Annabelle Gawer
Annabelle Gawer FBA (born 1969) is a French-born British business theorist whose research concerns digital platforms. Born in France, and educated in France and the US, she works in the UK as Chaired Professor in Digital Economy and director of the Surrey Centre of Digital Economy at the University of Surrey.[1]
Education
[edit]Gawer was born in France,[2] in 1969.[3] In 1992, she earned a master's degree in applied mathematics from Pierre and Marie Curie University, in Paris, an engineering degree from the Nancy School of Mines, and a master's degree in industrial engineering from Stanford University in the US. She completed a Ph.D. in management of technology and innovation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000.[1]
Career
[edit]She returned to France as an assistant professor of strategy and management at INSEAD in Fontainebleau from 2000 to 2004. From 2004 to 2016, she was an assistant professor and associate professor of strategy and innovation in the business school of the Imperial College London. She joined the University of Surrey in 2016.[4] She headed the Department of Digital Economy, Entrepreneurship & Innovation in the Surrey Business School at the University of Surrey from 2018 to 2021.[1]
Since 2023, she has been a visiting professor at IMD, the International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne.[5] From 2020 to 2023, she also held an affiliation as visiting professor of Strategy and Innovation in the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.[2]
Annabelle Gawer was named in 2023 independent digital expert for the CMA, the UK Competition and Markets Authority.[6]
Selected works
[edit]Coauthor
[edit]- Platform Leadership: How Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco Drive Industry Innovation (with Michael A. Cusumano, Harvard Business School Press, 2002).[7]
- The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power (with Michael A. Cusumano and David B. Yoffie, HarperCollins, 2019).[8]
- Platforms, Markets and Innovation (Edward Elgar, 2011).[9]
- Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Platforms (with Jeffrey Furman, Brian S. Silverman, and Scott Stern, Emerald Publishing, 2017).
Awards and honours
[edit]Gawer was elected to the British Academy in 2023.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Annabelle Gawer", People, University of Surrey, retrieved 2024-03-14
- ^ a b "Annabelle Gawer", Convening leaders: PCMA, 30 November 2020, retrieved 2024-03-14
- ^ Annabelle Gawer, German National Library, retrieved 2024-03-14
- ^ "Annabelle Gawer", ORCiD, retrieved 2024-03-14
- ^ "Annabelle Gawer - IMD business school for management and leadership courses". www.imd.org. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ^ "Experts appointed as UK looks to level digital playing field for consumers". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ^ Reviews of Platform Leadership:
- Oscar Hauptman, Innovation, doi:10.5172/impp.2003.5.1.91
- L. Kosmin Langford, IEEE Engineering Management Review, doi:10.1109/EMR.2003.1201451
- Jeffrey Marshall, Financial Executive, [1]
- ^ Review of The Business of Platforms: Magali Malherbe and Fanny Simon, Management international / International Management / Gestiòn Internacional, doi:10.7202/1088148ar
- ^ Review of Platforms, Markets and Innovation: Steven Kahl, Organization Studies, doi:10.1177/0170840611400273
- ^ "Professor Annabelle Gawer FBA", Fellows of the British Academy, The British Academy, retrieved 2024-03-14
External links
[edit]- Annabelle Gawer publications indexed by Google Scholar
- 1969 births
- Living people
- French business theorists
- British business theorists
- Pierre and Marie Curie University alumni
- Mines Paris - PSL alumni
- Stanford University alumni
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- Academic staff of INSEAD
- Academics of Imperial College London
- Academics of the University of Surrey
- Fellows of the British Academy