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Olivier CHATAIN

Professor

Strategy and Business Policy

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Biography

Olivier Chatain is a Professor of Strategy and Business Policy at HEC Paris and an associated researcher at the Institute for Strategic Research at Ecole Militaire, Paris (IRSEM).

Olivier Chatain is a recognized business scholar with an extensive record of publications in top management and strategy journals (Academy of Management Review, Management Science, Organization Science, and Strategy Science), notably with work dealing with the theory of value creation and value capture. His current research lies at the intersection of business strategy and geopolitics, focusing on how large digital platforms, their infrastructures, and their role in the public sphere, feature in the rivalry among states.

Prior to joining HEC Paris, Olivier Chatain was an assistant professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He served six years as an associate editor of the Strategic Management Journal and currently serves as a Program Director for early career grants at the Strategy Research Foundation and as an editorial board member of Strategy Science.

He holds an MSc and a PhD from INSEAD, an MA from University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, and a Diploma from ESSEC.

Scientific articles

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

Working papers

Case Studies

Scientific articles

Value creation, competition, and performance in buyer-supplier relationships

Strategic Management Journal, January 2011, vol. 32, n° 1, pp 76-102,

Competitors' Resource-Oriented Strategies: Acting on Competitors' Resources through Interventions in Factor Markets and Political Markets

Academy of Management Review, January 2008, vol. 33, n° 1, pp 97-121, (in coll. with L. CAPRON)

The horizontal scope of the firm: organizational tradeoffs vs. buyer-supplier relationships

Management Science, April 2007, vol. 53, n° 4, pp 550-565, (in coll. with P. ZEMSKY)

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

Working papers

Case Studies

Education

  • Ph.D. in Management, INSEAD - France
  • MSc in Management, INSEAD - France
  • DEA en Economie Mathematique et Econometrie (MA in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics), Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne - France
  • Diplome Grande Ecole ESSEC (Master Degree in Management), ESSEC Business School, Cergy-Pontoise - France

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2022- Professor HEC Paris
  • 2018-2019 Department Head, Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Member, Academy of Management, BPS and OMT divisions
  • Member, INFORMS
  • Member, Strategic Management Society

Editorial activities

  • 2010- Member, Editorial Board, Strategic Management Journal