Nancy K Napier, PhD
Professor; Director, Centre for Creativity and Inn
and EMBA Faculty
nnapier@boisestate.edu |   208-426-1314 | 211 | CV
Office Hours: by appointment
Bio
Nancy Napier (PhD., The Ohio State University) - A Professor of International Business and Executive Director of the Centre for Creativity and Innovation at Boise State University. She managed Boise State’s nine year involvement in an $8.5 million 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. Her articles appear in such journals as Creativity and Innovation Management, Journal of Management Psychology, International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, Journal of Management Inquiry, Human Resource Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management Studies, and Journal of International Business Studies. For six years, she was also co-creator and host of Idaho Business Matters, a weekday radio program on NPR News 91. She is now a regular guest on KTVB Channel 7's It's Your Business, a contributor to the Business Insider for the local newspaper, the Idaho Statesman, and a guest blogger for Psychology Today.

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