Georges Haour

Dr Georges Haour is Professor of Innovation & Technology Management at IMD, in Lausanne. He also acts as an adviser to companies world-wide on the management of R&D/ innovation, entrepreneurship and technology commercialisation. Up to recently he was associated with the innovation firm Sagentia (formerly Generics), in Cambridge, UK.

Born in Lyon, France, he obtained a PhD in Chemistry form University of Toronto, Canada. Prior to IMD, for nine years, he managed a 30 staff business unit at Battelle, in Geneva, carrying out innovation projects on behalf of firms. Several of his innovations have been licensed and generated substantial new activities for the client companies.

He has eight patents and more than 100 publications. Following on Resolving the Innovation Paradox, also published with Palgrave, From Science to Business is his fourth book.