Philip Anderson

Philip Anderson was the INSEAD Alumni Fund Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurship at INSEAD until his passing in 2024. He initiated the INSEAD Entrepreneurs-in-Residence and was the former Academic Director of the Rudolf and Valerie Maag INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship. Phil was a towering figure in the fields of entrepreneurship and organisation theory, whose research in technological change, innovation and entrepreneurship and complexity is considered foundational work across fields. 

Professor Anderson was co-author of Managing Strategic Innovation and Change: A Collection of Readings (with Michael Tushman), published by Oxford University Press in 2004 (second edition), and Inside the Kaisha: Demystifying Japanese Business Behavior (with Noboru Yoshimura) published by Harvard Business School Press in 1997. Inside the Kaisha was named the 1997 Booz-Allen & Hamilton/Financial Times Global Business Book of the Year for Industry Analysis/Business Context. In 2010, CMO Asia’s Best B-School Awards named Philip Anderson the 'Best Professor in Entrepreneurship.' In 2021 he won INSEAD’s Dominique Heau Award for Inspiring Educational Excellence.

Professor Anderson also consulted and/or conducted customised executive programmes for companies from Abbott and the Abu Dhabi Civil Service to Unilever and Visa.