About the Author

Frank T. Rothaermel is a Regents’ Professor, the highest academic distinction in the University System of Georgia, and holds the Russell and Nancy McDonough Chair in the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society, an Alfred P. Sloan Industry Studies Fellow, and a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award.

Frank’s research focuses on strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. He has published extensively in the field’s leading journals, including Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, and Academy of Management Review. Recognizing his sustained research impact, Thomson Reuters named him one of the “world’s most influential scientific minds” in economics and business, based on papers ranked in the top 1% by citations. Stanford University’s Meta-Research Innovation Center also lists him among the world’s top 2% most-cited researchers. ScholarGPS ranked him among the top 0.5% of business and management scholars worldwide and #10 globally for lifetime impact in technological innovation.

Frank regularly translates rigorous research into practice through outlets such as MIT Sloan Management Review and Academy of Management Perspectives. He also authored Strategic Management, the #1 strategy textbook in the United States since its fifth edition, with translations into Greek, Korean, Mandarin, and Spanish. He has written more than 70 case studies distributed by Harvard Business Impact (HBI) and McGraw Hill, including 34 HBI bestsellers. His contributions have earned him the Theory-to-Practice Award from the Vienna Strategy Forum at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, as well as recognition by the Kauffman Foundation as one of the world’s 75 thought leaders in entrepreneurship and innovation.

Frank is a global leader in evidence-based teaching and learning. He has received the Academy of Management’s STR Outstanding Educator Award and the Strategic Management Society’s Educational Impact Award. Harvard Business Impact recognized him as the #1 bestselling case author in corporate strategy for undergraduate education, reflecting his exceptional global classroom reach and instructional impact. He also received Georgia Tech’s Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award, an Institute-wide award recognizing research-driven innovation in teaching and learning.

Frank holds a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Washington, an MBA from Brigham Young University, and a Diplom-Volkswirt in Economics from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, a degree widely recognized as equivalent to a U.S. master’s degree.