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Feng Zhu

Piramal Associate Professor of Business Administration

Feng Zhu is an associate professor of business administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit and teaches Digital Innovation and Transformation in the MBA elective curriculum. Before joining the HBS faculty, he was an assistant professor of strategy at the University of Southern California. 

In his research, Professor Zhu examines competitive strategy and innovation in high-technology industries, with an emphasis on platform-based markets. He has studied a wide range of platforms, such as video game consoles, social-networking sites, Craigslist, Wikipedia, smartphone operating systems, blogs, newspapers, and ad-sponsored free products. 

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Feng Zhu is an associate professor of business administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit and teaches Digital Innovation and Transformation in the MBA elective curriculum. Before joining the HBS faculty, he was an assistant professor of strategy at the University of Southern California. 

In his research, Professor Zhu examines competitive strategy and innovation in high-technology industries, with an emphasis on platform-based markets. He has studied a wide range of platforms, such as video game consoles, social-networking sites, Craigslist, Wikipedia, smartphone operating systems, blogs, newspapers, and ad-sponsored free products. 

Professor Zhu’s work has appeared in journals including the American Economic Review, Management Science, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Information Systems Research. It has been covered by such media as the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Forbes.com and has most recently won the Strategic Management Society’s Best Paper Award for Practice Implications. He received the Past Chairs’ Emerging Scholar Award from the Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management and the Ascendant Scholar Award from the Western Academy of Management.  

Professor Zhu earned his Ph.D. in science, technology and management and a master’s in computer science at Harvard University. He did his undergraduate work in computer science, economics, and mathematics at Williams College.

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  1. Teaching Interest

    Digital Innovation and Transformation – MBA Elective Curriculum

    by Feng Zhu

     

    Digital Innovation and Transformation is designed to equip students to confidently help conceive, lead and execute digital innovation initiatives and develop new business models for existing and insurgent organizations. The basic premise of the course is that the digital revolution is rapidly transforming the fundamental nature of many companies in a wide range of industries and executives, entrepreneurs and general managers need to understand the economics, technology paradigms and management practices of innovating in digital-centric businesses to ensure corporate and personal success. The course is intended for students pursuing business careers in which digital technologies will be critical to the development of new products and services, e.g., entrepreneurial start-ups, consulting and venture capital, and senior positions in marketing, R&D, and strategy. Visits by case protagonists and industry experts will enable students to understand the career options in this rapidly evolving space.

    Related Link: http://www.hbs.edu/coursecatalog/2134.html

  2. Teaching Interest

    Technology and Operations - MBA Required Curriculum

    by Feng Zhu


    This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position. It helps them to understand the complex processes underlying the development and manufacture of products as well as the creation and delivery of services.

    Related Link: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/units/tom/Pages/curriculum.aspx

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