Suresh Kotha

Suresh is a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the Foster School of Business, University of Washington where he holds the Olesen/Battelle Endowed Excellence Chair in Entrepreneurship.

He joined the Foster Business School in 1996 and teaches courses in competitve strategy and entrepreneurship in the school's Executive MBA and TMMBA programs. He also participates in many of the executive programs that are focused on domestic and international companies offered by the Foster. He currently serves as the Research Director of the Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Washington.

His teaching and research interests are in the areas of competitive strategy, corporate entrepreneurship, and technology entrepreneurship. Suresh has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, The Seattle Times, NPR and numerous other publications.

Consulting and Executive Education

Suresh has served as consultant or taught exectuives in numerous organizations including: The Rensselaer Sheriff Department, the Boeing Corporation, RealNetworks, Freshnetventures.com, Wonderhorse.com, Boeing Employees Credit Union, F5 Networks, and Saltchuck's Marine Resources Group.

He has authored in-depth business-school cases on many worldclass companies including: Amazon.com, Realnetworks, Starbucks Company, Boeing Corporation's 787 project, Steinway & Sons, Harley-Davidson, and some less known, but equally interesting, companies including Homegrocer.com, Wizard's of the coast, vCustomer, Bookshare.org, and Tenfold Organics.

Suresh has published over 40 articles, many of them in top-tier peer reviewed journals including the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Accounting Research, Social Science Research, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, and Journal of Operations Management.

Education

• PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1988)
• MS Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1986)
• MBA Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1983)
• MArch Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1982)
• BArch University of Madras (1980)

Academic Expertise

• competitive strategy
• e-commerce
• entrepreneurship
• technology and innovation strategy

Current Research

• Emergence of trust in new ventures, Knowledge-spillovers and entrepreneurship, Corporate entrepreneurship, CVC investments and its impact on corporations

Positions Held

• At the University of Washington since 1996
• Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2010-2011
• Visiting Professor, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India, Fall, 2004
• Visiting Professor, Gordon Institute of Business Sciences, University of Pretoria, SA, Summers 2001, 1999, & 1998
• Visiting Professor, International University in Japan, GSIM, 1993
• Assistant Professor, Stern School of Business, NYU, 1988-1996
• Instructor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1987-1988

Honors and Awards

• Teacher of the Year Award, Technology Management MBA program, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, 2011-2012 Academic Year
• Teacher of the Quarter Award, Technology Management MBA program, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, Winter, 2012
• Teacher of the Year Award, Technology Management MBA program, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, 2009-2010
• Dean''s Best Faculty Case Award, 2006
• Stevens Institute Best Paper award on Corporate Entrepreneurship, Babson Research Conference, 2005
• Dean’s Citizenship Award, 2004
• Evert McCabe Faculty Fellowship Award, 2003-2004
• International Research Award, 2004
• UW Business School Neal Dempsey Research Fellowship Award, 2001, 2002, 2003
• UW Business School Lex N.Gamble Family Award for Excellence in the field of E-Commerce, 2001
• Research funding from UW Business School’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Herbert Jones Foundation, 2000, 2001
• Research funding from UW CIBER Center, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
• Research funding from Columbia University’s Center for International Business Research, Columbia University Business School, 1995
• NSF Grant Co-Recipient (NSF 94-27/July 15, 1994, Management of Technology Innovation)
• National Science Foundation grant, 1994
• Two Tenneco Fund Program Awards, Management Department, NYU, 991, 1994
• Research funding from the Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Best Paper Awards, Operations Management Division, Academy of Management Meeting, 1991, 1992
• Fellowship Recipient, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Troy, New York School of Architecture and School of Management, 1980-1982 & 1983-1988
• University Rank Holder, placed second in the final year B. Arch examinations, University of Madras, India
• A. L. Mudaliar Award for Design Excellence in the final year B. Arch examinations. University of Madras, India