Research

Our Vision

Within the area of management and social sciences, the academic work conducted at SMI is located at the interface between strategic management and innovation. Technological innovation is a key driver for firm performance, and generating strategies that foster and leverage innovation is a critical management task. Our research explores and explains sources of competitive advantage related to technology, and we seek insights in our findings that are of value to management. We also consistently focus on the role of information and communication technology within and between organisations. Mastering information technology is key for firms to remain successful. 

We engage in theory building and conduct profound empirical research using both qualitative and quantitative methods.

We believe that networking and partnering with peers is a crucial element of modern academia. Therefore we cooperate with other academic groups that share our ambition. With those, we discuss and review our work while constantly expanding our capabilities. Cultivating our friendship with our sister university external page EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, as well as institutions such as the external page University of Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland),  external page MIT (Boston, USA), external page Harvard University (Boston, USA), external page HSG (St. Gallen, Switzerland) and external page Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo, Japan) is essential to us.

Research Activities and Outreach

The Group’s current research focuses on three domains: The strategic management of digital technology and artificial intelligence; innovation in the pharmaceutical and health care Industries; organization of online communities.


Further areas of research include: