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Olivier Chatain

Prof. Olivier Chatain

Professor - Strategy and Business Policy

Olivier Chatain's main research focus is the formal and value-based foundations of strategy with specific applications to buyer-supplier relationships and markets for strategic resources.

Last Articles

Geopolitics Is Rewiring Corporate Strategy

How systems can be weaponized and the organizational capabilities leaders will need to respond.

5 minutes
Olivier Chatain

Why Business Schools and Businesses Need a Geopolitical Reset

Power and coercion have returned to the center of economic life, and executives need new ways to see, map and manage their exposure.

10 minutes
Olivier Chatain

Consultants, Lawyers, Accountants… What Drives Team Collaboration

Research by Professors Mawdsley and Chatain reveals why professional firms stick with familiar teams - and when they take risks.

John Mawdsley, Olivier Chatain

AI and Sovereignty: The Geopolitical Power of Submarine Cables

Two HEC Paris researchers, Olivier Chatain and Jeremy Ghez, reveal how AI geopolitics is turning undersea cables into critical fault lines in a fragmented world economy.

Olivier Chatain, Jeremy Ghez

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