Dr. Georges Haour is Professor of Technology & Innovation Management. He also acts as an adviser to firms and organisations in his area of value-creation through effective management of the innovation process, as well as commercialisation of technology.

He has 8 patents, 90 publications and three books on innovation and technology commercialization. His latest case study is on Infosys, in Bangalore.
His latest book is "Resolving the Innovation Paradox - Enhancing Growth in Technology Companies", (Palgrave, London, www.innovationparadox.com). He is working on a new book "From Science to Cash" on new ways for firms to effectively mine resources University research for competitiveness.

Prior to joining IMD, Dr. Haour was a manager at Battelle, in Geneva, where, for nine years, he led a business unit carrying out innovation projects on behalf of companies in Europe, Japan and the USA. In this capacity, he significantly grew his unit’s sales and hired professionals from six countries. Several of his innovations, licensed to firms, resulted in large new business for the client- companies.
Earlier, he was a researcher at ATT's Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. He also worked with Marshall McLuhan at his Centre for Culture, Society and Technology, in Toronto.

He holds a Master of Sciences from ENSCP- Higher School of Chemistry, in Paris and a Ph.D from the University of Toronto, Canada.