Executive Education
Faculty

Violina Rindova

Captain Henry W. Simonsen Chair in Strategic Entrepreneurship,and Professor of Management and Organization

Violina Rindova teaches and studies strategic innovation — how firms create value, intangible assets, and new market opportunities through unconventional strategies across a variety of industry contexts. Her work has been published in the premier management journals and has been covered frequently in the business media, including the Economist, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. She is the recipient of multiple grants and awards, including the “Thought Leadership” award from the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management (2009), and the award for outstanding scholarly contribution from Strategic Organization (2012). She served as an Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Review and is currently part of the leadership team of the Behavioral Strategy Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society.

Programs for Organizations:

Strategic Innovation and Design Thinking – Custom Designed Curriculum for Programs for Organizations

Articles & Research:

Violina Rindova (2021) “Futurescapes: Imaginative thought and the design of strategic narratives,” Sage.

Violina Rindova (2020) “To shape or adapt? Knowledge problems, epistemologies, and strategic postures under Knightean uncertainty ,”  Academy of Management Review  45, 787–807.

Violina Rindova (2019) “Which of These Things Are not Like the Others? Comparing the Rational, Emotional, and Moral Aspects Of Reputation, Status, Celebrity, and Stigma,”  Academy of Management Annals   13, 444–478.

Articles & Research:

Violina Rindova (2021) “Futurescapes: Imaginative thought and the design of strategic narratives,” Sage.

Articles & Research:

Violina Rindova (2020) “To shape or adapt? Knowledge problems, epistemologies, and strategic postures under Knightean uncertainty ,”  Academy of Management Review  45, 787–807.

Articles & Research:

Violina Rindova (2019) “Which of These Things Are not Like the Others? Comparing the Rational, Emotional, and Moral Aspects Of Reputation, Status, Celebrity, and Stigma,”  Academy of Management Annals   13, 444–478.