Rodolphe DURAND

Professor

Strategy and Business Policy

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

Do Investors Actually Value Sustainability Indices? Replication, Development, and New Evidence on CSR visibility

Strategic Management Journal, September 2019, vol. 40, n° 9, pp 1471-1490, (in coll. with L. PAUGAM, H. STOLOWY)

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

Academy of Management Review, April 2019, vol. 44, n° 2, pp 299-320, (in coll. with O. HAWN, I. IOANNOU)

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

Organization Science, September 2019, vol. 30, n° 5, pp 885-911, (in coll. with D-L. ARJALIES)

Encouraging Investors to Enable Corporate Sustainability Transitions: The Case of Responsible Investment in France

Organization and Environment, 1 June 2019, vol. 32, n° 2, pp 125-144, (in coll. with P. CRIFO, J-P. GOND)

À la découverte du lien organisationnel : avez-vous lu A. O. Hirschman ? (introduction au dossier spécial)

Management International, Winter 2018, vol. 22, n° 2, pp 9-12, (in coll. with A. BLOCH, H. DUMEZ, A-C. MARTINET)

Differential Firm Commitment to Industries Supported by Social Movement Organizations

Organization Science, January-February 2018, vol. 29, n° 1, pp 154-171, (in coll. with P. GEORGALLIS)

Categorizing Institutional Logics, Institutionalizing Categories: A Review of Two Literatures

Academy of Management Annals, June 2018, vol. 12, n° 2, pp 631-658, (in coll. with P. THORNTON)

CSR Needs CPR: Corporate Sustainability and Politics

California Management Review, August 2018, vol. 60, n° 4, pp 5-24, (in coll. with T. P. LYON, M. A. DELMAS, J. W. MAXWELL, P. T. BANSAL, M. CHIROLEU-ASSOULINE, P. CRIFO, J-P. GOND, A. KING, M. LENOX, M. TOFFEL, D. VOGEL, F. WIJEN)

The Recursive Nature of Institutional Change: An Annales School Perspective

Journal of Management Inquiry, January 2017, vol. 26, n° 1, pp 17 - 31, (in coll. with M. CLEMENTE, T. ROULET)

The expanding domain of strategic management research and the quest for integration

Strategic Management Journal, January 2017, vol. 38, n° 1, pp 4-16, (in coll. with R. M. GRANT, T. L. MADSEN)

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

Comment envisager l'évolution économique sans concevoir une firme évolutionniste ? Contributions de la théorie des ressources à une théorie évolutionniste de la firme

Actes de la 6e Conférence Internationale de l'Association Internationale de Management Stratégique (AIMS) , 1997 , Montréal (B. QUÉLIN)

How can we conceive economic evolution without considering an evolutionary firm ? A resource-based contribution to an evolutionary theory of the firm

AIMS Proceedings , 1996 , 1 (B. QUÉLIN)

Faut-il abandonner les cartes cognitives pour redécouvrir les représentations sociales ?

Proceedings, IVe Conférence de Management Stratégique , 1995 , Paris (E. Mounoud, B. RAMANANTSOA)

Working papers

Prestigious organizations and heterodox choice in institutionally plural contexts

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2010

Resource picking and strategy: Avoiding the trap of endogenous resource selection

Mimeo , 2010

Strong in the morning, dead in the evening, a genealogical perspective from firm selection

Mimeo , 2007

A true competitive advantage? Reflections on different epistemological approaches to strategy research

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2006

The Missing Lens in Family Firm Governance Theory: A Self-Other Typology of Parental Altruism

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2006

Modélisation et simulation des performances des entreprises

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1997

Apport de l'approche écologique à l'analyse de la survie de populations d'entreprises : le cas des imprimeurs offset à Paris de 1950 à 1985

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1996

Les variables stratégiques de la compétition technologique : une représentation en trois plans

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1996

Case Studies

Scientific articles

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)

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)

From the Boardroom: Making Purpose Research Relevant for Practice

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

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)

Books

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

Dunod (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

Développement de l'organisation, Nouveaux Regards

Editions Economica

Entreprise et Evolution Economique

Editions Belin

Chapters in edited books

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

Proceedings

Comment envisager l'évolution économique sans concevoir une firme évolutionniste ? Contributions de la théorie des ressources à une théorie évolutionniste de la firme

Actes de la 6e Conférence Internationale de l'Association Internationale de Management Stratégique (AIMS) , 1997 , Montréal (B. QUÉLIN)

How can we conceive economic evolution without considering an evolutionary firm ? A resource-based contribution to an evolutionary theory of the firm

AIMS Proceedings , 1996 , 1 (B. QUÉLIN)

Faut-il abandonner les cartes cognitives pour redécouvrir les représentations sociales ?

Proceedings, IVe Conférence de Management Stratégique , 1995 , Paris (E. Mounoud, B. RAMANANTSOA)

Working papers

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

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016

Heterogeneous Social Motives and Interactions: The Three Predictable Paths of Capability Development

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016

Case Studies

Education

  • Doctor Honoris Causa, Catholic University of Louvain - Belgium
  • Habilitation a diriger des recherches (Qualified Research Supervisor), Strategy and Business Policy, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 - France
  • Doctorat HEC (Ph.D. in Management), HEC Paris - France
  • Master of Philosophy with top honors, Université Paris Sorbonne Lettres et Civilisations - France
  • DEA de Strategie et Management, Université Paris Ouest la Défense - France
  • Diplome Grande Ecole HEC Paris (Master Degree in Management), HEC Paris - France

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

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

  • 2017- Associate Editor for Strategic Management Journal

    • Conference organisation

  • 2024-2024 Organizer of the 9th S&O Research Day by the Society & Organizations (S&O) Institute
  • 2023-2023 Organizer of the 1st edition of the Purpose Day, on corporate purpose: “ Bringing Change with Purpose”
  • 2022-2022 1st HEC Climate Days
  • 2019-2019 Organizer of the 2019 Society and Organizations Institute ARCS Workshop on “Accelerating Researcher-Practitioner Collaborations in Sustainability Research”, October 11-12, Collège des Bernardins, Paris, France
  • 2019- Organizer of the Society and Organizations Institute Annual Conference, "AI, Robotics and Work" conference
  • 2019- Co-organizer of the 5th edition of the Society and Organizations Institute Research Day
  • 2019- Organizing Committee of the XIth Medici Summer School in Management Studies, "Commercialization of Art and Science", HEC Paris
  • 2018-2018 Co-Chair of the 2018 Strategic Management Society Conference
  • 2018- Co-organizer of the 4th edition of the Society and Organizations Institute Research Day
  • 2018- Organizing Committee of the Xth Medici Summer School in Management Studies “the Role of Organizations as Vehicles for Social Change”, Bologna, Italy
  • 2017-2017 Annual conference "Alliances for cities in transition", co-organised by the Institute Society and Organizations Institute of HEC Paris and Association of Alumni
  • 2017-2017 Co-organizer of the 3rd edition of the Society and Organizations Institute Research Day
  • 2017- Organizing Committee of the IXth Medici Summer School in Management Studies, “The organization of Innovation & Entrepreneurship”, Cambridge MIT Sloan School of Management
  • 2016-2016 Organizer of the conference Finance4Good : How can Finance help address the main challenges of our global society?
  • 2016-2016 Co-organizer of the 2nd edition of the Society and Organizations Institute Research Day
  • 2016-2016 Organizing Committee of the VIIIth Medici Summer School in Management Studies, "Organizational Bases of Inequality", Paris
  • 2015-2015 Organizing Committee of the VIIth Medici Summer School in Management Studies "Social Valuation in Organizational, Interpersonal, and Market Contexts", Bologne
  • 2015-2015 Organizer of the Society and Organizations Institute and Golden Conference “Towards a Sustainable Economy”
  • 2015-2015 Co-organizer of the 1st edition of the Society and Organizations Institute Research Day
  • 2014-2014 Organizer of the VIth Medici Summer School, "Deviance and Deviants in Organizational Research", Florence
  • 2013-2013 Organizer of the Vth Medici Summer School in Management Studies, "Internationalization Strategies: old questions, new contexts", Florence
  • 2013- Organizer of the Social Business Conference : 10th anniversary
  • 2011-2011 Co-organizer of the Conference "Coordination within and among Organizations"
  • 2010- Co-organizer of the Conference "Society and Organizations": From routines to movements - and back", HEC Paris, Rouen Business School, Centre de Sociologie des Organisation, Sciences Po
  • 2008-2008 Program Track Director for the Track "Competitive Strategy" at the 2008 SMS Annual International Conference in Cologne
  • 2007-2007 Co-organizer and Academic Committee Chair of EURAM 2007 (European Academy of Management) held in Paris
  • 2007-2007 Co-organizer of Les Echos-INPI-HEC conference on industrial property
  • 2007-2008 Chair of the EURAM Scientific Committee
  • 2007-2007 President of the AIMS Scientific Committee
  • 2004-2004 Organizer of tracks for the EGOS conference
  • 2003-2003 Organizer of tracks for the EGOS conference - "Pushing old legitimacies clown the stairs", Copenhagen
  • 2001-2001 Organizer of tracks for the EGOS conference - "Space as an Organizational Resource", Lyon
  • Co-organizer of "Entretiens de Paris, les Echos, INPI HEC"

    • 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