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Education
Ph.D., Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick, UK, 2004; M.Phil. in Marketing and Strategic Management, B.Sc. in Computer Sciences, 1997, 1999, UFMG, Brazil
Research Areas
Entrepreneurship, innovation management, inter-organizational networks, and organizational knowledge and learning
Current Projects
Goussevskaia, A. and Arruda, C., "Buying innovation: knowledge integration and capability development in acquisitions of entrepreneurial firms."
Goussevskaia, A., Swan, J., Newell, S. and Bresnen, M., "Commercialization of biomedical innovation in the context of new field emergence"
Goussevskaia, A., "Biomedical innovation in Brazil"
Academic Positions
Arizona State University: 2008-present. Previous Appointments: Fundacao Dom Cabral, Brazil, 2005 - present; The University of Warwick, UK, 2005-2006; The University of Warwick, UK, 2002-2004; Pontificia Universidade Catolica, Brazil, 2000
Recent Consulting
Coordinator of practitioner-oriented network joining thirty major national and multi-national companies based in Brazil, aimed at addressing their innovation challenges, 2005-2008
Corporate entrepreneurship: development of organizational structures and processes to enable implementation of disruptive high-risk innovation projects, Telefonica, 2006-2007
Professional Leadership
Ad hoc reviewer: Organization Studies, Scandinavian Journal of Management, European Journal of Information Systems
Guest Editor: Building Research & Information, Special Issue on 'Managing Projects as Complex Social Settings,' 2005
Organization of International Symposium 'New frontiers of Innovation Management', Brazil, sponsored by Ministry of Science and Higher Education, 2008
Organization of International Workship 'Rethinking construction? Managing projects as complex social settings', UK, Sponsored by The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, 2004
Representative Publications
Goussevskaia, A., Arruda, C. and Chicarino, G., "Make or buy: the challenge is in the next day." (in Portuguese). Harvard Business Review (Special Edition for Brazil), 2008
Goussevskaia, A., Arruda, C. and Lofti, S., "Capability transformation: interplay between interest alignment and knowledge leveraging mechanisms." Academy of Management Meeting, 2008 (Best Paper Proceedings, Business Policy and Strategy division.)
Newell, S., Goussevskaia, A., Swan, J., Robertson, M., and Bresnen, M., "The Interactivity of Projects and the Evolution of Knowledge in Biomedical Innovation." Long Range Planning, v. 41, pp. 33-35, 2008
Swan, J., Goussevskaia, A., Newell, S., Roberston, M., Bresnen, M. and Obembe, A., "Modes of Organizing Biomedical Innovation in the UK and US and The Role of Integrative and Relational Capabilities." Research Policy, v. 36, pp. 529-547, 2007
Swan, J., Bresnen, M., Newell, S., Robertson, M., Goussevskaia, . and Obembe, A., "Organizing biomedical innovation in the UK and US." In: Scarbrough, H. (Org.) Evolution of Business Knowledge. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-19-922959-8)
Goussevskaia, A., "Inter-organizational learning in strategic alliances." In: Bernardes, R. and Andreassi, T. (Org.). Innovation in Knowledge Intensive Services (in Portuguese). Sao Paulo: Editora Saraeva, 2007 (ISBN: 978-8-50206-069-2)
