
Ivana Naumovska
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
Biography
Ivana Naumovska is an Associate Professor at INSEAD. She is an expert on SPACs, reverse mergers, and search funds. At INSEAD, Professor Naumovska teaches in degree and executive programs on topics of entrepreneurship, AI strategy, corporate governance, and diversity and inclusion. Recognized for pedagogical excellence, she has been awarded the Dean's Commendation for Excellence in Teaching and has won the Best Teaching Award multiple times. Her expert opinions are regularly featured in leading business media such as the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, CNBC, Barron's, Reuters, and Bloomberg.
Professor Naumovska's research examines the antecedents and consequences of the adoption of new and sometimes counter-normative organizational practices and innovations, in both established firms and startups. By explicitly considering the role of the institutional environment, social biases and market learning, she seeks to understand how firms and their stakeholders (i.e., investors, media, competitors, executives, and board members) affect and are affected by these organisational practices.
Professor Naumovska’s research has been published in leading academic journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Review of Finance, Strategic Management Journal, and Academy of Management Annals; it has also received numerous prestigious recognitions and awards, including Best Dissertation Award from the Dutch Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, and multiple Best and Distinguished Paper Awards from the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Societies.
Professor Naumovska is an Associate Editor at the Strategic Management Journal and has been an elected Representative at Large of the Behavioral Strategy, Corporate Strategy, and Competitive Strategy Interest Groups at the Strategic Management Society. She completed a Postdoc at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. She holds a Ph.D. in Management and Finance (cum laude) as well as an MSc in Finance (cum laude) from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and a BSc in Financial Economics from Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University (cum laude).
Professor Naumovska's research examines the antecedents and consequences of the adoption of new and sometimes counter-normative organizational practices and innovations, in both established firms and startups. By explicitly considering the role of the institutional environment, social biases and market learning, she seeks to understand how firms and their stakeholders (i.e., investors, media, competitors, executives, and board members) affect and are affected by these organisational practices.
Professor Naumovska’s research has been published in leading academic journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Review of Finance, Strategic Management Journal, and Academy of Management Annals; it has also received numerous prestigious recognitions and awards, including Best Dissertation Award from the Dutch Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, and multiple Best and Distinguished Paper Awards from the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Societies.
Professor Naumovska is an Associate Editor at the Strategic Management Journal and has been an elected Representative at Large of the Behavioral Strategy, Corporate Strategy, and Competitive Strategy Interest Groups at the Strategic Management Society. She completed a Postdoc at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. She holds a Ph.D. in Management and Finance (cum laude) as well as an MSc in Finance (cum laude) from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and a BSc in Financial Economics from Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University (cum laude).
Latest posts
Buy then Build: Be an Entrepreneur Without the Start-Up
I. Naumovska, K. Olateju
Forget coding in garages — a growing number of entrepreneurs are skipping the start-up grind and buying existing businesses instead.
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When Scandal Hits, It Pays to Resemble the Villain
Ivana Naumovska
Financial wrongdoing by a single firm often batters its industry peers. Managers and investors may yet profit by using a granular lens to identify a handful of firms that will emerge stronger.
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When American Firms Misbehave, Chinese Companies Pay the Price
Ivana Naumovska
“Guilt by association” in US financial markets appears to be driven by investors’ prejudice against Chinese firms.
How to Tell the Age of an Innovation
H. Greve, I. Naumovska, V. Gaba
All innovations make the journey from “eureka” to “meh”. But they don’t do so according to fixed rules.
Reverse Mergers Went Bust. Will SPACs Follow?
Ivana Naumovska
Despite current exuberance, the signs don’t augur well for “blank cheque” companies.