Bertrand QUELIN

Professor

Strategy and Business Policy

quelin@hec.fr http://www.hec.fr/quelin
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Biography

Bertrand Quélin is a full professor at HEC Paris. He is a member of the Strategy and Business Policy Department. He was the holder of the Bouygues-HEC Paris chair entitled "Smart City and the Common Good" from 2020 to 2023.

Bertrand Quélin received his PhD in economics from the University of Paris. His research focuses on organizational economics, transaction cost economics and public-private partnerships.

He is the author and co-author of several articles published in international journals, including: Academy of Management Perspectives, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Management Studies, Management Science, Organization Science, Research Policy, Strategic Organization... and numerous chapters in collective works.

In parallel to his research activities, he took positions during his academic career.

  • Associate Dean for the HEC Ph.D. program (1999-2005).
  • Academic Director of the HEC MSc in Strategic Management (From 1994 to 1999, then from 2006 to 2012).
  • Head of the HEC Strategy and Business Policy department (From 2013 to 2018).

He has been twice (1996, and then 2005) Visiting Research Scholar at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, and Visiting Professor at Insper (São Paulo - Brazil) in 2012.

He was a regular Visiting Professor at the Fundação Getulio Vargas (EBAPE - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil) (2012-2019).

He has taught in different countries within and outside Europe [Europe], Vietnam, Brazil, in Middle East (Lebanon, Qatar and Saudi Arabia) and in Africa (Congo, Gabon, the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia)], both at the graduate and executive education levels.

Scientific articles

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 T. ABDESSEMED, P. BONARDI, R. DURAND)

The Changing Landscape of the European Financial Services Sector

Long Range Planning, April 2001, vol. 34, n° 2, pp 179-207, (in coll. with B. Flier, F.A.J. van den Bosch, H. Volberda, C.A. Carnevale, N. Tomkin, L. Melin, M. Kriger)

Resource Creation and Partnership in R&D Consortia

Journal of High Technology Management Research, April 2001, vol. 12, n° 1, pp 113-138, (in coll. with C. Mothe)

Core Competencies R&D Management and Partnerships'

European Management Journal, October 2000, vol. 18, n° 5, pp 476-487,

Creating Competencies Through Collaboration: -The Case of EUREKA R&D Consortia

European Management Journal, 3 February 2000, vol. 18, n° 6, pp 590-604, (in coll. with C. Mothe)

Creating New Resources Through European R&D Partnerships

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 1999, vol. 11, n° 1, pp 31-43, (in coll. with C. Mothe)

Pour une nouvelle représentation de la compétitivité technologique

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

Les variables stratégiques de la compétition technologique

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

Outsourcing: A transaction cost theory approach

Réseaux, 1998, vol. 6, n° 1, pp 75-98, (in coll. with D. MOTLOW)

L'outsourcing : une approche par la théorie des coûts de transaction

Réseaux, July-August 1997, n° 84, pp 67-92,

Books

Chapters in edited books

Regulatory Body, Rent-Seeking and Market Activities: the Case of Telecommunications in Europe

The Limits Of Government, G. Eliasson, N. Karlson (ed), City University Press, Stockholm, 133-180

Appropriability and The Creation of New Capabilities Through Strategic Alliances

Strategic Learning And Knowledge Management, R. Sanchez, A. Heeme (Eds.), John Wiley & Sons US, 139-160

Coopération inter-entreprises et création de ressources

Coopération Entre Les Entreprises Et Organisation Industrielle, J. L. Ravix (Ed.), CNRS Editions, 111-139

Dynamique concurrentielle et globalisation

Mutations Des Télécommunications Et Réorganisation Des Activités Et Des Marchés, E. Brousseau, P. Petit, D. Phan (Eds.), Editions Economica

Intégration de compétences et formes organisationnelles : une analyse de la formation de l'industrie du multimédia

Les Alliances Stratégiques Dans Les Technologies De L'Information, A. Mouline (Ed.), Economica, collection Mondialisation, 37-98

Politique publique, innovation, règlementation : le cas des télécommunications

Innovation, Déréglementation Et Concurrence Dans Les Télécommunications, L. Benzoni, J. Hausman (Eds.), Eyrolles, 183-230

Les stratégies d'alliance des firmes d'équipements de télécommunication

Perspectives En Management Stratégique, A. Noël (Ed.), Editions Economica, 329-362

Les stratégies d'alliances des firmes d'équipements de télécommunication

Perspectives En Management Stratégique - Tome 1 : 1992-1993, A. Noel (Ed.), Economica/CETAI

La concurrence oligopolistique : dynamique et instabilité

Traité D'Economie Industrielle, M. Arena, M. De Bandt, M. Benzoni, M. Romani (Eds.), Editions Economica, 478-501

La diffusion des innovations : une analyse inter-industrielle

Traité D'Economie Industrielle, M. Arena, M. De Bandt, M. Benzoni, M. Romani (Eds.), Editions Economica

Proceedings

How Firms Benefit From Collaborating Within R&D Consortia

Managing Strategically in an Interconnected World, 1997 SMS Best Paper Proceedings , 1998 (C. Mothe)

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 (R. DURAND)

Coopération en R & D et création de compétences

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

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 (R. DURAND)

Working papers

Coopération inter-entreprises et création de ressources

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1994

L'économie des coûts de transaction, un bilan des études empiriques

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1994

Les analyses de la filière : bilan et perspectives

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1993

Transaction costs and regulation in high technology industries

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1993

Transaction costs and regulation in high technology industries

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1993

Asset specificity and organizational arrangements in the new telecommunications services market

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1992

Users' knowledge as a specific asset: the case of the value added services

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1992

Les stratégies d'alliance des firmes d'équipements de télécommunications

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1991

The analysis of discrete configuration of governance structures: the example of telecommunications

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1991

The analysis of discrete configurations of governance structures: the example of telecommunications

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1991

Case Studies

Scientific articles

Decentralization and contracting out: A new pattern for internal and external boundaries of the firm

European Management Journal, 3 February 2013, vol. 31, n° 6, pp 602-612, (in coll. with G. Chanson)

International Expansion, Diversification and Regulated Firm Nonmarket Strategy

Managerial and Decision Economics, September 2013, vol. 34, n° 6, pp 379-396, (in coll. with S. Urbiztondo, J. Bonardi)

An Empirical Investigation of Interorganizational Opportunism and Contracting Mechanisms

Strategic Organization, February 2012, vol. 10, n° 1, pp 55-84, (in coll. with F. Lumineau)

Creating and Capturing Value in Public-Private Ties: A Private Actor's Perspective

Academy of Management Review, April 2012, vol. 37, n° 2, pp 272-299, (in coll. with I. KIVLENIECE)

Books

Chapters in edited books

La stratégie : du discours à sa formation

Perspectives En Management Stratégique, L. Mezghani, B. Quélin (Eds), Editions Management & Société, 11-15

Dynamic Competition and Development of New Competencies - The Case of the Internet Consulting Industry

Enhancing Inter-Firm Networks And Interorganizational Strategies, A. F. Buono (Ed.), Information Age Publishing, 137-166

Externalisation stratégique et création de valeur

L'Entreprise Élargie : De Nouvelles Formes D'Organisation, F. Moreau, Afplane (Eds), INSEP Consulting Ed.

L'approche fondée sur les ressources

Stratégies, Actualités Et Futurs De La Recherche, A. C. Martinet, R. A. Thiétart, M. Tannery (Eds), Vuibert

Proceedings

How Firms Benefit From Collaborating Within R&D Consortia

Managing Strategically in an Interconnected World, 1997 SMS Best Paper Proceedings , 1998 (C. Mothe)

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 (R. DURAND)

Coopération en R & D et création de compétences

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

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 (R. DURAND)

Working papers

Innovation, New Market and Governance Choices of Entry: The Internet Brokerage Market Case

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2004

Three Types of Specificity, Outsourcing and Complexity of Contracts: An Empirical Model

Mimeo , 2004

Competence, Specificity and Outsourcing : Impact on the complexity of the contract

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2002

From Rent-Seeking Activities to Economic Activities: The Strategic Transformation of the Deregulated Firm

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1999

Case Studies

Le leadership de Sony dans le secteur des jeux vidéo

Education

  • Qualifying Degree for research supervision (HDR), Economics, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord - Paris XIII - France
  • Doctorate, Economics, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord - Paris XIII - France
  • MSc in Economics and Finance, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord - Paris XIII - France
  • Master in Economics, Université de Rennes - France

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2020-2023 Bouygues Chair Holder, in Smart City and the Common Good HEC Paris
  • 2006-2012 Academic Director - MSc Strategic Management HEC Paris
  • 2008- Member, Society & Organization HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • President sortant de l'AIMS
  • President en exercice de l'AIMS.
  • Expert aupres de la Commission nationale d'evaluation des formations en gestion (dite commission Helfer)
  • President-entrant, en exercice puis sortant du Conseil Scientifique Permanent de l'Association Internationale de Management Strategique (AIMS)
  • Member - International Society of New Institutional Economics
  • Membre du Conseil scientifique de l'Ecole Doctorale ENSAM-HEC-IAE/Universite Paris I Sorbonne
  • Member - Academy of Management
  • Member - Strategic Management Society
  • Member - Association Internationale de Management Strategique
  • Member - International Telecommunication Society
  • Membre du Groupement de Recherche CNRS n 20 en Economie Industrielle
  • Membre du Conseil scientifique de l'Ecole Doctorale ecole SOFT/Universite Versailles Saint-Quentin

Editorial activities

  • 2005-2025 Member - Editorial Review Board, -Global Strategy Journal

    • Conference organisation

  • 2014-2014 Co-organizer, SMS 2014 Madrid Conference Extensions > Extension 4: Paris - Public-Private Governance, Social Value and Innovative Organizational Design
  • 2007-2007 Membre du Comité Scientifique, Les colloques du PESOR "Management des entreprises innovantes à l'heure des pôles de compétitivité", Faculté Jean Monnet, Sceaux
  • 2005-2005 Membre du Comité Scientifique du 3e Congrès de l'ADERSE (Association pour le Développement de l'enseignement et de la Recherche sur la Responsabilité Sociale de l'Entreprise), Lyon
  • 2005-2005 Organisation de l'International Workshop 'Inter-Organizational Communities of Practice'
  • 2005-2005 Organisation du symposium "The Inter-Organizational Communities of Practice (IOCoPs): New Insights and Knowledge Strategies", symposium co-sponsorisé par les divisions BPS et OMT, Academy of Management Conference, Hawaii
  • 2003-2003 Responsable de la Table Ronde sur "L'économie des coûts de transaction et les sciences de gestion", Conférence annuelle de l'AIMS, Tunis
  • 2003-2003 Responsable du Séminaire doctoral, Conférence de l'AIMS, Tunis
  • 1992-1992 Membre du Comité Scientifique des 14e Journées Internationales de l'IDATE : "Les alliances stratégiques", Montpellier

    • Awards & honors

    • 2021 Best Developmental Reviewers (AMR)
    • 2020 Bouygues Chair Professor in Smart City and the Common Good
    • 2018 SIOE Best Poster Award
    • 2017 Prix AIMS (Association Internationale de Management Strategique) du meilleur article theorique pour "Experimenting business models with network effects: a real options perspective" de Charlotte Krychowski, Bertrand Quelin Bulat Sandito
    • 2012 Strategy Research Foundation Recipient (Strategic Management Society)