in the fields of entrepreneurship and economics of science.

In her module you’ll explore why innovations fail and why companies need a strategy of innovation – learning what to do if you encounter disruptors in your market: beat them, join them or wait them out?

Co-editor of the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy
Research published in renowned journals
Work has been cited by the European Commission

Annamaria will teach you:

INNOVATION

Professor Annamaria Conti

Award-winning researcher

Taught at

IE Business School, IE University

HEC Lausanne, l’Université de Lausanne

Scheller College of Business, Georgia

Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Awards

Brady Family Award for Faculty Research Excellence

The DRUID Young Scholar Best Paper Award

Top 5% among management researchers at German/Swiss/Austrian universities (BWL Ranking)

3 ‘Best Teacher’ awards at IE

ABOUT ANNAMARIA

Before taking up her position at IE Business School, Annamaria was an Associate Professor at HEC Lausanne and an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management at the Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.

In the field of entrepreneurship, Annamaria has used data from Israeli and US start-ups to examine the signalling value of patents, the role of R&D grants in spurring innovation by new ventures and the role of venture capitalists’ monitoring capital in upgrading start-ups’ value.

She has also investigated cohort and gender effects on graduate students’ placement, using economic data from Europe. Her research has been published in journals like Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Research Policy and Journal of Economics & Management Strategy.

Before her academic career, Annamaria worked as an economist for Caterpillar S.a.r.l and various other international organisations.

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