Riitta Katila is a professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University and faculty director of research at STVP, the Stanford Engineering Entrepreneurship Center. Her research is at the intersection of technology strategy and organizational learning. She is an expert on innovation, competition and entrepreneurship in large firms, and the question that drives her research is how tech-based firms with significant resources can stay innovative. Her award-winning research has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Research Policy and other outlets.