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Professor
Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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- ProfessorJoseph L. Rotman School of Management
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BIO
Anita McGahan is University Professor, Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, and a Professor of Strategic Management at the Rotman School of Management, where she holds the George E. Connell Chair in Organizations & Society. Her research is focused on private entrepreneurship in the public interest. She has written on industry change, sustainable competitive advantage and the establishment of new fields. An area of particular interest is global health and the diffusion of knowledge across international boundaries.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- George E. Connell Chair in Organizations & SocietyUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2018 - present
- Full Professor (tenured) of Strategic ManagementUniversity of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada2007 - present
- Senior Institute AssociateHarvard University, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Cambridge, United States2002 - present
- Visiting Professor. Sandra Dawson ProfessorshipUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom2018 - 2018
- Instructor in course on global health offered to Harvard undergraduates on site at the Great Lakes University of Kenya in KisumuHarvard University, Cambridge, United States2012 - 2012
- Associate Dean, Research (ADR)University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada2010 - 2015
- Rotman Chair in ManagementUniversity of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada2008 - 2019
- Visiting Professor, Division of Social Medicine and Health InequalitiesHarvard Medical School, Boston, United States2008 - 2009
- Visiting Professor, Strategic Management and International BusinesLondon Business School, London, United Kingdom2007 - 2007
- Visiting Professor, StrategyAustralian Graduate School of Management, Sydney, Australia2005 - 2005
- Fellow, Institute for Strategy and CompetitivenessHarvard University, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Cambridge, United States2001 - 2002
- Full Professor (tenured), Strategy & PolicyBoston University, Boston, United States2000 - 2007
- Associate Professor, Competition & StrategyHarvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Cambridge, United States1996 - 2000
- Visiting Scholar, StrategyStanford University, Graduate School of Business, Stanford, United States1996 - 1997
- Assistant Professor, Competition & StrategyHarvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Cambridge, United States1991 - 1996
- Visiting ProfessorBoston University, Boston, United States2013 - 2014
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Advisor to senior leadership teamDigitas Corporation, Boston, United States2001 - 2002
- Senior Vice PresidentDigitas Corporation, Digital Strategy Group, Boston, United States2000 - 2000
- ConsultingIndependent, Cambridge & Boston, United States1991 - 2000
- ConsultantMcKinsey & Company (United States), New York, United States1986 - 1988
- Financial AnalystMorgan Stanley (United States), Management Information Systems, New York, United States1982 - 1984
- Corporate Modeling Analyst and Reinsurance Pricing AnalystPrudential Financial (United States), Actuarial Department, Newark, United States1982 - 1983
DEGREES
- Ph.D. and M.A. in Business EconomicsHarvard University, Cambridge, United States1988 - 1990
- M.B.A.Harvard University, Cambridge, United States1984 - 1986
- B.A., HumanitiesNorthwestern University, Evanston, United States1978 - 1982
INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
- Institute for Pandemics (IfP)
- Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society (SRI)
- School of Cities