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Bernard GARRETTE

Emeritus Professor

Strategy and Business Policy

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Biography

Bernard Garrette received both his Master’s degree (1985) and his Ph.D. (1991) from HEC Paris. He served as Associate Dean for the MBA program from January 2011 to January 2016.

He has been visiting professor at IESE (2016-2017), London Business School (1997-1999) and the University of Cambridge (1995-1997). He also worked as a consultant (Senior Practice Expert in Corporate Finance and Strategy) with McKinsey (2000-2001). His pedagogical skills earned him the prestigious Pierre Vernimmen Teaching Award endowed by BNP-Paribas, in 2004.

His teaching and research interests focus on strategic alliances, growth strategies, strategy formulation models and problem solving methods. He has co-authored numerous articles in academic journals (Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, California Management Review), as well as award-winning case studies and books, including Cooperative Strategy (Wiley, 1999) with Pierre Dussauge. One of his most recent books is Cracked it! How to solve big problems and sell solutions like top strategy consultants (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). He is the co-editor and co-author of the 8th edition of Strategor (Dunod, 2019), the leading strategic management textbook in French, with Laurence Lehmann-Ortega, Frederic Leroy, Rodolphe Durand et Pierre Dussauge. 

Bernard Garrette is also an amateur writer and artist. He self-published a collection of illustrated short stories entitled Vous voulez de mes nouvelles? with Librinova in 2016.

Scientific articles

Las alianzas estrategicas internacionales entre firmas competidoras : un enfoque inductivo y estadistico

Informacion Comercial Espanola, April 1991, n° 692, pp 113-131, (in coll. with P. DUSSAUGE)

Alliances stratégiques : mode d'emploi

Revue Française de Gestion, September-October 1991, n° 85, pp 4-18, (in coll. with P. DUSSAUGE)

Comprendre les stratégies d'alliance

Fusions et Acquisitions, June 1991, pp 17-22, (in coll. with G. BLANC, P. DUSSAUGE)

Actifs spécifiques et coopération : une analyse des stratégies d'alliance

Revue d'Economie Industrielle, 4th Term 1989, n° 50,

Stratégies relationnelles et stratégies d'alliances technologiques

Revue Française de Gestion, March-April-May 1988, n° 68, pp 7-9, (in coll. with B. RAMANANTSOA, P. DUSSAUGE)

Books

Chapters in edited books

Les stratégies d'alliance

10 Outils Clés Du Management, ouvrage collectif, Les Presses du Management / Les Editions du Go, 264-284

Coopérations, alliances et compétitivité

Management Stratégique Et Compétitivité, M. Ingham (Ed.), De Boeck Université, Bruxelles, 245-260

Patterns of Strategic Alliances between Rival Firms

International Joint Ventures Economic And Organizational Perspectives, K. Chatterjee, B. Gray (Eds.), Kluwer Publisher, 51-74

The Future of the Defence Firm: Collaboration, Co-operation and Strategic Alliance

The Future Of The Defence Firm: New Challenges, New Directions, A. Latham, N. Hooper (Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 121-132

Faut-il (encore) enseigner la stratégie ?

L'École Des Managers De Demain, Editions Economica

Le management des alliances stratégiques

Perspectives En Management Stratégique - Tome 2 : 1993-1994, A. Noel, P. Dussauge (Eds), Editions Economica

Alliances industrielles dans les secteurs de l'aérospatiale et de la défencse

Perspectives En Management Stratégique - Tome 1 : 1992-1993, A. Noel (Ed.), Economica/CETAI

Les stratégies d'alliance des firmes d'équipements de télécommunication

Perspectives En Management Stratégique, A. Noël (Ed.), Editions Economica, 329-362

Les stratégies d'alliances des firmes d'équipements de télécommunication

Perspectives En Management Stratégique - Tome 1 : 1992-1993, A. Noel (Ed.), Economica/CETAI

Proceedings

Working papers

Case Studies

Scientific articles

Alliances versus acquisitions: choosing the right option

European Management Journal, February 2000, vol. 18, n° 1, pp 63-69, (in coll. with P. DUSSAUGE)

How to Get the Best Results from Alliances

European Business Forum, Fall 2000, pp 41-46, (in coll. with P. DUSSAUGE, W. Mitchell)

Learning from competing partners: outcomes and durations of scale and link alliances in Europe, North America, and Asia

Strategic Management Journal, 2000, n° 21, pp 99-126, (in coll. with P. DUSSAUGE, W. Mitchell)

Anticipating the Evolutions and Outcomes of Strategic Alliances Between Rival Firms

International Studies of Management and Organization, 1998, vol. 27, n° 4, pp 104-126, (in coll. with P. DUSSAUGE)

Books

Cooperative Strategy - Competing Successfully through Strategic Alliances

John Wiley & Sons US (in coll. with P. DUSSAUGE )

Stratégie, structure, décision, indentité : politique générale d'entreprise (Ed.)

Dunod (in coll. with J.-P. DETRIE, les membres du Département Stratégie, Politique d'entreprise sous le pseudonyme de "Strategor" )

Strategie Aliansow na Rynku, traduction polonaise de : Les Stratégies d'alliance

Poltext (in coll. with P. DUSSAUGE )

Les stratégies d'alliance

Editions d'Organisation, Paris (in coll. with P. DUSSAUGE )

Chapters in edited books

Automobile : sortir de l'impasse grâce au partenariat

L'Art Du Management 3, HEC Paris, Dunod, 203-211

Les vrais enjeux de la formation supérieure au management en Europe

L'Art Du Management 3, HEC Paris, Dunod, 5-10

Formation et gouvernance des alliances entre concurrents : une approche par les ressources

Perspectives En Management Stratégique, H. Laroche, P. Joffre, F. Fréry, EMS Management et Sociétés, 15-36

The Market Share Impact of Interpartner Learning in Alliances: Evidence from the Global Auto Industry

Cooperative Strategies And Alliances, F. J. Contractor, P. Lorange (Eds), Pergamon

Proceedings

Working papers

Case Studies

Education

  • Doctorate, Other, Strategy and Business Policy, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne - France
  • Docteur HEC (strategie d'entreprise) (Ph.D. in Management), HEC Paris - France
  • DEA de Strategie et Management, Université Paris Ouest la Défense - France
  • Master of Science in Management (Diplome Grande Ecole HEC Paris), HEC Paris - France

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2021- Emeritus Professor HEC Paris
  • 2019-2021 Professor (Education Track), Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
  • 2008-2018 Professor HEC Paris

External Academic Responsibilities

  • 2016-2017 Visiting professor IESE

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Member, Strategic Management Society
  • Member, Association Internationale de Management Strategique
  • Member, Academy of Management

Editorial activities

  • June-August 1997 Editor of "Alliances et partenariats : les fruits de l'experience", Revue Francaise de Gestion

  • Awards & honors

    • 2009 Prix 2009 de l'EFMD Annual Case Writing Competition, categorie "Inclusive Business Models" pour le cas "Essilor's Base of the Pyramid Strategy in India"
    • 2009 Prix Fondation HEC de l'Innovation Pedagogique 2009 pour le cas "Essilor's Base of the Pyramid Strategy in India"
    • 2004 BNP Paribas Pierre Vernimmen Teaching Award
    • 1999 HEC Foundation Prize for "Cooperative Strategy", Wiley
    • 1995 AFPLANE - McKinsey - Prize for the best book on the Strategic Management "Les strategies d'alliance", 1995
    • 1993 1993 Fondation HEC Prize for "Les alliances internationales : logiques strategiques et problemes de management", Gerer et comprendre, n 30, March 1993