HOW DO ORGANIZATIONS RECONFIGURE TO BE MORE INNOVATIVE?

Samina is a Strategy scholar whose research lies at the intersection of organization design, acquisitions and alliances, resources (including human capital), and innovation. She examines how organizations stay innovative by proactively reconfiguring as they assess what resources and activities to acquire, divest, recombine or redeploy. Her work encompasses a wide array of sectors including airlines, banking, education, healthcare services, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, renewable energy, technology, and more.

Organization Design

Themes: Complex systems, Decentralization, Hierarchy, Modularity, Organization design, Reconfiguration

Resources (including Human Capital)

Themes: Bottlenecks, Decision making, Human capital, Resource redeployment, Scientists

Acquisitions & Alliances

Themes: Acquisitions, Alliances

Innovation

Themes: Competition, Innovation, Knowledge recombination, Patents