Leadership
William Ocasio
Director
James F. Towey Professor of Business and Leadership
Matthew Kraatz
Associate Director
Merle H. and Virginia Downs Boren Professor in Business Administration
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.
Michael Bednar
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Director of Experiential Learning
Research: Corporate Governance, Boards of Directors, Tom Management Teams
Richard Benton
Associate Professor, Labor & Employment Relations
Research: Organizational Theory, Economic Sociology, Inter-organizational Networks
Marcelo Bucheli
Professor, Business Administration
Research: Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment; International Business History; Multinational Corporations
Joseph Clougherty
Professor, Business Administration
Research: Mergers & Acquisitions, Anti-trust policy, quality-management standards
Melissa Graebner
Robert C. Evans Endowed Professor of Business Administration
Director, INQUIRE
Research: Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy in Entrepreneurial Firms
Carlos Inoue
Assistant Professor, Business Administration
Research: Strategic Management, Organizational Governance, Public-Private Interactions
Olga Khessina
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Research: Evolution of Organizations and Industries, Market Emergence, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
E. Geoffrey Love
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Research: Social Evaluations, Organizational Change, Downsizing
Arkadiy Sakhartov
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Academic Co-Director, Hoeft T&M
Research: Organizational Innovation, Corporate Diversification
Michael Roach
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Research: Technology Entrepreneurship, Scientific Labor Markets
Mario Schijven
Assistant Professor, Business Administration
Research: Organizational Learning, Decision Making, Organizational Restructuring
Sonali Shah
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Associate Professor, Carle Illinois
Research: Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Creation and Diffusion of Technologies
Deepak Somaya
Diane and Steven N. Miller Professor in Business Administration
Research: Strategy and Competitive Advantage from Knowledge Assets
Pranav Gupta
Assistant Professor, Business Administration
Research: Collective Intelligence, Machine Theory of CI, Computational Social Science
Yusaku Takeda
Assistant Professor, Business Administration
Research: How Technology, Politics, and Social Issues affect Organizations