Imperial professor first outside USA to edit top journal

Professor Gerry George

Professor Gerry George has been appointed the 20th Editor-in-chief of the AMJ, a highly prestigious journal - one of the top in the management field.

An Innovation and Entrepreneurship Professor from Imperial College Business School has been made the first Editor-in-Chief of the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) from an institution outside the USA.

Professor Gerry George, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Director of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre, and Deputy Principal for Faculty and Programmes at Imperial College Business School, has been appointed the 20th Editor-in-chief of the AMJ, a highly prestigious journal that many consider the top in the management field.

Professor George's primary goal is to ensure that the Journal continues to be a home for novel, interesting, and relevant management research across all its sub-fields

Principal of the Business School, Professor Dorothy Griffiths congratulated Professor George, confirming that this is a “huge compliment both for Gerry and the School. I am delighted and very proud for Gerry.”

AMJ has been widely readby management students and professionals for more than 50 years.

It is the flagship empirical management journal, which means it is based on published evidence. Articles published in AMJ test, extend, or build theories on management practice using surveys, group discussions, laboratory studies and meta-analyses, which are systematic analyses of data from multiple trials on the same topic. AMJ articles are regularly cited in the major business media, including The New York Times, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Business Week and Fortune.

Professor George’s research investigates business models and organisational design, including its implications for innovation and entrepreneurship in multiple settings, such as prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and rural electrification in Kenya and Tanzania. 

Professor George has been an Associate Editor at AMJ since 2010. His promotion to Editor-in-Chief of AMJ was confirmed by the Board of Governors and will commence in July 2013.

Professor George said: “My primary goal is to ensure that the Journal continues to be a home for novel, interesting, and relevant management research across all its sub-fields. The secondary goal is to develop a global agenda for management scholarship, where the 19,000 members of the Academy who come from 109 countries feel that they have a fair shot at getting their work published and disseminated in a platform that is powerful and respected worldwide for its visibility and impact.”

A feature article that explores Gerry's career to date and future aspirations can be accessed here.