Dr. Gautam Ahuja

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Biography

Gautam Ahuja serves as the Eleanora George Landew Professor of Management at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He previously served at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan (2001-2017) and the University of Texas at Austin (1996-2001), with a visiting professorship at Harvard Business School (2014-2015). His research interests focus on competitive analysis, technology innovation, and globalization, examining inter-organizational arrangements such as mergers, acquisitions, and alliances. His research has garnered over 30,000 citations and he is recognized as a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society (2023) and the Academy of Management (2021), as well as receiving the TIM Distinguished Scholar award in 2019. Ahuja has served as editor-in-chief for Organization Science and held associate editor and senior editor roles at Management Science and Strategy Science. His courses at Cornell primarily cover strategy and competitive analysis, and he has received multiple awards for his teaching achievements, including the Cornell-Tech Professor Award and the BPS Wiley Outstanding Educator Award (2016).

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2017-01-01 — Present

Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University • Ithaca, NY

Research and teaching in management organizations, focusing on strategy, innovation, and competitive analysis.

Student, Faculty Advisor

— Present

Various Institutions Worldwide •

Trained numerous students, guiding many of them to become faculty members at prestigious institutions.

Awards

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TIM Distinguished Scholar

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BPS Wiley Outstanding Educator Award

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Cornell Tech Faculty Teaching Award

Requirements for Cornell University

Master Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:15
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Architecture or related field
Application Checklist
  • Online application
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  • Personal Statement
  • Transcripts
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

Department of Architecture