• Phone: 617-353-4289
  • E-Mail:  samina@bu.edu
  • Office: 651A
    • Office Hours: By Appointment
  • Address: Boston University School of Management
    595 Commonwealth Avenue
    Boston, MA 02215

Profile Summary

Samina Karim is one of the leading experts in the area of corporate restructuring and the reconfiguration of resources and market activities. She has also extensively studied post-acquisition integration and the choice firms make to pursue acquisitions versus internal development. Professor Karim is especially interested in mobile devices and services, and has extensive experience in the medical sector both in her research and her previous work as an R&D engineer with Hewlett-Packard’s former medical products group. Her research has been published in several book chapters and in leading journals including Strategic Management Journal and Management Science.

She served as an elected executive committee member of the Business, Policy & Strategy division of the international Academy of Management for 2010-2012. She is currently an elected representative to the Competitive Strategy division of the global Strategic Management Society for 2012-2014, an invited member of the Organization Design Community, and also serves on the editorial boards of Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Strategic Organization and the Journal of Organization Design.

Professor Karim teaches the core Strategy course in the MBA program, doctoral seminars in the Ph.D. program, and a variety of sessions in Executive Education. She has a Ph.D. in Corporate Strategy from University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, a Masters in Applied Economics from University of Michigan’s Economics department, a Masters in Education from Harvard University, and a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.

  • Education Open or Close

    Ph D, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), Ross School of Business, Corporate Strategy and International Business, 2002.

    MAE, MAE, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), Department of Economics, Applied Economics, 2000.

    EdM, EdM, Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, Education, 1995.

    BS, Cornell University, College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, 1994.

  • Current CoursesOpen or Close

    GSM SI750 C1 Competition, Innovation, and Strategy

    GSM SI751 G1 Competition, Innovation, and Strategy

    GSM SI751 P1 Competition, Innovation, and Strategy

    SMG SM454 A1 Management Honors Seminar: Corporate Strategy - Diversification, Acquistions, an

  • Contracts, Grants and Sponsored ResearchOpen or Close

    Entrepreneurship and Technological Change: Implications for firm and industry evolution, Kauffman Foundation. (January 2008 - July 2012).

  • General ServiceOpen or Close

    Service to the School:

      School of Management, MBA Program, Committee Member, MBA Curriculum Redesign Committee. (January 1, 2013 - Present).

      School of Management, Strategy & Innovation Department, Committee Member, Recruiting Committee. (September 1, 2006 - Present).

      School of Management, Other SMG Service Area, Program Organizer, Informal . (September 1, 2007 - Present).

      School of Management, Faculty Policy or Development, Committee Member, Junior Faculty Development Working Group. (January 1, 2013 - Present).

      School of Management, MBA Program, PDC Member, MBA Program Development Committee. (January 2009 - Present).

      School of Management, Faculty Policy or Development, FPC Member, Faculty Policy Committee. (September 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012).

      School of Management, MBA Program, Committee Member, Judge, MBA Talent Show. (May 1, 2012 - 2012).

      School of Management, Undergraduate Program, Member, Faculty Participant, School of Management Open House for prospective students. (April 1, 2004 - April 1, 2011).

      School of Management, DBA Program, PDC Member, Doctoral Program Development Committee. (2007 - 2010).

      School of Management, Strategy & Innovation Department, Faculty Director, Strategy Department Doctoral Program. (2007 - 2010).

      School of Management, Undergraduate Program, Faculty Director, General Management Concentration. (2007 - 2008).

      Student Organization, Student Org Advisor (Non-Professional Org), “SUNO” Hindi a cappella student vocal group. (2004 - 2006).

    Service to the Profession:

      International, Professional, Committee Member, Competitive Strategy Interest Group, Strategic Management Society. (2012 - 2014).

      International, Professional, Committee Member, Organizing Committee, Consortium for Cooperation and Competition (CCC) 2013 Annual Conference . (March 1, 2012 - March 1, 2013).

      International, Professional, Committee Member, Executive Committee, BPS Divison, Academy of Management. (2010 - 2012).

      International, Professional, Program Organizer, BPS Doctoral Consortium (2011 & 2012), Academy of Management. (2010 - 2012).

      International, Professional, Committee Member, Organizing Committee, Strategy Research Forum 2011. (May 1, 2010 - May 1, 2011).

      International, Professional, Committee Member, Best Paper Awards Committee, TIM Divison, Academy of Management. (2011 - 2011).

      International, Professional, Committee Member, Research Committe, BPS Divison, Academy of Management. (2008 - 2010).

  • Conference ActivitiesOpen or Close

      Consortium for Cooperation and Competition (CCC) Annual Conference, (co-organizer), Committee Member. (March 22, 2013 - March 24, 2013).

      Competitive Strategy Interest Group Meeting, Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Committee Member. (October 7, 2012 - October 7, 2012).

      BPS Executive Committee Winter Meeting, Academy of Management, Committee Member. (March 3, 2012 - March 4, 2012).

      BPS Irwin Educator Award Reception 2012, Academy of Management Annual Conference, (Liaison from BPS Executive Committee), Committee Chair. (August 5, 2012 - August 5, 2012).

      BPS Doctoral Consortium 2012, Academy of Management Annual Conference, (Co-Chair), Committee Chair. (August 2, 2012 - August 4, 2012).

      Doctoral Workshop, Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Panelist. (November 5, 2011 - November 5, 2011).

      Strategy Research Forum 2011, Strategy Research Forum, (Organizing Committee), Committee Member. (May 20, 2011 - May 22, 2011).

      BPS Executive Committee Winter Meeting, Academy of Management, Committee Member. (February 11, 2011 - February 12, 2011).

      BPS Irwin Educator Award Reception 2011, Academy of Management Annual Conference, (Liaison from BPS Executive Committee), Committee Chair. (August 14, 2011 - August 14, 2011).

      BPS Doctoral Consortium 2011, Academy of Management Annual Conference, (Co-Chair), Committee Member. (August 11, 2011 - August 13, 2011).

  • Editorial And Review ActivitiesOpen or Close

    Karim, S., Strategic Management Journal - Editorial Board, Editorial Board Member, Appointed, Academic. (2009 - Present).

    Karim, S., Organization Science - Editorial Board, Editorial Board Member, Appointed, Academic. (2009 - Present).

    Karim, S., Journal of Organization Design - Editorial Board, Editorial Board Member, Appointed, Academic. (2012 - Present).

    Karim, S., Strategic Organization - Editorial Board, Editorial Board Member, Appointed, Academic. (2012 - Present).

    Karim, S., Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Abstracts. (November 9, 2003 - Present).

  • Academic, Military and Professional PositionsOpen or Close

    Assistant Professor, Strategy and Innovation Department, Boston University School of Management. (September 2002 - Present).

    Visiting Scholar (on Sabbatical), Management Department, University of Illinois (at Urbana-Champaign). (September 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009).

    Instructor: Department of Corporate Strategy and International Business, University of Michigan Business School. (2000 - 2000).

    BBA strategy capstone course


  • Awards and HonorsOpen or Close

    Quoted in New York Times (Sunday edition) - article "Concessions Entangle Universal’s Bid for EMI", Service, Community. (July 15, 2012).

    Best Symposium (awarded in 2010, for 2009 AoM), Careers Division of Academy of Management, Research. (2010).

    Outstanding Reviewer Award, BPS Division, Academy of Management, Service, Professional. (August 1, 2009).

    Legacy Awards (senior class donations made in the name of a faculty member). (May 2007).

    Legacy Awards (senior class donations made in the name of a faculty member). (May 2005).

    Finalist in the Academy of Management BPS Division Outstanding Dissertation Competition (one of six). (August 2003).

    Finalist in the INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition (one of eight). (November 2001).