What strategies should firms design to succeed and how should they implement these strategies to sustain high levels of performance over time? This is the overarching question the HEC Strategy and Business Policy Department addresses in its research and teaching activities.
The HEC Strategy and Business Policy group is responsible for offering core Strategy courses in all programs (MSc, MBA, Executive Education, PhD), as well as electives on:
- Change Management
- Entrepreneurship
- European Business Strategies
- Growth Strategies
- Innovation Strategy
- Management Buyouts
- Value Creation
The group is comprised of experts doing research on a number of strategically relevant phenomena, including:
- Competitive Advantage Sustainability
- Diffusion of Innovation and Institutional Change
- Diversification
- Globalization and International Strategies
- Integration Strategies
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Outsourcing
- Private Equity
- Strategic Alliances
In their respective work, they contribute to various research streams, such as:
- Economic Sociology
- Evolutionary Theory
- Industrial Organization
- Innovation
- Institutional Change
- Managerial Motivation
- Network Theory
- Organizational Learning
- Resource-Based View of the Firm
- Transaction Cost Economics
They have published articles in numerous journals, including:
- Academy of Management Journal
- Academy of Management Review
- Administrative Science Quarterly
- American Journal of Sociology
- American Sociological Review
- Harvard Business Review
- Journal of Business Research
- Journal of Business Venturing
- Journal of International Business Studies
- Journal of Management Studies
- Organization Studies
- Management Science
- Research policy
- Review of Financial Studies
- Strategic Management Journal
They have co-authored Strategor (Dunod, 2005), the leading Strategic Management textbook in France, and developed strong ties with the business community through Executive Education seminars, case writing, consulting, and the creation of the Atos Origin chair on “Growth Strategy and Integration Management”, www.hec.fr/atos-chair.
