Faculty and Research

Gary Pisano is the Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He has been on the Harvard faculty for 21 years. During this time, he has taught both MBA and executive level courses on technology and operations management, operations strategy, competitive strategy, product development, and the management of innovation. Professor Pisano's research has examined technology strategy, the management of innovation, organizational learning, outsourcing, and the management of intellectual property. His research, teaching, and consulting on these issues span a range of science and technology based industries including aerospace, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, medical devices, computers, software, telecommunications, and semiconductors.

Pisano is a widely published author. His articles have been published in leading academic and management journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, and Harvard Business Review.   He is the co-author of the award winning article, "Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management" (Strategic Management Journal, 1997), the most-cited publication in economics and business from 1995-2005. He has also written case studies on such companies as Amazon, BMW, ITT-Automotive, IBM, Intel, Jet Blue, Merck, Eli Lilly, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Teradyne, and Flextronics. He is the author of six books including The Development Factory; Operations, Strategy, and Technology (with co-authors Robert Hayes, David Upton, and Steve Wheelwright); and Science Business: The Promise, The Reality and The Future of Biotech. Professor Pisano is currently writing a book on the challenges facing U.S. competitiveness in high-technology industries. Professor Pisano has served as an advisor to senior executives at leading companies in the United States and Europe in the aerospace, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, computer, software, electronics, and financial services industries. In addition, Pisano has served on the Board of Directors and Advisory Boards of a number of start-up companies. He speaks widely at industry conferences and to senior executive audiences. Professor Pisano holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and B.A. in economics from Yale University.