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Sen Chai

Title: 
Associate Professor, Strategy & Organization; Desautels Faculty Scholar
Sen Chai
Contact Information
Email address: 
sen.chai [at] mcgill.ca
Alternate email address: 
nicoleta.anton [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

Bronfman Building []
1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
H3A 1G5

Degree(s): 
  • Doctorate聽in Technology and Operations Management, Harvard Business School聽
  • Master聽in Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University聽
  • Bachelor聽in Electrical Engineering w/聽minor in Management, 成人VR视频聽
Area(s): 
Strategy & Organization
Teaching areas: 

Innovation, Strategy, Entrepreneurship

Building ID: 
Bronfman
Biography: 

Sen CHAI is an associate professor of Strategy and Organization at 成人VR视频's Desautels Faculty of Management and a Desautels Faculty Scholar.

Sen鈥檚 research examines the entire lifecycle of creative innovation鈥攆rom idea conception to commercialization鈥攚ith the aim of helping managers and policymakers better support innovation while anticipating, avoiding, and managing failure.听Her current projects include studying the role of anticipation in failure management in crowdfunding campaigns, investigating how multi-segmented nascent industries emerge and legitimize themselves as well as exploring how AI tools affect idea generation in research.听

Prior to 成人VR视频, Sen taught at ESSEC Business School in Paris and completed a post-doc at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA. Before her doctoral studies, she worked in the San Francisco and Seattle offices of Deloitte Consulting LLP helping clients optimize their business processes. She has also passed all three levels of the CFA curriculum.

Sen grew up in Paris, NYC and Montreal, and is also fluent in French and Mandarin. She enjoys sailing and traveling during her free time.

Courses: 
  • MGPO 460 - Managing Innovation
  • BUSA 465 - Technology Entrepreneurship
  • MGPO 630 - Managing Strategy & Innovation
Group: 
Faculty
Tenured & Tenure Track
Research areas: 
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Innovation Management
Knowledge Strategy
Technology & Innovation
Selected publications: 
  • Chai, S., Doshi, A., Silvestri, L. and Zuzul, T. (2026).听The Promise鈥揜isk Balance: Recalibrating Design Choices and Strategic Framing Following Catastrophic Innovation Failure.听Administrative Science Quarterly, forthcoming.听
  • Zhou, S., Chai, S. and Freeman, R. (2024). .听Research Policy, 53(1).
  • Chai, S., Doshi, A. and Silvestri, L. (2022). Organization Science, 33(3), pp. 1068-1093.
  • Mell, J.N., Jang, S. and Chai, S. (2021). Organization Science, 32(3), pp. 731-751.
  • Chai, S. and Menon, A. (2019). Research Policy, 48(3), pp. 733-747.
  • Chai, S. and Freeman, R. (2019). Strategic Management Journal, 40(13), pp. 2138-2164.
  • Chai, S. (2017). Organization Science, 28(3), pp. 411-428.
  • Chai, S. and Shih, W. (2016). Research Policy, 45(1), pp. 148-158.
  • Chai, S. and Shih, W. (2016). MIT Sloan Management Review, 58(2), pp. 57-61.
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