Robert D. Austin

Robert D. Austin is a Professor of Information Systems at the Ivey Business School at Western University, and an affiliated faculty member at Harvard Medical School. Prior to his appointment at Ivey, he was Professor of Innovation and Digital Transformation at Copenhagen Business School (CBS), and, before that, Associate Professor of Technology and Operations Management at the Harvard Business School (HBS). He has taught extensively in Executive Education, and for nearly a decade chaired the HBS executive program for Chief Information Officers (CIOs). His research focuses on management of innovation processes, especially in creative companies. Professor Austin has published many articles in academic and professional venues, such as Harvard Business Review, Information Systems Research, Management Science, MIT Sloan Management Review, Organization Science, and the Wall Street Journal. His is also the author of nine books, all available on Amazon. He's also had extensive experience as a manager, as Dean of the Faculty of Business at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, as CEO of the largest executive education provider in northern Europe (now called CBS Executive), as chief operations executive for a new business incubated by a major tech company, and at at Ford Motor Company.