Strategic innovation: Constantinos Markides on strategy and management

Executive Overview Constantinos Markides is Professor of Strategic and International Management and Chairman of the Strategy Department at the London Business School. A native of Cyprus, he received his B.A. (with distinction) and M.A. in economics from Boston University, and his M.B.A. and D.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He has worked as an associate with the Cyprus Development Bank and as a research associate at the Harvard Business School. Dr. Markides has published on the topics of strategic innovation, corporate restructuring, refocusing and international acquisitions. His book Diversification. Refocusing and Economic Performance, was published by MIT Press in 1995, and All the Right Moves: A Guide to Crafting Breakthrough Strategy, was published by Harvard Business School Press in 1999. A third book, based on a special issue on strategy of Sloan Management Review which he edited, will be published by Jossey-Bass next year. His publications have also appeared in such journals as Harvard Business...