Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
London Business School

Olenka Kacperczyk is a Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School. She received her PhD from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Prior to LBS, Olenka held a faculty position at the Sloan School of Management at MIT.

Olenka’s research focuses on entrepreneurship: the act of founding or working for a startup. Much of her recent work is primarily on inequality entrepreneurship and startup labor markets. She examines (a) why some individuals are better positioned to pursue entrepreneurship than others; and (b) how people’s movements into entrepreneurship and startup firms affect social inequality, workplace segregation, and income distribution. This current work builds a foundation for understanding how entrepreneurship both reflects and potentially reinforces broader social inequalities.

Olenka currently serves as an Associate Editor at Administrative Science Quarterly. She has previously served as an Associate Editor at Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Management Science. She is the recipient of many awards, including the Kauffman Junior Faculty Scholarship for Entrepreneurship Research and the William F. Glueck Award at the Academy of Management. Olenka teaches topics related to entrepreneurial strategy and strategic management in established firms.