Leadership
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William Ocasio
Director
James F. Towey Professor of Business and Leadership
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Matthew Kraatz
Associate Director
Merle H. and Virginia Downs Boren Professor in Business Administration
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Joseph Mahoney
Associate Director
Professor of Business Administration and Caterpillar Chair of Business
ISOI Scholars
ISOI Scholars and Affiliates have been chosen for their outstanding research.
- ISOI Scholars' research is central to ISOI's mission to conduct, sponsor, and promote world-class research and thought leadership in strategic organizations, which builds upon Gies College of Business' distinguished history and reputation in both organizational behavior and strategic management.
- ISOI Affiliates body of research is relevant to ISOI's mission.
- ISOI Student Affiliates are nominated by ISOI Scholars and Affiliates for their outstanding research potential that is relevant to the initiative’s mission.
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Michael Bednar
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Director of Experiential Learning
Research: Corporate Governance, Boards of Directors, Tom Management Teams
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Richard Benton
Associate Professor, Labor & Employment Relations
Research: Organizational Theory, Economic Sociology, Inter-organizational Networks
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Marcelo Bucheli
Professor, Business Administration
Research: Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment; International Business History; Multinational Corporations
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Joseph Clougherty
Professor, Business Administration
Research: Mergers & Acquisitions, Anti-trust policy, quality-management standards
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Melissa Graebner
Robert C. Evans Endowed Professor of Business Administration
Director, INQUIRE
Research: Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy in Entrepreneurial Firms
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Carlos Inoue
Assistant Professor, Business Administration
Research: Strategic Management, Organizational Governance, Public-Private Interactions
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Olga Khessina
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Research: Evolution of Organizations and Industries, Market Emergence, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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E. Geoffrey Love
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Research: Social Evaluations, Organizational Change, Downsizing
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Arkadiy Sakhartov
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Academic Co-Director, Hoeft T&M
Research: Organizational Innovation, Corporate Diversification
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Michael Roach
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Research: Technology Entrepreneurship, Scientific Labor Markets
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Mario Schijven
Assistant Professor, Business Administration
Research: Organizational Learning, Decision Making, Organizational Restructuring
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Sonali Shah
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Associate Professor, Carle Illinois
Research: Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Creation and Diffusion of Technologies
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Deepak Somaya
Diane and Steven N. Miller Professor in Business Administration
Research: Strategy and Competitive Advantage from Knowledge Assets
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Pranav Gupta
Assistant Professor, Business Administration
Research: Collective Intelligence, Machine Theory of CI, Computational Social Science
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Yusaku Takeda
Assistant Professor, Business Administration
Research: How Technology, Politics, and Social Issues affect Organizations