Rodolphe DURAND

Professor

Strategy and Business Policy

durand@hec.fr http://rodolphedurand.com/

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.

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Scientific articles

Impact investing in disadvantaged urban areas

Strategic Management Journal, February 2024, vol. 45, n° 2, pp 238-271, (in coll. with R. Boulongne, C. Flammer)

Who Controls the Controller? People Reaction to Social Control Agent's Decisions about Organizational Misconduct

Journal of Management Studies, May 2024, vol. 61, n° 3, pp 785-819, (in coll. with G. Cattani, M. Clemente, K. M. Mai)

To Be or Not To Be (Typical): Evaluation-Mode Heterogeneity and its Consequences for Organizations

Academy of Management Review, October 2023, vol. 48, n° 4, pp 659-680, (in coll. with P. Gouvard)

From the Boardroom: Making Purpose Research Relevant for Practice

Strategy Science, June 2023, vol. 8, n° 2, pp 149-158,

A Rivalry-Based Theory of Gender Diversity

Strategic Management Journal, May 2023, vol. 44, n° 5, pp 1254-1291, (in coll. with J. K. MAWDSLEY, L. PAOLELLA)

Valuing Spanners: Why Category Nesting and Expertise Matter

Academy of Management Journal, February 2023, vol. 66, n° 1, pp 335-365, (in coll. with A. Cudennec)

Litigate or let it go? Multi-market contact and IP infringement-litigation dynamics

Research Policy, July 2023, vol. 52, n° 6, pp 104784, (in coll. with L. Diestre, F. Lumineau)

Flipping the Coin Again – Redefining Strategy Through a Relational Class Approach

Advances in Strategic Management, 2023, vol. 43, pp 115-139, (in coll. with P.-A. KREMP, T. OBLOJ)

Michelin Is Coming to Town: Organizational Responses to Status Shocks

Management Science, September 2022, vol. 68, n° 9, pp 6925–6949, (in coll. with S. D. FAVARON, G. DI STEFANO)

Optimally Distinct? Understanding the Motivation and Ability of Organizations to Pursue Optimal Distinctiveness (or Not)

Organization Theory, January-March 2022, vol. 3, n° 1, pp 1-16, (in coll. with R. HAANS)

Books

Strategor - 5èmeédition, Toute La Stratégie D'entreprise

Dunod 2009 (in coll. with les membres du département Stratégie et Politique d'Entreprise, sous le pseudonyme de "Strategor", P. DUSSAUGE, B. GARRETTE )

Organizational Evolution and Strategic Management

SAGE Publications 2006

Strategor - 4ème édition, Politique générale de l'entreprise

Dunod 2005 (in coll. with les membres du département Stratégie et Politique d'Entreprise, sous le pseudonyme de "Strategor", J.-P. DETRIE, B. GARRETTE )

Guide du Management Stratégique

Dunod 2003

Développement de l'organisation, Nouveaux Regards

Editions Economica 2002

Entreprise et Evolution Economique

Editions Belin 2000

Chômage et relance de l'emploi - la vision des entreprises

Editions Economica 1997 (in coll. with B. MAROIS, M. Andrieux )

Chômage et relance de l'emploi - Le point de vue des entreprises

Editions Economica 1997 (in coll. with B. MAROIS, A. ANDRIEUX )

Chapters in edited books

Practical wisdom and emotional capability as antecedents of organizational accountability in revolutionary change processes

Research On Emotion In Organizations, N. Ashkanasy, W. Zerbe, C. Hartel (Eds), Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Competence systemics and survival: Simulation and empirical analyses

Competence Perspectives On Resources, Stakeholders And Renewal, R. Sanchez, A. Heene (Eds), Elsevier, Amsterdam, Advances in Applied Business Strategies , 33-58

Construire son statut, un atout stratégique

L'Art Du Management 3, HEC Paris, Dunod, 349-353

Can illusion of control destroy a firm's competence? The case of forecasting ability

Strategic Foresight, H. Tsoukas, J. Shepherd (eds), Blackwell, Oxford, 109-130

Performance de l'entreprise, sélection économique, et liberté individuelle

La Performance, Une Nouvelle Idéologie ?, B. Heilbrunn (ed), La Découverte, 121-133

Théorie des options réelles et développement stratégique

Développement De L'Organisation, Nouveaux Regards, R. Durand (ed.), Editions Economica, 37-55

Théories de la sélection et développement organisationnel

Développement De L'Organisation, Nouveaux Regards, R. Durand (ed.), Editions Economica, 17-36

Transactions, Ressources, et croissance de la firme

Regards De La Stratégie Sur L'Economie Des Coûts De Transaction, P. Joffre, O. Germain (eds), Vuibert, 111-127

Analyse par les ressources de la performance des entreprises françaises

Le Management Stratégique Des Compétences, B. Quélin, J. L. Arrègle (Eds), Ellipses, 83-127

Construire et défendre une ressource intangible: Le cas de la Grande Cuisine Française

Perspectives En Management Stratégique, 222-240

Proceedings

A model of organizational symbolism: Understanding the different shades of green

76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2016 , 2016 , Anaheim , Meeting Abstract Supplement , 13999 (O. HAWN, I. IOANNOU)

Firm Density, Social Movement Support, and Government Endorsement of Nascent Industries

Substitutive vs. Additive Attention to Demands Explaining Unequal Practice Implementation in MNEs

Multinational Law Firm Ratings and Performance

Working papers

Organizational Adaptation

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

Product Categories as Judgment Devices: The Moral Awakening of the Investment Industry

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

Differential Firm Commitment to Industries Supported by Social Movement Organizations

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Willing and Able: A General Model of Organizational Responses to Normative Pressures

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Advancing Category Research: Theoretical Mapping and Under-Researched Areas