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Elissa Grossman
Dr. Grossman is a Field Mentor and an Assistant Professor of Management at the Zicklin School of Business. Her research concerns the ways in which entrepreneurs build the social networks used to secure necessary resources for new venture launch. Within this larger topic, she pays particular attention to network use and successful versus unsuccessful networking strategies. Prior to becoming a professor, Dr. Grossman worked in brand management and marketing for several large to mid-sized companies and as a consultant for several start-ups.
Dr. Grossman received her PhD and MBA in Management from UCLA, her MSC in Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics, and her BA in Government from Harvard.
Areas of expertise:
Social networks, new venture creation, resource search and acquisition, and organizational emergence.