Doug Guthrie teaching at Franklin Strasse, Berlin

About Doug Guthrie

He is not only the Academic Director of the Berlin School of Creative Leadership; he is also Professor of Management and Daniel P. Paduano Faculty Fellow at the NYU-Stern School of Business and Faculty Director for Global Executive Education. In addition to his duties at Stern, Professor Guthrie also holds an appointment as Professor of Sociology on NYU’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Professor Guthrie’s areas of expertise lie in the fields of management, leadership, corporate governance, and economic reform in China.

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Doug Guthrie

Doug Guthrie is Academic Director of the Berlin School of Creative Leadership. He is also Professor of Management and Daniel P. Paduano Faculty Fellow at the NYU-Stern School of Business and Faculty Director for Global Executive Education.

In addition to his duties at Stern, Professor Guthrie also holds an appointment as Professor of Sociology on NYU’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Professor Guthrie’s areas of expertise lie in the fields of management, leadership, corporate governance, and economic reform in China.

His research has been funded by the Ford Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Social Science Research Council. He has also served as the Director of the Business Institutions Initiative and the Program on the Corporation as a Social Institution at the Social Science Research Council.

Professor Guthrie has also taught at Harvard Business School, INSEAD and the Graduate Schools of Business at Stanford University, Columbia University and Emory University. He received his BA degree in Chinese Literature from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. in Organizational Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.