Elizabeth J. Altman

Dr. Elizabeth J. Altman serves as Associate Professor of Management at the Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell, and maintains a research affiliate position at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. Her academic appointments include visiting roles at the United States Military Academy at West Point and Harvard Business School.

Her research spans strategy, innovation, platform businesses, workforce ecosystems, AI, and organizational change. Altman's work examines strategic leadership in business ecosystems, organizational identity transitions, and the knowledge-based view of the firm, with notable focus on product-to-platform transitions and multi-sided platforms. Her research demonstrates consistent evolution toward workforce ecosystems and AI integration in organizational contexts.

Altman's publications reveal strong emphasis on business ecosystems (35%), workforce transformation (25%), and strategic innovation (20%), with increasing focus on AI applications since 2021. Her work frequently addresses practical implementation challenges in corporate and global contexts.

Selected honors include:

• Harvard Business Review 10 Must Reads selections (2018-2020)
• Boston Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential Women in Boston (2003)
• Boston Business Journal's 40 Under 40 (2002)
• Council on Foreign Relations Lifetime Membership (2016)
• Four consecutive UMass Lowell Women's Leadership Faculty Fellowships (2017-2020)

Altman actively advises corporate and non-profit boards while consulting globally on platform strategy. Her industry background includes 19 years at Motorola in executive roles spanning engineering, product development, and strategy, complemented by a U.S. Department of Commerce fellowship at Sony Japan. She leads significant research initiatives including the MIT Sloan Management Review's Future of the Workforce project.

Her laboratory of practice extends through the Wilson Center for Entrepreneurship and Donahue Center for Business Ethics at UMass Lowell, where she connects academic research with real-world business challenges through executive education and corporate partnerships.