Zoran Latinovic

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At the MIT Sloan School of Management, Zoran works on his postdoctoral research in sales management and sales-marketing alignment under the supervision of Dr. Sharmila Chatterjee, Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Academic Head of the Enterprise Management Track.

With significant business-to-business sales and marketing experience, Zoran examines issues in the domains of sales force management and sales-marketing interface using survey research coupled with statistical modeling tools. Recently, Zoran has become interested in value-based selling and leadership approach in sales management. See Research Interests below.

Zoran has significant experience in international sales and business development related to the medical devices industry, where he held positions of vp sales and vp international business development in a multinational setting. Over the years, he has established a track record of developing effective strategies to enter new markets and build new businesses, resulting in highly profitable revenue streams internationally across global medical devices markets.

Zoran has his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Novi Sad, his Master of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Sheffield, and a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Belgrade. Zoran has published in MIT Sloan Management Review, Fast Company, MarketWatch, The Hill, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Physica Scripta, Acta Physica Polonica, among others.

Featured Research:

"Tech innovations can help fight COVID—If we do our part" Latinovic, Zoran & Chatterjee, Sharmila C. Psychology Today. Mar 4, 2021.

"3 reasons why the workplace can’t return to normal after COVID-19" Latinovic, Zoran & Chatterjee, Sharmila C. Fast Company, June 18, 2020.

"AI’s communication upsides" Latinovic, Zoran & Chatterjee, Sharmila C. MIT Sloan Management Review, April 29, 2020.

"How AI is helping companies break silos" Latinovic, Zoran & Chatterjee, Sharmila C. MIT Sloan Management Review, September 24, 2019.

"Customer centricity in the digital age" Latinovic, Zoran & Chatterjee, Sharmila C. MIT Sloan Management Review, May 30, 2019.

"Artificial intelligence helps salespeople get back to what they do best - selling" Latinovic, Zoran & Chatterjee, Sharmila C. The Hill, February 21, 2019.

"Robots can’t replace this crucial business skill" Latinovic, Zoran & Chatterjee, Sharmila C. MarketWatch, October 2, 2018.

Forbes on Zoran's research and its applications to AI: Needed: Humans to break artificial intelligence out of its silo”, March 26, 2020.

Webinars:

"Using new tech to break down silos" Latinovic, Zoran, Chatterjee, Sharmila C., & MacDonald Ally. MIT Sloan Management Review, February 13, 2020.

Research Interests:

Sales Force Management in B2B

Organizational Mechanisms for improved Sales Performance

Sales Control Systems

Optimization of Sales-Marketing Interface

Organizational Behavior: Leadership

Value-Based Selling

Personal Selling

AI in Sales