Curba Morris Lampert is the Knight Ridder Eminent Scholar Endowment Chair and Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Florida International University. Professor Lampert holds a Ph.D. in Management from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, an M.P.P. from the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine. Professor Lampert studies technology strategy and innovation, focusing on issues of knowledge management, value creation and appropriation, and entrepreneurship in the large corporation. Her current research examines barriers to imitation, corporate venture capital, and internal knowledge generation for complex problems. She has published articles in leading scholarly journals that include the Academy of Management Annals, the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of International Business Studies, the Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, Research Policy, the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, and the Strategic Management Journal. Her publications have garnered over 5,000 citations. Professor Lampert teaches courses and seminars in strategy, entrepreneurship, international business, and healthcare management to executive, DBA, MBA, and undergraduate students. On 12 occasions, she received the MBA Teaching Award, an honor presented to one faculty member of the MBA program and voted on by the graduating cohort. Professor Lampert leads in institution-building. In her professional organizations, she is the Engagement Officer and the Representative-at-Large for the Entrepreneurship and Strategy Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society. She has served as Track Chair at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting and on the All-Academy Theme (AAT) Committee of the Academy of Management Annual Meeting. In addition, Professor Lampert has organized numerous plenary Showcase Panel sessions, Professional Development Workshop sessions, and symposia at the Strategic Management Society (SMS), the Academy of International Business (AIB), and the Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meetings. Professor Lampert regularly contributes her academic expertise to the practitioner audience, worldwide, and across a variety of industries. Her most recent engagement focuses on value-based healthcare with the Cleveland Clinic.
