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Alicia DeSantola
Assistant Professor of Management and Organization
Helen Moore Gerhardt Faculty Fellow in Entrepreneurship

Education

  • PhD Harvard University
  • AM Harvard University
  • MS Stanford University
  • BS Stanford University
  • BA Stanford University

Expertise

entrepreneurship, organizational transformation, technology and innovation strategy, venture capital

Selected Publications

“Windows versus Waves of Opportunity: How Reputation Alters Venture Capital Firms’ Resource Mobilization“ DeSantola, A., Zhelyazkov, P., & Hallen, B., (2024). Strategic Management Journal. 45(2): 301-332. “External Interfaces or Internal Processes? Market Positioning and Divergent Professionalization Paths in Young Ventures.“ DeSantola, A., Gulati, R., & Zhelyazkov, P., (2023). Organization Science, Vol. 34(1), pp. 1-23. “Book Review. Tom Eisenmann: Why Startups Fail: A New Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Success.“ DeSantola, A., (2022). Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 67(2), pp. NP18-NP20. “Scaling Considerations for the Social Franchising Model.“ DeSantola, A., (2021). Journal of Organization Design, Vol. 10(3), pp. 99-102. “Scaling: Organizing and Growth in Entrepreneurial Ventures.“ DeSantola, A. & Gulati, R., (2017). Academy of Management Annals, Vol. 11(2), pp. 640-668. “Start-Ups That Last: How to Scale Your Business.“ Gulati, R. & DeSantola, A., (2016). Harvard Business Review, Vol. 94(3), pp. 54-61.

Honors and Awards

MS in Entrepreneurship Faculty of the Quarter (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
MS in Entrepreneurship Excellence in Teaching Award, 2022
Poets & Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professor, 2021
Industry Studies Association Dissertation Award Winner, 2020
Heizer Dissertation Award in New Enterprise Development Finalist, 2020
Grigor McClelland Award Shortlist, 2020
Kauffman Dissertation Fellow, 2018
Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University, 2017
Walter G. Vincenti Thesis Prize, Stanford University, 2009

Courses Taught

Introduction to Entrepreneurship (ENTRE 370) Entrepreneurial Strategy (ENTRE 510) Entrepreneurial Strategy and Decision Making (ENTRE 567)
Alicia DeSantola

Academic Department

Management & Organization