Will Mitchell
Bio
Professor Will Mitchell died unexpectedly on December 6, 2021. Please see the announcement here.
Will Mitchell served as a Professor of Strategic Management where he held the Anthony S. Fell Chair in New Technologies and Commercialization and Co-Director, Global Executive MBA for Healthcare and the Life Sciences. Will studied business dynamics in developed and emerging markets, investigating how businesses change as their competitive environments change and, in turn, how business changes contribute to ongoing corporate and social performance. Will taught courses in corporate strategy, emerging market strategy, entrepreneurial strategy, and pharmaceutical and other health sector strategy. He served as a board member of Neuland Laboratories, Ltd. (Hyderabad).
Academic Positions
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2011-2021
Professor, University of Toronto
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2001-2014
Professor, Duke University
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2015-present
Visiting Professor, Duke University
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1988-2001
Professor, University of Michigan
Selected Publications - Papers
Research and Teaching Interests
Research: Business entry, growth, and survival in developed and emerging markets; life sciences commercialisation; global health delivery and commercialization.
Teaching: Strategic management, health and life sciences sector strategy, emerging markets strategy