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Manuel Sosa

Technology and Operations Management

Manuel Sosa

Professor of Technology and Operations Management

Chair, Technology and Operations Management
Director of the Heinrich and Esther Baumann – Steiner Fund for Creativity and Business

Contact

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 65 6799 5360
Campus: Fontainebleau

Research Areas

Innovation Management, Organisation Design for New Product Development, Complex Product Architectures, Social Networks in R&D Organisations

Teaching Areas

Strategies for Product and Service Development (MBA), Process and Operations Management (MBA), Technology Management (PhD), Empirical Methods in Operations Management (PhD), Both opened enrolment and company specific programs (Executive Education)

Industry Sectors

Aerospace & Defence, Automobiles, Energy, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceuticals and Health

Biography

Manuel E. Sosa is a Professor of Technology and Operations Management and the Director of the Heinrich and Esther Baumann–Steiner Fund for Creativity and Business at INSEAD. He received a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad Simón Bolívar (Caracas, Venezuela) and an SM and a PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He directs the Design Thinking and Creativity for Business Programme.

Professor Sosa's research efforts are applied to improving product development systems. He is particularly interested in studying coordination and innovation networks in complex product and software development organisations.

Professor Sosa teaches in the MBA, PhD and Executive Education programmes covering topics related to innovation and operations management. His teaching achievements include the development of a programme with the Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, California) to integrate business and design disciplines for successful product development.

His professional experience includes systems engineering in the petrochemical industry and development and deployment of computer-aided engineering software applications.

Publications

Cho H., Hasija S., Sosa M. (2022). Reading Between the Stars: Understanding the Effects of Online Customer Reviews on Product Demand. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 24(4)

Chan T., Mihm J., Sosa M. (2021). Revisiting the Role of Collaboration in Creating Breakthrough Inventions. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 23(5)

Chan T. H., Mihm J., Sosa M. (2019). When Individuals Are More Innovative Than Teams. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles

Carrick A., Sosa M. (2019). Eight Inc. and Apple Retail Stores (Japanese).

Liu H., Mihm J., Sosa M. (2018). Where Do Stars Come From? The Role of Star versus Non-Star Collaborators in Creative Settings. Organization Science, 29(6)

Mihm J., Sosa M., Carrick A. (2018). McKinsey and LUNAR: Acquiring a Design Firm.

Singh A., Sosa M. (2018). Joyful Frog Digital Incubator: Accelerating Startups.

Grover A., Sosa M. (2018). The Story Behind 'My INSEAD Story' (Full Case).

Grover A., Sosa M. (2018). The Story Behind 'My INSEAD Story' (Part 1).

Chan T. H., Mihm J., Sosa M. (2018). On Styles in Product Design: An Analysis of U.S. Design Patents . Management Science, 64(3)

Carrick A., Sosa M. (2017). Eight Inc. and Apple Retail Stores.

Pich M., Vissa R., Sosa M. (2017). Public Sector Service Design: Designing the Employment Pass Service Centre for the Ministry of Manpower, Singapore.

Gargiulo M., Sosa M. (2016). Common Third Parties and Coordination Disruptions in New Product Development Organizations. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 33(2)

Sosa M., Gargiulo M., Rowles C. (2015). Can Informal Communication Networks Disrupt Coordination in New Product Development Projects?. Organization Science, 26(4)

Sosa M. (2014). Realizing the Need for Rework: From Task Interdependence to Social Networks. Production and Operations Management, 23(8)

Carrick A., Greve H., Sosa M., Strousse B. (2014). Handpresso: From an Innovative Idea to an Alliance Portfolio - Condensed Version.

Carrick A., Sosa M., Nielsen H. (2014). Handpresso (C): Growing Through Alliances.

Sosa M., Mihm J., Browning T. (2013). Linking Cyclicality and Product Quality. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 15(3)

Sosa M., Marle F. (2013). Assembling Creative Teams in New Product Development Using Creative Team Familiarity. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 135

Carrick A., Sosa M., Strousse B. (2011). Handpresso (B): Building a Business.

Carrick A., Sosa M., Strousse B. (2011). Handpresso (A).

Sosa M., Mihm J., Browning T. (2011). Degree Distribution and Quality in Complex Engineered Systems. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 133(10)

Carrick A., Sosa M. (2011). mimijumi.

Carrick A., Sosa M. (2011). Bazile Telecom.

Sosa M. (2011). Where Do Creative Interactions Come From? The Role of Tie Content and Social Networks. Organization Science, 22(1)

Sosa M. (2009). Coordination Networks in Product Development.

Sosa M. (2008). A Structured Approach to Predicting and Managing Technical Interactions in Software Development. Research in Engineering Design, 19(1)

Sosa M., Eppinger S., Rowles C. M. (2007). A Network Approach to Define Modularity of Components in Complex Products. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 129(11)

Sosa M., Eppinger S., Rowles C. M. (2007). Are Your Engineers Talking to One Another When They Should?. Harvard Business Review, 85(11)

Sosa M., Mihm J. (2007). Organization Design for New Product Development.

Sosa M., Bhavani R. (2005). IDEO: Service Design (B).

Balmes C., Sosa M. (2005). R&D Management at Universal Luxury Group - Perfumes and Cosmetics Division (A).

Balmes C., Sosa M. (2005). R&D Management at Universal Luxury Group - Perfumes and Cosmetics Division (B).

Sosa M., Bhavani R. (2005). IDEO: Service Design (A).

Rowles C., Eppinger S., Sosa M. (2004). The Misalignment of Product Architecture and Organizational Structure in Complex Product Development. Management Science, 50(12)

Eppinger S., Rowles C., Sosa M. (2003). Identifying Modular and Integrative Systems and Their Impact on Design Team Interactions. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 125(2)

Sosa M. (2002). Bottle Design at Green Beverage Corporation.

Pich M., Sosa M., Eppinger S., Mc Kendrick D. G., Stout S. (2002). Factors that Influence Technical Communication in Distributed Product Development: An Empirical Study in the Telecommunications Industry. IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management, 49(1)

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