Florenta Teodoridis
Assistant Professor of Management and Organization, Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California
Disciplines: Business
Florenta's main areas of interest are the economics of innovation, creativity and the impact of technology on society. Her research agenda is composed of two research streams: factors influencing the process of knowledge production at the individual researcher level, and the relationship between knowledge advancement and markets. Through her first research stream, she examines various factors influencing the rate and direction of technological advancements, such as research tools, breadth and depth of expertise, collaboration and ideology. As part of her second stream, she is interested in the impact of technological advancement on business strategy, productivity and labor markets.
Articles
Companies looking to leverage new technologies like A.I. often seek out specialists with deep subject expertise, but a team that mixes generalists and specialists is more likely to produce innovation.