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Name
Shah
First Name
Sonali
Research Institution
Sonali K. Shah is an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. Her research focuses on understanding and harnessing community-based innovation – that is, innovation by individuals who voluntarily come together to produce new produce and services outside the walls of firms and research institutions. Communities are the source of important and frequent innovation in a number of industries - ranging from software to sports equipment to medical devices to automobiles. Her work has received numerous awards, including a 2008 Industry Studies Fellowship and the 2006 Best Paper Prize from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the 2008 Thought Leader Award from the Academy of Management. She received her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds B.S.E degrees in Finance and Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
Area of expertise
innovation, strategy, organization design, entrepreneurship, platforms, motivation, collective action
Students going for a doctors degree
Contact
Relevant projects
See http://faculty.washington.edu/skshah/

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