Biography
Rodolphe Durand is the holder of the Joly Family Purposeful Leadership Chair and the Founder and Academic Director of the Society and Organizations Institute which he launched in 2009. Over the recent years, he was Visiting Professor at New York University (Stern Business School), London Business School, and Cambridge University (Judge Business School), and in 2012 Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School. Previously, he chaired the Strategy & Business Policy department (2009-2013), served as the MSc in Strategic Management’s Academic Director (2012-2015). Rodolphe’s primary research interests concern the normative and cognitive dimensions of firms' performance, and especially the consequences for firms of identifying and coping with the current major environmental and social challenges. Why do organizations supersede rivals? Can new norms, interests, and behaviors (such as Corporate Social Responsibility and inclusive business) bring an advantage to firms and diffuse in markets? Should firms and organizations really innovate or rather conform to established logics to be successful?
For his work on these questions that integrate research streams from sociology, philosophy, and management, Rodolphe received the American Sociological Association’s R. Scott Award in 2005, the European Academy of Management/Imagination Lab Award for Innovative Scholarship in 2010, and was inducted Fellow of the Strategic Management Society in 2014.
Beyond his publications in journals including American Journal of Sociology, Academy of Management Review, and Strategic Management Journal, Rodolphe is also a prolific author of books where he puts in perspective the decline of ideologies, the evolution of capitalism, and the new foundations of management, notably: Organizational Evolution and Strategic Management (Sage, 2006), The Pirate Organization: Lessons from the Fringed of Capitalism (co-authored with JP Vergne, Harvard Press, 2013), and Organizations, Strategy, and Society: The Orgology of Disorganized Worlds (Routledge, 2014). As an advisor, senior advisor, and non-executive board member, he works with multiple organizations on assessing competitive advantage, and developing and implementing new strategies.
Scientific articles
Organization Studies, Forthcoming, (in coll. with P. Gouvard)
Journal of Management Studies, Forthcoming, (in coll. with P. (. Bansal, M. Kreutzer, S. Kunisch, A. M. McGahan)
Journal of Management Studies, May 2024, vol. 61, n° 3, pp 785-819, (in coll. with G. Cattani, M. Clemente, K. M. Mai)
Journal of Management Scientific Reports, November 2024, vol. 2, n° 3-4, pp 218-234, (in coll. with C.-W. Huynh)
Strategic Management Journal, 19 2024, vol. 45, n° 2, pp 238-271, (in coll. with R. Boulongne, C. Flammer)
Academy of Management Review, October 2023, vol. 48, n° 4, pp 659-680, (in coll. with P. Gouvard)
Strategy Science, June 2023, vol. 8, n° 2, pp 149-158,
Strategic Management Journal, May 2023, vol. 44, n° 5, pp 1254-1291, (in coll. with J. K. MAWDSLEY, L. PAOLELLA)
Academy of Management Journal, 19 2023, vol. 66, n° 1, pp 335-365, (in coll. with A. Cudennec)
Research Policy, July 2023, vol. 52, n° 6, pp 104784, (in coll. with L. Diestre, F. Lumineau)
Books
Flammarion (in coll. with A. FRÉROT )
Dunod (in coll. with C. LAVRARD-MEYER )
Flammarion (in coll. with A. FRÉROT )
Dunod (in coll. with B. GARRETTE, P. DUSSAUGE, L. LEHMANN ORTEGA, B. POINTEAU, O. SIBONY, F. LEROY )
Dunod (in coll. with L. LEHMANN ORTEGA, F. LEROY, P. DUSSAUGE, B. GARRETTE, ET AL. )
Routledge, New York
Le Bord de l'Eau
Dunod (in coll. with P. DUSSAUGE, F. LEROY, L. LEHMANN ORTEGA, B. GARRETTE )
Harvard Business Press Books (in coll. with J. VERGNE )
Le Bord de l'Eau (in coll. with J.-P. VERGNE )
Chapters in edited books
Advances In Cultural Entrepreneurship (Research In The Sociology Of Organizations, Vol. 80, Lockwood C. and Soublière J-F., Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 193-216
Handbook On The Business Of Sustainability: The Organization, Implementation, And Practice Of Sustainable Growth, Gerry George, Martine R. Haas, Havovi Joshi, Anita McGahan and Paul Tracey, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2 , 43-62
Strategic Management: State Of The Field And Its Future, Irene Duhaime, Michael Hitt, Marjorie Lyles, Oxford University Press, 4
Microfoundations Of Institutions (Research In The Sociology Of Organizations, Vol. 65A), Haack P., Sieweke J. and Wessel L., Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 67-83
The Sage Handbook Of Organizational Institutionalism, 2Nd Ed., R. Greenwood, C. Oliver, T. Lawrence, & R. E. Meyer, SAGE Publications, 4
Organizational Wrongdoing ,Key Perspectives And New Directions, D. Palmer, K. Smith-Crowe K., R. Greenwood (Eds), Cambridge University Press, 435-473
Research In The Sociology Of Organizations, M. Lounsbry, E. Boxenbaum, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Institutional Logics in Action , 165-201
The Globalization Of Strategy Research (Advances In Strategic Management, Volume 27), J. Baum (ed.), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 279-312
Handbook Of Research On Foresight And Strategy, L. Costanzo (ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing
Research On Emotion In Organizations, N. Ashkanasy, W. Zerbe, C. Hartel (Eds), Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Proceedings
78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 10-14, 2018 , 2018 , Chicago , 2018 , 1 (P. GOUVARD)
77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 4-8, 2017 , 2017 , Atlanta , 2017 , 1 (D-L. ARJALIES)
Working papers
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2022
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2021
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2021
SSRN Electronic Journal , 2021
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2020
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2020
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2019
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2019
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018
Case Studies
2012
Scientific articles
Journal of Management Scientific Reports, November 2024, vol. 2, n° 3-4, pp 218-234, (in coll. with C.-W. Huynh)
Strategic Management Journal, 19 2024, vol. 45, n° 2, pp 238-271, (in coll. with R. Boulongne, C. Flammer)
Journal of Management Studies, May 2024, vol. 61, n° 3, pp 785-819, (in coll. with G. Cattani, M. Clemente, K. M. Mai)
Strategic Management Journal, May 2023, vol. 44, n° 5, pp 1254-1291, (in coll. with J. K. MAWDSLEY, L. PAOLELLA)
Books
Flammarion (in coll. with A. FRÉROT )
Dunod (in coll. with C. LAVRARD-MEYER )
Flammarion (in coll. with A. FRÉROT )
Dunod (in coll. with B. GARRETTE, P. DUSSAUGE, L. LEHMANN ORTEGA, B. POINTEAU, O. SIBONY, F. LEROY )
Chapters in edited books
Advances In Cultural Entrepreneurship (Research In The Sociology Of Organizations, Vol. 80, Lockwood C. and Soublière J-F., Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 193-216
Handbook On The Business Of Sustainability: The Organization, Implementation, And Practice Of Sustainable Growth, Gerry George, Martine R. Haas, Havovi Joshi, Anita McGahan and Paul Tracey, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2 , 43-62
Strategic Management: State Of The Field And Its Future, Irene Duhaime, Michael Hitt, Marjorie Lyles, Oxford University Press, 4
Microfoundations Of Institutions (Research In The Sociology Of Organizations, Vol. 65A), Haack P., Sieweke J. and Wessel L., Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 67-83
Proceedings
78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 10-14, 2018 , 2018 , Chicago , 2018 , 1 (P. GOUVARD)
77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 4-8, 2017 , 2017 , Atlanta , 2017 , 1 (D-L. ARJALIES)
Working papers
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2022
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2021
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2021
SSRN Electronic Journal , 2021
Case Studies
2012
Education
Academic appointments
Academic Responsibilities at HEC
- 2018- Joly Family Chaired Professor in Purposeful Leadership HEC Paris
- 2016-2018 HEC Foundation Senior Chaired Professor HEC Paris
- 2011-2015 Academic Director of the Msc in Strategic Management HEC Paris
- 2010-2015 Chaired Professor « Business and Sustainability », funded by Engie HEC Paris
- 2009- Founder and Director of the Society and Organizations Institute HEC Paris
- 2009- Professor HEC Paris
- 2004- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
External Academic Responsibilities
- 2014-2014 Visiting professor London Business School
- 2012-2012 Visiting scholar Harvard Business School
- 2011-2011 Montemozolo Visiting Professor, Fellow of Sidney-Sussex College University of Cambridge, Judge Business School
- 2011-2011 Visiting professor New York University, Stern School of Business
- 2007-2008 Visiting professor City University - Cass Business School, Londres
- 1999-2004 Professor, Strategy Department EM Lyon
- 1998-1999 Visiting Assistant Professor Emory University - Goizueta School of Business
- 1997-1998 Visiting Assistant Professor Tulane University
Scientific Activities
Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation
- Permanent member of the "Commission Contrats de societe' in "Club des juristes"
- Member of Academy of Management (AOM), Strategic Management Society (SMS), American Sociology Association (ASA), European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS), European Academy of Management (EURAM), Association Internationale de Management Strategique (AIMS)
Editorial activities
Conference organisation
Awards & honors
- 2022 Winner with Mark Desjardine (Pennsylvania State University) of the ONE-SIM Outreach Award for their outreach activities based on the paper Disentangling the effects of hedge fund activism on firm financial and social performance (Strategic Management Journal, 2020)
- 2022 2021 HEC Foundation Award for Best Researcher
- 2022 Competition winner: Purposeful Leadership at Best Buy,, Outstanding New Case Writer Competition category at The Case Centre Awards and Competitions 2022
- 2021 Award of the Best Published Article goes to Mark DesJardine Rodolphe Durand, respectively Assistant Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University and Professor of Strategy and Corporate Policy at HEC Paris with Disentangling the effects of hedge fund activism on firm financial and social performance Published in the Strategic Management Journal, 2020; 41 : 10541082
- 2019 Doctor honoris causa by the Universite Catholique de Louvain
- 2019 ARCS Annual Conference : Best Paper Award
- 2017 HEC Foundation Award of the Best researcher
- 2016 2016 Best Paper Award, ARCS (Alliance for Research in Corporate Sustainability) for the paper "A Model of Organizational Symbolism: Understanding the Different Shades of Green"
- 2016 2016 Emerald Citation of Excellence for "Category stretching: Reorienting research on categories in strategy, entrepreneurship, and organization theory", Journal of Management Studies, 50(6), 1100-1123, Durand, R., and Paolella, L. (2013)
- 2014 Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
- 2012 Researcher of the Year Award, Fondation HEC
- 2010 European Academy of Management, Imagination Lab award for Innovative Scholarship
- 2010 Emerald Management Reviews Citation of Excellence 2010 pour l'article Causation, counterfactuals, and competitive advantage, Strategic Management Journal, 30: 1264-1284
- 2009 HEC Foundation award for best paper published by HEC faculty member - "Do science and money go together ? The case of French Biotech industry", Strategic Management Journal, 2008, vol. 29, n 12
- 2006 Fondation HEC, award for best paper published in 2006 by HEC faculty member
- 2005 R. Scott Award 2005 for best paper (ASA, OOW division, 2005)
- 1999 Winner of "Best Young French Researcher Award", AIMS
- 1998 Finalist of "Best Dissertation Award", HEC
- 1993 Best Research Paper, Ernst and Young Award
- 1992 HEC Dean Award