Biography
Dr. Solon Moreira joins Fox School of Business as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship. Previously, he worked as Assistant Professor at IESE Business School, where he designed and taught MBA, Executive, and In-Company courses, focusing on Corporate Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology Strategy. He has also taught in countries across the globe, including the United States, Spain, Brazil, Denmark, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Colombia, and Pakistan.
Solon’s research focuses on the link between innovation and firm performance. He is particularly interested in understanding how established corporations collaborate with startups and how firms use external sources of knowledge to adjust to a changing technological landscape. Some of the R&D strategies he investigates include technology licensing, strategic alliances, and M&As.
His research has been published in leading journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Harvard Business Review, Industrial and Corporate Change, and the Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management. He has also received various prizes, including the Fox School’s Excellence in Practice Research, Strategic Management Society Best Paper Finalist, and Best Paper Nominee for the European Academy of Management. Solon has presented his research at numerous international conferences.
Before joining academia, Solon was an entrepreneur and co-founded a trading company in Brazil. He has also been involved in research collaborations with multinational companies such as Royal Dutch Shell and Novo Nordisk.
Solon holds a Ph.D. in Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy from Copenhagen Business School and a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Innovation, Strategy and Organization from the University of Cambridge.
Research Interests
- Corporate Entrepreneurship
- Collaboration and Partnerships with Startups
- Technology Deals
- Financial Analysts and Market Intermediaries
- Digital Entrepreneurship
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
BA 4101 | Global Business Policies | Undergraduate |
SGM 5135 | Innovation Intelligence: Plan, Build, Protect, and Monetize a Technology / Innovation Portfolio | Graduate |
SGM 5137 | Entrepreneurial Thinking and New Venture Creation | Graduate |
SGM 9211 | Theor Fndns in Entrepr | Graduate |
Selected Publications
Recent
Moreira, S., Klueter, T.M., & Asija, A. (2023). Market for technology 2.0? Reassessing the role of complementary assets on licensing decisions. Research Policy, 52(7), 104787-104787. Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2023.104787.
Minbaeva, D., Muratbekova-Touron, M., Nayır, D., & Moreira, S. (2021). Individual responses to competing institutional logics in emerging markets. International Business Review, 30(4). doi: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2020.101778.
Moreira, S. (2021). Don't Keep it All for Yourself; Let Them Work on It: A Dynamic Perspective to Appropriability and R&D Strategy. Fox Business Review, 1(1), 10-14.
Moreira, S., Mudambi, S., Carleton, M., & Fare, T. (2020). Letter to the Journal: The COVID-19 Innovation Race, a Case Study. Journal of Precision Medicine. Retrieved from https://www.thejournalofprecisionmedicine.com/the-journal-of-precision-medicine/letter-to-the-journal-the-covid-19-innovation-race-a-case-study/.
Moreira, S. & Soares, T. (2020). Academic spill-ins or spill-outs? Examining knowledge spillovers of university patents. Industrial and Corporate Change, 29(5), 1145-1165. doi: 10.1093/icc/dtaa011.
Moreira, S., Klueter, T., & Tasselli, S. (2020). Competition, technology licensing-in, and innovation. Organization Science, 31(4), 1012-1036. doi: 10.1287/orsc.2019.1337.
Moreira, S., Mudambi, R., Carleton, M., Fare, T., & Majors (2020). Organizational Legitimacy and Rents from Blockbuster Innovation in the Biopharma Industry. Journal of Precision Medicine.
Moreira, S. & Tae, C. (2019). The effect of industry leaders’ exploratory innovation on competitor performance. Industry and Innovation, 26(9), 965-987. doi: 10.1080/13662716.2019.1593111.
Moreira, S., Cabaleiro, G., & Reichstein, T. (2019). Licensing decision: A rent dissipation lens applied to product market competition, openness to external knowledge and exogenous sunk costs. Industrial and Corporate Change, 28(4), 773-792. doi: 10.1093/icc/dty036.
Moreira, S., Markus, A., & Laursen, K. (2018). Knowledge diversity and coordination: The effect of intrafirm inventor task networks on absorption speed. Strategic Management Journal, 39(9), 2517-2546. doi: 10.1002/smj.2914.
Moreira, S. (2018). How to Hook Knowledge When Angling for Innovation: Learning Through Licensing. IESE Insight, 29-35.