Research Areas
Innovation; product design and development; entrepreneurship
Current Projects
Managing innovation pipelines; opportunity identification; collaboration tools for innovation
Representative Publications
(with C. Terwiesch)
Innovation Tournaments: Creating and Selecting Exceptional Opportunities, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 2009.
(with S. Eppinger)
Product Design and Development, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2008.
(with C. Terwiesch)
Innovation Tournaments: Creating and Selecting Exceptional Opportunities, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 2009.
(with T. Randall and C. Terwiesch)
"User Design of Customized Products," Marketing Science, Vol. 26, No. 2 (2007).
(with K. Girotra and C. Terwiesch)
"Valuing R&D Projects in a Portfolio: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry," Management Science (2007).
(with D. Ellison )
"Beyond Make-Buy: Internalization and Integration of Design and Production." Production and Operations Management (2005).
Education
ScD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988; SM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985; SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984
Recent Consulting
Diverse projects in area of innovation, product development, and corporate venturing.
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
POMS College of Technology and Innovation Management Distinguished Fellow, 2006; 6th Annual Allan D. Shocker Lecturer, University of Minnesota, 2004; Elective Teaching Award, Wharton Excutive MBA Program, 2003, 2005; Helen Kardon Moss Anvil Award, 2000; Excellence in Teaching Award (Undergraduate Division), 2006; Excellence in Teaching Award (Graduate Division), 1996-99; Miller-Sherrerd MBA Core Curriculum Teaching Award, 1996-99
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1995-present. (named CIBC Professor, 2005; Chairperson, Operations and Information Management Department, 2005-2009) Previous appointment: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Department Editor, Management Science, 2001-2004; Editorial Board, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 1997-2004; Associate Editor, Management Science, 2008-present
