Biography: Constantinos C. Markides is Professor of Strategic and International Management and Chairman of the Strategy Department at the London Business School. Previously, he was an Associate with the Cyprus Development Bank and a Research Associate at the Harvard Business School.
He has taught in many in-company programs (for firms including Unilever, British Aerospace, Pirelli, Avon, Honeywell, Wellcome, Polygram, James Capel, Mercury Asset Management, and Warner Lambert) and is on the Academic Advisory Board of the Cyprus International Institute of Management. He is also a nonexecutive Director of Amathus (U.K.) Ltd., a tour operating company.
Dr. Markides has done research and published on the topics of strategic innovation, corporate restructuring, refocusing, and international acquisitions. His current research interests include the management of diversified firms and the use of innovation and creativity to achieve strategic breakthroughs.
He is the author of
Diversification, Refocusing and Economic Performance and many articles published in journals such as the
Harvard Business Review,
Sloan Management Review,
Directors & Boards,
Long Range Planning,
British Journal of Management,
Journal of International Business Studies,
Strategic Management Journal, and the
Academy of Management Journal. He is the Associate Editor of the
European Management Journal and a member of the editorial boards of the
Strategic Management Journal and the
Academy of Management Journal. He is also a Fellow of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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