Dr. James Utterback

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Biography

James M. Utterback is a David J. McGrath Jr. Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he focuses on management innovation, technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategic management. He has extensively studied the emergence of dominant product designs and the dynamics of innovation. His notable work includes the book "Mastering Dynamics of Innovation" published by Harvard Business School Press in 1994, which explores the creative and destructive effects of technological change on companies. Utterback received his BS and MS in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University, and holds both a PhD in Industrial Management from MIT and a ScD from the Chalmers Institute of Technology. He has been honored with numerous awards, including being elected a Fellow of the Portland International Center for Management of Engineering Technology in 2022 and receiving the Distinguished Alumni Award from Northwestern University in 2018. His contributions to the fields of technological and scientific innovation have been widely recognized, and he has been influential in fostering research and education in technology management.

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David J. McGrath Jr. Professor of Management

— Present

MIT Sloan School of Management • Cambridge, MA

Focuses on management innovation, technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategic management.