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Ryan Raffaelli
Associate Professor at Harvard Business School
Ryan L. Raffaelli
Ryan L. Raffaelli is the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the MBA course "Leadership: Execution and Action Planning" (LEAP) and serves on the faculty of several executive education programs, including Leading and Building a Culture of Innovation and Leading Change and Organizational Renewal.1
Professor Raffaelli's research focuses on organizational reinvention and leading change. His work introduces the concept of "technology reemergence," a process whereby organizations and industries faced with technological change reinvent themselves. He also studies how leaders infuse values and meaning into institutions during periods of instability.1
Professor Raffaelli's research has been published in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, the Academy of Management Annals, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, as well as in a number of edited handbooks on innovation and management. He serves on the editorial board of Administrative Science Quarterly and is a faculty associate at Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.1
His work has been covered by such media as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Washington Post, NPR, Fortune, CNBC, Fast Company, and Rolling Stone.1 Professor Raffaelli's research has received several awards, including the inaugural "Best Research Methods Paper" from the Strategic Management Society, and "Best Paper" and "Giarratani Rising Star" distinctions from the Industry Studies Association.1
