Prof. Suarez is the Jean C. Tempel Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, and Chair of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Group. Prior to this, he was at Boston University, where he founded the Strategy and Innovation Department and served as its Chair from 2008 to 2013. He has also held faculty positions at the London Business School (UK), MIT Sloan School (USA), Hitotsubashi University (Japan), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez and ESE Business School (Chile). Prof. Suarez holds a Ph.D. from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a Master's in Regional Planning from MIT, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chile.
His widely cited research spans the areas of innovation and technology strategy, entry timing strategies, standards & dominant designs, industry evolution, categorical dynamics, platform competition, entrepreneurship, and the role of services in product firms. His publications have appeared in leading journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Research Policy, Journal of Management, Industrial & Corporate Change, Operations Research, as well as in top practitioner-oriented publications such as Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. He serves in the Editorial Board of Academy of Management Review. Prof. Suarez’ teaches at the master’s and doctoral levels in topics directly related to his research and business experience. He regularly conducts executive education programs for C-suite executives of major corporations.
Prof. Suarez has been active in both institutional and private entrepreneurial activities. He founded and led the first globally focused full-time MBA program in South America, today regularly ranked among the top Latin American MBAs. He launched a software company and became an early investor and advisor to a cybersecurity services start-up that grew to a large business with offices in several countries, and he has also been an angel investor in Boston-based startups. Prof. Suarez has consulted with firms in diverse industries on innovation and strategy issues, and served in the Board of Directors of several private sector companies.
