Biography
Svenja Sommer is an Associate Professor in the Operations Management and Information Technology department at HEC Paris. She is also the Academic Director of the MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She received her Ph.D. in Management from INSEAD (France).
Her research aims to improve our understanding of effective management of innovation-related and product development projects. In particular, her research deals with issues involving management of highly uncertain projects that are common in the domain of innovations; idea generation and selection at the fuzzy front end of the product development process; and collaborative product development processes within or across firms. Her research has been published in journals such as Management Science, Organization Science and POM.
She serves as a Senior Editor for the “New Product Development, R&D, and Project Management” department of POMS and as an Associate Editor for the Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Management Science. She is also an ad-hoc reviewer for a number of journals, including Management Science, MSOM, OR, POM, Organization Sciences and Decision Sciences.
At HEC Paris, Svenja teaches mostly in the MBA and the EMBA program, including core courses in Operations Management and elective courses on Supply Chain Management. Prior to joining HEC, she was on the faculty at the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University.
Scientific articles
Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming, (in coll. with S. R. Vessal)
Management Science, March 2020, vol. 66, n° 3, pp 1395-1420, (in coll. with E. BENDOLY, S. KAVADIAS)
Project Management Journal, October 2019, vol. 50, n° 5, pp 524-537, (in coll. with C. LOCH)
Production and Operations Management, March 2018, vol. 27, n° 3, pp 496–515, (in coll. with T. SHALPEGIN, Z. WAN)
California Management Review, February 2017, vol. 59, n° 2, pp 45-67, (in coll. with C. LOCH, M. MÄHRING)
Organization Science, January-February 2009, vol. 20, n° 1, pp 118-133, (in coll. with C.H. Loch, J. Dong)
Management Science, february, 3 2009, n° 12, pp 1899-1913, (in coll. with S. Kavadias)
Production and Operations Management, March-April 2009, vol. 18, n° 2, pp 185-196, (in coll. with C. Loch)
Management Science, 2004, vol. 50, n° 10, pp 1334-1347, (in coll. with C. Loch)
Chapters in edited books
Handbook On Innovation And Project Management, A. Davies, S. Lenfle, C. H. Loch, C. Midler, Edward Elgar Publishing, 3 , 258-273
Handbook On Innovation And Project Management, A. Davies, S. Lenfle, C. H. Loch, C. Midler, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2 , 201-218
Encyclopedia Of Technology And Innovation Management, V. K. Narayanan, G. C. O'Connor (eds), John Wiley & Sons US
Handbook Of New Product Development And Management, C. H. Loch, S. Kavadias (eds), Elsevier Limited, Oxford
Working papers
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2020
Mimeo , 2011
INSEAD Working Paper , 2011
Mimeo , 2010
Scientific articles
Management Science, March 2020, vol. 66, n° 3, pp 1395-1420, (in coll. with E. BENDOLY, S. KAVADIAS)
Project Management Journal, October 2019, vol. 50, n° 5, pp 524-537, (in coll. with C. LOCH)
Production and Operations Management, March 2018, vol. 27, n° 3, pp 496–515, (in coll. with T. SHALPEGIN, Z. WAN)
California Management Review, February 2017, vol. 59, n° 2, pp 45-67, (in coll. with C. LOCH, M. MÄHRING)
Chapters in edited books
Handbook On Innovation And Project Management, A. Davies, S. Lenfle, C. H. Loch, C. Midler, Edward Elgar Publishing, 3 , 258-273
Handbook On Innovation And Project Management, A. Davies, S. Lenfle, C. H. Loch, C. Midler, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2 , 201-218
Encyclopedia Of Technology And Innovation Management, V. K. Narayanan, G. C. O'Connor (eds), John Wiley & Sons US
Handbook Of New Product Development And Management, C. H. Loch, S. Kavadias (eds), Elsevier Limited, Oxford
Working papers
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2020
Mimeo , 2011
INSEAD Working Paper , 2011
Mimeo , 2010
Education
Academic appointments
Academic Responsibilities at HEC
- 2020- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
- 2008- Associate Professor HEC Paris
Scientific Activities
Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation
- Member of INFORMS, MSOM, and POMS
Editorial activities
Conference organisation
Awards & honors
- 2020 HEC Foundation Best Paper 2019 Award for "Collaborative Prototyping of Alternative Designs Under a Targert Costing Scheme", Production and Operations Management, mars 2018, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 496515
- 2010 2010 Management Science Meritorious Services Award
- 2009 Syntec Management Consulting Best article award in the category "Operations, Gestion, controle/Systeme d'information et Technologies, "Managing complexity and unforeseeable uncertainty in startup companies : an empirical study", Organization Science
- 2006 Dean's MBA core teaching award for Mgmt 664