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Costas Markides is Professor of Strategic and International Management and Chairman of the Strategy Department at London Business School. With 88 publications and 9,493 citations, he is a globally recognized authority in strategic management and business model innovation. His work bridges academic research and practical business application, influencing both scholarly discourse and executive decision-making worldwide.
Markides' research focuses on:
- Business model innovation and its strategic implications
- Disruptive innovation and competitive response strategies
- Strategic thinking frameworks for executives
- Innovation management in established organizations
- Global strategy and emerging market innovations
- Strategic ambidexterity in competing business models
His publication record reveals a consistent exploration of how organizations can strategically innovate while maintaining core business operations. Markides' work on 'competing with dual business models' and 'strategic innovation at the base of the pyramid' has been particularly influential, offering practical frameworks for managing the tension between exploitation of existing business models and exploration of new ones.
Markides' educational background includes a B.A. and M.A. in economics from Boston University, and an M.B.A. and D.B.A. from Harvard Business School. As Chairman of the Strategy Department, he has shaped one of the world's premier strategy research units while maintaining an active research agenda that continues to produce significant scholarly contributions.
His work consistently addresses real-world strategic challenges, providing theoretically grounded yet practically applicable insights that have made him one of the leading voices in contemporary strategic management.
