Annabelle Gawer
Annabelle Gawer FBA (born 1969) is a French-born British business theorist whose research concerns digital platforms. Born in France, and educated in France and the US, she works in the UK as Chaired Professor in Digital Economy and director of the Centre of Digital Economy at the University of Surrey.[1]
Education
[edit]Annabelle Gawer was born in France,[2] in 1969.[3] In 1992, she earned a master's degree in applied mathematics from Pierre and Marie Curie University, in Paris, an engineering degree from the Nancy School of Mines, and a master's degree in industrial engineering from Stanford University in the US. She completed a Ph.D. in management of technology and innovation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000.[1]
Career
[edit]After completing her PhD at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Gawer returned to France as an assistant professor of strategy and management at INSEAD in Fontainebleau from 2000 to 2004. From 2004 to 2016, she was an assistant professor and associate professor of strategy and innovation in the business school of Imperial College London. She joined the University of Surrey in 2016.[4] She headed the Department of Digital Economy, Entrepreneurship & Innovation in the Surrey Business School at the University of Surrey from 2018 to 2021.[1]
Since 2023, she has been a visiting professor at IMD, the International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne.[5] From 2020 to 2023, she also held an affiliation as visiting professor of Strategy and Innovation in the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.[2]
Annabelle Gawer was named in 2023 independent digital expert for the CMA, the UK Competition and Markets Authority.[6]
Works
[edit]Books
[edit]- Platform Leadership: How Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco Drive Industry Innovation (with Michael A. Cusumano, Harvard Business School Press, 2002).[7]
- The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power (with Michael A. Cusumano and David B. Yoffie, HarperCollins, 2019).[8]
Policy reports
[edit]- Online Platforms: Economic and Societal Effects (with Nick Srnicek), Study for the European Parliament, 2021.[9]
Edited volumes
[edit]- Platforms, Markets and Innovation (Edward Elgar, 2009).[10]
- Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Platforms (with Jeffrey Furman, Brian S. Silverman, and Scott Stern, Emerald Publishing, 2017).[11]
Selected journal articles
[edit]- Gawer, Annabelle (2021). "Digital platforms and ecosystems: remarks on the dominant organizational forms of the digital age". Innovation: Organization and Management. 24 (1): 110–124. As of November 2024[update], this was the most read article published by Innovation: Organization and Management.[12]
Awards and honours
[edit]Gawer was awarded the Clarivate Highly-Cited Researcher Award in 2022 and 2023, and was both times the only woman in the category of Economics and Business in the UK. This award recognises the top 1% researchers in their field, based on the Web of Science citation index.[13][14]
Gawer was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2023.[15]
Gawer was awarded the 2024 Theory-to-Practice Strategy Award by the Wiener Strategieforum (Vienna Strategy Forum) in recognition of the impact of her research on platforms on business practice.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Annabelle Gawer", People, University of Surrey, retrieved 2024-03-14
- ^ a b "Annabelle Gawer", Convening leaders: PCMA, 30 November 2020, retrieved 2024-03-14
- ^ Annabelle Gawer, German National Library, retrieved 2024-03-14
- ^ "Annabelle Gawer", ORCiD, retrieved 2024-03-14
- ^ "Annabelle Gawer - IMD business school for management and leadership courses". www.imd.org. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ^ "Experts appointed as UK looks to level digital playing field for consumers". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ^ Reviews of Platform Leadership:
- Oscar Hauptman, Innovation, doi:10.5172/impp.2003.5.1.91
- L. Kosmin Langford, IEEE Engineering Management Review, doi:10.1109/EMR.2003.1201451
- Jeffrey Marshall, Financial Executive, [1]
- ^ Review of The Business of Platforms: Magali Malherbe and Fanny Simon, Management international / International Management / Gestiòn Internacional, doi:10.7202/1088148ar
- ^ European Parliament. Directorate General for Parliamentary Research Services. (2021). Online platforms: economic and societal effects. LU: Publications Office. doi:10.2861/844602.
- ^ Review of Platforms, Markets and Innovation: Steven Kahl, Organization Studies, doi:10.1177/0170840611400273
- ^ Furman, Jeffrey L.; Gawer, Annabelle; Silverman, Brian S.; Stern, Scott, eds. (2017). Entrepreneurship, innovation, and platforms. Advances in strategic management. United Kingdom ; North America: Emerald Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78743-080-8. OCLC 1003522453.
- ^ "Most read articles ("All time")". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
- ^ "Global accolade for seven Surrey academics placed in top 1% worldwide in their field". University of Surrey. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
- ^ "Surrey researchers among world's most influential". University of Surrey. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
- ^ "Professor Annabelle Gawer FBA", Fellows of the British Academy, The British Academy, retrieved 2024-03-14
External links
[edit]- Annabelle Gawer publications indexed by Google Scholar
- 1969 births
- Living people
- French business theorists
- British business theorists
- Pierre and Marie Curie University alumni
- Mines Paris - PSL alumni
- Stanford University alumni
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- Academic staff of INSEAD
- Academics of Imperial College London
- Academics of the University of Surrey
- Fellows of the British Academy