Warren Boeker

Education

• PhD University of California, Berkeley

Academic Expertise

• entrepreneurship
• technology and innovation strategy

Positions Held

• At the University of Washington since 1998
• Visiting professor at London Business School (1996-98)
• Associate Professor at Columbia University (1991-96)
• Assistant Professor at Columbia University (1987-91)

Honors and Awards

• Dean''s Entrepreneurship Research Award (2003)
• Global EMBA Excellence in Teaching Award (2003)
• Core Teaching Team of the Year for Spring (2000)

Academic Service

• Past editorial board member of Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, and Journal of Business Venturing.
• Past chair of the Academy of Management''s Organization and Management Theory Division

Courses Taught

• Strategic Management of Technological Innovation:
• The purpose of this course is to better understand the dynamics of industries driven by technological innovation and to provide a series of frameworks for managing technology-intensive businesses. We will discuss how to improve the new product development process to maximize success and how firms make the choice between protecting their technologies with patents or copyrights, versus rapidly disseminating them to build an installed base and complementary goods. We also describe effective collaboration approaches, such as joint venture, strategic alliance, acquisition, and outsourcing.
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• Management Consulting:
• This course is designed to introduce you to the field of management consulting from the prospective of both the individual consultant and the consulting firm. The goal of the course is to provide you with a practical understanding of the practices and processes used by management consultants. We will specifically focus on what consultants do, who they work for and how they create value. The course also develops your critical thinking skills by understanding appropriate frameworks to assess, diagnose, suggest and implement solutions to the key challenges businesses face. We will also bring in a number of guest speakers from the industry to ground our discussion around the practice of consulting.