George Tovstiga

Guest Lecturer

George Tovstiga

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC DEGREES

  • Dr. sc. techn. ETH (ETH Zürich, Switzerland), 1986
  • Master of Business Administration (Twente University, Netherlands), 1995
  • ITP (London Business School, UK), 1997
  • Master of Science in Engineering (University of Massachusetts / Amherst, USA), 1983
  • Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering (University of Ottawa, Canada), 1981
  • Diploma in Industrial Chemistry (Ryerson University, Canada), 1979

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Business and Competitive Strategy
  • Strategy Practice
  • Strategic Management of Innovation
  • International Business Strategy

ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

  • 2016 – present       Professor, EDHEC Business School, France
  • 2007 – 2016          Professor of Strategy, Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK
  • 2005 – 2007          Associate Professor, Henley Business, University of Reading, UK
  • 2002 – 2005          Visiting Professor, Henley Management College, UK
  • 1996 – 2001          Associate Professor, University of Twente, NL

OTHER VISITING LECTURER POSITIONS (PAST AND CURRENT)

  • National Research University “ITMO”, St. Petersburg, Russia (MSc Innovation Management)
  • University St. Gallen (Switzerland) (Executive MBA Programme)
  • HEC Paris (France) and St. Petersburg University (Russia) / Graduate School of Management (Dual Degree MBA Programme)
  • HEC Paris (Qatar) (Corporate Executive Programme)
  • University of St. Petersburg / Graduate School of Management: CEMS Master in International Management Programme
  • Birzeit University / Birzeit / Palestine (Executive MBA Programme)
  • Pepperdine University / Malibu / CA (Executive MBA Programme)
  • St. Peterburg State Polytechnic University / Russia / Graduate School of Management (MBA Programme: Strategic Innovation Management)
  • SIMT / Stuttgart Institute of Technology and Management / Germany (Corporate Executive Programmes: Innovation Management)
  • PHW / Private Hochschule Wirtschaft / Zurich / Switzerland (MBA Programme)
  • Strathclyde University / UK (MBA Programme)
  • University Frankfurt / Goethe Business School / Germany (Corporate Executive Programmes)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

PUBLICATIONS

SELECTED PUBLICATION

  • Tovstiga, G. (2015). Strategy in Practice, 3rd Edition, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons

CONSULTING PROJECTS

Since 2000: 

  • Private Strategy/Innovation Consultancy carried out for client organisations including:
  • British Nuclear Group Sellafield (UK)
  • ALSTOM Power Ltd (Switzerland)
  • Hewlett Packard (UK)
  • Intel (UK)
  • De Beers (UK and South Africa)
  • Unilever (UK and Global)
  • Roche Group (UK & Switzerland)
  • Vodafone Group (UK and global)
  • VERTU (UK and global)
  • BP / Castrol (UK and global)

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • NSERC (National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Scholarships (1981 – 1986) for MS and doctoral study
  • European Union (EU) MBA Scholarship (1993 – 1995)

News

13 October 2024 | All news | Благов Юрий Евгеньевич | Наука
Yury Blagov took part in the annual meeting of the Integrated Reporting Committee and the HSE School of Finance

On September 25, 2024, Yury Blagov, Director of the Center for CSR at GSOM SPbU, took part in the annual meeting of the Integrated Reporting Committee and the HSE School of Finance "Integrated Thinking Day 2024. Rethinking Sustainability" as an invited speaker. The annual meeting was traditionally devoted to the issues of integrated thinking in managing an organization and creating value for all stakeholders

23 September 2024 | All news | Алканова Ольга Николаевна
Trends and Skills: GSOM SPbU took part in the Alfa Bank Education Summit

On September 20 in Sochi, heads of universities and representatives of big business held a direct dialogue on the prospects of partnership and discuss the future of Russian education

23 September 2024 | All news
Yury Blagov took part in the fourth Sustainable Development Summit "Siberian Perspective"

September 13-14, 2024. Yury Blagov, Director of the Center for CSR at GSOM SPbU, took part in the fourth Sustainable Development summit "Siberian Perspective" as an invited expert. The event was organized by PJSC MMC “Norilsk Nickel”.

19 September 2024 | All news
Graduate School of Management SPbU organizes the XIth International Economics and Management Conference EMC 2024

From October 1 to 5, 2024, the Graduate School of Management at St. Petersburg University (SPbU) will host the Economics and Management Conference (EMC). This event serves as a dynamic platform for professionals and leading scholars in management from around the globe. Over the past 11 years, more than 2,500 participants have presented their research at this conference. This year, the event anticipates over 200 researchers and practitioners from Russia, China, the Kingdom of Bahrain, Bangladesh, Algeria, Ireland, Morocco, Belgium, Serbia, and other countries

12 September 2024 | All news | Благов Юрий Евгеньевич | Conferences
Yury Blagov took part in the forum "My Business - the Energy of Opportunities!"

On September 3, 2024, Yury Blagov, Director of the Center for CSR at GSOM SPbU, took part in the largest business event in the North-West region — the 10th Leningrad Forum "My Business — the Energy of Opportunities!"

10 September 2024 | All news | Благов Юрий Евгеньевич | Conferences
Yury Blagov took part in the IX St. Petersburg Conference "The Future of Corporate Volunteering: Trends and Innovations"

September 4, 2024. Yury Blagov, Director of the Center for Corporate Social Responsibility at GSOM SPbU, took part in the IX St. Petersburg Conference "The Future of Corporate Volunteering: Trends and Innovations"

28 August 2024 | All news | Вукович Дарко | Наука
Darko Vukovic gave a lecture at the International Summer School on Mathematical Finance

On August 24, 2024, Dr. Darko Vuković, a leading expert in financial modeling and market efficiency from the GSOM SPbU, delivered a lecture on stochastic volatility within a Bayesian framework at the 5th International Summer School on Mathematical Finance

15 August 2024 | All news | Методология преподавания | Алканова Ольга Николаевна | Мероприятия в Михайловке
The Graduate School of Management SPbU will discuss how to teach in the era of AI

On 19-23 August, the Graduate School of Management SPbU for the third time will host a Summer School (educational intensive) for russian and foreign teachers of higher education and corporate universities

9 August 2024 | All news | Conferences
GSOM SPbU hosted the Bank of Russia Research Forum

Lectures on econometrics, machine learning and data-driven decision-making, as well as a lot of practice: employees of the Bank of Russia's central office and regional divisions spent several busy days at the Bank of Russia ML&Research Forum at the university's Mikhailovskaya Dacha campus.

26 July 2024 | All news | Арай Юлия Николаевна | Master programs | Наука
Yulia Arai: Theory needs to catch up with these realities

Yulia Arai, Associate Professor at the Department of Strategic and International Management at GSOM SPbU, Academic Director of the Master in Management (MiM) programme, visited the Academy of International Business (AIB) 2024 in Seoul

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