New Faculty Profiles: Rebecca Karp
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HBS faculty comprises more than 300 scholars and practitioners who bring leading-edge research, extensive experience, and deep insights into the classroom, to organizations, and to managers. We asked new faculty at HBS about their background, their new roles, and their interests. 
Rebecca Karp, assistant professor, Strategy
What is your educational background? After a few years in advertising, I became very interested in how firms develop and transform their strategies, so I went back to school and received an MBA from Cornell. Post Cornell, I spent quite a bit of time as a consultant before pursuing my PhD at Boston University. In consulting you sort of learn as you go, or by trial and error. During my time as a consultant, I learned a lot about how firms execute on their strategies, grow, organize, etc. In fact, much of what I observed in that role influences my research today. What’s your area of research and what led you to it? My research is truly influenced by what I have observed in practice. I frequently leverage ethnographic and field methods to conduct research. This means that I often embed myself within an organization for long periods of time to really understand the organization, and its challenges. These experiences truly shape my approach to research and the research questions I pursue. What will you be teaching here? What would you be doing if you weren’t a professor? Where are you from? What is something you like to do outside of your academic work? What’s your favorite book, movie, or piece of art? |
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