Charles Galunic works within the field of organizational theory and strategy. His work concerns the social fabric of innovation and change, both at the firm level (resource-based view and dynamic capabilities theory) and individual & cognitive level (social capital theory). His work on innovative organizational forms and multidivisional corporations has been recognized in several places, including an award from the Academy of Management. Recently, his work has focused on managerial development and performance, where he has examined the role of social networks in managerial innovation, performance, and cooperation. This includes studying the managerial development of young service professional as they take on new responsibilities in professional service firms. Finally, he is also concerned with organizational culture and its evolution.

He is on the editorial board of the Strategic Management Journal, as well as a former departmental editor for the Journal of International Business Studies. He has published in several academic and practionner oriented journals, including the The Journal of Managerial and Decision Economics, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Harvard Business Review, and Research in Organizational Behavior. He has been a pioneer of several courses at INSEAD, including the current core MBA course in Managing Organizations (teaching excellence nominee). His case on "Managing Knowledge at Booz-Allen & Hamilton" won the 2003 ECCH Best Case Award (OB area- with Professor John Weeks). He also teaches in a variety of INSEAD executive programs, both in Fontainebleau and in Asia, and is the programme director for the Bertelsmann and Young Managers Programmes. He was a co-nominee for the Best EMBA Core Teacher Award (2004 and 2005), and received the 2004/05 INSEAD Excellence Award in Executive Education.

Charles holds a PhD in Organizational Behaviour/Industrial Engineering Stanford University, California; a BA in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from Oxford University (Canadian Rhodes Scholar); and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Queen's University, Canada.

Dynamic Capabilities and Managerial Innovation; Leadership and Development; Social Networks; Culture and Culture Change.

Core Course in Organisational Behaviour; Strategic Management of Processes; Network Theory; Various Modules within Executive Education.