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Gina Colarelli O’ConnorProfessor, Innovation Management231 Forest StreetBabson Park, MA 02457 (781) 239-4336 (Office): (518) 366-8828 (Mobile)goconnor@babson.eduACADEMIC APPOINTMENTSBabson CollegeJanuary 2019-presentProfessor, Innovation ManagementLally School of Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteSummer 2011-December 2018Full Professor, Marketing & Innovation Management, RPISummer 2004-Spring 2011Associate Professor, Marketing & Innovation ManagementFall 2003 - Spring 2004Assistant Professor (full-time, tenure-track)Fall 1996 - Spring 2003Assistant Professor (three-quarters time, tenure track)Fall 1991 - Spring 1996Assistant Professor (half-time, non tenure-track)Fall 1989 - Spring 1991 Visiting Assistant Professor (full-time)Spring 1989Visiting ScholarNew York UniversitySpring 1988Instructor, Principles of MarketingSupplementary Academic AppointmentsSummer 2015-December 2018Non-Resident Faculty Member, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteFall 2012-Summer 2013Otto Monsted Guest Professor, Danish Technical UniversityADMINISTRATIVE and LEADERSHIP POSITIONSJuly 2012-June 2018Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Lally School of ManagementApril 2010-July 2013Director, Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship. Responsible for non-curricular based programs and activities that promote student exposure to entrepreneurs and engagement in entrepreneurial activities.April 2010-Summer 2011Lally School Dean’s Council. Responsible for developing and engaging this group of local CEO’s to enhance the position of the Lally school in the regional business community. (Acting dean requested that I take on this responsibility until a new dean is hired.)Fall 2007 – Fall 2008 Academic Director, Executive MBA Program: Responsible for Curriculum Refresh and Implementation, Faculty coordination and scheduling.Fall 2001 – present Director, Radical Innovation Research Program: A twenty year research program at RPI. I initiated and led the second and third phases of the program, developed the research agenda, built the faculty team, gained our industry partners’ commitment, raised $300,000+ and led the research effort that resulted in one award winning book, a second underway and many scholarly papers.Summer 2006 – Summer 2007Associate Director, Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship. Initiated several programs to help young student entrepreneurs, including a) Idea2Business, b) the RPI Ecosystem, and c) Lally Management Consulting Group. Summer 2004 - Summer 2006Director, MBS and MS Programs: Responsible for implementing a completely new curriculum in our MBA program, based upon streams of knowledge rather than traditional courses, and involving team teaching throughout the curriculum. INDUSTRY EXPERIENCEMcDonnell Douglas Corporation. St. Louis, MO 1984Assistant Contract Administrator. Responsible for coordinating cost and work effort estimates, writing contracts and maintaining contact with the customer for the AV-8B/Harrier program.Management trainee. Twelve months were spent in Internal Auditing, and six months each in Financial Planning, Systems & Procedures, Accounting, and Contracts Administration. Each rotation was completed in a different division of the company.Monsanto Chemical Co., St. Louis, MO1980-1981Research Associate, Department of Social Responsibility. EDUCATIONPh. D.Marketing/Corporate Strategy, New York University, May 1991.M.B.A. Finance, St. Louis University, Dec. 1981B.A., Psychology/Management. St. Louis University, 1978Certificate Proficiency in Italian, Universita per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy, 1979. PUBLISHED WORKSBooks, Book Chapters and MonographsO’Connor, Gina Colarelli, Andrew Corbett and Lois S Peters. Beyond the Champion: Institutionalizing Innovation through People. Stanford University Press. January 2018.Peters, Lois, Gina Colarelli O’Connor and Ibrahim Shaikh, “An Examination of Organizational Systems used to Sustain Breakthrough Innovation” Forthcoming in Entrepreneurship, Practice and Passion, Basu Sharma and Martin Wielemaker, Eds. Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Chapter 3 of an Edited compilation). O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, (2018) “Institutionalizing an Innovation Function: Moving beyond the Champion,” in Handbook of New Product Development Research, (Peter N. Golder, and Debanjan Mitra, Eds.) Edward Elgar publishing. Chapter in Edited Compilation. Narayanan, V.K. and O’Connor, Gina (2015) “Knowledge Management as Intelligence Amplification for Breakthrough Innovations,” Chapter 13, pp 187-203 in Design Thinking: New Product Development Essentials from the PDMA Michael Luchs, Scott Swan and Abbie Griffin (Eds). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons. Narayanan, V.K. and O’Connor, Gina. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Technology and Innovation Management Blackwell-Wiley. 2nd Edition. 2014.Corbett, Andrew; Jeffrey G. Covin, Jeffrey G., Gina C O'Connor, Gina C. and Tucci, ChristopherL. (Eds), (2013), Special Issue of Journal of Product Innovation Management on Corporate Entrepreneurship 30(5): 812–820.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, (2011), “Radical Innovation” in Wiley International Encyclopedia of Marketing, Barry Bayus, Editor. Standish-Kuon, Terri, and O’Connor, Gina C. (2009),” Understanding Academic Researchers’ Decisions about Commercializing Their Ideas and Discoveries: A Summary Report for xxxxx” A series of 17 reports based on data resulting from Terri Standish Kuon’s dissertation. Customized reports for 6 universities, generic reports for eleven others, all private colleges and universities in the state of New York.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2009), “The Future of Innovation as a Business Function”, in The Future of Innovation, Bettina von Stamm and Anna Trifilova (eds) Gower publishing. (Contribution to an edited publication) Narayanan, V.K. and O’Connor, Gina. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Technology and Innovation Management Blackwell-Wiley. December 2009.O’Connor Gina Colarelli, Richard Leifer, Albert S. Paulson, Lois Peters. Grabbing Lightning: Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Feb 2008. Winner, Best Business book of the year, Strategy+Business (published by Booz Allen). ’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “Commercializing Radical Innovation in Mature Companies,” in Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm. Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West ( co-editors). Oxford University Press 2006. (Contribution to an edited academic compilation).Kelley, Donna; Heidi Neck; Gina Colarelli O’Connor, and Albert Paulson, “Corporate Entrepreneurship through Radical Innovation: Key Organization and Initiative Level Mechanisms,” Corporate Entrepreneurship and Venturing (Tom Elfring, Ed.), International Studies in Entrepreneurship Series. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2005. (Contribution to an edited academic compilation).O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Mark P. Rice, (2001) “Opportunity Recognition and Breakthrough Innovation in Large Established Firms,” published Winter 2001, California Management Review, pp. 95-116 and reprinted in Shaker Zahra (Ed.) Corporate Entrepreneurship, part of a series title The International Library of Entrepreneurship (David B. Audretsch, series Editor), Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd., Cheltenham, UK, 2005, pp.142-164.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, Joanne Hyland and Mark Rice (2006), “Bringing Radical Innovations Successfully to Market: Bridging the Transition from R&D to Operations,” Product Development and Management Association’s ToolBook II. (Contribution to an edited compilation).Leifer, Richard; O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, and Rice, Mark “Creating Gamechangers in Mature Firms: The Role of Radical Innovation Hubs,” published Aug, 2001, Academy of Management Executive, pp. 102-113 and reprinted in Ralph Katz (ed.). The Human Side of Managing Technological Innovation, 2nd ed, Oxford University Press, 2004. (Contribution to an edited compilation).O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Griffin, Abbie (Eds). (2002), Special Issue on Teaching andLearning New Product Development, Journal of Product Innovation Management volume 19, Issue 1, January.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli., “Managing Radical Innovation in Large Established Firms” in: Marketing of High-Technology Products and Innovations. Jakki Mohr, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2001. pp. 19-22. (Chapter inset in a textbook). Leifer, Richard; Christopher McDermott, Gina Colarelli O’Connor, Lois Peters, Mark P. Rice and Robert W. Veryzer. Radical Innovation: How Mature Companies can Outsmart Upstarts. Harvard Business School Press, 2000.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Robert O’Keefe, “The Internet as a New Marketplace: Implications for Consumer Behavior and Marketing Management,” Chapter 6 in Handbook on Electronic Commerce, Michael J. Shaw, Robert Blanning, Troy J. Strader, and Andrew B. Whinston (Eds.), Published by Springer-Verlag. 2000. ISBN# 3-540-64453-9, pp. 123-146. (Contribution to an edited compilation).Durgee, Jeffrey and Gina O’Connor, "Perceiving What Package Designs Express: A Multisensory Exploratory Study Using Creative Writing Measurement Techniques," in Creative Applications: Sensory Techniques Used in Conducting Packaging Research with Consumers Ayn Gelinas, editor. ASTM Publication Code Number 04-013160-36. West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM.1996: pp. 48-61. (Contribution to an edited compilation.)Refereed Journal ArticlesChoi, Byungchul, T. Ravichandran and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2018) “Organizational Conservatism, Strategic Human Resource Management and Breakthrough Innovation“ IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol 99: 1-13. Lead Article.Markovitch, Dmitri G., Harper, Pamela, and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2017), “BeyondInvention: The Additive Impact of Incubation Capabilities to Firm Value,” R&DManagement. Vol 47, no. 3 (June): 352-367.Badir, Yuosre and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2015) “The Formation of Tie-strength in a Strategic Alliance’s First New Product Development Project: The Influence of Project and Partners’ Characteristics,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol 32, no. 1 (January): 154-169.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Rice, Mark P. (2013) “A Comprehensive Model of Uncertainty forRadical Innovation,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol. 30 no. S1(Dec): 2-18. Lead Article. Robeson, Daniel and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2013) “Boards of Directors, Innovation and Performance: An Exploration at Multiple Levels,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol 30 no. 4 (July): 608-625. Lead Article. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, and Rice, Mark P. (2013) “New Market Creation for Breakthrough Innovations: Enabling and Constraining Mechanisms,” Journal of Product Innovation Management Vol 30 no 2 (March): 209-227. Winner, Best Paper of the Year.Cui, Anna and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2012), “Alliance Portfolio Resource Diversity and Firm Innovation,” Journal of Marketing 76 (4) July ): 24-43. Kelley, Donna; Neck, Heidi; O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Peters, Lois (2011), “Building an Organizational Capability for Radical Innovation: The Direct Managerial Role,” Journal of Engineering-Technology Management. Vol 28 (4): pp 249–267.Talke, Katrin and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2011), “Conveying Effective Message Content when Launching New Industrial Products,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol 28 (6): 943-956.Lindgren, Lisa M. and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2011), “The Role of Future-Market Focus in the Early Stages of NPD across Varying Levels of Innovativeness,“ Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol 28 (5): 787-800.Kelley, Donna; Peters, Lois, and O’Connor, Gina. (2009) “Intra-Organizational Networking for Innovation-Based Corporate Entrepreneurship,” Journal of Business Venturing Vol 24, pp. 221-235.Sarin, Shikhar and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2009), “First Among Equals: The Effect of Team Leader Characteristics on the Internal Dynamics of Cross-Functional Product Development Teams,” Journal of Product Innovation Management special issue on New Product Development Teams, vol 26: 188-205. Nominated for Best Paper of the year award, 2009.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, T. Ravichandran and Daniel Robeson (2008), “Risk Management Through Learning: Management Practices for Radical Innovation Success” The Journal of High Technology Management Research, Vol 19 (1): 70-82.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, (2008) “Major Innovation as a Dynamic Capability: A Systems Approach,” Journal of Product Innovation Management. 25 (4) July: 313-330. Lead Article. Winner, Best Paper of the Year Award for the Journal. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli; Paulson, Albert S. and DeMartino, Richard (2008), “Organisational Approaches to Building a Radical Innovation Dynamic Capability,” International Journal of Technology Management, Vol 44 (1/2): 179-204.Robeson, Dan and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2007), “The governance of Innovation Centers: A Theoretical Framework,” Journal of Engineering and Technology Management special issue on Radical Innovation. (Mar-June), vol 24, Issues 1-2, pp. 121-147.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Richard DeMartino (2006),”Organizing for Radical Innovation: An Exploratory Study of the Structural Aspects of RI Management Systems in Large Established Firms,” Journal of Product Innovation Management. vol 23 (6),(November), pp. 475-497. Lead Article. Winner: Best paper of the Year Award for the Journal. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Chris McDermott (2004), “The Human Side of Radical Innovation,” Journal of Engineering and Technology Management special issue: Research on the Human Connection in Technological Innovation. vol 21, pp. 11-30.Lee, Yikuan and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2003), “The Moderating Role of Network Effects on Launching New Products: A Conceptual Framework and Research Propositions,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. (Summer), vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 241-255.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli; Mark P. Rice, Lois Peters and Robert W. Veryzer (2003), “Managing Interdisciplinary, Longitudinal Research on Radical Innovation: Methods for the Study of Complex Phenomena,” Organization Science 14, no.4 (July-Aug.), pp. 1-21. Lead Article.Lee, Yikuan and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2003), The Impact of Communication Strategy on New Product Performance: The Moderating Role of Product Innovativeness,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol. 20, no. 1(January), pp. 4-21. Lead Article and winner, best paper of the year award for the journal. Rice, Mark P., Richard Leifer and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2002), “Commercializing Discontinuous Innovations: Bridging the Gap From Discontinuous Innovation Project to Operations,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol 49 (Nov), no. 4, pp. 330-340. Winner: Best Paper of the Year Award for the Journal.McDermott, Christopher M. and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2002), “Managing Radical Innovation: An Overview of Emergent Strategy Issues,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol. 19, no. 6 (November-December), pp. 424-438. Winner: Best Paper of the Year Award for the Journal.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Robert W. Messler, Jr. (2001), “A Truly Multidisciplinary Experiment in Teaching New Product Development: Lessons Learned,” Journal of the Academy of Business Education, vol. 2 (Fall), pp. 71-86.Leifer, Richard; O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, and Rice, Mark (2001), “Creating Gamechangers in Mature Firms: The Role of Radical Innovation Hubs,” Academy of Management Executive, (Aug). pp. 102-113. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Robert W. Veryzer (2001), “The Nature of Market Visioning for Technology-Based Radical Innovation,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol. 18, pp. 231-246.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Mark P. Rice, (2001) “Opportunity Recognition and Breakthrough Innovation in Large Established Firms,” California Management Review, vol.43, no. 2 (Winter): 95-116. Nominated for the best paper of the year award. Rice, Mark P., Donna Kelley, Lois Peters, and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2001), “Radical Innovation: Triggering Initiation of Opportunity Recognition and Evaluation,” R&D Management, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 409-420.Rice, Mark P.; O’Connor, Gina Colarelli; Leifer, Richard: McDermott, Christopher Mark; and Standish-Kuon, Terri, (2000) “Corporate Venture Capital Models for Promoting Radical Innovation, ” Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, vol. 8 (Summer), no. 3, pp. 1-10. Lead article. O’Keefe, Robert, Gina Colarelli O’Connor and Hsiang-Jui Kung (1998), "Early Adopters of the Web as a Retail Medium: Small Company Winners and Losers,” European Journal of Marketing special issue on Electronic Commerce, vol. 32, no. 7/8, pp. 629-643. Received a Citation of Excellence from ANBAR Electronic Intelligence, publisher of a series of guides to management literature. Citation posted at ’Connor, Gina Colarelli (1998), “Market Learning and Radical Innovation: A Cross Case Comparison of Eight Radical Innovation Projects,” The Journal of Product Innovation Management’s special issue on Really New Products, vol. 15 (March), no. 2, pp. 151-166. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and O’Keefe, Robert (1997), "Viewing the Web as a Marketplace: The Case of Small Companies,” Decision Support Systems, vol. 21 (Nov.), no. 3, pp. 171-184. Durgee, Jeffrey F., Gina Colarelli O’Connor and Robert W. Veryzer (1996), "Translating Values into Product Wants," Journal of Advertising Research, (Nov.-Dec.), pp. 1-11.Durgee, Jeffrey F., Gina Colarelli O’Connor and Robert W. Veryzer (1996), "Using Mini-Concepts to Identify Opportunities for Really New Product Functions," Marketing Sciences Institute working paper series, Report No. 96-105. May. (Also subsequently published in Journal of Consumer Marketing, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 525-543.)O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, Thomas R. Willemain and James MacLachlan (1996), "The Value of Competition among Agencies in Developing Ad Campaigns: Revisiting Gross' Model," Journal of Advertising, vol. 25 (Spring), no. 1, pp. 51-62.McDermott, Christopher M. and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (1995), "Managing in the Age of Mass Merchants," Business Horizons, vol. 38 (Nov.-Dec.), no.6, pp. 64-70. Durgee, Jeffrey F. and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (1995) "An Exploration into Renting as Consumption Behavior," Psychology and Marketing, vol. 12 (March), no. 2, pp. 89-104. Lead article. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (1994), "Differences in Marketing Strategy and Operational Efficiencies in Surviving and Failed Organizations," Journal of Strategic Marketing, vol. 2, (March), pp. 1-28. Lead article.Durgee, Jeffery F. and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (1994), “Why Some Products Just Feel Right,” Advances in Consumer Research: Association for Consumer Research, vol. 22, pp. 650-652.Siomkos, George and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (1994), "Need to Control in the Service Encounter," Journal of Applied Business Research, vol. 10 (Summer), no. 3, pp. 105-112.CasesThe Path to a Spin-off—Nortel Networks to NetActive: One Form of Corporate Entrepreneurship” (Jan, 2004), with Mark Rice and William T. Maslyn. Harvard Business School Case Series #BAB067-PDF-ENG.Nortel Network’s Business Ventures Group: One Corporation’s Take on Entrepreneurship” (January 2002, revised October 2004), with William T. Maslyn. Harvard Business School Case Series #BAB057-PDF-ENG.Refereed Conference ProceedingsO’Connor, Gina C. and Shaikh, Ibraim, (2018), “Motivating Radical Innovation: An Agency Theory Exploration” Academy of Management Proceedings. (July), ’Connor, Gina Colarelli, T. Ravichandran, Byung Chul Choi and Judy Ma (2017), “Organizing for Breakthrough Innovation: Leadership, Structures, and Processes,” Academy of Management Proceedings, (Nov): , Ibraim, Lois Peters, and Gina O’Connor ‘The Governance of Radical Technological Innovation’. Accepted for presentation and proceedings of the Strategic Management Society conference, Houston, Tx, October 2017. Ma, Judy, Byungchul Choi and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2016) “Marketing’s Role in Capturing Value from Innovation: Knowledge Resources, Strategic Emphasis, and Firm Value” forthcoming, PICMET proceedings. Choi, Byung Chul; O’Connor, Gina C and Ravichandran, T. (2012) “The Effect of Human Capital Management Practices on Breakthrough Innovation presented at PDMA International Conference Proceedings, Orlando, Florida and published in the proceedings. Cui, Anna and O’Connor, Gina C (2011), “Alliance Portfolio Diversity,” proceedings of the PDMA International Conference, Gloria Barczak and Ludwig Bestlier (Eds). Winner, Best Paper. Rice, Mark M. and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2010), “A Comprehensive Model of Uncertainty Associated with Radical Innovation,” PDMA International Conference Proceedings. Cocco, John and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2009), “Breakthrough Innovators: It May Take More than Creativity and Job Knowledge to Ensure that Game Changing Innovation Happens” PDMA’s International Conference Proceedings, October. Nominated for Best Paper.Thongpapanl, Narongsak, O’Connor, Gina C and Sarin, Shikhar (2008).”Understanding the Role of Early Application Exploration Processes in the Realization of Major Innovations,” PDMA conference proceedings. September, 2008. Orlando Florida. Lindgren, Lisa and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2007), “The Role of Future-Market Focus in the Early Stages of NPD across Varying Levels of Innovativeness” PDMA conference proceedings. Nominated for best paper. Thongpapanl, Narongsak; O’Connor, Gina C. and Sarin, Shikhar (2006),”An Empirical Exploration of the Effect of Application Selection on Learning from, and Performance of Major Innovations,” PDMA conference proceedings.Kasthurirangan, Gautam; Robeson, Dan and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2005):"The Impact of Key Evaluator Characteristics in Evaluating Radical Innovation Opportunities " in Managing Innovation in the Global Context , Proceedings of the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) Research Forum, Sivakumar, K (Editor), October, pp. 45-62.Thongpapanl, Narongsak, O’Connor, Gina C and Sarin, Shikhar (2006), “Choosing the Right Customers for Your New Product Development Project,” Proceedings of the 13th Annual International Product Development Management Conference (EIASM), pp. 1425-1439. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Richard DeMartino (2004), “Organizing for Radical Innovation: An Exploratory Study of the Structural Aspects of RI Management Systems in Large Established Firms,” in Product Innovation and Management Across the Product Life Cycle : Proceedings of the Product Development and Management Association, October, pp. 91-120.Thongpapanl, Narongsak and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2004), “Does Customer Interaction Increase the Chance of Success for Radical Innovation Development Projects,” in Proceedings of the 2004 Hawaii International Conference on Business, ISSN # 1539-722X, pp. 2806-2848.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2003), “Corporate Entrepreneurship as a Dynamic Capability: The Special Case of Radical Innovation.” Research at the Marketing/Entrepreneurship Interface Gerald Hills, David J. Hansen (eds.) Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies: Chicago, Ill. Peters, Lois and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2002), “Building the Capacity for Change: Radical Innovation and New Product Development in the Multinational Firm,” in Managing Technology in the New Economy, Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (August), vol. 2, St. John’s College, Cambridge, U.K, pp. 612-616.Kelley, Donna; Heidi Neck, Gina Colarelli O’Connor and Al Paulson (2002), “Developing Radical Innovation Capabilities: Opposing Forces from the Corporate Entrepreneurship and Organizational Systems,” in Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, pp. 558-568. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, Mark P. Rice and Richard Leifer (2002), “Business Models and Market Development: Key Oversights in the Radical Innovation Process,” in Research at the Marketing/Entrepreneurship Interface Gerald E. Hills, David J. Hansen, Bill Merrilees (Eds.), Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies: Chicago, Ill. pp. 345-358.Sarin, Shikhar and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2001), “The Effect of Team Leader Characteristics on the Performance of New Product Development Teams,” in Creating the Future, Product Development and Management Association International Research Conference Proceedings, (October), Erik Jan Hultink and Henry S.J. Robben (Eds.), pp. 73-97. Winner: Best Paper Award for the conference.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, Mark P. Rice and Richard Leifer (2001), “ Business Models and Market Development: Commercialization Challenges Associated with Breakthrough Technologies,” in Creating the Future, Product Development and Management Association International Research Conference Proceedings, (October), Erik Jan Hultink and Henry S.J. Robben (Eds.), pp. 137-159.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, and Mark P. Rice (2000), “Opportunity Recognition and Evaluation for Radical Innovations in Large Established Firms,” in Research at the Marketing/Entrepreneurship Interface (ed. Gerald Hills), Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, pp. 49-71.Lee, Yikuan and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2000), “The Impact of Communication Strategy on Launching New Products: The Moderating Role of Product Innovativeness,” in Driving Business Growth Through Innovation, Proceedings of the Product Development and Management Association’s International, Mitzi Montoya-Weiss (Ed.) October, pp. 273-296.Rice, Mark P., Richard Leifer, and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2000), “Managing the Transition of A Discontinuous Innovation Project to Operational Status,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Engineering and Technology Management, Albequerque, NM, 13, 15, pp. 586-590.Sarin, Shikhar and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (1999), “The Effect of Team leader Characteristics on New Product Development Performance: A Study of Cross-Functional Teams in a High-Tech Environment,” Proceedings of the American Marketing Association’s Summer Educator’s Conference, San Francisco, August 1999, pp. 108-116.Lee, Yikuan, John R. Norsworthy and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (1999), “The Impact of Network Effects on launching New Products: Short-Term vs. Long-term Performance” Driving Product Development into the New Millennium, (Roger J. Calantone and C. Anthony Di Benedetto, Eds.) Proceedings of the Product Development and Management Association’s International Conference. PDMA: Chicago, Ill., pp. 155-175. Winner:Best Paper Award for the conference.Rice, Mark P., O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, and Peters, Lois (1998), “New Venture Formation Based on Discontinuous Innovation in Established Firms,” Frontiers in Entrepreneurship, Babson-Kauffman Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 50-64.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, Joseph G. Morone and Yikuan Lee (1998), “Market Learning in Entrepreneurial and Established Firms,” in Research at the Marketing/Entrepreneurship Interface (ed. Gerald Hills and Morgan Miles), Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, pp. 269-288. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Robert W. Veryzer (1998), “Linking Advanced Technologies to Market Opportunities: The Nature and Process of Market Visioning,” Achieving Excellence in New Product Development and Management, Chuck Tomkovick (Ed.), Proceedings of the Product Development and Management Association’s International conference. PDMA: Chicago, Ill, pp. 67-78. Fransson, Martha, Gina Colarelli O’Connor, Gary Lynn and Lilia Ziamou (1997), “The Extended E-Focus Group: A New Tool for Opinion Research,” Proceedings of the Conference on Telecommunications and Information Markets, (COTIM-97) Conference Proceedings, Vol 2. (November), Dholakia, Nicholas, Erik Kruse and David Fortin (editors), ISBN 0-9659440-0-X, pp. 147-152. Peters, Lois and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (1996), “Pricing New Products in High Tech Markets: An Exploratory Study of Pricing Factors and Behaviors,” Right Products--Products Right, Ken Kahn, (Ed.), Proceedings of the Product Development and Management Association’s International conference. PDMA: Chicago, Ill., pp. 134-144. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, and Moore, Annette (1996), “Understanding Markets for Radical Innovation,” Right Products--Products Right, Ken Kahn, (Ed.), Proceedings of the Product Development and Management Association’s International Conference. PDMA: Chicago, Ill., pp. 50-63.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Amy Handlin (1996), "Consumer's Sensitivities to the SocialConsequences of Advertising: An Exploratory Study," Proceedings of the Annualmeeting of the Association of Marketing Theory and Practice, (March), pp. 106-113. Durgee, Jeffrey F., Richard Leifer, Joseph Morone and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (1994), "Managing Product Innovation: Johnson Controls - Automotive Systems Group"Bridging the Gap from Concept to Commercialization, (Edward F. McDonough III andChuck Tomkovick, Eds.) Proceedings of the Product Development and ManagementAssociation’s International Conference. PDMA, Chicago, Ill., pp. 27-45.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Douglas Rebne (1993), "Market Research Departments as ServiceProviders in New Product Development Settings," Teamwork: Keystone for Getting HighQuality Products to Market Quickly, Proceedings of the Product Development andManagement Association’s International Conference. PDMA, Chicago, Ill. pp. 118-130.Works in ProgressUnder ReviewShaikh, Ibrahim and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “Motivating Radical Technological Innovation: An Agency theory Perspective,” under first review at Journal of Business ResearchWorking PapersPeters, Lois and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “Transformational Routines: Micro-foundations of aDynamic Capability for Breakthrough Innovation” Drafted for submission to JPIM.Reynoso, Josue; Choi, Byung-Chul, Ma, Judy O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Ravichandran, T. "Organizational Learning in Dedicated Units: Radical Innovation Hubs and Capability Development." Preparing for submission to the Journal of Product Innovation Management. O’Connor, Gina C and Corbett, A. “Institutionalizing Innovation through People: Roles and Responsibilities for an Innovation Function” Drafted. Preparing for submission to Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Corbett, Andrew and O’Connor, GC. “Innovation as a third Career Ladder” Drafted. Preparingfor submission to Sloan Management Review. Brix, Jacob and O’Connor, GC, “Opportunity Development and Elaboration: a Micro dialectic View,” Data analysis underway. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Bucic, Tania. “Ethics in Managing Emerging Technologies: Extending the Framework for Responsible Research” Data collected, conceptual framedeveloped. Preparing for submission to Research Policy..Choi, Byung-Chul, Gina Colarelli O’Connor and T. Ravichandran, “Developing a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation: a Systems’ Approach,” working paper.Silke, W. O’Connor, Gina C., Sarin, Shikhar and Reynoso, Josue. “Issues and concerns with Measures of Ambidexterity: Implications for what we think we know,” working paper.Recent InterviewsWomen at Work article, January 2018.Non-Refereed and Invited ArticlesPerri, Steve, Farrington, Ted, Johnson, Sara and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2019) “Today’s Innovation Leaders,” Research-Technology Management Jan-Feb.: pp 21-29. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2018), “Beyond the Champion: Building Strategic InnovationCapability” Center for Innovation Management Studies (CIMS) Innovation Management Report, Poole College of Business, North Carolina State University, March/April, pp 7-9.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Jim Euchner (2017), “The People Side of BreakthroughInnovation: an Interview with Gina O’Connor,” Research-Technology Management60(4): July-August, 12-18.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2015) “It’s Time to Professionalize Innovation,” CIMS Innovation Management Report, Poole College of Business, North Carolina State University, July/August. Lead Article. Corbett, Andrew; Jeffrey G. Covin, Jeffrey G., Gina C O'Connor, Gina C. and Tucci, Christopher L. (2013), “Corporate Entrepreneurship: State-of-the-Art Research and a Future Research Agenda,” Journal of Product Innovation Management 30(5): 812–820.O’Connor, Gina C (2012), “Innovation: From Process to Function.” Journal of Product Innovation Management. 29(3):361–363.O’Connor, Gina C. (2012), “The Real Role of the Chief Innovation Officer” Center for Innovation Management Studies newsletter. (Spring). North Carolina State University. , Ted; Kirk, Bruce; Peters, Lois and O’Connor, Gina (2011), “Institutionalizing Innovation Competency through People,” Research-Technology Management vol 54 (6):Nov-Dec. pp 56-59.O’Connor, Gina C and Lois Peters (2011), “Building a Talent Bench To Institutionalize Breakthrough Innovation,” Center for Innovation Management Studies Newsletter, North Carolina State University. Fall: 8-10.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2010), “Let’s Create a new Model for Career Paths in the Innovation Function,” Visions, vol XXXIV, no 2 July), pp 14-15. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, Andrew Corbett, and Ron Pierantozzi (2009), “Create Three Distinct Career Paths for Innovators,” Harvard Business Review (Dec), pp. 78-79.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Parul Lodha (2009), “Denmark Reaches for Innovation Powerhouse Rank,” Research-Technology Management (May) vol 52, no 3, pp. 3-5.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2009), “Research Report: Sustaining Breakthrough Innovation,” Research-Technology Management (May), vol 52, no 3, pp. 12-14.Rice, Mark P.; O’Connor Gina Colarelli and Pierantozzi, Ronald (2008) “Implementing a Learning Plan to Counter Project Uncertainty” Sloan Management Review, Winter, Vol 49 (2): 54-62. Named third of “Twelve Essential Innovation Insights” of the decade by Bruce Posner and Martha E. Mangelsdorf (Eds), Sloan Management Review, Fall 2017 Vol. 59 (1): 28-36.Paulson, Albert S, O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, and Robeson, Daniel (2007), “Evaluation of Radical Innovation Portfolios for Large Firm,” Research-Technology Management . (Sept-Oct.): 18-29. Lead article.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Alan D. Ayers (2005), “Building a Radical Innovation Competency: A Mid-Study Review,” Research-Technology Management, (Jan.-Feb.), pp. 23-31.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, (2002), “State of the Art in NPD Education: Industry Experts Comment on JPIM Articles.” Visions. (Jan-Feb.) Vol XXVI, No. 1, pp. 9-11. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli; Richard Hendricks and Mark P. Rice (2002), “Assessing Transition Readiness for Radical Innovations,” Research-Technology Management. (Nov-Dec.), pp. 50-56. Rice, Mark P., Gina Colarelli O’Connor, Lois S. Peters, Joseph G. Morone (1998), “Managing Discontinuous Innovation,” Research-Technology Management (May-June), pp. 52-58. Morone, Joseph G. and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (1992), "New Product Development Under Conditions of High Uncertainty," Proceedings of the 1992 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, vol 1 (Robert T. Sumichrast, Ed.) Atlanta, Ga. (Nov.), pp. 89-92. (Invited paper).TEACHING AND ADVISINGTeachingUndergraduate: Principles of MarketingMBA:Business Implications of Emerging TechnologyCommercializing Advanced TechnologyDesign, Manufacturing and Marketing (team lead, taught Market Launch portion)Marketing ManagementCorporate Entrepreneurship Marketing of High Tech ProductsMarketing StrategyIndustrial MarketingProduct ManagementMarketing ResearchExecutive MBA:The Innovation FunctionMarketing ManagementMarketing of High Tech ProductsEntrepreneurship and Innovation ManagementBusiness Implications of Emerging TechnologyIMPACT project (final culminating experience)Ph.D:Qualitative Research MethodsManagement ClassicsSeminar in New Product DevelopmentDoctoral Student AdvisingPrimary Advisor to:Josue ReynosoProposal defended.Tracy Laverty3rd year Student. Deceased.John CoccoNovember 2014. Dissertation title: “Team Leaders’ Influence on the Relationship between Project Uncertainty and Project Progress.” Dan RobesonAug 2009. Dissertation title: “Governance of Radical Innovation Portfolios in Large Established Firms.”Terri Standish-Kuon May 2008. Dissertation title: “Gray Matters: Understanding Academic Researchers’ Decisions about Commercializing their Discoveries.”Narongsak Thongpapanl Aug 2005 “Understanding the Nature of Market Interaction in the New Product Development Process and Its Impact on Performance.” Supported by grant from the Center for Innovation Management Studies. Yi-Kuan LeeMay 2000 “The Impact of Product Innovativeness on new Product Performance: The Moderating Role of Launch Strategy.” Winner: Product Development and Management Association’s Dissertation competition. Winner, Del and Edith Darger Dissertation Award granted by mittee Member for:Garo ApgoroSocial Media Marketing and the Role of Expert Opinion Leaders; Proposal defended.Ken ChenThree Essays on Dynamic Capabilities in the Context of Innovation, Networks and Entrepreneurship, completed August 2017. Served as external committee member for Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada. ByungChul ChoiBehavioral and Economic Determinants of Innovation Strategy, completed May 2015.Judy MaMarketing for All Seasons: How Seasonal Fluctuations Impact Marketing and Product Success, completed May 2015Ibraim ShaikhThe Role of Boards of Directors in Fostering Corporate Entrepreneurship, completed May 2015.Suman Lodh Università degli studi di Bergamo, completed 2011John CashellUniversity College, Dublin, completed 2009Yi-Nung Peng August 2006, “The Influence of Major Pioneering Product Innovations and Technological Trajectories in High Technology Markets: Lessons from the Personal Computer and Digital Music Industries” Chair: Susan Sanderson Additional Members: Phil Phan, Ken SimonsYuosre Badir June 2006, “The Role of the Network Lead Company in Integrating NPD Processes across Strategic Partners” Served as external member. Student is from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. Thesis Director: Francis-Luc Perret. President: Dominique Foray. Members: Bettina Buchel, Christopher Tucci.Lisa Lindgren May 2006,”Understanding Future Market Focus: How does it Interact with Concept Generation and Concept Selection processes for Different Types of Innovation Projects?”Served as external member. Student is from Capella University. Thesis chair, Dr. Perry Haan, Members: Dr. Steven Tvorak, Dr. J. Bruce Francis, and Brian Schnering.Nataporn ChanvaransuthDecember 2003 “The Strategic Use of Bundling for Marketing New High-Tech Products.” Stacey Barlow May 2003 “Characteristics and Capabilities of Market Driving Firms: A Competing Values Framework of Marketing Orientations.” Hsiang-Jui Kung August 1997, “A Life Cycle Model for Software Maintenance Management.”Brett Golann May 1994, "Achieving a Market Orientation in Turbulent Markets: The Roles of Quality Systems and Risk Management."Damian Saccocio May 1994, “New Business Development: The Case of the Missing U.S. Display Industry."Gary LynnAugust 1993, "Understanding Markets for Radical Innovation." Faculty Advisor for Student Activities2015-present New Product Development Club (inaugural student chapter of the Product Development and Management Association) 2014-2015 Lally Consulting Group2010-2013 Entrepreneurship Club2011-2012 Chinese Global Business ClubEDITORIAL WORKAssociate Editor, Journal of Product Innovation Management, to begin January 2019. Member, Editorial BoardJournal of Business Venturing (2010-2013)Journal of Product Innovation Management (2001-current)Journal of Business Venturing (2010-2013)Industrial Marketing Management (2002-2007)Ad hoc reviewer:Academy of Management JournalCalifornia Management ReviewNational Science Foundation, Innovation and Organizational Change ProgramHarvard Business School Press (book reviews) IEEE Transactions in Engineering ManagementJournal of MarketingJournal of Management StudiesOrganization ScienceOrganization StudiesResearch PolicyStrategic Management JournalStanford PressAmerican Marketing Association, Academy of Management and PDMA conferencesPROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONSMember, Advisory African Innovation Foundation. October 2011BoardBoard of DirectorsProduct Development and Management Association, 2002-2005;MemberAmerican Marketing AssociationMemberAcademy of ManagementCONSULTING AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIESFounding memberRInnovation Group. Selected Clients include Evonik, Shell Chemicals, Air Products and Chemicals, Gerber Scientific, Moen, Novazymes, Eaton Truck Group, United States Air Force, Danaher Corporation.Founding member Fostering Hope – a social venture founded in 2006 to provide support for Foster Parents and their families. AND PUBLIC LECTURESAcademic Conference PresentationsShaikh, Ibrahim; Peters, Lois and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli. "Motivating Radical Innovation: An Agency theory exploration." Accepted for presentation to the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 2018.Reynoso, Josue; Simons, Ken and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli. ”Opportunity Recognition inEmerging Industries: the Influence of Market and Technology Trajectories on ProductStrategy,” presented at the Product Development and Management Association’s International Conference, Chicago, Ill. October 2017. Apogarian, Garo and Gina Colarelli O’Connor “Establishing a BreakthroughInnovation Capability: The Case of SE Denmark” poster presented at theProduct Development and Management Association’s International Conference, Chicago, Ill. October 2017. Shaikh, Ibrain, Lois Peters and Gina O’Connor ASAC conference paper 2017. ‘Motivating Radical Technological Innovation in the Large Firm Setting’ presented at the ASAC conference, Montreal, Ca. May-June 2017.Reynoso, Josue; Choi, Byung-Chul, Ma, Judy, O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and T. Ravichandran,“Organizational Learning in Differentiated Structures: The Characteristics of Radical Innovation Hubs,” presented at the Product Development and Management Association, Oct 2016, Atlanta, Georgia.Shaikh, Ibrahim, Peters, Lois and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, "The Governance of the Discovery-Incubation-Acceleration Typology" accepted for presentation at the Academy of Management 2016 Annual Meeting, August 5 - 9, 2016 Anaheim, CA.Ma, Judy; Byung-Chul Choi, O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “Marketing’s Role in Capturing Value from Innovation:Knowledge Resources, Strategic Emphasis, and Firm Value, presented at PICMET, Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept 2016. “The Art of Academic Publishing: Luck or Skill?” International Society for Professional Innovation Management, Doctoral Consortium Panel participant, March 13, 2016,Boston, Ma.Shaikh, Ibrahim, Lois Peters, and O’Connor, Gina C., “Agency and Strategic ChoicePerspectives on the New Venture Board’s Involvement In Breakthrough Innovation Strategy,” presented at the Babson Conference on Entrepreneurial Research, June 2014.Shaikh, Ibrahim, Lois Peters, and O’Connor, Gina C, 'Entrepreneurial Regimes for SustainingBreakthrough Innovation', presented at the Eastern Academy of Management, May 2014.Choi, Byung Chul, Ma, Judy, and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “Capturing Value fromInnovation: Technological Knowledge Resources and the Role of Marketing” presented at the Eastern Academy of Management, May 2014.O’Connor, Gina C. “Breakthrough Innovation, Multiple Opportunities and Dropping the Ball:a Structural Perspective.” Academy of Management, Panel titled “Single” and “Multiple” Entrepreneurial Opportunities: Initiating a Dialogue (organized by Marc Gruber and Susan Hill, additional participants Ian MacMillan, Julian Birkenshaw), Orlando Fla, August 2013. O’Connor, Gina C. (2013) Reflections from Past JPIM Best Paper Winners: What if ResearchersFollowed The Innovation Process? Panel of JPIM Best Paper Award Winners 3 times or more. Gloria Barczak (organizer), additional panelists Barry Bayus (UNC Chapel Hill) and Soren Salomo (Danish Technical University). PDMA Research Forum October 2013. Phoenix, Az. Choi, Byung Chul; O’Connor, Gina C and Ravichandran, T. (2012) “The Effect of Human Capital Management Practices on Breakthrough Innovation” Accepted for presentation at the PDMA International Conference, Orlando, Florida. . Oct 20-21. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2012), “Transformational routines: an Oxymoron?” KeynotePresentation given at EAISM’s International Product Development and Management Conference, Manchester, England, June 10. Cui, Anna, and O’Connor, Gina C. “Alliance Portfolio Diversity” accepted for presentation and the Product Development and Management International Conference, New Orleans, Oct 2011. Winner, Best Paper of the Conference.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “Shaping opportunities to gain managerial attention: Insights from innovation literature,” presented at the Academy of Management Professional Development Workshop on Bridging Individual and Corporate Entrepreneurial Opportunities: Setting a Research Agenda (Henri Burgers, organizer), San Antonio, August 2011. Standish-Kuon, T. and O’Connor, Gina C. “Person or Place: The Relative Role of IndividualCharacteristics, Network Attributes and Environmental Aspects on Entrepreneurial Intentions and Behavior” presented at Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, June 2011. Corbett, Andrew, O’Connor, Gina C.; Cocco, J. and Laverty, T., “Corporate EntrepreneurshipHuman Capital and the Third Career Ladder” presented at Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, June 2011. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Mark P. Rice, “A Comprehensive Model of Uncertainty Associated with Radical Innovation,” Product Development and Management Association, Orlando, Fla. October 2010. O’Connor, GC and Ravichandran, T. “Management Systems for Breakthrough Innovation: an Organizational Systems Perspective” Academy of Management, Montreal, August 2010. Robeson, D and O’Connor, GC, “Boards of Directors, Innovation and Performance: An Exploration at Multiple Levels,” Academy of Management, Montreal, August 2010.Cocco, John and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “Breakthrough Innovators: It May Take More than Creativity and Job Knowledge to Ensure that Game Changing Innovation Happens” Product Development and Management Association International Conference, Anaheim, CA, Oct. 2009. Standish-Kuon, Terri, O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, and Rice, Mark, “Build it and They’ll beEntrepreneurial? Assessing the Influence of University Infrastructure on Faculty Members’ Entrepreneurial Intentions,” Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Boston, Ma, May 2009. Narayanan, VK, O’Connor, GC, Tucci, C. and Ettlie, JK, Somaya, D. A Teaching Workshop On Sources of Content for Courses and Classroom Use. ProfessionalDevelopment Workshop, Academy of Management, Chicago. August, 2009.Thongpapanl, Narongsak; O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, and Sarin, Shikhar, “Understanding theRole of Early Application Exploration Process in the Realization of Major Innovations,” Product Development and Management Association, October 2008. Standish-Kuon, Terry and O’Connor, Gina C. “The Effect of Affect on Researchers’Commercialization Intentions,” Academy of Management, August 2008, Anaheim, Ca.Thongpapanl, Narongsak; O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, and Sarin, Shikhar, “Initial Application Exploration for Major Innovations: Where to Begin?” given at Marketing-Operations Innovation conference at University of Utah, Park City, Feb 2008. Talke, Katrin and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “Which Message Content Should be Conveyed when Launching a New Product," to be presented at the 15th International Product Development Management Conference, Hamburg, Germany, June 30-July, 2008. “From Dynamic Capabilities to Disruptive Innovation: A theory of Transformational Routines and Higher Order Dynamic Capabilities” presented as part of a Special Session proposal on Disruptive Innovation theory, American Marketing Association Summer Educators’ Conference. Philadelphia, Aug 2007.“The Human Side of Project Management”, caucus at the Academy of Management, Washington, Aug 2007.Lindgren, Lisa and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2007), “The Role of Future-Market Focus in the Early Stages of NPD across Varying Levels of Innovativeness” PDMA International conference, October 2007. (nominated for best paper).Peters, Lois and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “Corporate Growth and Transformation through Radical Innovation,” Organization Science Winter Conference, February 2007. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “A Theory of New Market Creation for Radical Innovations,” Organization Science Winter Conference, February 2007. Peters, Lois and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “Dynamic Capabilities and Radical Innovation,” Strategic Management Society Conference, Vienna, Austria, Fall 2006.Thongpapanl, Narongsak; O’Connor, Gina C. and Sarin, Shikhar (2006),”An Empirical Exploration of the Effect of Application Selection on Learning from, and Performance of Major Innovations,” PDMA conference, October 2006.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli; Ravichandran, Thiagarajan and Robeson, Daniel, “Risk Management Through Learning: Management Practices for Radical Innovation Success,” Academy of Management conference, August 2006 (TIM division).Kelley, Donna; Peters, Lois; and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “The Dynamism of Organizational Networks: Managing the Nonroutine Process of Radical Innovation,” Academy of Management conference, August 2006 (TIM division).Peters, Lois and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “A Dynamic Capability Model for Radical Innovation,” Academy of Management conference, August 2006 (TIM division).Kasthurirangan, Gautam; Robeson, Dan and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli. "The Impact of Key Evaluator Characteristics in Evaluating Radical Innovation Opportunities " Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) Research Conference, October 22-23, 2005 in San Diego, California. Kelley, Donna; Neck, Heidi, Peters, Lois and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “Governance of Corporate Entrepreneurs: The Applicability of Agency Theory” delivered in competitive sessions, Academy of Management, ENT division, August 2005, Hawaii.Peters, Lois and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “Corporate Transformation through Radical Innovation,” delivered in a panel session on Organizational Renewal and Innovation, Academy of Management, BPS Division, August, 2005. Hawaii.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Richard DeMartino, “Organizing for Radical Innovation: An Exploratory Study of the Structural Aspects of RI Management Systems in Large Established Firms,” delivered at the Product Development and Management Association’s International Conference, Chicago, October 2004. Kelley, Donna; Lois Peters and Gina Colarelli O’Connor, “Network Brokers for Radical Innovation,” accepted for presentation at Strategic Management Society conference, September 2004.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “Dynamic Capabilities for Radical Innovation: A Systems’ Approach,” Academy of Management Association, August 2004, New Orleans. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “Open Radical Innovation: Experiments in Large Established Firms,” Academy of Management Association, August 2004, New Orleans. O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, “Dynamic Capabilities and Radical Innovation: A Systems’ Perspective,” delivered at the New Priorities and Challenges for Business-to-Business Marketers, Harvard Business School, August, 2004. Thongpapanl, Narongsak and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2004), “Does Customer Interaction Increase the Chance of Success for Radical Innovation Development Projects,” delivered at the 2004 Hawaii International Conference, (by coauthor), June 2004.Kelley, Donna; O’Connor, Gina Colarelli; and Peters, Lois, “Enhancing Entrepreneurial Networks in Established Organizations,” Lead author presented at Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, June 2004, Glasgow, Scotland.O’Connor, Gina C. (2003), “Corporate Entrepreneurship as a Dynamic Capability: The Special Case of Radical Innovation,” presented at the UIC/AMA conference on the Marketing/Entrepreneurship Interface, (August), Chicago, Ill.O’Connor, Gina C. and McDermott, Christopher (2003), “The Human Side of Radical Innovation,” poster session given at Academy of Management, (August): Seattle. Guinan, P.J., and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2003) “Sustaining Corporate Entrepreneurship: The Importance of Personal Learning and Mentoring Relationships,” delivered at Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship conference (May): Boston. Kelley, Donna; Heidi Neck, Gina Colarelli O’Connor and Lois Peters (2003) “The Governance of Corporate Entrepreneurship Projects: An Agency and Procedural Justice Perspective,” delivered at Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship conference (May): Boston. “New Product Development Teaching and Training,” panel organizer and moderator at the Product Development and Management Association International Research Conference, Orlando, Fla, October 2002.“Building the Capacity for Change: Radical Innovation and New Product Development in the Multinational Firm,” (with Lois Peters) delivered at the 2002 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (August 2002), St. John’s College, Cambridge, UK. “Critical Factors Associated with Radical Innovation Success,” (with Richard Leifer) delivered at the Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference: Denver, Colorado (May 2002) and the Academy of Management Technology and Innovation Management Subdivision meeting, August, 2002.Symposium proposal: International Perspectives on Radical Innovation: Results of Networking Among AOM Meeting Attendees. Panelists: Richard Leifer (Chair), Prof. Dr. Hans Georg Gemuenden, Technical U. of Berlin (Co-Chair), Gina O’Connor (panelist), and Dr. Soeren Salomo, Technical U. of Berlin (panelist). Academy of Management joint symposium (TIM and Research Methods Divisions). LISTED AS A SHOWCASE SYMPOSIUM. August, 2002.“Developing Radical Innovation Capabilities: Opposing Forces from the Corporate Entrepreneurship and Organizational Systems,” (with Donna Kelley, Heidi Neck, and Albert Paulson), presented at the Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference: Denver, Colorado, May 2002.“Exploring the Meaning of Network Effects: Conceptualization and Measurement,” (with Yikuan Lee and Cornelia Droge). American Marketing Association’s Winter Educator’s Conference, Feb. 2002.“Business Model Development and Commercialization Challenges Associated with Breakthrough Innovations” (with Richard Leifer and Mark Rice). Nominated for best paper. Presented at Strategic Management Society conference, October 2001.“Elements of a Mature Corporate Entrepreneurship Competency,” (with Richard Leifer and Mark Rice), presented at the Strategic Management Society conference, October 2001. “Business Models and Market Development: Commercialization Challenges Associated with Breakthrough Technologies,” (with Mark Rice and Richard Leifer). Presented at the Product Development and Management Association’s International Conference, October 2001.“The Effect of Team Leader Characteristics on the Performance of New Product Development Teams,” (with Shikhar Sarin) to be presented at the Product Development and Management Association’s International Conference, October 2001. BEST PAPER AWARD.“Strategic Issues in Managing Radical Innovation in Large Established Firms,” (with Christopher McDermott), presented at the Academy of Management Association: Operations division, Aug. 2001, Wash. D.C.“A Development Perspective for Building Radical Innovation Capacity in Established Firms,” (with Richard Leifer and Mark Rice), presented at the Academy of Management’s annual meeting: Technology and Innovation Management Division, August 2001, Wash. D.C.“The Impact of Communication Strategy on Launching New Products: The Moderating Role of Product Innovativeness,” (with Yikuan Lee), delivered at the Product Development and Management Association’s International Conference, New Orleans, October 2000.“Living with Chaos: Understanding the Uncertainties of Radical Innovation” (with Mark Rice and Richard Leifer), Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada. August 2000.“Business Models and Market Development: Key Oversights in the Radical Innovation Process,” (with Mark Rice and Richard Leifer) delivered at the University of Illinois at Chicago/American Marketing Association conference, Chicago: August 2000.“Managing the Transition from Discontinuous Innovation Project to Operating Unit,” (with Mark Rice and Richard Leifer), delivered at the IEEE-Engineering Management Society Conference on Radical Innovation, Tucson, Arizona, August 2000. “Corporate Venture Capital Models for Promoting Radical Innovation” (with Mark Rice, Richard Leifer, Christopher M. McDermott and Terri Standish-Kuon), Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference: Babson Park, MA. June 2000.“The Effect of Team leader Characteristics on New Product Development Performance: A Study of Cross-Functional Teams in a High-Tech Environment,” (with Shikhar Sarin), delivered at American Marketing Association’s Summer Educator’s Conference, San Francisco, August 1999.“Opportunity Recognition and Evaluation for Radical Innovations in Large Established Firms,” (with Mark Rice) presented at the University of Illinois at Chicago Research Symposium on Marketing and Entrepreneurship, San Francisco, August 1999. “The Impact of Network Effects on launching New Products: Short-Term vs. Long-term Performance” (with Yikuan Lee and John R. Norsworthy), presented at the Product Development and Management Association’s international conference, October 1999. Winner: Best paper award.“Salesforce Members’ propensity to Adopt Radical Innovations” (with Kwaku Atuahene-Gima) Special session presentation at the American Marketing Association’s Summer Educators’ Conference, Boston: August 1998.“Linking Advanced Technology to Market Opportunity: The Nature and Process of Market Visioning,” (with Robert W. Veryzer). Special session presentation at the American Marketing Association’s Summer Educators’ Conference, Boston: August, 1998.“New Venture Formation Based on Discontinuous Innovation in Established Firms,” (with Mark Rice and Lois Peters,) presented at the Babson-Kauffman Research Conference, Boston, May 1998.“The Extended E-Focus Group: A New Tool for Opinion Research,” (with Martha Fransson, Gary Lynn and Lilia Ziamou, given at the Conference on Telecommunications and Information Markets, Nov. 23-26, 1997, Brussels, Belgium. Market Learning for Breakthrough Innovation in New and Established Markets” (with Joseph Morone and Yikuan Lee), presented at the University of Illinois and Chicago/American Marketing Association Research Symposium on Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Chicago, August 1997.“Pricing New Products in High Tech Markets: An Exploratory Study of Pricing Factors and Behaviors,” (with Lois Peters), presented at the Product Development and Management Association, Oct. 1996. “Understanding Markets for Radical Innovation” (with Annette Moore), presented at the Product Development and Management Association’s International conference, San Diego, Oct. 1996. “Market Learning and Radical Innovation,” presented at Academy of Management, August, 1996."Factors Determining Successful Marketing Strategies among Entrepreneurial Manufacturing Firms in the Semiconductor Silicon Industry," with Steven T. Walsh, Bruce A. Kirchhoff, and Robert L. Boylan, delivered at the University of Illinois-Chicago/American Marketing Association Stockholm symposium on Marketing and Entrepreneurship, June 1996."The Role of Market Assessment At the Inception of Corporate Venturing in the Domain of Discontinuous Innovation," (with Mark Rice), Babson-Kauffman Research Conference, Seattle, March 1996."Consumer's Sensitivities to the Social Consequences of Advertising: An Exploratory Study," (with Amy Handlin) delivered at the annual Conference of the Association for Marketing Theory and Practice, March 1996. "Managing Product Innovation: Johnson Controls - Automotive Systems Group" (with Joseph Morone, Jeffrey Durgee and Richard Leifer), delivered at the Product Development Management Association conference, November, 1994, Boston."Why Some Products Just Feel Right, or, The Phenomenology of Product Rightness," (with Jeffrey Durgee) delivered at the Association of Consumer Research, November, 1994 in Boston."Perceiving What Package Designs Express: A Multi-sensory Exploratory Study Using Creative Writing Measurement Techniques," (with Jeffrey Durgee), delivered at American Society of Testing and Materials conference entitled "Creative Applications: Sensory Techniques Used in Conducting Packaging Research with Consumers" May 1993. "Market Research Departments as Service Providers in New Product Development Settings," (with Douglas Rebne) delivered at the Product Development Management Association International conference, October 1993. "New Product Development Under Conditions of High Uncertainty," (with Joseph Morone), delivered at the Decision Sciences Institute conference, Nov. 1992. "Performance Variance in Retailing: A Longitudinal Analysis," (with Avijit Ghosh), delivered at the CESCOM-NYU International Conference on Distribution, July 1987. Invited Industry Talks and University Lectures“Institutionalizing Innovation through People,” Front End of Innovation keynote and panel.(Boston, April 2018)“Women in Innovation” (with Abbie Griffin and Gloria Barczak), Keynote panel presentation, International Society for Professional Innovation Management, Boston, Ma. March 27, 2018. “Breakthrough Innovation: Taking Stock of What we Know and Proposed Next Steps for Knowledge Creation” invited keynote address delivered at the Product Development andManagement Association’s doctoral consortium, University of New Hampshire’s Peter T.Paul School of Business and Economics, July 19, 2017. “Beyond the Champion: Roles and Responsibilities for an Innovation Function,” presented to the Boston Chapter of the Product Development and Management Association, June 21st, 2017. “Beyond the Champion: Roles and Responsibilities for an Innovation Function,” presented to the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Product Development and Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2, 2016. “Managing for Breakthrough Innovation,” keynote talk at Herman Fellows Reunion, University of Chicago Booth School, November 2016. “Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation: Roles for an Innovation Function,” Innovation Summit (corporate conference), Chicago, Illinois, September 19-20, 2016. “Challenges Companies Face in Retaining Innovation Expertise,” presented at the Innovation Roundtable Summit, hosted at W.L. Gore and Co., Philadelphia, June 1-2, 2016. “Gamechangers do not Happen by Chance Alone,” Keynote presentation, International Society for Professional Innovation Management, Boston, Ma March 13-15, 2016. “Applying the Lean Start-Up Method in a Large Company Setting,” presented at the Innovation Roundtable Summit, November 2015. Copenhagen, Denmark.“Emerging Roles for Breakthrough Innovation,” presented at the Innovation Roundtable Summit, November 2015. Copenhagen, Denmark.“Organizational Patience for Breakthrough Innovation,” presented at the Innovation Roundtable Summit, November 2015. Copenhagen, Denmark. “The Learning Plan: a Tool for High-Uncertainty Projects,” presented at The Innovation Roundtable Summit, November 2014. Copenhagen, Denmark.“Management Systems for Breakthrough Innovation,” presented at The Innovation Roundtable Summit, November 2014, Copenhagen Denmark. “Institutionalizing an Innovation Competency Through People: Roles, Responsibilities and Career options for the Innovation Function.” Plenary talk at the Industrial Research Institute Member Summit. October 13, 2014. Denver, Colorado. “Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation,” keynote address presented at the International Society of Professional Innovation Managers, Oct 2014, Montreal, Canada.Invited Guest to University of Sao Paolo, School of Engineering, Department of Production andOperations Management, for a series of four talks on Innovation Management Research given to PhD students, Faculty and external agencies and companies, hosted by the Centre for Innovation Management or NAGI - Núcleo de Apoio à Gest?o da Inova??o", The website is pro.poli.usp.br/lgi/nagi at University of Sao Paulo, and funded with a Prof-Inova grant from FINEP, The Brazilian Innovation Agency from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (.br). August 8-13 2014.“Management Systems for Breakthrough Innovation” Institute for Pediatric Innovation, Keynote Presentation, June 19, 2014. Institutionalizing an Innovation Competency through People: Career Paths for the Innovation Function, Project updates presented at Industrial Research Institute meetings February 24 (Fort Lauderdale, Fla), May 20-22 (Washington DC) and November 20 (San Jose, Ca), 2013. Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation, Innovation Roundtable, () Copenhagen, Denmark. September 26, 2013. Institutionalizing Breakthrough Innovation through People, Innovation Roundtable, () Copenhagen, Denmark. September 26, 2013. Building a Management System for Breakthrough Innovation: Lessons learned from a Longitudinal Study, Praxair R&D Organization, Buffalo, NY, May 10, 2013. Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation, PDMA, Buffalo-Niagra Falls Chapter. May 9, 2013. Slice of Leadership in the Academic Setting. Talk given at the Archer Center for Leadership RPI, February 20, 2013. Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation, US Army Research Lab. Silver Spring, Maryland, November 29, 2012. Engaging the Business Community in Support of Economic Development: Rensselaer’s Emerging Ventures Ecosystem (with Tom Begley), Northeast Business Dean’s Conference, Sept 20-21, 2012. Routines for Breakthrough Innovation An Oxymoron? Keynote address at EAISM’s 19th International Product Development Management Conference, Manchester, UK June 17-19, 2012. “Institutionalizing an Innovation Competency through People: Career Paths for the Innovation Function –Project Update and Survey Conceptual Model Development” Industrial Research Institute Research on Research committee. Coral Gables, Florida. Feb 28, 2012. “Strategic Innovation Leadership” Tata Management Training Centre, Pune, India, April 17-18. 2012. “Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation” Carnegie Melon University, lecture to engineering students and PDMA Pittsburgh Chapter, April 2, 2012. “Management Practices for Breakthrough Innovation: A Longitudinal Research Program,” presented at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, November 18, 2011.“Management Practices for Breakthrough Innovation: A Longitudinal Study” presented at Center for Innovation Management Studies Consortium meeting, North Carolina State University, October 27, 2011.“Developing a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation,” Chalmers University Executive Seminar, Goteburg, Sweden. September 30,2011. “Theory Development,” UIC/PDMA doctoral consortium, Chicago, Ill, July 16, 2011. “Reflections on the Future of New Product Development Research,” PDMA’s Thought Leadership Symposium, Chicago, Ill., July 15, 2011.“Assessing Breakthrough Innovation Maturity,” Address to Compton Greaves leadership development forum, Albany College of Nanoscale Engineering, Albany NY, July 2010. “Assessing A Firm’s Capability for Breakthrough Innovation,” PDMA Western Michigan, Feb.2010. “Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation,” Address to the Chief Naval Officer’s Strategic Studies Group, Providence, RI, Dec 2009.“Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation in Good Times and Bad” Plenary talk at 2nd annual symposium of the International Society of Professional Innovation Managers, New York City, December 7, 2009.“Developing and Organizing an Innovation Capability,” presented at Collaboration & Innovation Sept 15-17 2009 conference, sponsored by Department of Leadership and Supervision, College of Technology, Purdue University. “Accelerating your innovation Pipeline” July 15, 2009 . “Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation” June 15, 2009, address and panel moderator for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Spring meeting, Palm Desert, CA. “Organizing for Breakthrough Innovation” Address to Strategy Research Institute’s conference “Revitalizing Innovation in America” Michigan State University, Troy, Mi. June 11, 2009. June 7 Guest on “Circles of Change: Conversations with Dr. Zara Larsen on Change Leadership and Career Fulfillment”AM 1330, Tucson, Az and webstreamed at . June 5, 2009, Industrial Research Institute sponsored brown bag luncheon seminar to discuss O’Connor, Gina, "Sustaining Breakthrough Innovation"?(Research-Technology Management, May-June 2009).“Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation,” Lunch and Learn address to the Industrial Research Institute’s spring meeting. Boston, Ma. May 20, 2009.“Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation” Address to Industrial Research Institute’s Business development network, Baltimore, MD. March 11, 2009.“Innovation as an Emerging Business Function” Keynote Address at the Connecticut Technology Council’s Women of Innovation Awards Ceremony, Windsor, CT, January 29, 2009.“Breakthrough Innovation as a Dynamic Capability in Large Established Firms” presented at INSEAD-Lally-CEDEP Research Seminar, November 17, 2008.“Innovation: an Emerging Management Discipline” keynote address at Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth conference, Boston, Mass. Nov 12-13, 2008. “Breakthrough Innovation: Building a Dynamic Capability” lecture at Syracuse University’s Whitman School, Faculty and Ph.D students. October 2008. “Non-Traditional Academic Career Paths,” presented at UIC/AMA conference on Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Stockholm, Sweden. June 2008.“Managing Highly Uncertain Projects,” talk presented to Project Management Council, Corning Inc., May 2008.“Management Systems for Innovation: Structure vs. Serendipity,” debate panel, Front End of Innovation conference, Boston, May 2008. “Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation,” webinar presented to R&D Leadership of Frito Lay, Inc. May 2008. “Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation,” talk presented to Innovation community at Ashland Corporation May 2008.“Building a Corporate Capability for Breakthrough Innovation,” presented to Berkley Innovation Forum, April 15, 2008. “Organizing for Radical Innovation” (with Richard DeMartino), lecture given to the PDMA Western NY chapter in honor of the Best Paper of the year Award, January 10, 2008. “Building a Sustainable Breakthrough Innovation Capability: Lessons Learned” co-presented with Mike Giersch, Vice-President, Corporate Strategy, IBM Corp. at the IIR/PDMA Front End of Innovation conference, Boston, May, 2007.“So What is a Culture of Innovation, Anyway?” talk given to the Corporate Venture Capital community at the Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth conference, co-sponsored by National Venture Capital Association, NIST, and others. Boston, Nov 6-7, 2006.“Radical Innovation Capability Building: Focus on Metrics,” talk given to CTO, Eaton Corporation, and R&D Director, Eaton Truck Group, October 24, 2006.“Developing a Corporate Capability for Radical Innovation: A Whole Systems’ Perspective.” Presented at the Industrial Research Institute’s Fall meeting, Washington, D.C. October, 2006.“Developing a Corporate Capability for Radical Innovation: Report of Research Results” presented to Vice-President of Strategic Growth and staff, Corning, Inc. July 28, 2006. “Radical Innovation Research Program: Management Processes Associated with Radical Innovation in Large Established Firms: A Multi-Disciplinary, Longitudinal Field Study,” talk given to the faculty of the Lally School of Management and Technology, RPI, Feb 22, 2006.“Building a Sustainable RI Capability,” presented to New Business Development team, including Vice President, at Sealed Air Corporation, December 2005. “Best Practices for Radical Innovation,” presented to Intel New Business Initiatives team , October 21, 2005.“Exploring Best Practices in Organizational Structures for Innovation,” keynote speech at Organizing and Structuring for Innovation, conference co-sponsored by Product Genesis, Radical innovation Group and MIT Enterprise Forum, Boston,, Oct 17-18, 2005.“Final Results of the Radical Innovation Phase II longitudinal Study,” delivered to Industrial Research Institute subcommittee on Radical Innovation, semi-annual IRI meeting, Charleston, S.C., October 2005. “Development and Use of a Radical Innovation Maturity Assessment Tool” Special Interest Session delivered at the semi-annual meeting of the Industrial Research Institute, October 2005.“Management Practices Associated with Radical Innovation Success,” Special Interest Session delivered at May 2005 Industrial Research Institute semi-annual meeting. Tuscon (with T. Ravichandran)“Driving Breakthrough Innovation: The Learning Plan,” delivered at IIR/PDMA conference on the Fuzzy Front End of Innovation, May 24-25, 2005 Boston (with Ron Pierantozzi, Air Products and Chemicals).“Radical Innovation Research Program” daylong workshop with HEB Grocers’ innovation team, at the Lally School, May 17, 2005 (with Richard Leifer, Al Paulson, Lois Peters) “Radical Innovation Research Program Results,” address to Johnson and Johnson Consumer Products’ Advanced Technical Programs leadership team, (including CTO), May 9, 2005 (with Lois Peters).“Design and Development of a Portfolio Evaluation Tool,” delivered to the Research on Research committee of the Industrial Research institute’s February 2005 meeting, St. Petersburg, Fla. (with Al Paulson).“Radical Innovation Research Program,” presented to Breakthrough Innovation team, Bose Corporation at Rensselaer’s Lally School, December 2004. “Radical Innovation Research Program,” presented to the GE Senior Technology Management team, GE Global Research Center, November 10, 2004.“Learning Based Project Management for Radical Innovation,” presented to the MIT System Design and Management Alumni, System Engineering Conference, at MIT (Boston), October 21, 2004.“Managing Breakthrough Innovation: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly,” PDMA online seminar series (webinar) presented to 177 attendees. September 9, 2004.“Dynamic Capabilities for Radical Innovation: A Systems’ Approach,” presented at the Institute for the Study of Business Markets meeting at Harvard Business School, August, 2004.“Developing Radical Innovation Competency,” (with Ron Pierentozzi, Director, Innovation and Business Development, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.) IIR/PDMA conference Managing the Front End of Innovation, May 25-26 2004, Boston. “Radical Innovation: Benchmarking Survey Results,” (with T. Ravichandran), Special Interest Session of the Industrial Research Institute, May 2004. 60 attendees.“Management Practices that Drive Success: How to Embrace Radical Innovation in a Mature Business,” PDMA Western NY Chapter, January 2004.Radical Innovation and Learning Based Project Management,” Seminar given to alumni and faculty at Rochester Institute of Technology, January 2004. “Corporate Competency Development for the Management of Radical Innovation,” Special Interest Session, Industrial Research Institute Spring meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 90 attendees, May 2003. Organizing to Build a Radical Innovation Competency,” (with Laura Pingel, Associate Director, Radical Innovation and Venture Capital Activities, MeadWestvaco), at the IIR conference Managing the Front End of Innovation, May 28-30, Boston. 400 attendees. Interim results report at the Research on Research subcommittee meeting of the Industrial Research Institute. Feb. 2002, Feb. 2003.“Initiating, Developing and Sustaining a Radical Innovation Capability,” address given to the Strategic Planning Executives Council of the Conference Board, Boston, October 2002.“Managing Radical Innovation in Large Established Firms: A Multi-Disciplinary, Longitudinal Field Study,” presented to select management faculty and international faculty development program at UNC-Chapel Hill, June 24, 2002.“Radical Innovation: Survival in Chaotic Times,” delivered to 30-50 members of General Electric’s Corporate R&D management, December 3, 2001.“Radical Innovation” presented to the combined faculties of the school’s of management of Rice University and University of Houston, November 30, 2001.“Radical Innovation” presented to the Houston, Texas chapter of the Product Development and Management Association, November 30, 2001.“Radical Innovation…next steps in a research program,” presented to faculty of Babson College, Sept 13, 2001.“Radical Innovation,” presented (with Mark Rice) to Albany International’s Top Leadership retreat, Montreal, Canada, Feb. 13, 2001. “Developing, validating and utilizing a Transition Readiness Assessment tool,” presented as an IRI workshop, May 23, 2001. “Learning about Markets that Don’t Yet Exist,” presented at IIR/PDMA conference, New York, May 10, 2001. “Transition Readiness for Radical Innovations,” presented at Institute for International Research/Product Development and Management Association conference, New York, May 9, 2001. “Radical Innovation: How Mature Firms can Outsmart Upstarts” given with Christopher McDermott to IEEE Schenectady Chapter, GE Power Systems, April 6, 2001. Grabbing Lightning: Recognizing, Evaluating and Pursuing Opportunities that Aren’t so Clear,” (talk given with Mark Rice) Product Development & Management Association’s non-academic conference, October11-14 2000, New Orleans, La. Managing Radical Innovation at the Fuzzy Front End” invited talk to Alcoa R&D group (given over satellite. Richard Leifer and Mark Rice in attendance, I delivered the talk). June 1999.“Valuing Discontinuous Innovations: Opportunity Evaluation at the Fuzzy Front End,” invited address to the New York Chapter of the Product Development and Management Association, April 19. 1999. Northeast Healthcare Association, November 1998. “Turning a Culture of Turbulence into a Culture of Opportunity.”Benchmarking Forum on New Product Development, August 1998, sponsored by the Adept Group “Radical Innovation” “Insights into a Multidisciplinary Longitudinal Research Methodology: Lessons Learned from Experience,” talk presented to the Lally-Darden retreat in Entrepreneurship, Lennox, Massachusetts, May 1997.“Manufacturing in the Age of Mass Merchants”, given at the Marketing Science Institute Conference “Too Much or Too Little? Managing Product Assortment from Production to Point of Purchase,” Scottsdale, Az. March 13-14, 1997.Latham Area Chamber of Commerce: Marketing for the Small Business, 5/21/92.HONORS AND AWARDSFor ScholarshipRice, Mark P.; O’Connor Gina Colarelli and Pierantozzi, Ronald (2008) “Implementing a Learning Plan to Counter Project Uncertainty” Sloan Management Review, Winter, Vol 49 (2): 54-62. Named third of “Twelve Essential Innovation Insights” of the decade by Bruce Posner and Martha E. Mangelsdorf (Eds), Sloan Management Review, Fall 2017 Vol. 59 (1): 28-36.O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, and Rice, Mark P. (2013) “New Market Creation for Breakthrough Innovations: Enabling and Constraining Mechanisms,” Journal of Product Innovation Management Vol 30 no 2 (March): 209-227. Winner, Best Paper of the Year.Recognized by the International Association of Management of Technology (IAMOT) as one of the top 50 authors of technology and innovation management for the years 2008-2012. Award to be presented at IAMOT annual conference, May 22-26th 2013, Washington, DC ().Listed as one of the World’s Top Innovation Management Scholars, #16 jointly with Robert Veryzer, and #25 individually in Yang, Pianpian and Lei Tao (2012) “Perspective: Ranking of the World’s Top Innovation Management Scholars and Universities,” Journal of Product Innovation Management 29:2 (March): 319-331. Appointed Otto Monsted Fond Visiting Professor, Danish Technical University for Academic year 2011-2012.Cui, Anna, and O’Connor, Gina C. “Alliance Portfolio Diversity” accepted for presentation and the Product Development and Management International Conference, New Orleans, Oct 2011. Winner, Best Paper of the Conference.Sarin, Shikhar and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2009), “First Among Equals: The Effect of Team Leader Characteristics on the Internal Dynamics of Cross-Functional Product Development Teams,” Journal of Product Innovation Management special issue on New Product Development Teams, vol 26: 188-205. Nominated for Best Paper of the year award, 2009.Winner, PDMA research competition, January 2010.with Anna Cui and Fang Wu, for proposal “Successful Innovation through Customer Involvement: A Contingent Perspective,” $4000 research grant+ access to PDMA’s membership list to survey.2008 Best paper of the year award, Journal of Product Innovation Management, for O’Connor, Gina Colarelli, (2008) “Major Innovation as a Dynamic Capability: A Systems Approach,” Journal of Product Innovation Management. 25 (4) July: 313-330. Lead Article. Grabbing Lightning named one of the Best Business Books of the year by Strategy+Business magazine, December 2008. Winner, $50,000 Research Award in Entrepreneurship sponsored by Office of the Vice Provost for Technological Entrepreneurship, RPI, for “An Exploration of the Intersection of Entrepreneurship and Scholarship: A Proposal for Research” (with Terri Standish-Kuon), March 2008.Lindgren, Lisa and O’Connor, Gina Colarelli (2007), “The Role of Future-Market Focus in the Early Stages of NPD across Varying Levels of Innovativeness” PDMA International conference, October 2007. (nominated for best paper).2006 Best paper of the year award, Journal of Product Innovation Management, for O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Richard DeMartino (2006),”Organizing for Radical Innovation: An Exploratory Study of the Structural Aspects of RI Management Systems in Large Established Firms,” Journal of Product Innovation Management. vol 23 (6), (November), pp. 475-497. Listed as one of the top 25 scholars in the field of innovation in Thieme, J. (2007), “The World’s Top Innovation Management Scholars and their Social Capital,” Journal of Product Innovation Management 24: 214-229. Lee, Yikuan and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2003), The Impact of Communication Strategy on New Product Performance: The Moderating Role of Product Innovativeness,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol. 20, no. 1(January), pp. 4-21. Lead Article and winner, best paper of the year award for the journal. Rice, Mark P., Richard Leifer and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2002), “Commercializing Discontinuous Innovations: Bridging the Gap From Discontinuous Innovation Project to Operations,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol 49 (Nov), no. 4, pp. 330-340. Winner: Best Paper of the Year Award for the Journal.2002 Best paper of the year award, Journal of Product Innovation Management, for McDermott, Christopher M. and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2002), “Managing Radical Innovation: An Overview of Emergent Strategy Issues,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol 19, no, 6 (November-December), pp. 424-438. 2002 Best paper of the year award, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, for Rice, Mark P., Richard Leifer and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (2002), “Commercializing Discontinuous Innovations: Bridging the Gap From Discontinuous Innovation Project to Operations,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol 49 (Nov), no. 4, pp. 330-340.Nominated for California Management Review’s Accenture Award, January 2002, for: O’Connor, Gina Colarelli and Mark P. Rice, (2001) “Opportunity Recognition and Breakthrough Innovation in Large Established Firms,” California Management Review, vol 43, no. 2 (Winter): 95-116. Nominated by the journal’s editorial board. This award is given annually to the article published in CMR during the previous year that has made "the most important contribution to improving the practice of management." Best paper award, Product Development and Management Association, October 2001, for: Sarin, Shikhar and Gina Colarelli O’Connor, “The Effect of Team Leader Characteristics on the Performance of New Product Development Teams,” forthcoming (October 2001), Product Development and Management Association International Conference Proceedings. Best paper award, Product Development and Management Association, October 1999, for: Lee, Yikuan, John R. Norsworthy and Gina Colarelli O’Connor (1999), “The Impact of Network Effects on launching New Products: Short-Term vs. Long-term Performance” Driving Product Development into the New Millennium, (Roger J. Calantone and C. Anthony Di Benedetto, Eds.) Proceedings of the Product Development and Management Association’s International Conference. PDMA: Chicago, Ill., pp. 155-175.Nominated for and attended AMA Doctoral Consortium, Summer 1987.Nichols-Taggert award, New York University, Spring 1987.For Teaching ExcellenceSpring 2009Winner, Outstanding teaching award (voted by MBA students).Spring 2008Winner, People’s Choice Professor Award (voted by MBA students). Spring 2006Winner, Rensselaer Alumni Association All Campus Teaching Award.Spring 2005Winner, Outstanding teaching award (voted by MBA students). ................
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