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Ralph KatzRalph Katz
Education
PhD in Business & Applied Economics, University of Pennsylvania-Wharton
MBA, University of Pennsylvania-Wharton
BS, Carnegie-Mellon University
Research and Teaching Interests
Professor Katz’s research activity is in the management of technical innovation and, particularly, the management of technical professionals and project teams.
Awards and Honors
IRI 2005 Maurice Holland Award for best article published in 2004 in Research Technology Management.
Corporate Grant, Master Foods. (2005).
Corporate Grant, Arqule Inc. (2004).
R&D Management 'Best Paper Award' (1990 and 1991).
National Academy of Management 'New Concept Award' (1981).
Selected Publications
Katz, R., James, W. (2005). HRM And Innovation (pp. 251-279). Routledge Press.
Katz, R. (2005). "Managing Technical Professionals Today." Research-Technology Management, 48(4), 19-27.
Katz, R., Paap, J. (2004). "Anticipating Disruptive Technologies." Research Technology Management, 47(4).
Katz, R. (2004). The Human Side of Managing Technological Innovation. New York: Oxford University Press.
Katz, R. (2003). Managing Innovation Streams in Organizations (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
Katz, R. (2003). Managing Technological Innovation in Business Organizations. Earlbaum Publishers.
Katz, R. (2003). Motivation Professionals in Organizations (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press
Katz, R., von Hippel, E. (2003). Product Concept Development Through Lead-User Method (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
Katz, R., von Hippel, E. (2002). "Shifting Innovation to Users Through Toolkits." Management Science, 48(7).
Industry and Academic Experience
An active business consultant and lecturer, he joined the College of Business Administration in 1982 after nine years as a member of the faculty at MIT's Sloan School of Management.
Professional Services
Professor Katz is currently the R&D/Innovation and Entrepreneurship Departmental Editor for Management Science. He is also the editor of Career Issues in Human Resource Management (Prentice-Hall, 1982), Managing Professionals in Innovative Organizations (Harper Business, 1988) and The Human Side of Managing Technological Innovation (Oxford University Press, 1997 and 2003). He was editorial board member for IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management and Journal of High Technology Management.
Mailing Address
Ralph Katz
219 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5000