Biography
Professor Mark Lehrer's research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of strategy, international business, and technology. Collaborating with Professor Sokol Celo, he is publishing a series of articles that highlight the potential of complexity science as a new paradigm in the field of international business. Additionally, in partnership with Professor Kim Wang, he is integrating the global transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to a hydrogen economy into student projects and expanding it as an area of scientific research.
Among his teaching achievements, Professor Lehrer has developed the unique MBA course MBA 710: Understanding World-Class Clusters, which explores the economics and social dynamics of major metropolitan areas, such as Boston.
Professor Lehrer has authored approximately 50 peer-reviewed publications on topics including innovation, born-global firms, multinational corporations, and the German political economy. He is also the author of the Wall Street Journal Instructor’s Weekly Review in Strategic Management, an online column read by thousands of management educators who incorporate the Wall Street Journal into their courses.
Honors and Recognitions
- Fulbright Global Fellowship Award to Israel and Germany, 2020-21
Professional Activities
- Editorial Board, Journal of International Management (since 2013)
- Author, Wall Street Journal Instructor’s Review in Strategic Management (since 2001)
Publications
Recent Intellectual Contributions
Celo, S., & Lehrer, M. 2025. Conducting Research in International Business Through a Complex Adaptive Systems Lens. Management International Review, 1-22.
2024 Sokol Celo, Mark Lehrer, and Dmitry Zinoviev, Modeling serendipity in opportunity search by born-global firms: Performance implications from a computer simulation of evolutionary drift using NKC methodology. International Business Review.
2024 Mark Lehrer, Kim Wang, and Michael Behnam, Lopsided Schumpeterian Competition and the superstar phenomenon in OLED Flat-Panel Displays. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 36(8), 1943-1959.
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Contact Me
- 617-573-8338
- [email protected]
- Sargent Hall, Room 370F
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Courses Taught
SIB101: Globalization
SIB419: Senior Capstone in International Business
MBA710: Understanding World Class Clusters
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Degrees/Professional Certifications
- PhD in Management, INSEAD, 1997
- PhD in German, University of California, Berkeley, 1986
- MA in Comparative Literature, University of California at Berkeley, 1982
- BS in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980
- BS in Humanities and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980