Sruthi Thatchenkery
Assistant Professor of Strategy
Subject Areas
Strategy and Business Economics
Biography
Biography
Professor Thatchenkery is interested in how firms compete and innovate in high-tech industries. Prior to her academic career, she worked in economic consulting in Washington DC, specializing in antitrust and intellectual property litigation.
Awards & Accomplishments
Professor Thatchenkery's doctoral dissertation won the Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Strategic Management division of the Academy of Management and was a finalist for other field-wide awards. Her research papers have received numerous honors at conferences, such as Best Paper awards from the Industry Studies Association and the Research Methods Award (finalist) from the Strategic Management Society. At Stanford, she was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) and the PACCAR Inc Stanford Graduate Fellowship. At Duke, she graduated summa cum laude and with high distinction.
Publications
Professor Thatchenkery's research has been published in premier management outlets, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, and Harvard Business Review.
Teaching
At Owen, Professor Thatchenkery teaches MBA courses on innovation and technology strategy. Prior to Owen, she taught a popular dual-enrollment course on technology & digital strategy at University College London. At UCL, she received university-level recognition for outstanding teaching delivery and research-based education.
Research Interests
Professor Thatchenkery’s research examines competition and innovation in technology ecosystems. Her primary stream of work examines how managerial perceptions of competition shape innovation and collaboration in software. She has also investigated the consequences of antitrust interventions against digital platforms and user (i.e. physician) innovation in medical device startups.
Education
B.S., Economics, Duke University, 2008
Ph.D., Management Science & Engineering, Stanford University, 2017