Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.B.A., M.S, University of Miami; B.S., Johns Hopkins University

Raul O. Chao is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of Business. His research interests include innovation and new product development, resource allocation and portfolio strategy, organization design, and incentives. His research is supported by grants from the 3M Corporation, the Batten Institute at the University of Virginia, the Georgia Research Alliance, and the KPMG Foundation. He earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, his M.B.A. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Miami, and his Ph.D. in Operations Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the Darden faculty, Raul worked as a management consultant serving U.S. and Latin American organizations in a wide range of industries including pharmaceutical, biomedical, healthcare, financial services, hospitality, and media among others.

Current research projects:
- Organization Structure, Incentives, and the Innovation Portfolio
- How to Manage a Portfolio of Innovation Mechanisms
- Complexity, Instability, and Innovation Portfolio Management
- Tolerance for Failure and Incentives for Collaborative Innovation
- Consumption and Portfolio Planning with Multiplicative Preferences
- Multi-Generation Product Design with Remanufacturing