Alain BLOCH
Emeritus Professor
Centre Entrepreneuriat et innovation
Biography
Alain Bloch was Scientific Director of HEC Entrepreneurs master degree from 2007 to 2021. He is also the co-founder of the MSc X-HEC Entrepreneurs, joint degree between École Polytechnique and HEC Paris since 2018, and of HEC Family Business Center, in 2004. He was full professor of the marketing, sales and retail chair at the french Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (an original and unique, since 1794, french public university for executive education) from 1995 to 2015. Graduate Engineer from the french military academy Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, PhD in management and information systems from Paris Dauphine University, he was also a director of the Société Française de Management and chaired the scientific council of the Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l'Ecole Militaire (IRSEM) from 2011 to 2015.
His own experience as an entrepreneur and manager (he was especially founder and CEO until 1995 of "L'Annuaire Soleil", the first competitor of the Yellow Pages of the former France Télécom, now Orange) led him to focus his research on innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership and organizational resilience. He has published a dozen books, including recently “Innovation & Entrepreneurship. From the Idea to the Organization" (Eska Publishing 2011) collective edited with Sophie Morin Delerm, "La stratégie du propriétaire" (Village Mondial Pearson 2012) with Nicolas Kachaner and Sophie Mignon followed by a trilogy on the resilience and sustainability of organizations , "L’éternité en héritage" (Economica, 2nd ed. 2016) with Isabelle Lamothe, "Entrepreneurs, magiciens and prophètes" (Hermann, 2019) with François Moreau and "La pierre et l’édifice" (Economica, 2022) with Erwan Nabat. He is also Honorary President of Bankruptcy Chamber at the Commercial Court of Paris, where he served until 2014, and actually board member of several family businesses.
Scientific articles
Cahiers d'économie de l'innovation, July 2007, vol. 1, n° 16,
Journal of Systems Science & Systems Engineering, 3 February 2004, vol. 14, n° 4, pp 436-453, (in coll. with A.F. Ng, D. Krob)
Revue Française de Gestion, June-July-August 1998, n° 119, pp 131-134,
Progrès du Management, July 1998, n° 32,
Travail & Méthodes, 2 December 1998, n° 528, pp 3-15,
Market Management, October-November 1998, n° 1, pp 17-22,
Cahiers d'économie de l'innovation, 1996, vol. 1996-2, n° 4, pp 201-217,
Décisions Marketing, January 1996, n° 7, (in coll. with R. Maricourt)
Books
Editions Economica (in coll. with A. Macquin )
Vuibert (in coll. with D. Manceau )
Editions d'Organisation, Paris
Editions Economica
Editions d'Organisation, Paris
Publi-Union
Chapters in edited books
L'Art D'Entreprendre : Guide De La Création D'Entreprise, S. Birley, D. Muzyka, Financial Times et Editions Village Mondial
Marketing Européen : Stratégies Et Actions, R. de Maricourt et al., Publi-Union
Marketing Européen : Stratégies Et Actions, R. de Maricourt et al., Publi-Union
Proceedings
Actes du Colloque International de Bruxelles pour la création d'Entreprises , 1999 , Bruxelles
Scientific articles
Harvard Business Review, November 2012, vol. 90, n° 11, pp 1-5, (in coll. with N. Kachaner, G. Stalk)
Revue Française de Gestion, 2010, vol. 36, n° 200, pp 111-126, (in coll. with S. BEN MAHMOUD-JOUINI, S. Mignon)
Revue Française de Gestion, January 2010, n° 200, pp 189-193, (in coll. with D. Chabaud)
Revue Française de Gestion, January 2010, n° 200, (in coll. with L. Cisneros Martinez)
Books
Editions Economica (in coll. with I. LAMOTHE )
Descartes & Cie (in coll. with I. LAMOTHE )
Pearson - Collection Village Mondial (in coll. with N. Kachaner, S. Mignon )
Editions ESKA (in coll. with S. Morin-Delerm )
Chapters in edited books
Transgenerational Entrepreneurship, (Coll.) Babson College, Edward Elgar Publishing
L'Art Du Management 3, Dunod
Le Marketeur, Les Nouveaux Fondements Du Marketing, C. Michon, A. Pearson
Le Marketeur, Les Nouveaux Fondements Du Marketing, C. Michon, A. Pearson
Proceedings
Actes du Colloque International de Bruxelles pour la création d'Entreprises , 1999 , Bruxelles
Education
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Fellows Program for Entrepreneurship Educators (SEE15), Price-Babson College - USA
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Ph.D. Systeme d'information et Management, Université Paris Dauphine - France
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Diplome de l'ecole Saint-Cyr, Ecole Militaire de Saint-Cyr - France
Academic appointments
Academic Responsibilities at HEC
- 2022- Emeritus Professor HEC Paris
Scientific Activities
Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation
- President du Conseil scientifique de l'Institut de Recherche Strategique de l'Ecole Militaire (IRSEM)
- Administrateur de la Societe Francaise de Management
- Co-Fondateur des "Georges Doriot International Days"
- President du jury des trophes JPMorgan pour les Family Business
Editorial activities
Conference organisation
Awards & honors
- 2023 FNEGE label for his books "La pierre et l'edifice - Des flammes de Notre-Dame aux organisations hautement perennes , written with Erwan Nabat (Economica, 2022), and "Objectif Mars ! Petit manuel a l'usage des entrepreneurs qui revent de conquerir le monde", written with Bruno Martinaud (Pearson, 2022)
- 2023 2023 best book award by the Academie des Sciences Commerciales, for "Objectif Mars ! Petit manuel a l'usage des entrepreneurs qui revent de conquerir le monde", written with Bruno Martinaud (Pearson, 2022)