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Professor Stefan Haefliger

Professor of Strategic Management & Innovation

Bayes Business School, Faculty of Management

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Postal address

Bayes Business School
106 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TZ
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Stefan's research and teaching falls broadly into three streams of work at the moment:
1) Strategy and Business models: our work at Bayes includes the creation of the businessmodelzoo.com website for executive education and empirical and conceptual research centring on the management of business model portfolios as one form of diversification in corporate strategy. Collaborators at Bayes include Charles Baden-Fuller, Paolo Aversa, Santi Furnari, and Laure Cabantous.
2) Organisation theory and regulation: the current projects build on the 2018 ISR publication and the social practice work on motivation (MISQ 2012) that investigate how technology changes individual and collective behaviour and structures work environments. Current work includes empirical studies of the implementation of information systems as a regulatory process and the emergence of a new compliance function in large investment banks. Collaborators around Europe and the US include François-Xavier de Vaujany, Kalle Lyytinen, Boukje Cnossen, and Wlad Fomin.
3) Open strategy and open innovation: current working papers shed light on ways of collaboration inside and outside of firms and build on insights from earlier studies in open source software development. Over the last ten years, Stefan's research has appeared in journals such as Organization Studies, Information Systems Research, Research Policy, MIS Quarterly, Long Range Planning, Journal of Information Systems and more.

Prior to joining Bayes Business School Stefan worked as a researcher at ETH Zurich where he is currently affiliated as a faculty member at the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics. He received a master's degree in financial economics and a PhD in management science from the University of St.Gallen in Switzerland. Stefan held visiting positions at Università degli Studi di Trento, MIT, Hitotsubashi and Politecnico di Milano.

Current work with executives focuses on business model change and the role business models play in shaping the purpose of the firm and the bigger challenges around sustainability, corporate strategy, and the motivation of stakeholders to support and grow the business. Understanding work practices is rooted in deeper meaning of work and values that drive the social practices needed to excel in a specific business or profession. The inner work on ourselves and the connection to others at work are fundamental ingredients to a successful transformation and sustainable growth.

Qualifications

PhD.

Memberships of professional organisations

  • Academic, Strategic Management Society, Jan 2010 – present
  • Academic, European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), Jan 2006 – present
  • Academic, Academy of Management, Jan 2003 – present

Award

  • Academy of Management (2013) Best Paper Award, OCIS Division

Languages

French, German and Italian.

Expertise

Primary topics

  • Information Management
  • Innovation & Creativity
  • Organization Theory
  • Strategic Management

Additional topics

  • Business Ethics
  • Knowledge & Learning
  • Technology Management

Industries

  • arts
  • financial services
  • health care
  • media
  • pharmaceuticals
  • software

Research students

2nd supervisor

Alfredo Grattarola

Attendance: Jun 2020 – present, part-time

Thesis title: Justification and Decision Making

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Tong Guan

Attendance: Feb 2019 – present, full-time

Thesis title: Open Innovation

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Soo Young Choi

Attendance: Aug 2018 – present, full-time

Thesis title: Innovation Agency

Role: 1st Supervisor

Karl Rutter

Attendance: Feb 2018 – present, part-time

Thesis title: Disruption and University Teaching During Crisis

Role: 1st Supervisor

Mathias Hetzel

Attendance: Feb 2016 – Nov 2020, full-time

Thesis title: How Technological Frames Transform: The Case of the Global Microgrid Industry

Role: 1st Supervisor

Daniel Martinez Martin

Attendance: Jan 2014 – Feb 2018, part-time

Thesis title: Global R&D network performance

Role: 1st Supervisor

Joost Rietveld

Attendance: Nov 2013 – Sep 2015, full-time

Thesis title: Platform strategy and business models in computer gaming

Role: 1st Supervisor

Hazel Marroquin

Attendance: Sep 2013 – present, full-time

Thesis title: Open innovation

Role: 1st Supervisor

Ghassan Yacoub

Attendance: Aug 2013 – Feb 2017, full-time

Thesis title: Open innovation

Role: 1st Supervisor

Nina Geilinger

Attendance: Jan 2011 – Feb 2022, full-time

Thesis title: Cluster dynamics and identity

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Publications

  1. de Vaujany, F.-.X., Fomin, V.V., Haefliger, S. and Lyytinen, K. (2018). Rules, Practices, and Information Technology: A Trifecta of Organizational Regulation. Information Systems Research, 29(3), pp. 755–773. doi:10.1287/isre.2017.0771.

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  2. Aversa, P., Haefliger, S. and Reza, D.G. (2017). Building a winning business model portfolio. MIT Sloan Management Review, 58(4), pp. 49–54.
  3. Von Krogh, G., Haefliger, S., Spaeth, S. and Wallin, M.W. (2012). Carrots and rainbows: Motivation and social practice in open source software development. MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems, 36(2), pp. 649–676. doi:10.2307/41703471.
  4. Haefliger, S., Monteiro, E., Foray, D. and von Krogh, G. (2011). Social software and strategy. Long Range Planning, 44(5-6), pp. 297–316. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2011.08.001.

Chapters (7)

  1. Haefliger, S. (2019). Orientations of Open Strategy: From Resistance to Transformation. In Seidl, D., von Krogh, G. and Whittington, R. (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Open Strategy (pp. 151–166). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-42486-8.
  2. Geilinger, N., Haefliger, S., von Krogh, G. and Pachidou, F. (2017). Institutional entrepreneurship in Alzheimer’s disease treatment. The Elgar Companion to Innovation and Knowledge Creation Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78254-851-5.
  3. de Vaujany, F., Haefliger, S., Fomin, V. and Lyytinen, K. (2016). Regulation of Information Technology-Based Practices: The Case of a Trading Floor Incident in an Investment Bank. In de Vaujany, F., Lanzara, G.F., Mitev, N. and Mukherjee, A. (Eds.), Materiality, Rules and Regulation: New Trends in Management and Organization Studies (pp. 250–266). Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-55264-8.
  4. Meisiek, S. and Haefliger, S. (2011). Inviting the unexpected: Entrepreneurship and the arts. In Scherdin, M. and Zander, I. (Eds.), Art Entrepreneurship (pp. 78–97). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84844-369-3.
  5. von Krogh, G. and Haefliger, S. (2007). Distributed innovation in the education of future entrepreneurs. In Marxt, C. and Hacklin, F. (Eds.), Business Excellence in technologieorientierten Unternehmen Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-73881-7.
  6. Haefliger, S. and von Krogh, G. (2004). Knowledge creation in open source software development. In Tsoukas, H. and Mylonopoulos, N. (Eds.), Organizations as Knowledge Systems Knowledge, Learning and Dynamic Capabilities (pp. 109–129). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-1140-7.
  7. Haefliger, S. Orientations of Open Strategy: From Resistance to Transformation. In Whittington, R., von Krogh, G. and Seidl, D. (Eds.), Handbook of Open Strategy Cambridge University Press.

Conference papers and proceedings (4)

  1. de Vaujany, F.-.X., Fomin, V., Lyytinen, K. and Haefliger, S. (2013). Sociomaterial regulation in organizations: The case of information technology. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2013: Capitalism in Question Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA. doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2013.83
  2. Spaeth, S., Stuermer, M., Haefliger, S. and Krogh, G.V. (2007). Sampling in Open Source Software Development: The Case for Using the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution. doi:10.1109/HICSS.2007.471
  3. Von Krogh, G., Haefliger, S. and Spaeth, S. (2006). The practice of knowledge reuse in open source software: "Shifting the creative effort".
  4. Krogh, G.V., Spaeth, S. and Haefliger, S. (2005). Knowledge Reuse in Open Source Software: An Exploratory Study of 15 Open Source Projects. doi:10.1109/HICSS.2005.378

Journal articles (28)

  1. Yacoub, G. and Haefliger, S. (2022). Coworking spaces and collaborative practices. Organization pp. 135050842210740–135050842210740. doi:10.1177/13505084221074037.

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  2. Aversa, P., Haefliger, S., Hueller, F. and Reza, D.G. (2021). Customer complementarity in the digital space: Exploring Amazon’s business model diversification. Long Range Planning, 54(5), pp. 101985–101985. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2020.101985.

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  3. Cnossen, B., de Vaujany, F.-.X. and Haefliger, S. (2021). The Street and Organization Studies. Organization Studies, 42(8), pp. 1337–1349. doi:10.1177/0170840620918380.

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  4. Ungureanu, P., Haefliger, S. and de Vaujany, F.-.X. (2021). Seizing the Potentialities of Open Science: From a Community to a Platform Journal. Journal of Openness, Commons & Organizing, 1(1), pp. 1–7.
  5. Yacoub, G., Storey, C. and Haefliger, S. (2020). Appropriability mechanisms for manufacturing and service firms: the contingencies of openness and knowledge intensity. R&D Management, 50(5), pp. 551–572. doi:10.1111/radm.12411.

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  6. Fink, L., Shao, J., Lichtenstein, Y. and Haefliger, S. (2020). The ownership of digital infrastructure: Exploring the deployment of software libraries in a digital innovation cluster. Journal of Information Technology, 35(3), pp. 251–269. doi:10.1177/0268396220936705.

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  7. Aversa, P., Cabantous, L. and Haefliger, S. (2018). When decision support systems fail: Insights for strategic information systems from Formula 1. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 27(3), pp. 221–236. doi:10.1016/j.jsis.2018.03.002.

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  8. Baden-Fuller, C., Giudici, A. and Morgan, M.S. (2017). Business Models and Value. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017(1), pp. 11635–11635. doi:10.5465/ambpp.2017.90.

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  9. Bogers, M., Zobel, A.K., Afuah, A., Almirall, E., Brunswicker, S., Dahlander, L. … Ter Wal, A.L.J. (2016). The open innovation research landscape: established perspectives and emerging themes across different levels of analysis. Industry and Innovation pp. 1–33. doi:10.1080/13662716.2016.1240068.
  10. Geilinger, N., Haefliger, S., von Krogh, G. and Rechsteiner, L. (2016). What makes a social practice? Being, knowing, doing and leading. European Management Journal, 34(4), pp. 319–327. doi:10.1016/j.emj.2016.04.006.

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  11. Aversa, P., Furnari, S. and Haefliger, S. (2015). Business model configurations and performance: A qualitative comparative analysis in Formula One racing, 2005-2013. Industrial and Corporate Change, 24(3), pp. 655–676. doi:10.1093/icc/dtv012.

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  12. Aversa, P., Haefliger, S., Rossi, A. and Baden-Fuller, C. (2015). From business model to business modelling: Modularity and manipulation. , 33, pp. 151–185. doi:10.1108/S0742-332220150000033022.
  13. Baden-Fuller, C. and Haefliger, S. (2013). Business Models and Technological Innovation. Long Range Planning, 46(6), pp. 419–426. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2013.08.023.

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  14. Sydler, R., Haefliger, S. and Pruksa, R. (2013). Measuring intellectual capital with financial figures: Can we predict firm profitability? European Management Journal.
  15. Rullani, F. and Haefliger, S. (2013). The periphery on stage: The intra-organizational dynamics in online communities of creation. Research Policy, 42(4), pp. 941–953. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2012.10.008.
  16. Haefliger, S. (2012). Sustaining motivation among collaborators inside and outside the firm. Management of Innovation and Technology, 2012(3).

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  17. von Krogh, G., Rossi-Lamastra, C. and Haefliger, S. (2012). Phenomenon-based research in management and organisation science: When is it rigorous and does it matter? Long Range Planning, 45(4), pp. 277–298. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2012.05.001.
  18. Rullani, F. and Haefliger, S. (2012). The periphery on stage: The intra-organizational dynamics in online communities of creation. Research Policy.
  19. Wolf, P., Späth, S. and Haefliger, S. (2011). Participation in intra-firm communities of practice: A case study from the automotive industry. Journal of Knowledge Management, 15(1), pp. 22–39. doi:10.1108/13673271111108675.
  20. Von Krogh, G. and Haefliger, S. (2010). Opening up design science: The challenge of designing for reuse and joint development. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 19(4), pp. 232–241. doi:10.1016/j.jsis.2010.09.008.
  21. Haefliger, S., Jäger, P. and Von Krogh, G. (2010). Under the radar: Industry entry by user entrepreneurs. Research Policy, 39(9), pp. 1198–1213. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2010.07.001.
  22. Gächter, S., von Krogh, G. and Haefliger, S. (2010). Initiating private-collective innovation: The fragility of knowledge sharing. Research Policy, 39(7), pp. 893–906. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2010.04.010.
  23. Haefliger, S., Reichen, P., Jäger, P.M. and Von Krogh, G. (2009). Modding as rating behavior in virtual communities: The case of rooster teeth productions. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 5621 LNCS, pp. 197–206. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_22.
  24. Haefliger, S. (2009). Nutzerinnovation. Stichwortbeitrag. DBW Die Betriebswirtschaft, 69(5), pp. 633–637.
  25. Spaeth, S., Haefliger, S., Von Krogh, G. and Renzl, B. (2008). Communal resources in open source software development. Information Research, 13(1).
  26. Haefliger, S., Von Krogh, G. and Spaeth, S. (2008). Code reuse in open source software. Management Science, 54(1), pp. 180–193. doi:10.1287/mnsc.1070.0748.
  27. Von Krogh, G. and Haefliger, S. (2007). Nurturing respect for IP in China. Harvard Business Review, 85(4), pp. 23–24.
  28. Haefliger, S. (2003). Tacit Knowledge in Organisations. Innovation, 5(2-3), pp. 286–287. doi:10.5172/impp.2003.5.2-3.286.

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Education

Subject/Academic Leadership

- 2003 - present, Centre for New Technologies, Innovation and Enterprise
Director, http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/research-and-faculty/centres/centive

Professional activities

Collaboration (academic)

Editorial activity (4)

  1. Information Systems Research, Special Editor, 2014 – 2015.
  2. Economia e Politica Industriale, Associate Editor, 2014 – present.
  3. Long Range Planning, Associate Editor, 2009 – 2015.
  4. Research Policy, Management Science, MISQ, ISR, JMIS, SMJ, EMR, JSIS, ICC, Org Studies, Referee, 2008 – 2015.

Events/conferences (35)

  1. Bus or taxi? Open or closed? Platform or market? Centive Workshop on Business Models, Strategy, and Innovation. (Conference) Cass Business School (2014). Chair and Organising Committee.
  2. EGOS colloquium. (Conference) Rotterdam/Netherlands (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Convener for the Early-Career Scholars pre-Colloquium Workshop
    Author: Haefliger S
  3. EGOS Colloquium. (Conference) Rotterdam/Netherlands (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Convener for Sub-theme 27: Business Models and Strategies: Organizations and Alternative Forms of Organizing
    Author: Haefliger S
  4. EGOS colloquium. (Conference) Rotterdam/Netherlands (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Veni, vendidi, vici! An exploration of business models and technological innovation within the Formula One ecosystem
    Author: Haefliger S
    Co-authors: Paolo Aversa, Santi Furnari
  5. Academy of Management. (Conference) Philadelphia/USA (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Sharing Knowledge in Industry Clusters: An Identity-Based Perspective
    Author: Haefliger S
    Co-authors: Nina Geilinger, Georg von Krogh
  6. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. (Conference) (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Researching Open Innovation: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches at Different Levels of Analysis
    Author: Haefliger S
  7. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. (Conference) Philadelphia/USA (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: The Vocabulary Structure of Management Science: The Power of Words
    Author: Haefliger S
    Co-authors: Efe Aksuyek, Diego Ardila, Boris Battistini, Fredrik Hacklin
  8. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. (Conference) Philadelphia/USA (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: TIM early career scholars workshop
    Author: Haefliger S
  9. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. (Conference) Philadelphia/USA (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: New Conversations on Business Models
    Author: Haefliger S
  10. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. (Conference) Philadelphia/USA (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: From (Auto)Mobile to Mobility: Technological Change and Innovation in the Global Vehicle Industry
    Author: Haefliger S
  11. Universidad Carlos III Faculty Seminar. (Seminar) Madrid/Spain (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Rules and IT-based practices: a sociomaterial analysis
    Author: Haefliger S
  12. Lancaster University Management School Faculty Seminar. (Seminar) Lancaster/UK (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Rules and IT-based practices: a sociomaterial analysis
    Author: Haefliger S
    Co-authors: Lyytinen K., deVaujany F.-X., Fomin V.
  13. EIASM. (Workshop) Brussels/Belgium (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: PhD seminar on User Innovation
    Author: Haefliger S
  14. Code, constructs, and phenomena: finding and presenting internal validity. (Workshop) Grenoble/France (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Code, constructs, and phenomena: finding and presenting internal validity
    Author: Haefliger S
  15. University of Hamburg Open Innovation Conference. (Conference) Hamburg/Germany (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Veni, vendidi, vici! An exploration of business models and technological innovation within the Formula One ecosystem
    Author: Haefliger S
    Co-authors: Paolo Aversa, Santi Furnari
  16. Strategic Management Society Conference. (Conference) Madrid/Spain (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: New Conversations on Business Models
    Author: Haefliger S
  17. Strategic Management Society Conference. (Conference) Madrid/Spain (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Veni, vendidi, vici! An exploration of business models and technological innovation within the Formula One ecosystem
    Author: Haefliger S
    Co-authors: Paolo Aversa,Santi Furnari
  18. Strategic Management Society Conference. (Conference) Madrid/Spain (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Sharing Knowledge in Industry Clusters: An Identity-Based Perspective
    Author: Haefliger S
    Co-authors: Nina Geilinger, Georg von Krogh
  19. Organizations, Artifacts, and Practices Workshop. (Conference) Rome/Italy (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Rules and IT-based practices: a sociomaterial analysis
    Author: Haefliger S
    Co-authors: Lyytinen K., deVaujany F.-X., Fomin V.
  20. GEM-Cass-CBS workshop. (Conference) Grenoble/France (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Designing Organizations for Productive Bursts
    Author: Haefliger S
    Co-authors: Maillart T., von Krogh G., Sornette D.
  21. Technology, Strategy and Business Models Workshop Series (1/2014-12/2014). (Conference) Cass Business School (2014). Chair and Organising Committee.
  22. Università degli Studi di Trento. (Seminar) Trento, Italy (2013). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Sociomaterial regulation in organizations: The case of information technology
    Author: Haefliger S.
    Co-authors: de Vaujany, F., Lyytinen, K., Fomin, V.
  23. Manchester Business School. (Seminar) Manchester, UK (2013). Invited speaker.
    Paper: User-embedded learning: The case of augmented products in the pharmaceutical industry
    Author: Haefliger S.
    Co-authors: Pachidou, F., von Krogh, G.
  24. Cluster Dialogue, Canton of Zurich. (Public lecture) Zurich, Switzerland (2013). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Sharing knowledge in clusters
    Author: Haefliger S.
    Co-authors: Geilinger, N., von Krogh, G.
  25. Chalmers University of Technology, Center for Business Innovation. (Workshop) Gothenburg, Sweden (2013). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Code, constructs, and phenomena: finding and presenting internal validity
    Author: Haefliger S.
  26. EURAM. (Conference) Istanbul, Turkey (2013).
    Paper: Mavericks And The Discursive Construction Of Genre: The Case Of Machinima
    Author: Haefliger S
    Co-authors: Meisiek, S., von Krogh, G.
  27. EGOS Pre-conference post-doc consortium. (Conference) Montréal, Canada (2013). Invited speaker.
    Paper: How to publish and interaction with the editorial office
    Author: Haefliger S
  28. Academy of Management Meeting. (Conference) Orlando, USA (2013).
    Paper: Sociomaterial regulation in organizations: The case of information technology
    Author: Haefliger S.
    Co-authors: de Vaujany, F.-X., Lyytinen, K., Fomin, V.
  29. Université de Strasbourg. (Seminar) Stasbourg, France (2012). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Disentangeling the “transformational capability’’: How pharmaceutical firms innovate augmented products through asset reconfiguration and stakeholder learning
    Author: Haefliger S.
    Co-authors: Pachidou, F. von Krogh, G
  30. NTNU Trondheim. (Seminar) Trondheim, Norway (2012). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Writing a letter to the editor
    Author: Haefliger S.
  31. LUISS, Rome. (Seminar) Rome, Italy (2012). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Disentangeling the “transformational capability’’: How pharmaceutical firms innovate augmented products through asset reconfiguration and stakeholder learning.
    Author: Haefliger S.
    Co-authors: Pachidou, F., von Krogh, G.
  32. Strategic Management Society. (Conference) Prague, Czech Republic (2012).
    Paper: Intellectual Capital Valuation and Relation to Profitability: A Financial Statement Approach
    Author: Haefliger S.
    Co-authors: Sydler, R., Pruska, R.
  33. Organization Science Winter Conference. (Conference) Steamboat Springs, USA (2012). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Designing organizations for frugal bursts
    Author: Haefliger S.
    Co-authors: Maillart, T., von Krogh, G., Sornette D.
  34. EGOS pre-conference for post-docs. (Conference) Helsinki, Finland (2012). Invited speaker.
    Paper: How to publish and interaction with the editorial office
    Author: Haefliger S.
  35. Academy of Management meeting. (Conference) Boston, USA (2012).
    Paper: Social software and collaborative innovation: implications for organizational design
    Author: Haefliger S.
    Co-authors: Maillart, T., von Krogh, G., Sornette, D.

Media appearances (10)

  1. Force India Could Be The Ideal Wing Team For Mercedes,' Says Formula One Performance Strategist. (2015) Forbes Asia (website).
  2. THE HYPERCONNECTED ECONOMY: HOW THE GROWING INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF SOCIETY IS CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE FOR BUSINESS. (2015) The Economist Intelligence Unit.
  3. NEWS ANALYSIS: Social media leave boards cold. (2014) BDlive.
  4. UK boards ignore social media strategy. (2014) Gulf News (newspaper).
  5. Social media leave boards cold. (2014) Financial Times (newspaper).
  6. Key questions for crowdsourcing. (2014) CIO.
  7. Technology for crowdsourcing. (2014) www.cio.co.uk (website).
  8. Is Samsung’s New Smartwatch a Game Changer? Video Interview (top video on wsj.com for two days). (2013) Wall Street Journal Online (website).
  9. (2013) WSJ Video.
  10. lagging estimates. (2013) businessweek.com (website).