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Johanna Mair
Associate Professor of Strategic Management

Ph.D. in Management, INSEAD, France
Master of Science, INSEAD, France
Diploma in International Relations, Johns Hopkins University, Bologna, Italy
Master in Social and Economic Sciences, Wirtschaftsuniversitaet, Vienna, Austria
Laurea in Economia e commercio, Universita degli studi, Verona, Italy
E-mail: JMair@iese.edu

Biography

Johanna Mair is associate professor in the Strategic Management department. She currently teaches corporate strategy and entrepreneurial strategies for social impact in the MBA, Global Executive MBA and Executive Education programs, strategy research in the Ph.D. program, and course design in the International Faculty Development Program.
Prof. Mair's current research lies at the intersection of traditional strategy and entrepreneurship. More specifically she is interested in how institutions stifle and enable social and economic progress and the role of entrepreneurial actors in this process. Current projects include a project on Venture Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship in collaboration with Harvard Business School and an EU-sponsored program on Social Innovation in collaboration with London School of Economics.
Prof. Mair has received numerous awards for her outstanding research and publications. In 2007 she was recognized as a "Faculty Pioneer" by the Aspen Institute and received the "Ashoka Award for Social Entrepreneurship Education. Her research was awarded with the 2008 Gold Prize of the IFC-Financial Times Essay Competition and the 2007 Strategic Management Society "Best Paper for Practice Implications Award". IESE honored her research and teaching activities by awarding her the Annual Research Award in 2007 and 2005.
She is co-author of two books on Social Entrepreneurship and author or co-author of numerous book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles and articles for management practice have appeared - among others - in the Journal of Business Venturing, the Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of World Business the Financial Times. She serves on the editorial board of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and reviews papers for numerous renowned journals and bodies, including the Academy of Management, the Strategic Management Society, the Journal of Management, and the Journal for Business Venturing. She has also published numerous case studies and teaching notes.
Before earning her Ph.D. in management with a specialization in strategy from INSEAD (France), Prof. Mair was directly involved in many aspects of the executive decision-making process in international banking. Today, alongside her academic responsibilities, she still carries out consultancy work for several multinational companies and international institutions such as the World Bank and serves on the advisory board of globally operating entrepreneurial companies, foundations and social venture funds.

Areas of interest

* Corporate unbundling
* Institutional change
* Entrepreneurial strategies for social impact

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