Prof. Robert Chapman Wood

New research: MIT Sloan Management Review, "An Inside View of IBM's Innovation Jam"

Robert Chapman Wood teaches Strategic Thinking, Strategic Management and Global Dimensions of Business in the College of Business.  His sections of the Strategic Thinking (Business 290) and Strategic Management courses (Business 189) emphasize how successful managers create and manage unique capabilities and competences. With something unique, they can serve customers, stockholders, and employees better. 

Wood came to San Jose from Harvard Business School, where he was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Program on Organizational Change. He completed his doctorate in Management Policy and Strategy at Boston University, where his thesis dealt with how companies overcome inertia and begin innovating effectively. Research for his dissertation dealt with companies including IBM, GE Capital, Monsanto, Enron, and NIPSCO. 

Wood’s research has resulted in publications appearing in journals such as Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Technology Review, Policy Review, Asia, and European Management Journal.   He is academic advisor to the Global Leadership and Technology Exchange, a global, senior executive-driven consortium of large companies seeking to re-engineer their value chains to cope with today's environmental problems. The consortium funds the Crossing Boundaries Research Initiative (see link at left).

Prior to his doctoral studies, Wood was a journalist for more than 20 years.  His work appeared in such publications as Forbes, the Financial Times of London, and the New York Times.  He is a former associate editor of Inc. magazine.  Much of Wood’s journalism dealt with Asia and with Asian-influenced management techniques.  He reads and speaks Japanese.   

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San Jose, CA, 95192-0070
email:  wood_rc@cob.sjsu.edu
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