Anna Goussevskaia

Dr. Anna Goussevskaia is a Senior Lecturer in the Management & Human Resources Department at the Fisher College of Business. She holds a PhD in Industrial and Business Studies from the University of Warwick, UK, and possesses a background in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science.

At OSU, Dr. Goussevskaia has developed and teaches courses in entrepreneurship, innovation, strategy, and global business across undergraduate, graduate, and executive education programs. She also serves as the Academic Director for the OSU Entrepreneurship Minor.

Her research focuses on how entrepreneurial and established firms create and adopt innovations. Her work has been published in leading journals, including Research Policy, Organization Studies, Long Range Planning, and International Journal of Management Reviews. Additionally, she has contributed to several books, such as Knowledge-Based Enterprise: Theories and Fundamentals (IGI Publishing), The Evolution of Business Knowledge (Oxford University Press), and Trust and Anti-Trust in Cross-Cultural Alliances (Palgrave Press). 

Dr. Goussevskaia’s executive education activities span the United Kingdom, Brazil, and the United States. She has designed and delivered programs for a diverse range of global organizations, including ABB, Accor, ArcelorMittal, Banco Real, Bunge, DHL Supply Chain, GOL Airlines, Honda, McDonald’s, Natura, NEC, Novelis, Petrobras, Philips, Rede Globo, Rexam, Sadia, Siemens, Tata Consulting Services, Telefónica, Vale, Votorantim, and Xerox.

Beyond her academic roles, Dr. Goussevskaia served as a consultant on corporate entrepreneurship initiatives. She also coordinated a practitioner-oriented network of large multinational companies, facilitating the exchange of knowledge among executives and innovation managers to address complex organizational challenges related to innovation.