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Filipe Santos
Portugal

Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship

Academic Director, INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Initiative

Director, Rudolf and Valeria Maag International Centre for Entrepreneurship (Maag ICE)



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Filipe Santos is Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at INSEAD. He is the director for the Maag International Centre for Entrepreneurship and the academic director of the INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Initiative. His research lies at the intersection of strategy, organization theory, and entrepreneurship. His current focus is the field of social entrepreneurship and social innovation. He is particularly interested in understanding the processes through which entrepreneurs construct new firms and markets. He is also interested in the growth and scaling up processes of new ventures in order to maximize economic and social impact. A related focus of research is on business model innovation. His research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Technology Policy and Management, as well as several book chapters. Professor Santos teaches the New Ventures course in the INSEAD MBA program, as well as entrepreneurship modules in the EMBA and Executive Education. He regularly speaks on topics of entrepreneurship and innovation from both a commercial and a social perspective. He also mentors entrepreneurs and advises venture investors.

A native of Portugal and a former entrepreneur, Professor Santos holds a Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University, with a focus on entrepreneurship. He also holds an MSc. Degree in Industrial Strategy and Management from Lisbon Technical University, and an Economics degree from Lisbon New University. He was the recipient of the Lieberman Fellowship at Stanford University, an award recognizing outstanding scholarship and institutional contributions. He also received in 1996 the award for best MSc. student. His doctoral thesis "Constructing Markets and Shaping Boundaries: Entrepreneurial Action in Nascent Markets" was finalist for the Heizer 2004 Entrepreneurship Award. He received an Honourable Mention for Best Paper at the 2006 Strategic Management Society Conference and the 2008 IDEA award for Research Promise from the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division. He also won the 2008 award for Best Teacher in Elective Courses at the INSEAD GEMBA program.


Research Areas

Creation and Growth of New Ventures; Social Entrepreneurship; Business Model Innovation; Processes of Market and Firm Emergence.


Teaching

New Venture Creation and Growth; Social Entrepreneurship; Strategy in High-Technology Sectors; Market Space Creation.


Sectors

Information Technology; Leisure, Entertainment & Hotels; Telecommunication Services

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