Ralph Katz

Ralph Katz, PhD, is senior lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School’s Management of Technology Group and professor of management at Northeastern University’s College of Business. He has carried out extensive management research and consulting on technology-based innovation with emphasis in the management of technical professionals and project teams.

The National Academy of Management awarded Dr. Katz the ‘New Concept Award’ for his significant contribution to the field of organizational behavior. He is the recipient of  R&D Management's 'Best Paper' award. Dr. Katz received the IRI Maurice Holland Award for his article entitled, ‘Anticipating Disruptive Innovation,’ published in Research Technology Management.

Dr. Katz’s most recent book publication is The Human Side of Managing Technological Innovation. For over 10 years, he was the R&D/innovation and entrepreneurship departmental editor for Management Science. He has consulted with numerous organizations on problems and issues related to the management of their innovation processes and personnel for the past 35 years. Dr. Katz co-teaches the Caltech Industrial Relations Center course, Management of Technology and Innovation.

He received his PhD and MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Graduate School and a BS in mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University.