Paul Strebel

Paul J. Strebel is a Swiss business school professor, author and consultant. He is Professor Emeritus of Strategy and Governance at International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne Switzerland.

Education Strebel received a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University, a Master of Science from the University of Cape Town, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Princeton University.

Career

While working in the Finance Department of W.R. Grace & Co. first in New York City and then in Lausanne, he was invited to join the Graduate School of Business at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg as Senior Lecturer in Finance and subsequently Director of the MBA Program.

When the Soweto riots and subsequent police crackdown occurred in South Africa, he moved to the State University of New York in Binghamton where he became Associate Professor with tenure in 1983 and Chair of the Finance and Economics Group.

Strebel has received Research on Leadership Award from the Association of Executive Search Consultants in 1998 and 2004, and the European Case Award from the European Foundation for Management Development in 1994, 1996, and 2000. He has published numerous articles in academic and practitioner journals, such as MIT Sloan Management Review, Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, and Long Range Planning.

Industry Breakpoints

Industry Breakpoints involve a new offering to the market that changes the rules of the competitive game, shifts the industry growth rate and realigns market shares. Breakpoints are triggered not only by disruptive technology innovations, but also by divergent competitive shifts in the variety and customization of the value proposition, or convergent shifts in the scope and organizational efficiency of the value delivery system.

Books