STUART EVANS
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PROFESSOR
INTEGRATED INNOVATION INSTITUTE
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Biography
Dr. Stuart Evans is a Distinguished Service Professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Integrated Innovation Institute, based at the Silicon Valley Campus. Stuart has served as the Founding Director of the CMU-Emirates iLab, an innovation partnership between CMU and Emirates Airlines. His research focuses on how enterprises adapt to disruptive technologies. His professional career spans research (SRI International, Stanford Graduate School of Business), teaching (The Judge Business School, Cambridge University), consulting (Bain and Company, Menlo Park, California) and executive management (Shugart Corporation, Sunnyvale, California). He is a Limited Partner in several Venture Capital firms and serves on several boards in Silicon Valley. Prof. Evans has published widely in academic and professional journals. His latest book, published by Springer, “Super Flexibility for Knowledge Enterprises” was co-authored with Professor Homa Bahrami of the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.
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Publications
THE TRAJECTORY OF TWO DECADES OF GLOBAL JOURNAL OF FLEXIBLE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND FLEXIBILITY RESEARCH: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS”: Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management: Springer August 2021
INVITED PAPER: “SUPER-FLEXIBILITY IN PRACTICE: INSIGHTS FROM A CRISIS” Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management: Springer May 2020
FLEXIBILITY AT GENENTECH: DEVELOPING VERSATILE DOMAIN EXPERTS AND DEPLOYING FLEXIBLE RESOURCES AT ONE U.S. MEDICAL AFFAIRS UNIT: University of California; Berkeley-Haas Case Study 2016
‘‘REAL-TIME LEADERSHIP AT FABRINET’’ University of California at Berkeley-Haas Case Study 2014.
“SUPER-FLEXIBILITY FOR REAL TIME ADAPTATION: PERSPECTIVES FROM SILICON VALLEY” Homa Bahrami & Stuart Evans California Management Review Vol. 53(3), pp.21-39, 2011
“SUPER-FLEXIBILITY: A TOOLKIT FOR DYNAMIC ADAPTATION: PART 2.” The European Business Review, January-February 2011
“SUPER-FLEXIBILITY: A TOOLKIT FOR DYNAMIC ADAPTATION: PART 1.” The European Business Review, November 2010
SUPER-FLEXIBILITY FOR KNOWLEDGE ENTERPRISES, (2nd Edition) Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 2010
“MANAGING HIGH-TECH KNOWLEDGE WORKERS: LESSONS FROM SILICON VALLEY” PKU Business Review No.3 Vol. 20, Peking University 2006
“LEADING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE WORKERS” in Global Talent: An Anthology of Human Capital Strategies, Volume 1, Human Capital Institute Washington, DC 2006
SUPER-FLEXIBILITY FOR KNOWLEDGE ENTERPRISES, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 2004
“ORGANIZING FOR STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY" in THE MANY FACETS OF LEADERSHIP, M. Goldsmith, Vijay Govindarajan, Beverly Kaye, and Albert Vicere (Eds.) Financial Times/Prentice Hall 2003
"NODAL ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNS IN SILICON VALLEY" in H. Osterle & R. Winter (Eds.) BUSINESS ENGINEERING, Springer-Verlag, 2000 & New Edition (revised) 2003
"FLEXIBLE RECYCLING & HIGH TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP" in M. Kenney (Ed.) UNDERSTANDING SILICON VALLEY, Stanford University Press, 2000
"HUMAN RESOURCE LEADERSHIP IN KNOWLEDGE-BASED ENTITIES" in D. Ulrich & M. Losey "(Eds.) TOMORROW'S HR LEADERSHIP, Wiley, 1997
"FLEXIBLE RECYCLING & HIGH TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP" California Management Review, Vol. 37 (3), pp. 33-52. 1995
"STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGY MANŒUVRES: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK", JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES Vol. 28 (1), pp. 69-89, 1991
"EMERGING ORGANIZATIONAL REGIMES IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY FIRMS: THE BI-MODAL FORM", HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, Vol. 28 (1), pp. 25- 50, Spring 1989
“STRATEGY MAKING IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY FIRMS: THE EMPIRICIST MODE.” CALIFORNIA MANAGEMENT REVIEW, Vol. 31(2), pp. 107-128, 1989
“INDUSTRY NOTE: DISK DRIVES FOR SMALL & MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEMS" (S-MM-6N), Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, 1985; published in L.R. Jauch & J. Townsend CASES IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, McGraw Hill, 1989
"PLANNING MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES" (Case # S-MM-8), Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, 1985; published in L.R. Jauch & J. Townsend (Eds.) CASES IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, McGraw Hill, 1989
"STRATOCRACY IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY FIRMS", Special Issue, CALIFORNIA MANAGEMENT REVIEW, Vol. 30(1) pp. 51-66, Fall 1987; also published in G. Carroll & D. Vogel (Eds.) "ORGANIZATIONAL APPROACHES TO STRATEGY", Ballinger, 1988
"SURPRISE MANAGEMENT IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES", THE PRESIDENT, American Management Association, October 1985
"A STRATEGIC AID FOR TECHNOLOGY SOURCING NEGOTIATIONS", IFPS CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, (Outstanding Paper Award), 1985
"MANAGING HIGH TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIER/DISTRIBUTOR RELATIONSHIPS" in J. Elam (Ed.) DSS- 85 TRANSACTIONS, 1985
"STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY IN BUSINESS", SRI BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM, Research Report #678, December 1982