Samina Karim

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Samina Karim is an associate professor in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation group at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. Her research focuses on corporate restructuring and design, acquisitions and alliances, and innovation through reconfiguration and redeployment of resources and activities. Karim serves as an associate editor for the Strategic Management Journal and as a senior editor for the Journal of Organization Design. Currently, she is the chair for the Competitive Strategy Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society. Prior to business academia, Karim worked at Hewlett-Packard as an electrical engineer in R&D.

Why tech leaders need business smarts

April 7, 2017Samina KarimCareers, Innovation, TechnologyNo Comments

In the following post, D’Amore-McKim School of Business Associate Professor Samina Karim explains the importance of a strong business foundation for technology and innovation leaders in today’s evolving business world. How is the role of…

Challenges Ahead for Bayer after Acquiring Monsanto

September 15, 2016Samina KarimEntrepreneurship1

In the following post, D’Amore-McKim School of Business Associate Professor Samina Karim shares advice for navigating a large-scale corporate merger. The news is abuzz with the recent announcement of Bayer acquiring Monsanto. The PR spin…

Corporate Acquisitions and Splits: What Can We Learn from Them?

May 12, 2016Samina KarimEntrepreneurship, StrategyNo Comments

In the following post, D’Amore-McKim School of Business Associate Professor Samina Karim talks about the trend of company splits and lessons learned from these strategic business decisions. Recently it seems that the news is abuzz with the announcement of several significant…

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Why tech leaders need business smarts

Challenges Ahead for Bayer after Acquiring Monsanto

Corporate Acquisitions and Splits: What Can We Learn from Them?