Nancy Napier , PhD
Professor; Director, Centre for Creativity and Inn
Centre for Creativity and Innovation and EMBA Faculty
nnapier@boisestate.edu |   208-426-1314 | 211 | CV
Office Hours: Wed 2:00-4:00
Bio
Nancy Napier (PhD., The Ohio State University) is Executive Director of the Centre for Creativity and Innovation and Professor of International Business in the College of Business and Economics at Boise State University. She has published five books, over 80 articles, and has managed projects/grants totaling over $9 million, including a 9-year capacity building project at the National Economics University in Hanoi, Vietnam, funded by the Swedish International Cooperation Development Agency and USAID. Her most recent books are Insight: Encouraging Aha! Moments for Organizational Success and The Creative Discipline: Mastering the Art and Science of Innovation. She is co-creator and host of Idaho Business Matters, a weekday radio program on NPR News 91 and a monthly guest on KTVB It’s Your Business (noon news)

Education
  • PhD, Comparative Labor and Human Resource, Ohio State University
  • MS, International Management, Thunderbird School of Global Management
  • AB, Political Science, German, Mount Holyoke College
Select Publications
  • Napier, Nancy K. (2010). INSIGHT: ENCOURAGING AHA! MOMENTS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SUCCESS. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers
  • Napier, Nancy K. and Nilsson, Mikael. (2008). THE CREATIVE DISCIPLINE: MASTERING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF INNOVATION. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers
  • Napier, N.K. and Thomas, D. C. (2004). MANAGING RELATIONSHIPS IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers
  • Napier, N.K. and Taylor, S. WESTERN WOMEN WORKING IN JAPAN: BREAKING THE CORPORATE BARRIER. (1995). Greenwich, CT: Quorum
  • Butler, J., Ferris, G. and Napier, N.K. STRATEGY AND HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. (1991). J. Butler and G. Ferris. Cincinnati: Southwestern.
Areas of Interest
  • Creating competitive advantage (Exec MBA)
  • The Creative Economy (with an Engineering Professor)
  • Germany-US marketing research projects (with companies/students from each country)
  • Research Interests: Knowledge flows in transition economies
  • Global talent management
  • Organizational creativity and aha moments
  • Women professionals working outside their home countries