Pooyan Khashabi is an Associate Professor of Strategy at ESSEC Business School, specializing in the strategic organization of firms within knowledge-intensive industries. His research explores how companies structure their technological and human capital to gain and sustain competitive advantage. Pooyan earned his PhD from Bocconi University and currently serves on the editorial review board of the Strategic Management Journal. His research output have been published in academic outlets, including Management Science, Organization Science, and the Strategic Management Journal. Prior to his appointment at ESSEC, Pooyan was a faculty member at the Munich School of Management.