Prof. Dr. Shiko Ben-Menahem

Shiko Ben-Menahem is a Senior Lecturer (habilitation ETH Zurich) at the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation, ETH Zurich, and Adjunct Associate Professor at NYU Stern School of Business, Department of Technology, Operations, and Statistics. His research on innovation processes and strategy in industries encompassing healthcare, medical devices, and life sciences has appeared in scientific and practitioner oriented journals including Academy of Management Journal, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Academy of Management Discoveries, Research Policy, MIT Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, BMJ Open, and Long Range Planning. Shiko is a Special Issue Editor for Research Policy, serves on the Editorial Review Board of Academy of Management Discoveries, and is a former Associate Editor and current Editorial Review Board member of European Management Journal.

Research Areas

How digital technology shapes and is shaped by organizational design and organizational innovation processes; Coordination of cross-disciplinary knowledge creation; digital health and innovation in healthcare and pharmaceutical drug development.

Teaching

Corporate Strategy (MAS and MSc level, ETH Zurich)

Digital Strategy (Full-time and part-time MBA, NYU Stern)

Master's theses supervision on knowledge creation and evaluation under complexity; cross-disciplinary coordination; innovation in health science; pharmaceutical drug development processes; organizing health care. Students interested in writing their Master's thesis on these topics are welcome to contact me.

Publications and Working Papers

• Ben-Menahem, S., Sialm, A., Hachfeld, A., Rauch, A., von Krogh, G., Furrer, H. (Forthcoming.) How Do Health Care Providers Construe Patient Complexity? A Qualitative Study of Multiorbidity in HIV Outpatient Clinical Practice. BMJ Open. 

• de Jong, J., Ben-Menahem, S., Franke, N., Fuller, J., & von Krogh, G. (2021). external pageTreading new ground in household sector innovation research: Scope, emergence, business implications, and diffusion.call_made Research Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2021.104270

• von Krogh, G., Kucukkeles, B., Ben-Menahem, S. (2020). external pageLessons in Rapid Innovaiton from the COVID-19 Pandemic.call_made MIT Sloan Management Review (Summer). 

• Ben-Menahem, S., Nistor-Gallo, R,. Macia, G., von Krogh, G., & Goldhahn, J. (2020). How the new European regulation on medical devices will affect innovation. Nature Biomedical Engineering. external pagehttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-020-0541-xcall_made

• Raj Shrestha, Y., Ben-Menahem, S., & von Krogh, G (2019). external pageOrganizational Decision-Making Structures in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.call_made California Management Review. 

• Kucukkeles, B., Ben-Menahem, S., & von Krogh, G. (2019). external pageSmall Numbers, Big Concerns: Practices and Organizational Arrangements in Rare Disease Drug Repurposing.call_made Academy of Management Discoveries.

• Erden, Z., Ben-Menahem, S., Von Krogh, G., Schneider, A., Koch, G, & Widmer. H. (2019). external pageFostering multidisciplinary collaboration in drug discoverycall_made. Drug Discovery World, Spring: 58-62.

• Wedl, C., Ben-Menahem, S., He, F., & von Krogh, G. (2018). “What is innovation anyway?”- Creation of Concertive and Formal Control for Innovation Processes. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings of the 2018 annual conference in Chicago, IL, USA.

• Ben-Menahem, S., von Krogh, G., Erden, Z. & Schneider, A. (2016). external pageCoordinating Knowledge Creation in Multidisciplinary Teams: evidence from Early-stage drug Discoverycall_made, Academy of Management Journal, 59(4), 1308-1338.  external pagevideo abstractcall_made

• Ben-Menahem, S. M. & Volberda, H. W. (2013). external pageThe Impact of Task-, Social-, and Environmental Context Characteristics on Firm Proactivenesscall_made. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings of the 2013 annual conference in Orlando, FL, USA.

• Ben-Menahem, S. M, Z. Kwee, F. A. J. Van den Bosch & H. W. Volberda. (2013) external pageStrategic Renewal Over Time: the Enabling Role of Absorptive Capacity in Aligning Internal and External Rates of Change. A longitudinal Analysis of Royal Dutch Shell (1980-2007)call_made, Long Range Planning 46(3): 216-235.

• Ben-Menahem, S., Heyden, M.L.M., & Volberda, H.W. (2011) Managing Strategic Renewal. Strategic Management: Competitiveness & Globalization. in: Volberda, H., Morgan, R., Reinmoeller, P., Hitt, M., Ireland, R.D., & Hoskisson, R.E. (eds.). Cengage Learning Business Press: UK.

• von Krogh, G., Ben-Menahem, S., & Shrestha, Y.R. (2021). Artificial Intelligence and the Strategy Process in: Duhaime, I, Hitt, M., & Lyles, M. (Eds), Strategic Management: State of the Field and Its Future. Oxford University Press.

• Ben-Menahem, S., Wedl, C., He, F., von Krogh, G. What is Innovation Anyway? The Co-Creation of Formal Control and Deep Level Innovation Structures. (Revise and Resubmit, Administrative Science Quarterly).

• Ben-Menahem, S., Woerter, M., von Krogh, G. Organizational Decline and Innovation Following an Economic Shock. (Revise and Resubmit, Strategic Management Journal.)

• Bienefeld, N. & Ben-Menahem, S. Delegation in Human-AI Teams: A Vulnerability Regulation Perspective. 

• Tinguely, P., Ben-Menahem, S., He, F. & von Krogh, G. Innovation under Time Pressure: The Pivotal Role of Temporal Leadership and Employees' Human Energy.

• Ben-Menahem, S., Shrestha, Y. R, von Krogh, G. Do or Delegate? How Individuals Learn from Success and Failure in Peer-to-Peer Authority Delegation.

• Ben-Menahem, S., Shrestha, Y. R, von Krogh, G. Make It or Break It: Idea Evaluation in Collaborative Knowledge Creation.

• Kucukkeles, B., Ben-Menahem, S. & von Krogh, G. The Emergence of Resourcing Practices in Epistemic Communities: The Case of Drug Repurposing.

Professional Service

• Academy of Management Discoveries, Editorial Review Board (incoming)
• Guest Editor, Research Policy special issue on HHS innovation
• Israel Strategy Conference, 2017, 2021, Conference Co-Chair
• European Management Journal, Editorial Board; Associate Editor (2014-2018)
• EGOS Colloquium 2018, member Scientific Committee 
• AOM Tel Aviv 2018 Specialized Conference, Conference Co-Chair

Ad hoc reviewer:

• Academy of Management Review
• Academy of Management Journal
• Academy of Management Discoveries
• Journal of Management Studies
• Strategic Management Journal
• Long Range Planning
• Journal of Health Organization and Management

Grants & Awards

Academy of Management Discoveries, 2020, Best Paper Runner-Up Award (with Burcu Kucukkeles and Georg von Krogh)

AOM Organizational Behavior Division, 2020 Best Dissertation-Based Paper Award (with Patrick Tinguely, Vivianna He, Georg von Krogh)

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), 2017: "Leading and Coordinating Knowledge Creation in Online Communities" CHF 356'000 (with G. von Krogh and V. He).

Best Visiting Lecturer, 2017/2018 - Estonia Business School.

Education

Shiko obtained his Ph.D. in Strategic Management at the department of Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. He completed his MSc degree in Strategic Management (Cum Laude) from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and his MPhil degree in Business Research (Cum Laude) from the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM). Ph.D. thesis: Strategic Timing and Proactiveness of Organizations (2013)

Conference Presentations and Invited Talks

• Ben-Menahem, S. Digitization Opportunities and Challenges for Regulators and Stakeholders. Swissmedic round table innovation, Bern, Switzerland, Oct. 7, 2019

• Ben-Menahem, S. Moderator. T3: Trials, Tech and Transformation Conference. Philadelphia, PA, August, 2019

• Ben-Menahen, S. Practices and Organizational Arrangements in Rare Disease Drug Repurposing. MIT Innovation Lab, Cambridge, MA, March, 2019. 

• Ben-Menahem, S., Woerter, M., von Krogh, G. Organizational Decline and Open Innovation Following an Economic Shock. Open and User Innovation Conference, New York University, NY, August, 2018.

• Tinguely, P., Ben-Menahem, S., He, F. & von Krogh, G. Showing Resilience in Time of Change: Intelligent Career Strategies through Innovation. 7th LAEMOS Colloquium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March, 2018.

• Tinguely, P., Ben-Menahem, S., He, F. & von Krogh, G. Innovation under Time Pressure: The Pivotal Role of Temporal Leadership and Employees' Human Energy. Israel Organizational Behavior Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel, January, 2018.

• Wedl, C., Ben-Menahem, S., He, F., von Krogh, G. (2017). What is Innovation Anyway? The Co-Creation of Innovation Narratives and Controls. The 7th Israel Strategy Conference, Haifa, Israel.

• Tinguely, P., Ben-Menahem, S., He, F. & von Krogh, G. Innovation under Time Pressure: The Pivotal Role of Energy and Temporal Leadership. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, USA, August, 2017.

• Kucukkeles, B., Ben-Menahem, S. & von Krogh, G. (2017). "The Emergence of Resourcing Practices in Epistemic Communities:The Case of Drug Repurposing". Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, August, 2017.

Tinguely, P., Ben-Menahem, S., He, F. & von Krogh, G. Under Time Pressure and yet Innovative at Work? - The Role of Temporal Leadership and Human Energy. Frontiers in MOC-TIM Conference in Zurich, Switzerland, June, 2017.

• Kucukkeles, B., Ben-Menahem, S. & von Krogh, G. (2017). " Emergence of Resourcing Practices: The case of drug repurposing". DRUID Conference 2017 in New York, USA.

• Wedl, C., Ben-Menahem, S., He, F., von Krogh, G. (2017). The Enabling or Constraining Formalization of Innovation Process Controls? A Story in the Eye of the Beholder. DRUID Conference 2017 in New York, USA.

• Ben-Menahem, S., Shrestha, Y. R, von Krogh, G. Do or Delegate? Learning to Create and Manage Complexity in Online Collaborative Knowledge Creation. Open and User Innovation Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, August, 2016.

• Ben-Menahem, S., Shrestha, Y. R, von Krogh, G. Make It or Break It: The Endogenous Nature of Idea Evaluation in Collaborative Knowledge Creation. Open and User Innovation Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, August, 2016.

• Ben-Menahem, S., He, F., Tinguely, P., & von Krogh, G. Many Leaders Make Innovative Work? The Pivotal Role of Employees' Knowledge Sharing and Polychronicity. Strategic Management Society Annual Conference in Berlin, Germany, October, 2016.

• Ben-Menahem, S., He, F., Tinguely, P., & von Krogh, G. Many Leaders Make Innovative Work? The Pivotal Role of Employees’ Knowledge Sharing and Polychronicity. Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Anaheim, USA, August, 2016.

• Kucukkeles, B. Ben-Menahem, S., & von Krogh, G. How Can Serendipity Be Made To Benefit Problem Solving? Findings From Drug Repurposing. Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Anaheim, USA, August, 2016.

• Silam, A., Ben-Menahem, S., & von Krogh, G. The effect of superstitious learning on capability matching: Exploring the nature of anticipation through autopoiesis. 32^nd EGOS Colloquium, Napels, Italy, July, 2016.

• Kucukkeles, B. Ben-Menahem, S., & von Krogh, G. Dominant Problem Solving Logics of Innovation. Israel Strategy Conference, Jerusalem, December, 2015.

• Ben-Menahem, S., Shrestha, Y. R, von Krogh, G. Do or Delegate? Learning to Create and Manage Complexity in Online Collaborative Knowledge Creation. Israel Strategy Conference, Jerusalem, December, 2015.

• Shrestha, Y. R, Ben-Menahem, S., von Krogh, G. Coordinating Co-Opetition: Insights from Open-Source Cloud Software Development. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA, November, 2015.

• Kucukkeles, B., Ben-Menahem, S. Innovating Through Problem-Solving Without Problem Formulation: Evidence from Drug Repositioning. Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Denver, CO, USA, October, 2015.

• Ben-Menahem, S., Van Neerijnen, P, & Schippers, M. Team Tie Strength and Performance Development: The Mediating Role of Team Reflexivity Over Time. Symposium: Teams Research: The Need to Consider Time in Order to: "Keep on Slippin' into the Future," Academy of Management Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August, 2015.

• Shrestha Y. R. , Ben-Menahem S., von Krogh G. Coordinating Co-opetition: Insights from Open-Source Cloud Software Development. Paper presented at the Open and User Innovation Society Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, July, 2015.

• Kucukkeles B., Ben-Menahem S, von Krogh G. Dominant logics of problem solving for innovation: Lessons from drug discovery. Paper presented at the 31st EGOS Colloguium, Athens, Greece, July, 2015.

• Kucukkeles B., von Krogh G., Ben-Menahem S. The Division of Labor Between Human & Computerized Tech: A Problem Solving Perspective. Paper presented at the Open and User Innovation Society Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, July, 2015.

• Trantopoulos, K., S. M. Ben-Menahem, G. von Krogh, M. Wallin, & M. Woerter. The Virtualization of Exchange: Electronic Commerce, Foreign R&D, and Export Performance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA, ISA. August, 2014.

• Ben-Menahem, S. M. The Impact of Task-, Social-, and Environmental Context Characteristics on Firm Proactiveness. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Orlando, FL, USA. August 2013.

• Ben-Menahem, S. M. Antecedents of Organizational Proactiveness: The Joint Impact of Work Design Characteristics and Environmental Dynamism. Paper presented at the 29th EGOS Colloquium, Montréal, Canada, July 2013.

• Ben-Menahem, S. M. Antecedents of Firm Proactive Behavior: Understanding the Impact of Autonomy, Cooperation, and Environmental Dynamism. Paper presented at Israel Strategy Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel, December 2012.

• Ben-Menahem, S. M., E. Dolgova, & P. Van Neerijnen. The Effect of Team Members’ Proactive Personality and Advice-Seeking Behavior on the Emergence of Team Proactive Behavior: A Dynamic Network Analysis. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Strategic Management Society, Prague, Czech Republic, October 2012.

• Ben-Menahem, S. M. & O. Mihalache. Strategic Timing and Cost Saving: A Multilevel Analysis of Offshoring Projects. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Academy of Management, Boston, MA, USA, August 2012

• Ben-Menahem, S. M. & O. Mihalache. Strategic Timing and Cost Saving: A Multilevel Analysis of Offshoring Projects. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Academy of International Business, Washington DC, Maryland, USA, June 2012

• Ben-Menahem, S. M., E. Dolgova, & P. Van Neerijnen. The Effect of Team Members’ Proactive Personality and Advice-Seeking Behavior on the Emergence of Team Proactive Behavior: A Dynamic Network Analysis. Paper presented at the International Network of Social Network Analysis – Sunbelt Conference, Redondo Beach, California, USA, March 2012.

• Ben-Menahem, S. M. & O. Mihalache. Strategic Timing and Cost Saving: A Multilevel Analysis of Offshoring Projects. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Strategic Management Society, Miami, Florida, USA, November 2011

• Ben-Menahem, S. M., J. J. Jansen, F. A. J. Van den Bosch & H. W. Volberda. Leveraging Exploratory and Exploitative Innovation in Dynamic Environments: the Performance Implications of Proactive Entrepreneurial Behavior. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of Academy of Management, San Antonio, Texas, USA, August 2011

• Ben-Menahem, S. M., J. J. Jansen, F. A. J. Van den Bosch & H. W. Volberda. Leveraging Exploratory and Exploitative Innovation in Dynamic Environments: the Performance Implications of Proactive Entrepreneurial Behavior. Paper presented at European Academy of Management Conference, Tallinn, March 2011

• Ben-Menahem, S. M., J. J. Jansen, F. A. J. Van den Bosch & H. W. Volberda. The Influence of Exploratory Innovation and Exploitative Innovation on Firm Performance: The Moderating Effect of Firm Proactiveness and Environmental Contingencies. Paper presented at 4th Israel Strategy Conference in Haifa, Israel, December 2010

• Ben-Menahem, S. M., Z. Kwee, F. A. J. Van den Bosch & H. W. Volberda. Investigating the Temporal Dimension of Strategic Renewal: Managing Absorptive Capacity for Aligning Internal and External Rates of Change. Paper presented at European Academy of Management Conference, Rome, May 2010