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Associate Professor, General Management, Strategy & Information Systems

Professor Su is an expert on global innovation and outsourcing strategies, and qualitative research methods. His work explores the transformation of organizations and markets in the age of digitization and globalization, based on in-depth case studies in diverse sectors, including financial services, technology, consulting, manufacturing, and creative industries, across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. His research is published in top journals such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, and MIT Sloan Management Review. Outside academia, Professor Su advises a portfolio of multinational corporations as well as public and not-for-profit organizations.

Professor Su is the recipient of the “40 Most Outstanding Business School Professors Under 40” by Poets&Quants, the inaugural Early Career Award of the Association for Information Systems, Giarratani Rising Star Award runner-up of the Industry Studies Association, and Best Article Awards of the Decision Sciences Journal and IBM Global Research. Professor Su has also received Ivey’s Early Career Impact Award, and teaching awards and commendations from Ivey, Western University, and New York University’s Stern School of Business. Professor Su has also taught at top programs in Denmark, China, NYU Stern, and Cornell University.

Education

PhD, New York University Stern School of Business

MS, University of Toronto

BS, Fudan University

Experience

IBM, New York, USA

STAR TV of News Corporation, Hong Kong

Investment Consulting, Europe and Mainland China

Expertise

Global strategies

Digital innovation

Qualitative research

Recent Refereed Articles

Hsu, C.; Lee, J-N.; Fang, Y.; Straub, D. W.; Su, N.; Ryu, H-S., (Forthcoming), "The Role of Vendor Legitimacy in IT Outsourcing Performance: Theory and Evidence", Information Systems Research

Joshi, M.; Su, N.; Austin, R. D.; Sundaram, A. K., 2021, "Why So Many Data Science Projects Fail to Deliver", MIT Sloan Management Review, March 62(3): 85 - 89.

Su, N.; Levina, N.; Ross, J. W., 2016, "The Long-Tail Strategy for IT Outsourcing", MIT Sloan Management Review, December 57(2): 81 - 89.

Su, N.; Levina, N.; Ross, J., 2016, "La estrategia de larga cola para la externalización de las TI", Harvard Deusto Business Review, April 255: 6 - 20.

Su, N., 2015, "Cultural Sensemaking in Offshore Information Technology Service Suppliers: A Cultural Frame Perspective", MIS Quarterly, December 39(4): 959 - 983.

Honours & Awards

MIT Sloan Management Review Top-10 Articles of 2021

The 40 Most Outstanding Business School Professors Under 40, Poets&Quants, 2017

Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference Organization Theory Division Best Paper Award Runner-up, 2019

International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) Outstanding Associate Editor Award, 2017

Strategic Management Society (SMS) Teaching Community Rep-at-Large, 2018, 2021, 2022