Biography

Melissa Schilling is a professor of management and organizations at New York University Stern School of Business. Professor Schilling teaches courses in strategic management, corporate strategy and technology and innovation management. Before joining NYU, she was an Assistant Professor at Boston University (1997-2001), and has also served as a Visiting Professor at INSEAD, and the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California at Santa Barbara. She has also taught strategy and innovation courses at Siemens Corporation, IBM, the Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Fellows program, Sogang University in Korea, and the Alta Scuola Polytecnica, a joint institution of Politecnico di Milano, and Politecnico di Torino.

Professor Schilling is widely recognized as an expert on innovation and strategy in high technology industries. Her textbook, Strategic Management of Technological Innovation (now in its third edition), is the number one innovation strategy text in the world, and is available in seven languages. Her research in innovation and strategy has appeared in the leading academic journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Management Science, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Journal of Economics and Management Strategy and Research Policy. She also sits on the editorial review boards of Organization Science and Strategic Organization.

Professor Schilling received her Bachelor of Science in business administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She received her Doctor of Philosophy in strategic management from the University of Washington.

Research Interests

• Technological Change and Innovation
• Technology Standards
• Modularity
• Knowledge Acquisition Strategies
• Creativity

Courses Taught

• Strategic Management
• Technology and Innovation Management

Academic Background

Ph.D., Strategic Management, 1997
University of Washington

B.S., Business Administration, 1990
University of Colorado