Constantinos C. Markides (born 1960) is a Cypriot management educator and, since 1990, the Robert P. Bauman Professor of Strategic Leadership at

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(London, UK). He is known for his work on strategic disruption and business models which is particularly illustrated in his book Game Changing Strategies published in 2008. He was listed among the Forbes.com list of Most Influential Management Gurus (2009).

Life and work

A native of

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, he received a BA (Distinction) and MA in Economics from

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, MBA and DBA from the

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. Constantinos worked as a research associate at the Harvard Business School and has completed research and published on the topics of international competitiveness, corporate restructuring, refocusing and international acquisitions (in journals such as the

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, Directors & Boards, Long range planning,

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and the

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.) He is on the Editorial Board of the

and the

. Constantinos was also a Fellow of the

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Selected works

*1995. ''Diversification, Refocusing and Economic Performance''. MIT Press *2000. ''All the Right Moves: A Guide to Crafting Breakthrough Strategy''. Harvard Business School Press *2004 (with Paul Geroski). '' Fast second: How smart companies bypass radical innovation to enter and conquer new markets''. Jossey-Bass *2008. ''Game-Changing Strategies: How to Create New Market Space in Established Industries by Breaking the Rules.'' Jossey-Bass

References

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