Phil Rosenzweig

Phil Rosenzweig is an Emeritus Professor of Strategy and International Management. He is the Co-director of Transition to Business Leadership and was Co-director of the Dual Executive MBA Program with CKGSB.

His areas of expertise include strategy, firm performance, and complex organizational design. He has written on the management of multinational firms, with articles published in Strategic Management Journal, the Journal of International Business Studies, the Academy of Management Review, Management Science, and California Management Review. He has also authored numerous case studies on firms, including Microsoft, Daimler Benz, Matsushita, Heineken, Accor, MTN, Dubai Aluminium, and Vodafone.

More recently, Rosenzweig has focused his attention on critical thinking and managerial decision-making. His 2007 book, The Halo Effect and the Eight Other Business Delusions that Deceive Managers, takes a critical look at the errors that pervade much business thinking. It was named Best Business Book of the Year by getAbstract and favorably reviewed in Harvard Business Review, the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and dozens of other newspapers and magazines. It has been translated into 14 languages. 

His 2014 book, Left Brain, Right Stuff: How Leaders Make Winning Decisions, extends research about decision-making into the world of strategy and management. Drawing on more than 30 years of business and academic experience, he has consulted with numerous firms in Europe and North America. He has taught executive courses in North America, South America, Europe, Japan, Singapore, and the Middle East. Most recently, he has worked closely with CKGSB regarding China and Chinese management.

Prior to joining IMD, Rosenzweig was an assistant professor at Harvard Business School from 1990 to 1996. Prior to his academic experience, he worked with Hewlett-Packard in California from 1979 to 1986. He received his Ph.D. from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, in 1990, his MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1980, and his BA in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1976.