Biography

Dr. Georges Haour is Professor of Technology & Innovation Management at IMD. He also works with company Generics in Cambridge, on business innovation & technology ventures.

Born and raised in Lyon, France, he obtained a first degree from the National Higher School of Chemistry ENSCP, in Paris. He has undergraduate training in Law and Economics (Paris). He also obtained a Master of Sciences (New York) and a Ph.D. in Chemistry and Materials Science, from the University of Toronto, Canada.

Prior to joining IMD, Dr. Haour was manager at Battelle, in Geneva, where, for nine years, he led a business unit carrying out innovation projects on behalf of companies in Europe, Japan and the USA. In this capacity, he hired professionals from six different countries. Many of his innovations have been licensed to firms, resulting, on several occasions, in substantial new business for the client-companies.

Earlier, he was a researcher at ATT's Bell Laboratories, in Murray Hill, New Jersey. He also worked with Marshall McLuhan at his Centre for Culture, Society and Technology, in Toronto. Dr. Haour acts as an adviser to companies in Europe, North America, Japan, and Singapore in the area of value-creation through effective R&D/Innovation management He is currently doing research on creating value through technological innovation.