Gerry George

Gerard George is Dean and Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University.[1][2] In an earlier interview with Financial Times, his stated goal was to build a globally leading business school by developing Asian research and teaching insights and being connected with the Singapore community and ASEAN region.[3] In the 2018 ranking by the Financial Times, the Lee Kong Chian School of Business was ranked sixth among the Asia Pacific Business Schools, and had risen seven places from the previous year ranking of 13th.[4]

Previously, he was Deputy Dean and founding director of Gandhi Centre for Inclusive Innovation at Imperial College London. The Centre was launched in December 2007 at Mumbai to facilitate research, technology and educational partnerships between Imperial College and Indian organisations and businesses.[5] He helped launch the BML Munjal University and serves on its Board of Governors.[6] He retains the position of visiting professor at the innovation and entrepreneurship group at Imperial College Business School.

George was editor of the Academy of Management Journal, the leading journal in management and business research from 2013 until 2016.[7] This was the first time that the editorship moved to Europe and then to Asia in the journal's 60-year history [8] In his editor role, he encouraged a rethinking of management scholarship [9] to embrace important organizational and social phenomena rather than an exclusive focus on theory development in order to improve the applicability of management research.[10] His editorials call for researchers to explore grand challenges for management including applications in climate change,[11] aging populations,[12] digital money,[13] design thinking,[14] and big data [15] among others. He is an active advocate of "impact" of management research for policy and practice,[16] especially with a focus on Sustainable Development Goals and positive societal outcomes.[17]

George was also the Academic Director of the London Stock Exchange's Elite Programme to promote British growth entrepreneurs to scale up their businesses.[18] The programme was launched by Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise, Matt Hancock MP.[19] In 2010, he was awarded a prestigious Professorial Fellowship by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council for his research on low cost innovation and inclusive growth.[20][21] From 2007 - 2009, he was an Innovation Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research.[22] He conducts executive development programmes on innovation.[23] For his work in India and Africa on inclusive innovation, he was conferred the honorary title of Fellow of the City & Guilds of London Institute in 2015.[24] He was awarded honorary doctorate in economic sciences for outstanding scientific achievements in the fields of strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship by the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland[25] [26].

Gerard George has numerous academic papers to his credit on the topics of internationalisation and entrepreneurship, patenting and licensing, open innovation, design, and business models. His work addresses social inclusion and growth through innovation in business models and governance[27] in the context of rural electrification and micro-enterprise development in Africa . He is probably best known for his widely cited co-authored paper on absorptive capacity of firms with Professor Shaker Zahra.[28] Another contribution is on the performance consequences of slack in private firms. He found evidence for the "less is more" philosophy or that 'resource constraints' improves financial performance in small and medium-sized enterprises.[29] George has several books to his credit. 'Inventing Entrepreneurs' focuses on scientists in academic and corporate environments who pursue entrepreneurial careers.[30] 'Models of Opportunity' looks at the business model of growing businesses and how visionary entrepreneurs use narratives of change and aspiration.[31] His recent books include ‘The Handbook of Inclusive Innovation’,[32] ‘The Business Model Book’,[33] and ‘Managing Natural Resources’.[34]

Before Imperial College London, he was a professor at London Business School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison . He is an alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani.[35] He is actively involved in developing junior faculty in entrepreneurship and strategic management. He was on the program committee [36] of the Strategic Management Society special conference on India held December 2008 at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He is known to have strong entrepreneurial interest and active in creating new businesses .

References
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  2. http://business.smu.edu.sg/faculty/profile/118836/Gerry-GEORGE
  3. Bradshaw, Della (15 January 2016). "Gerry George, Singapore Management University". Financial Times. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. Moules, Jonathan (2 December 2018). "FT 2018 Americas and Asia-Pacific top 25 business school rankings". Financial Times. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  5. Financial Express, 4 December 2007, page 12
  6. "Dr. Gerry George". BML Munjal University. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  7. http://aom.org/2013Editors/#amj
  8. http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_14-12-2012-16-52-15
  9. http://aom.org/uploadedFiles/Publications/AMJ/Feb_2014_FTE.pdf
  10. G. George. 2012. Rethinking Management Scholarship. Academy of Management Journal, 57(1): 1-6
  11. J. Howard-Grenville, SJ. Buckle, BJ. Hoskins, G. George. 2014. Climate change and management. Academy of Management Journal, 57(3): 615-623.
  12. CT. Kulik, S. Ryan, S. Harper, G. George. 2014. Aging populations and management. Academy of Management Journal, 57(4): 929-935.
  13. M. Dodgson, DM. Gann, I. Wladwsky-Berger, N. Sultan, G. George. 2015. Managing digital money. Academy of Management Journal, 58(2): 325-333.
  14. M. Gruber, N. Leon, G. George, P. Thompson. 2015. Managing by design, Academy of Management Journal, 58 (1): 1 – 7
  15. G. George, MR. Haas, A. Pentland. 2014. Big data and management. Academy of Management Journal, 57(2): 321-325.
  16. G. George. 2016. Management research in AMJ: celebrating impact while striving for more. Academy of Management Journal, 59(6): 1869-1877.
  17. G. George, J. Howard-Grenville, A. Joshi, L. Tihanyi. 2016. Understanding and tackling societal grand challenges through management research. Academy of Management Journal, 59: 1880-1895.
  18. "London Stock Exchange launches ELITE programme". London Stock Exchange Group. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  19. Imperial College London. "Imperial and London Stock Exchange launch executive education programme". Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  20. "Grant winners". Times Higher Education (THE). 7 October 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  21. Imperial College London. "Gerry joins the elite". Imperial News. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  22. http://www.aimresearch.org/
  23. http://machinist.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1250&Itemid=2
  24. Singapore Management University. "SMU Business School Dean Conferred Fellowship". www.smu.edu.sg. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  25. "University of St.Gallen | University | Honorary Doctor". University of St.Gallen. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  26. Singapore Management University. "SMU's Business School Dean awarded Honorary Degree by University of St. Gallen in Switzerland". www.smu.edu.sg. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  27. G. George, A. McGahan, J. Prabhu. 2012. Innovation for inclusive growth: Towards a theoretical framework and research agenda. Journal of Management Studies, 49(4): 661 – 683
  28. S. Zahra and G. George. 2002. Absorptive capacity: A review, reconceptualization, and extension. Academy of Management Review, 27: 185-203.
  29. G. George. 2005. Slack resources and the performance of privately held firms, Academy of Management Journal, 48: 661-676
  30. G. George and A. Bock. 2008. Inventing entrepreneurs: Technology innovators and their entrepreneurial journey. Pearson Prentice Hall, ISBN 978-0-13-157470-0
  31. G. George and A.J. Bock. 2012. Models of opportunity: How entrepreneurs design firms to achieve unexpected results. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-17084-0
  32. "Handbook of Inclusive Innovation". www.e-elgar.com. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  33. "Amazon.com: The Business Model Book: Design, build and adapt business ideas that drive business growth (9781292135700): Adam J. Bock, Gerard George: Books". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  34. [edited by] Gerard George, S.J.D. Schillebeckx. Managing natural resources : organizational strategy, behaviour and dynamics. Northampton, MA. ISBN 9781786435712. OCLC 1024090950.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  35. http://www.bitsaa.org/?page=bitsianacademic
  36. http://india.strategicmanagement.net/committee.php
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  • Imperial College London
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