The Information System Seminar Series features Yasser Bhatti, Associate Professor of Innovation and Strategy at the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London, UK
COVID-19 has required unprecedented responses from all countries. Such has been the speed and severity of the pandemic that few countries have been afforded the luxury of following traditional processes of testing and trialing new technologies, processes, and medicines. Countries that have delayed their response to COVID-19 seem to be faring worse. The lack of time and resources available to respond to the crisis, as well as the need for rapid scaling in every context, has led to an explosion of innovative responses.
Yasser Bhatti is a scholar of Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship with a focus on the study of emerging models of innovation and strategies which promote inclusive and sustainable growth. He merges an understanding of innovation concepts, mainly frugal, social and reverse innovations with strategy concepts, mainly cost leadership, business models, and scenario planning. He uses mixed methods and conducts studies through the lens of institutional theory and resource based view. He holds research and teaching affiliations at the University of Oxford, Imperial College London, Queen Mary University, and MBS College of Entrepreneurship. He is an alumnus of Georgia-Tech and Oxford University and is co-author of a book titled "Frugal Innovation – Models, Means, Methods" published by Cambridge University Press.
