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

Théorie des options et Management Stratégique

Revue Française de Gestion, 2002, n° 137, pp 25-40, (in coll. with P. Gomez, P. Monin)

Standardisation of Network Technologies: Market Processes of the Result of Inter-Firm Co-operation ?

Journal of Economic Surveys, September 2001, vol. 15, n° 4, pp 543-570, (in coll. with B. QUÉLIN, T. ABDESSEMED, P. BONARDI)

La cohérence des choix stratégiques: l'impact des decisions d'entrée et des strategies génériques sur la performance organisationnelle des firmes

Finance Contrôle Stratégie, 2001, vol. 4, n° 3, pp 57-88, (in coll. with R. Coeurderoy)

Age, order of entry, strategic orientation, and organizational performance

Journal of Business Venturing, 2001, vol. 16, n° 5, pp 471-494, (in coll. with R. Coeurderoy)

L'entreprise, moteur de l'évolution économique

Sciences Humaines, August-September 2001, n° 119, pp 34-36,

Firm selection: an integrative perspective

Organization Studies, 2001, vol. 22, n° 3, pp 393-417,

Managing International Diversity: Europe's emerging model

European Business Forum, 2000, n° 2, pp 24-26, (in coll. with T. Kleiner)

Analyse de la survie des firmes : le cas des imprimeurs OFFSET à Paris de 1950 à 1985

Revue d'Economie Industrielle, 2nd Term 1998, n° 84, pp 45-66, (in coll. with J. OBADIA)

Les variables stratégiques de la compétition technologique

Revue Française de Gestion, 1998, n° 118, pp 30-45, (in coll. with B. QUÉLIN, B. Quelin, T. Abdessemed, J. Bonardi)

Pour une nouvelle représentation de la compétitivité technologique

Revue Française de Gestion, March-April-May 1998, n° 118, pp 30-45, (in coll. with B. QUÉLIN, J. Bonardi, T. Abdessemed)

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

Working papers

Case Studies

Scientific articles

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)

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)

Achieving High Growth in Policy-Dependent Industries: Differences between Startups and Corporate-Backed Ventures

Long Range Planning, August 2017, vol. 50, n° 4, pp 487-500, (in coll. with G. PANAYIOTIS (PANIKOS))

From Categories to Categorization: A Social Perspective on Market Categorization

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 2017, vol. 51, pp 3-30, (in coll. with N. GRANQVIST, A. TYLLSTRÖM)

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

Working papers

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

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