Stylianos Kavadias

Margaret Thatcher Professor of Enterprise Studies in Innovation & GrowthDirector of the Entrepreneurship Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education

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Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education

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Biography

Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education

Margaret Thatcher Professor of Enterprise Studies in Innovation & Growth
Director of the Entrepreneurship Centre

Diploma (National Technical University of Athens), MSc, PhD (INSEAD)

Research interests

The effectiveness of new product development (NPD) decisions with a particular focus on the decisions that concern: (i) the strategy implementation through the appropriate resource allocation rules and the definition of the "right" portfolio of new projects and products; (ii) the R&D ideation, search and experimentation process both at a firm level and the project team level; (iii) the effects of the organisational design and the associated incentive schemes on the product development outcome. At a broader level, seeking to understand the challenges that arise during the planning and execution phases of the innovation process, always with an operational/managerial perspective.

Subject group: Operations & Technology Management

Professional experience

Professor Kavadias serves as an Associate Editor for Management Science''s Entrepreneurship and Innovation department, and as the Department Editor for the R&D, New Product Development and Project Management department of Production and Operations Management. At Georgia Tech''s Huang Executive Education Center he regularly contributed to open enrolment and custom executive programmes on innovation and project management, and was the Academic Director of their GE Energy PLMP programme. He has authored several case studies through close collaboration with major firms across multiple industries.

Previous appointments

Professor Kavadias was the Steven A. Denning Professor of Technology & Management, as well as an Associate Professor of Operations Management, at the College of Management at Georgia Tech. He has also been a Batten Fellow at the Batten Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Darden School of Business.

Awards & honours

Professor of the Year, EMBA Management of Technology, 2012
Meritorious Service Award, Management Science, 2009
Brady Family Award in Research Excellence, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009
1st Prize for the "Dragonfly" case, ECCH, Best Case Study Award, 2003
2nd Prize, George B. Dantzig Award, 2001

Globalisation (The Cambridge Judge Business Debate podcast series) 1 February 2018

Is the globalisation which has shaped our world over recent decades slowing or even moving backwards in the wake of the Brexit …

Building your innovative ecosystem 12 January 2018

By Professor Stelios Kavadias, Margaret Thatcher Professor of Enterprise Studies in Innovation & Growth, and Director of the Entrepreneurship Centre We know …

The complexities of innovation 1 November 2017

Innovation isn’t as simple as choosing from a menu – it depends on a company’s organisational structure, says new paper co-authored by …

Barclays joins forces with Cambridge Judge 26 September 2017

Barclays launches new Barclays Scale Up UK Programme, co-designed by Cambridge Judge Business School, to address core growth challenges for businesses. …

Driving growth in the UK space sector 19 September 2017

The Satellite Applications Catapult names first two sponsorship recipients for the SME Growth Challenge at Cambridge Judge Entrepreneurship Centre. The Satellite Applications …

This is why I let my customers run my business 17 July 2017

Think businesses provide and consumers consume? Think again. In today’s world, your customers can be part of the whole journey. What do …

Strategic advantage through the eyes of your customers 17 May 2017

The second in a series of articles by Professor Christoph Loch, Hanadi Jabado and Professor Stelios (Stylianos) Kavadias looks at the importance …

Growth: from strategy to execution… but how? 17 May 2017

The latest article from Professor Christoph Loch, Hanadi Jabado and Professor Stelios (Stylianos) Kavadias explores the detail needed to execute a growth strategy. …

Growing pains: the growth challenge 17 May 2017

The first in a series of articles on SME growth by Professor Christoph Loch, Hanadi Jabado and Professor Stelios (Stylianos) Kavadias, looks …

The growth quest through scalable processes 17 May 2017

Without structure, small companies just can’t grow. Professor Christoph Loch, Hanadi Jabado and Professor Stelios (Stylianos) Kavadias explain why. At the dawn …

In order to grow, you have to let go! 17 May 2017

The fourth in a series of articles by Professor Christoph Loch, Hanadi Jabado and Professor Stelios (Stylianos) Kavadias discusses the “founder’s limit” …

The growth trap 17 May 2017

The third in a series of articles by Professor Christoph Loch, Hanadi Jabado and Professor Stelios (Stylianos) Kavadias discusses why you need …

Eight ways to turn your team into intrapreneurs 24 November 2016

What defines an entrepreneur? The typical picture is of a go-it-alone leader, using inspiration, creativity and innovation to forge new paths. But …

Innovation: are you picking up the signals? 9 November 2016

Take a moment and think about what the word innovation means to you. Does it conjure up thoughts of ground-breaking new ideas, …

Entrepreneurship experts 20 October 2016

Fellows and Associates in Entrepreneurship named at Cambridge Judge Business School. Cambridge Judge Business School is to benefit from the practical experience …

Best practices in innovation 29 September 2016

HRH The Duke of York, KG, hosts a Reception at Buckingham Palace for a United Arab Emirates innovation team that is working …

Keys to business transformation 8 September 2016

Six key elements typically feature in successfully transformative business models, says Harvard Business Review article by three academics at Cambridge Judge Business …

SME Growth Challenge serves up nuggets of gold to experienced restaurateurs 16 June 2016

“Before we joined the SME Growth Challenge,” says Oliver Thain, Director and co-founder of Cambscuisine, “I’d barely heard of Cambridge Judge Business …

What are the real problems SMEs are facing? 13 June 2016

Series of six videos on Business Channel.tv features Cambridge Judge Director Christoph Loch interviewed on challenges facing small and medium sized enterprises. …

Faculty news update 18 March 2016

A regular update on articles, awards and other developments involving Cambridge Judge Business School faculty and fellows. Article on scaling up inclusive …

Cambridge News: How can your business scale-up? 12 October 2017

Barclays has launched a Barclays Scale Up UK Programme, co-designed by Cambridge Judge Business School, to address the core growth challenges faced …

Metro MBA: Cambridge Judge announces new Barclays partnership course 6 October 2017

Barclays launches new Barclays Scale Up UK Programme, co-designed by Cambridge Judge Business School, to address core growth challenges for businesses. The …

Bloomberg: Entrepreneurship: Not just for heroes 25 September 2017

Can entrepreneurship be taught? Stelios Kavadias, Margaret Thatcher Professor of Enterprise Studies in Innovation & Growth at Cambridge Judge Business School, says …

News Wise: Use strategic buckets: How to succeed at innovation 25 July 2017

A paper co-authored by Stylianos Kavadias, Margaret Thatcher Professor of Enterprise Studies in Innovation and Growth at Cambridge Judge Business School, is …

Management Today: Funding growth 1 May 2017

Small and medium sized businesses in the UK need new forms of investment in order to scale up. A report co-authored at …

The Telegraph: MPs to debate the best way to aid high-flying ‘gazelle’ firms 21 March 2017

The House of Commons business, energy and industrial strategy committee has launched an inquiry to look at small businesses and what could …

Eco Business: Uberising the global goals: breakthrough business models hold the key 20 March 2017

Jacqueline Lim investigates what companies need in order make progress. There are six key elements – including personalisation, asset-sharing and organisational agility …

ITV Anglia News: Weetabix to invest £30m in UK manufacturing sites 30 January 2017

Cereal brand Weetabix has announced it will invest £30m in its UK manufacturing sites in Northamptonshire to boost production capacity. Stelios Kavadias, …

SME for Growth: How to execute your growth strategy 13 January 2017

The latest article in our series for Business Channel TV’s SME for Growth resources platform explores the detail needed to execute a …

Cambridge Business Magazine: Innovation goes far beyond technology 1 January 2017

The word “innovation” is not only technology, but much more, says Stelios Kavadias, Margaret Thatcher Professor of Enterprise Studies in Innovation & …

SME for Growth: The growth quest through scalable processes 13 November 2016

Without structure, small companies just can’t grow. Our article for Business Channel TV’s SME for Growth resources platform explains why. Read the …

Cambridge Business Magazine: Six elements feature in business transformation 1 November 2016

There are six key elements including personalisation and asset-sharing that typically feature in transformative business models that have a high chance of …

SME for Growth: In order to grow, you have to let go 1 November 2016

As Will entered his office that morning on Monday at 7.30am his shoulders dropped. His assistant had laid neatly on his desk …

Harvard Business Review: The transformative business models 8 September 2016

An article co-authored by three academics at Cambridge Judge Business School identified six key elements, including personalisation, asset-sharing and organisational agility, that …

Cambridge TV: Professor Stelios Kavadias – SMEs 3 August 2016

Now more than ever, running a small or medium sized business is a huge challenge. With some banks announcing job losses and …

Cambridge Business Magazine: Fighting the ‘scale-up’ problem for British entrepreneurs 1 July 2016

Entrepreneurs in Britain need to develop effective management systems, establish partnerships and leverage their competitive strengths in order to scale up effectively, …

The Guardian: Never mind start-ups, it’s scale-ups that urgently need funding 30 June 2016

Lucy Douglas writes about small businesses in the UK that could “generate 238,000 new jobs in a handful of years and an …

The Huffington Post: The Holy Grail of business: six degrees of innovation 8 June 2016

There are “Six Degrees of Innovation” – six matching patterns between technological change and market needs – that characterise successfully transformative business …

The Huffington Post: How to ensure UK start-ups get the finance to scale 11 May 2016

Entrepreneurs in Britain need to develop effective management systems, establish partnerships and leverage their competitive strengths in order to scale up effectively, …

Forbes: Twelve ways to turn great British start-ups into fast-growing scale-ups 28 April 2016

Entrepreneurs in Britain need to develop effective management systems, establish partnerships and leverage their competitive strengths in order to scale up effectively, …