B.A. New York University
Ph.D. New York University
Nina Ziv is Academic Director of the Institute for Technology and Enterprise where she is leading the Institute's strategic initiative on media. She is currently conducting a major research study on the transformation of the book publishing industry and on the development of media conglomerates and the issues surrounding the potential convergence/synergies of different businesses within these conglomerates. Dr. Ziv's other research interest is in the area of global entrepreneurship where she is especially focusing on the role small companies play in the development of an industry. Dr Ziv is an Industry Associate Professor in Polytechnic University's Department of Management and also is Co-Director of the Executive Master's Management Degree Programs at Polytechnic. Before joining Polytechnic University, she spent 15 years in the technology industry. She was a Vice President of Technology Strategy and Planning at Merrill Lynch in New York City where she spearheaded many innovative leading-edge technology projects including the development of Merrill's corporate intranet. Dr. Ziv received her PhD from New York University in Applied Linguistics.
Dr. Ziv has been a Guest Lecturer at the London Business School's Executive Program held at Harvard University. She has been an invited speaker at the MIT Research Forum in Tel Aviv, Israel, at Forrester's Research Forum on the Financial Services Industry, and at various academic conferences in Taiwan, Israel, Hawaii and Greece. She has designed and chaired several Institute events including a Round Table on the evolution of the publishing industry held in New York City and Round Tables held in Rehovot, Israel on the managerial challenges facing the emerging biotechnology industry in Israel and the role of the professional manager in an entrepreneurial environment. She co-chaired a unique Round Table and developed curriculum materials on the challenges facing managers in the post-September 11 environment http://www.ite.poly.edu/htmls/press021202.htm
Dr. Ziv's research on the print media industry and on entrepreneurship has been published by the European Case Clearing House, and the Institute for Technology and Enterprise. Her case study on The Chicago Tribune Interactive http://www.ite.poly.edu/htmls/tribune_final_013001.pdf will be published in two forthcoming case books on strategic management and has also been translated into other languages for use by business schools around the world.
Contact Information:
Professor Nina D. Ziv
Academic Director
Institute for Technology and Enterprise
55 Broad Street, Suite 13B
New York, NY 10004
Tel 718.260.3817,
E-mail: nziv@poly.edu
Website: www.ite.poly.edu