Dr. Mihaela Stan

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Mihaela Stan is an Assistant Professor in Strategy at the UCL School of Management. Her current research investigates the links between formal structures, organizational learning, and adaptation, with a particular emphasis on the healthcare sector. She is interested in how organizational context attributes shape learning outcomes. Prior to her appointment at UCL, Mihaela completed her Ph.D. in Strategic International Management at London Business School and obtained her MBA from Brigham Young University in the United States. Mihaela's work has been published in prominent academic journals, including Organization Science and the Strategic Management Journal, and she has been featured in prestigious financial reviews. Her broad research focus includes the long-term organizational consequences of short-termism and the innovative aspects of organizational learning. Mihaela has specifically studied learning deficiencies resulting from what is termed the "selection gate" in organizational practice, which refers to efforts to enhance output by selectively choosing promising cases as inputs. Additionally, her recent research has addressed the predicaments firms face as they seek to rapidly accumulate experience, a phenomenon characterized by time compression diseconomies.

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Assistant Professor

— Present

UCL School of Management • London, England

Teaching and conducting research in strategy.