Rand Gerges-Yammine is an Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship at ESCP, Paris Campus.

She is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the Innovation & Entrepreneurship group at Imperial College Business School. Prior to joining ESCP, she was a Research Associate at Imperial College, where she worked on an EU-funded research study titled "Networking for Innovation."

Her research revolves around interfirm collaboration in open contexts, networking behaviours of tech entrepreneurs in ecosystems, and entrepreneurial response to uncertainty and extreme crisis situations.

Rand also has a particular interest in topics revolving around digital entrepreneurship, interorganizational networks, open innovation, arts entrepreneurship, and creativity.

Preceding ESCP and Imperial, she was a visiting scholar at SCANCOR at Stanford University. She was also involved with Stanford’s school, where she participated in an extensive one-year program on Design Thinking. In addition to academia, Rand convenes Design Thinking workshops and consults for high-growth start-ups in tech, creative industries, and luxury, primarily in Silicon Valley, London, and Paris.

Rand holds a PhD in Management from EMLYON Business School. During her PhD studies, she received several grants and awards, including a grant from the National Science Foundation, a grant from the American Foundation (Allyage) to fund her stay at Stanford University, as well as the Best Reviewer Award from the Academy of Management.