Susan K. Cohen

Associate Professor of Business Administration
University of Pittsburgh

Susan K. Cohen is Associate Professor of Organizations and Entrepreneurship at the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. Her research addresses the question: How do firms successfully innovate? She has investigated organizational antecedents to innovation performance, including the structure of knowledge and capability, social network position, CEO occupational experience, alliance formation, and ecosystem strategy. Susan’s research builds on resource- and knowledge-based theories of the firm, social network theory, design science and technology frames, and the theory of complex contagion, and contributes to the knowledge base on innovation and commercialization strategies. Her current interests include the roles of firm-specific language in transforming life science business models and how the structure of regional entrepreneurial ecosystems affects new venture strategies to access resources. Her research has appeared in Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Research Policy, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Susan is an Associate Editor at the Academy of Management Discoveries and TIM Division Program Chair – Elect.

Poster(s):

• Tracking the Translation of Innovation: Results from the NIMS Manual Search on Tech Transfer Outcomes