BENEDICTE FAIVRE TAVIGNOT
Associate Professor (Education Track)
Strategy and Business Policy
Biography
Benedicte Faivre-Tavignot is an Affiliate Professor of Strategy at HEC Paris. She is the Executive Director of the Society and Organizations Institute, which aims to develop a new way of thinking about the role of business in society, whether through research or teaching.
She created the HEC Paris Master of Science in Sustainable Development and also co-founded the HEC Chair Social Business / Enterprise and Poverty, which became the Movement for Social* Business Impact in 2016.
Her research focuses on reverse innovation—the processes through which Social Businesses and Base of the Pyramid business models can be a lever for innovation and strategic renewal.
Faivre-Tavignot received her PhD in Management Sciences in 2012 from University Lyon 3.
Scientific articles
Harvard Business Review, March 2015, vol. 93, n° 3, pp 46-53, (in coll. with M. YUNUS, F. DALSACE, D. MENASCE)
Revue Française de Gestion, November 2010, vol. 36, n° 208-209, pp 175-189, (in coll. with L. LEHMANN-ORTEGA, B. MOINGEON)
Books
John Wiley & Sons US
ISTE Editions
Editions L'Harmattan (in coll. with F. BOURNOIS, P. CHAIGNEAU)
Editions L'Harmattan (in coll. with B. LALO, H. PRADON, M. DJALILI)
Chapters in edited books
Progressive Business Models, Eleanor O'Higgins, László Zsolnai, Palgrave Macmillan, 143-171
Case Studies
Scientific articles
Harvard Business Review, March 2015, vol. 93, n° 3, pp 46-53, (in coll. with M. YUNUS, F. DALSACE, D. MENASCE)
Revue Française de Gestion, November 2010, vol. 36, n° 208-209, pp 175-189, (in coll. with L. LEHMANN-ORTEGA, B. MOINGEON)
Books
John Wiley & Sons US
ISTE Editions
Editions L'Harmattan (in coll. with F. BOURNOIS, P. CHAIGNEAU)
Editions L'Harmattan (in coll. with B. LALO, H. PRADON, M. DJALILI)
Chapters in edited books
Progressive Business Models, Eleanor O'Higgins, László Zsolnai, Palgrave Macmillan, 143-171
Case Studies
Education
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Ph.D., in Business Administration, Strategy and Management, Université Lyon III - France
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Master of Science/Grande Ecole, HEC Paris - France
Academic appointments
Academic responsabilities at HEC
- 2020- Associate Professor (Education Track), Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
- 2015-2019 Affiliate Professor in Strategy HEC Paris
- 2003-2015 Co-founder of the Master of Science in Sustainable Development HEC Paris
- 2013- Executive Director of the Society and Organizations Institute HEC Paris
External Academic Responsabilities
- 2008- Co-founder of the “Social Business / Enterprise and Poverty” Chair, presided by Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, and Martin Hirsch, Head of the Assistance Publique / Hôpitaux de Paris HEC Paris
Scientific Activities
Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation
- Board Member of the SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC FOUNDATION, France
- Board Member of the BOUYGUES IMMOBILIER FOUNDATION, France
- Board Member of the AIR LIQUIDE FOUNDATION, France
- Member of the sustainable Development Council of EDF