Rita Gunther Mc Grath
Rita Gunther McGrath (born July 28, 1959 in New Haven, CT) is an associate professor of management at the Columbia Business School. She joined Columbia in 1993 after completing her Ph.D. at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Her dissertation at Wharton was entitled Developing New Competence in Established Organizations consistent with her longstanding interest in corporate ventures and innovation. She is best known for her work on strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship, including the development of discovery-driven planning.
Prior to her entry to academia, McGrath worked in government and the political arena and founded two entrepreneurial startups. She earned a Masters of Public Administration from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University in 1982 and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Barnard College in 1981.
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