Michael A. Cusumano is the Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management

MIT Sloan School of Management

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. As befits his title, he is the former editor-in-chief and chairman of the MIT Sloan Management Review

MIT Sloan Management Review

MIT Sloan Management Review is a web site and magazine focused on the management of innovation. Published at the MIT Sloan School of Management, MIT Sloan Management Review’s mission is to lead the conversation among thinkers, professors, and managers about the coming sea changes in management...

. Professor Cusumano earned his bachelor's degree from Princeton University

Princeton University

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 and his PhD from Harvard University

Harvard University

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 and completed a postdoc

Postdoctoral researcher

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 at Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School

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. He is a widely cited scholar in the broad areas of business strategy and information technology. He also sits on the advisory board of H5

H5 (US company)

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, a firm specializing in electronic discovery

Electronic Discovery

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for legal cases.

Selected books

• Platform Leadership: How Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco Drive Industry Innovation
• Microsoft Secrets
• Competing on Internet Time: Lessons from Netscape and its Battle with Microsoft