UCL School of Management

Enrico Forti

Lecturer (Education)
Honorary Research Fellow
Phone number
(0)20 3108 6023
(internal 56023)
Office location
Level 38, 1 Canada Square
Rm C8
Elsewhere

Biography

Enrico Forti is a Senior Teaching Fellow and Research Associate in the Strategy & Entrepreneurship group at UCL School of Management and a Chazen Visiting Associate Research Scholar at Columbia Business School. Enrico received a PhD in Management from the University of Bologna. Previously, he was a management consulting analyst at Accenture.

Enrico does research at the intersection of strategy and organization theory in the context of contemporary industries that are migrating toward more fluid and project-based production. His research has been published in leading journals, such as Organization ScienceStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Product Innovation Management, and Research Policy. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the areas of strategy and has been the recipient of the UCL School of Management Excellence in Teaching Award (best professor, as voted by students).


Research

Enrico does research at the intersection of strategy and organization theory in the context of contemporary industries that are migrating toward more fluid and project-based production. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the area of strategy.

His research program is driven by theoretical tensions around issues of specialization and strategic change at the individual, team, and firm level. His empirical approach primarily involves econometric studies of naturally occurring data to investigate patterns of change and performance as well as the drivers of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Research projects

Change and performance in new product streams

Studying the performance implications of the coevolution of team composition and market categories in the context of temporary organizations

Strategic Discipline in New Technology Ventures

How do new firms that lack pre-defined capabilities and market positions develop a strategy for commercializing technological breakthroughs?
Selected publications
Ching, K., Forti, E., Katsampes, S., & Mammous, K. (2024). Style and quality: Aesthetic innovation strategy under weak appropriability. Research Policy, 53 (3), 104947. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2023.104947 [link]
Forti, E., Munari, F., & Zhang, C. (2020). Does VC backing affect brand strategy in technology ventures?. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. doi:10.1002/sej.1318 [link]
Forti, E., Sobrero, M., & Vezzulli, A. (2020). Continuity, change, and new product performance: the role of stream concentration. Journal of Product Innovation Management, jpim.12521. doi:10.1111/jpim.12521 [link]
Ching, K., Forti, E., & Rawley, E. (2020). Extemporaneous Coordination in Specialist Teams: The Familiarity Complementarity. Organization Science. doi:10.1287/orsc.2020.1376 [link]
Forti, E., & Jong, S. (2014). When Ambidexterity Backfires: Strategic Discipline in New Technology Ventures. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014 (1), 11111. doi:10.5465/ambpp.2014.143 [link]
Forti, E., Franzoni, C., & Sobrero, M. (2013). Bridges or isolates? Investigating the social networks of academic inventors. Research Policy, 42 (8), 1378-1388. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2013.05.003 [link]
Forti, E., Sobrero, M., & Vezzulli, A. (2011). Managing trade-offs within and across decision domains: Continuity, change and new product performance. Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting - West Meets East: Enlightening. Balancing. Transcending, AOM 2011.
Ching, K., Forti, E., & Rawley, E. (n.d.). Extemporaneous Coordination in Specialist Teams: The Familiarity Complementarity. Elsevier BV. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3491456 [link]
Ching, K., Forti, E., & Rawley, E. (n.d.). Competitive Familiarity: Learning to Coordinate by Competing. Organization Science. doi:10.1287/orsc.2022.17068 [link]

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