
JENSEN Karina
PhD, International Management
Karina R. Jensen is an educator, researcher, and international management consultant specializing in global innovation, leadership, and multicultural team collaboration. She is a Practice Professor in Global Innovation and Leadership as well as the Co-Founder and Practice Director at the Centre for Leadership and Effective Organisations. She is also the Founder and Executive Director of Global Minds Network, an international advisory firm. Through research with 200+ leaders at 45 multinational firms, her book Leading Global Innovation presents a framework for leading global initiatives. She has also published articles and book chapters for academic and professional titles. She currently serves as the Innovation Leadership SIG co-founder and co-leader at the International Society for Professional Innovation Management. She earned her MSc at Ecole des Ponts and her PhD at ESCP Business School in Paris, France.
Areas of research
- Global Leadership
- Creativity
- Strategy and Innovation Management
- Cross-cultural Team Collaboration
Recent academic contributions
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JENSEN, K., "Leading Innovation in a Multicultural and Digitally Connected World – An Exploratory Study" in Advances in Global Leadership., Joyce S. Osland, B. Sebastian Reiche, Betina Szkudlarek, Mark E. Mendenhall Eds, Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 189-205, 2022
DOI : 10.1108/S1535-120320220000014009 -
JENSEN, K., "Cross-Cultural Collaboration Mechanisms that Facilitate Global Innovation Success for MNCs" in Transcending Cultural Frontiers., Norhayati Zakaria, Asmat-Nizam Abdul-Talib, Andrea Amelinckx Eds, Springer Singapore, pp. 107-121, 2020
DOI : 10.1007/978-981-15-4454-5_7
Article
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JENSEN, K., "Global Innovation and Cross-cultural Collaboration: The Influence of Organisational Mechanisms", Management International, December 2015, vol. 19, no. Special Issue, pp. 101-116
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JENSEN, K., "Creating Global Innovation Opportunities through Cross-cultural Collaboration", International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, April 2011, vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 33-42
Book chapter
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JENSEN, K., "Leading Innovation in a Multicultural and Digitally Connected World – An Exploratory Study" in Advances in Global Leadership., Joyce S. Osland, B. Sebastian Reiche, Betina Szkudlarek, Mark E. Mendenhall Eds, Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 189-205, 2022
DOI : 10.1108/S1535-120320220000014009 -
JENSEN, K., "Cross-Cultural Collaboration Mechanisms that Facilitate Global Innovation Success for MNCs" in Transcending Cultural Frontiers., Norhayati Zakaria, Asmat-Nizam Abdul-Talib, Andrea Amelinckx Eds, Springer Singapore, pp. 107-121, 2020
DOI : 10.1007/978-981-15-4454-5_7 - RIGAUD-LACRESSE, E., A.BRUN, K.JENSEN, L.HERVE, C.ANDRE, M.RUIZ, S.FOURNEAUX, P.BERTOLA, B.QUACQUARELLI, C.CASTELLI, F.SERAIDARIAN, F.PINI, "Growth Archetypes in Luxury Companies" in New Luxury Management: Creating and Managing Sustainable Value Across the Organization., Rigaud-Lacresse, Emmanuelle, Pini, Fabrizio Maria Eds, Springer International Publishing, pp. 241-259, 2017
- ANDRE, C., A.BRUN, E.RIGAUD-LACRESSE, K.JENSEN, L.HERVE, M.RUIZ, S.FOURNEAUX, P.BERTOLA, B.QUACQUARELLI, C.CASTELLI, F.PINI, F.SERAIDARIAN, "Brand as a Legal Asset for Luxury Companies: Brand Power" in New Luxury Management: Creating and Managing Sustainable Value Across the Organization., Rigaud-Lacresse, Emmanuelle, Pini, Fabrizio Maria Eds, Springer International Publishing, pp. 103-124, 2017
- JENSEN, K., "Global Organizational Leadership for Luxury Companies" in New Luxury Management: Creating and Managing Sustainable Value Across the Organization., Ed., Springer International Publishing, pp. 33-45, 2017
- JENSEN, K., "Global Innovation through Cross-cultural Collaboration" in The Routledge Companion to Cross-cultural Management., Holden N., Michailova S. and Tietze, S. Eds, Routledge, pp. 265-274, 2015
- JENSEN, K., "International Business Education" in Effective Learning and Teaching in Business and Management., Kogan Page, 2001
Books
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JENSEN, K., R., Leading Global Innovation: Facilitating Multicultural Collaboration and International Market Success, Palgrave Macmillan Editions, New York, United States, 2017
DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-53505-0
Academic conferences
- JENSEN, K., "From Local to Global: Leading Innovation in Vietnam and the Asia Region" in 2nd Vietnam Symposium on Leadership and Public Policy, 2019
- JENSEN, K., "Global Innovation Readiness: The Key Success Factors" in XXX ISPIM Innovation Conference 2019, 2019, Florence, Italy
- JENSEN, K., "Leading Local Innovation and Collaboration in Vietnam and Asia" in 1st Vietnam Symposium on Leadership and Public Policy, 2018, Hanoi, Viet Nam
- JENSEN, K., "Leading in a Multicultural and Networked Environment: Facilitating Innovation and Collaboration" in AFMI ATLAS Conference, 2018, Paris, France
- JENSEN, K., "'Empowering Local Innovation for Developing Economies and Emerging Markets" in DAV International Conference on Integrating Knowledge and Technology for Sustainable Development, 2018, Kathmandu, Nepal
- JENSEN, K., "Achieving Glocal Innovation through Strategic Co-creation" in 2018 ISPIM Innovation Conference, 2018, Stockholm, Sweden
- JENSEN, K., "Integrating Knowledge and Technology for Sustainable Development" in DAV Business School International Conference, 2018, Lalitpur, Nepal
- JENSEN, K., "Mastering the Art of Multicultural Innovation: The Leader as Maestro." in ISPIM Conferences, pp. 1-12, 2017, Vienna, Austria
- JENSEN, K., "Leading and Facilitating Global Innovation within the MNC" in Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, 2015, India
- JENSEN, K., "Cross-cultural Collaboration Mechanisms that Influence Global Innovation Success for Multinationals" in 3rd International Conference of Nepalese Academy of Management, Nepalese Academy of Management, 2015, Nepal
- JENSEN, K., "From Concept to Market: The Role of Knowledge-sharing in Facilitating Global Product Innovation" in Academy of International Business Annual meeting (AIB), 2013, Turkey
- JENSEN, K., "Accelerating Global Innovation through Cross-cultural Collaboration" in The XXIV International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPM) Conference – Innovating in Global Markets: Challenges for Sustainable Growth, 2013, Finland
- JENSEN, K., "Optimizing Cross-cultural Team Knowledge in Conceiving and Introducing Global Products" in AIB (Academy of International Business) 2012 Annual Meeting, 2012, United States
- JENSEN, K., "Accelerating Responsiveness to Local Market Opportunities through Cross-cultural Collaboration" in 2e Conférence Annuelle d'Atlas/AFMI (Association Francophone de Management International), 2012, France
- JENSEN, K., "The Art of the Play: Cross-cultural Encounters" in AIB (Academy of International Business) 2011 Annual Meeting, Nanzan University, 2011, Japan
- JENSEN, K., "Creating a Global Innovation Culture with an Entrepreneurial Spirit: Emerging Practices from MNEs" in Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (AIE), Tsinghua University, 2011, China
- JENSEN, K., "Creating a Collective Vision: The Manager as Mural Artist" in ECCI XII - 12th European Conference on Creativity and Innovation, University of the Algarve, 2011, Portugal
- JENSEN, K., "Optimizing Cross-cultural Team Innovation" in 21st ISPIM (International Society for Professional Innovation Management) Conference: The Dynamics of Innovation, 2010, Spain
- JENSEN, K., "Global Innovation through Cross-cultural Collaboration" in 10th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations, HEC (Hautes Etudes Commerciales) Montreal, 2010, Canada
- JENSEN, K., "Enhancing Global Innovation and Creativity in the Classroom" in 17th EDiNEB (Educational Innovation in Economics and Business) Conference on Advances in Business Education and Training, Thames Valley University, 2010, United Kingdom
- JENSEN, K., "Global Readiness: Best Practices and Lessons Learned" in 14th EDiNEB (Educational Innovation in Economics and Business), Conference on 'Preparing Business Professionals For The Changing Global Workplace', 2007, Austria
Participation at an academic or professional conference
- JENSEN, K., M. AMARNATH, J. METSELAAR, M. M. SANCHEZ, B. SEMKULEY, L. VENKATASWAMY - "Global Readiness Playbook: Leading Innovation in a Changing World, Global Minds Network" - 2022
- BENNANI, A.-E., K.JENSEN, C.-K.TU, Y.LI, K.LI, L.TIAN, W.LIN, X.ZHEN, "Comparative Management Research Europe-Asia/China: What is still on the research agenda? - round table" Journée de la Recherche/Research Day NEOMA Business School. 2019, Paris, France
- WORLEY, C., K.JENSEN, "Une organisation agile au concret : le cas Brioche Pasquier" Séminaire Vie des affaires - Les amis de l'Ecole de Paris. 2016, Paris, France
Professional journals
- JENSEN, K., "Team building et distanciel, pourquoi ça marche ?", Monde des Grandes Ecoles et Universités, June 2021
- JENSEN, K., "Leading for Global Innovation Success", InnovationManagement.se, March 2019