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

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

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

Asset Specificity and Organizational Arrangements: the Case of the New Telecommunications Services Market

Industrial and Corporate Change, 3 February 1996, vol. 5, n° 4, (in coll. with E. Brousseau)

Regulation and Transaction Costs: a Research Agenda

Telecommunications Policy, August 1995, (in coll. with M. Ghertman)

Regulation and Transaction Costs: a Research Agenda

Telecommunications Policy, August 1995, (in coll. with M. GHERTMAN)

Mouvements stratégiques et frontières des activités : la formation d'une nouvelle industrie

Communication & Strategies, 3rd Term 1995, n° 19, pp 24-44,

An Empirical Study of Hybrid Forms of Governance Structure: The Case of the Telecommunication Equipment Industry

Research Policy, 1994, vol. 23, n° 4, pp 395-412, (in coll. with B. GARRETTE)

Règlementation internationale et avantages concurrentiels

Annales des Mines, Gérer et Comprendre, September 1993, pp 85-94, (in coll. with J.-P. DETRIE, J. Détrie)

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

Journal of Information Technology, 1992, n° 7, pp 233-243, (in coll. with E. Brousseau)

Stratégies concurrentielles et différenciation

Problèmes Economiques, 26 February 1992, n° 2264, pp 1-7, (in coll. with G. BLANC, P. DUSSAUGE)

Trajectoires technologiques et diffusion de l'innovation : l'exemple des équipements de télécommunication

Revue d'Economie Industrielle, 1st term 1992, n° 59, pp 132-153,

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

Competence of the Firm and Strategic Alliances: Creation of New Capabilities and Appropriability

Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Competence-Based Competition,Strategic Management Society , 1995 , Gand

La spécificité des compétences de la firme : une perspective évolutionniste

Actes du Colloque "La connaissance dans la dynamique des organisations productives", tome 2 , 1995 , Aix-Marseille

Transaction costs and European Regulation

Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference : "International Business and Europe After 1992", EIBA , 1993 , Lisbonne, Portugal (M. GHERTMAN)

Transaction costs and European regulation

the 19th Annual Conference : "International Business and Europe After 1992", EIBA, Lisbonne , 1993 (M. GHERTMAN)

Working papers

Innovation et réglementation : perspectives théoriques et appliquées aux télécommunications

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1990

Organisation industrielle et nouveaux services de télécommunications : la structuration d'un marché

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1990

Les réseaux de communication : de la croissance à la concurrence des réseaux

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1989

Case Studies

Scientific articles

Personal networks and knowledge transfer in inter-organizational networks

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 2011, vol. 18, n° 2, pp 278-297, (in coll. with L. Mezghani, N. Rejeb)

Real Options and Strategic Investment Decisions: Can They Be of Use to Scholars?

Academy of Management Perspectives, 2 December 2010, vol. 24, n° 2, pp 65-78, (in coll. with C. KRYCHOWSKI)

The political economy of international regulatory convergence in public utilities

International Journal of Management and Network Economics (IJMNE), 2009, vol. 1, n° 2, pp 232 - 256, (in coll. with J.-P. BONARDI, S. Urbiztondo)

Complexity of Outsourcing Contracts and ex post Transaction Costs: An Empirical Investigation

Journal of Management Studies, 3 February 2006, vol. 43, n° 8, pp 1775–1797, (in coll. with J. Barthélemy)

Books

Chapters in edited books

L'externalisation stratégique

L'Art De La Gestion Des Risques, Les Echos, Financial Times, Village Mondial

Linking Competencies, Sustainable Competitive Advantage, and Performance: An Empirical Investigation

Research In Competence-Based Management, R. Sanchez, A. Heene (Eds), Jai Press

Contribution de la théorie des ressources à une théorie évolutionniste de la firme

Approches Évolutionnistes De La Firme Et De L'Industrie, M. Basle, R. Delorme, J. L. Lemoigne, B. Paulre (Eds), Editions L'Harmattan, 45-76

Learning More by Learning Together

Mastering Global Business, The Financial Times - FT Pitman Publishing, 86-90

Proceedings

Competence of the Firm and Strategic Alliances: Creation of New Capabilities and Appropriability

Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Competence-Based Competition,Strategic Management Society , 1995 , Gand

La spécificité des compétences de la firme : une perspective évolutionniste

Actes du Colloque "La connaissance dans la dynamique des organisations productives", tome 2 , 1995 , Aix-Marseille

Transaction costs and European Regulation

Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference : "International Business and Europe After 1992", EIBA , 1993 , Lisbonne, Portugal (M. GHERTMAN)

Transaction costs and European regulation

the 19th Annual Conference : "International Business and Europe After 1992", EIBA, Lisbonne , 1993 (M. GHERTMAN)

Working papers

Management des compétences technologiques

Les Etudes de la Fondation HEC , 1999

Privatization Process and Corporate Entrepreneurship in Former Monopolies: A Model for Developed Countries

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1999

From Rent-Seeking Activities to Economic Activities

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1998

Modélisation et simulation des performances des entreprises

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1997

Case Studies

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)