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Gerard "Gerry" George is currently professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Previously, he was dean and Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University.
At Imperial College Business School, he was the founding director of Gandhi Centre for Inclusive Innovation at Imperial College London. The centre was launched in December 2007 at Mumbai to facilitate research, technology and educational partnerships between Imperial College and Indian organisations and businesses.Financial Express, 4 December 2007, page 12 He helped launch the BML Munjal University and serves on its Board of Governors. He retains the position of visiting professor at the innovation and entrepreneurship group at Imperial College Business School.
George was also the Academic Director of the London Stock Exchange's Elite Programme to promote British growth entrepreneurs to scale up their businesses. The programme was launched by Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise, Matt Hancock MP. In 2010, he was awarded a prestigious Professorial Fellowship by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council for his research on low cost innovation and inclusive growth. From 2007 to 2009, he was an Innovation Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research. He conducts executive development programmes on innovation. For his work in India and Africa on inclusive innovation, he was conferred the honorary title of fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute in 2015. He was awarded honorary doctorate in economic sciences for outstanding scientific achievements in the fields of strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship by the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Gerard George has numerous academic papers to his credit on the topics of internationalisation and entrepreneurship, patenting and licensing, open innovation, design, and business models. His work addresses social inclusion and growth through innovation in business models and governanceG. George, A. McGahan, J. Prabhu. 2012. Innovation for inclusive growth: Towards a theoretical framework and research agenda. Journal of Management Studies, 49(4): 661 – 683 in the context of rural electrification and micro-enterprise development in Africa. He is probably best known for his widely cited co-authored paper on absorptive capacity of firms with Professor Shaker Zahra.S. Zahra and G. George. 2002. Absorptive capacity: A review, reconceptualization, and extension. Academy of Management Review, 27: 185-203. Another contribution is on the performance consequences of slack in private firms. He found evidence for the "less is more" philosophy or that 'resource constraints' improves financial performance in small and medium-sized enterprises.G. George. 2005. Slack resources and the performance of privately held firms, Academy of Management Journal, 48: 661-676 George has several books to his credit. 'Inventing Entrepreneurs' focuses on scientists in academic and corporate environments who pursue entrepreneurial careers.G. George and A. Bock. 2008. Inventing entrepreneurs: Technology innovators and their entrepreneurial journey. Pearson Prentice Hall, 'Models of Opportunity' looks at the business model of growing businesses and how visionary entrepreneurs use narratives of change and aspiration.G. George and A.J. Bock. 2012. Models of opportunity: How entrepreneurs design firms to achieve unexpected results. Cambridge University Press, His recent books include 'The Handbook of Inclusive Innovation', 'The Business Model Book', (2025). 9781292135700, Pearson Education Limited. ISBN 9781292135700 and 'Managing Natural Resources'.
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