Batten Fellows Program

The Batten Fellows Program brings prominent thought and education leaders and high-potential young professionals to The Darden School. Fellows engage with the community and collaborate with Darden and University of Virginia faculty on Batten mission focused projects to contribute to knowledge on entrepreneurship and corporate innovation.

Batten Fellows Chronological List / Alphabetical List

2008 Appointments

John D. Helferich Focus: Design Strategies for Retail Customization
2007 Appointments
Ingmar Leliveld Focus: Customer Collaboration in Organic Growth Strategies Veronica Warnock Focus: Markets in Human Hope	Danny Miller Focus: Innovation in Strategy Practices and Pedagogy
2006 Appointments
Robert Friedel Focus: Creativity Through Collaborative Endeavors	Joel Makower Focus: The Business Case for Sustainability
2005 Appointments
Barie Carmichael Focus: Inherent Negatives as a Basis for Strategic Innovation Robert H. Rosen Focus: Leading Organic Growth	Malcolm Gladwell Focus: The Business Implications of Blink Robert Wiltbank Focus: Leading Organic Growth
2004 Appointments
Joel Brockner Focus: The Implications of Crisis Management for Corporate Innovation, Creativity, and Change Gerd Gigerenzer Focus: Consumer Responses to Product Innovation Ronald L. Kerber Focus: Corporate Product Creation David E. Martin Focus: The Accounting and Financial Effects of Intellectual Property Brian F. Nattrass Focus: Values-Driven Innovation and Sustainable Business Practices Reinhard Selten Focus: Consumer Responses to Product Innovation Charles "Chic" Thompson Focus: Creative Leadership	Robert L. Cross Focus: Social Network Analysis Rolf Hüppi Focus: Capitalizing on Intangibles in Global Strategic Management Mark P. Kritzman Focus: Required Returns on Equity Across Countries and Models Michael Meyer Focus: Developing Insight and Inspiring Innovation Mary Altomare Nattrass Focus: Values-Driven Innovation and Sustainable Business Practices Walt Shill Focus: Testing Personal Managerial Principles Through Business Simulation
2003 Appointments
Vihang R. Errunza Focus: Managerial Ownership, Firm Value, and Growth Donald C. Hambrick Focus: Strategy and Economic Rationality Michael C. Jensen Focus: The Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity Henry Mintzberg Focus: Designing Strategy, Designing Global Management Education Larry L. Smith Focus: Crisis Leadership Paul Junger Witt Focus: Innovation and the Business of Film	James H. Gilmore Focus: Creation, Customization, and Commercialization in the Experience Economy Lutz Hildebrandt Focus: Driving Innovation Through Marketing and R&D Synergies Pedro Medina Focus: The Economic and Social Impact of Entrepreneurship Education Carl Schramm Focus: Technology Transfer and the Role of the Entrepreneur Howard H. Stevenson Focus: Insights on Global Entrepreneurship: Education, Policy and Practice Sonia Wong Focus: The Development of China’s Stock Market
2002 Appointments
Arthur P. Brief Focus: Demographically Diverse Work Environments John Seely Brown Focus: Learning in the Innovation Process Marcia Conner Focus: Creating a Learning Culture Jerry Goodstein Focus: Values-Based Strategies for Building Stakeholder-Firm Commitment and Enhancing Organizational Performance John May Focus: Angel Investors Program Taylor Randall Focus: Managing Product Variety, Supply Chain Management P. Jeffrey Trimmer Focus: Management of the Extended Enterprise	Clair Brown Focus: Innovation Dynamics in the Electronics Sector Cindy Eddins Collier Focus: Innovative Perspectives on the Health Care System Michael Gelb Focus: Discover Your Genius Chris Lotspeich Focus: Innovation, Systems Analysis and Environmental Issues in Business William H. Newman Focus: New World Enterprise Mary Varney Rorty Focus: Strategic Change in Health Care Organizations Mitchell Zuckoff Focus: Idea Entrepreneurs, Business Fads, and Business Scandals
2001 Appointments
Braden R. "Brad" Allenby Focus: Earth Systems Management Roger H. Gordon Focus: Corporate Taxation Miguel Palacios Focus: Human Capital Contracts	Sayan Chatterjee Focus: Post-Merger Integration Rafi Mohammed Focus: Integrating On-line Off-line Businesses Heather Wishik Focus: Exemplary Global Managers
2000 Appointments
George E. L. Barbee Focus: Innovating with Customers
1999 Appointments
Saras D. Sarasvathy Focus: What Makes Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurial?

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