Strategic Management Department

Head: Pascual Berrone

The Strategic Management Department focuses on providing managers with the tools and insights needed for the development and practice of strategy in organizations.

In a broad sense, strategic management is the key distinctive task of a general manager. The department has defined core teaching and research areas to train managers in this unique role.

Coursework includes Competitive Strategy, Corporate Strategy, Strategy Process, International Strategy and Innovation and Strategy.

In their research, the department’s faculty is exploring the most recent and influential ideas in strategic management.

Areas of expertise

  • Sustainability
  • International business
  • Corporate governance
  • Competitive strategy
  • Organizational design
  • Innovation
  • Family business
  • Strategic alliances
  • Globalization and strategy

Head.

Pascual Berrone

Pascual Berrone

Professor

Strategic Management

Full time.

Africa Ariño

Africa Ariño

Professor

Strategic Management
Romain Boulongne

Romain Boulongne

Assistant Professor

Strategic Management
Natalie Burford

Natalie Burford

Assistant Professor

Strategic Management
Adrian Caldart

Adrian Caldart

Associate Professor of the Practice of Management

Strategic Management
Jordi Canals

Jordi Canals

Professor

Strategic Management
Bruno Cassiman

Bruno Cassiman

Professor

Strategic Management
Marta Elvira

Marta Elvira

Professor

Strategic Management and Managing People in Organizations
Fabrizio Ferraro

Fabrizio Ferraro

Professor

Strategic Management
Ricard Gil

Ricard Gil

Professor

Strategic Management
Massimo Maoret

Massimo Maoret

Professor

Strategic Management
Joan Enric Ricart

Joan Enric Ricart

Professor

Strategic Management
Mike Rosenberg

Mike Rosenberg

Professor of the Practice of Management

Strategic Management
Sampsa Samila

Sampsa Samila

Professor

Strategic Management
Jieun Shin

Jieun Shin

Assistant Professor

Strategic Management
Giovanni Valentini

Giovanni Valentini

Professor

Strategic Management
May-Anne Very

May-Anne Very

Assistant Professor

Strategic Management
Joaquim Vilà

Joaquim Vilà

Professor

Strategic Management
Govert Vroom

Govert Vroom

Professor

Strategic Management
David Wehrheim

David Wehrheim

Associate Professor

Strategic Management

Visiting.

Herman Daems

Herman Daems

Visiting Professor

Strategic Management
Choelsoon Park

Choelsoon Park

Visiting Professor

Strategic Management

Emeritus.

Rafael Andreu i Civit

Rafael Andreu i Civit

Emeritus Professor

Strategic Management and Operations, Information and Technology
Carles Cavallé

Carles Cavallé

Emeritus Professor

Strategic Management
Rafael Fraguas

Rafael Fraguas

Emeritus Professor

Strategic Management and Analysis of Business Problems
Miguel Ángel Gallo

Miguel Ángel Gallo

Emeritus Professor

Strategic Management
Pankaj Ghemawat

Pankaj Ghemawat

Emeritus Professor

Strategic Management
Josep Tàpies

Josep Tàpies

Emeritus Professor

Strategic Management

External collaborators.

José Miguel Argüelles

José Miguel Argüelles

Senior Lecturer

Strategic Management
Fernando Bagnoli

Fernando Bagnoli

Lecturer

Strategic Management and Analysis of Business Problems
Jose Paulo Carelli

Jose Paulo Carelli

Lecturer

Financial Management and Strategic Management
Alfonso Chiner

Alfonso Chiner

Lecturer

Strategic Management
Rosa María García

Rosa María García

Lecturer

Strategic Management
Miquel Lladó

Miquel Lladó

Senior Lecturer

Strategic Management
Juan Luis López Cardenete

Juan Luis López Cardenete

Senior Lecturer

Strategic Management
Angel Proaño

Angel Proaño

Lecturer

Strategic Management
Francisco Román

Francisco Román

Senior Lecturer

Strategic Management

Executive fellows.

  • Konstantinos Apostolatos
    Co-founder & Managing Director, Enlighten Advisory
  • Marco Arcelli
    CEO, ACWA Power
  • Andrea Baldo
    CEO, Mulberry
  • Henk de Jong
    Ex-CEO, Versuni
    Member of the board of the University of Groningen (RUG), IDFA (international documentary festival) and Global Factories (Medical devices)
  • Helmuth Ludwig
    Professor of Practice, Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University
    Member of the Board, Hitachi Ltd
  • Juan Moreno
    Corporate Strategy Director, La Farga
  • Alejandro Oñoro
    CEO, Ilunion
  • Pau Relat
    President, Mat Holding Group
    Chairman of Governing Board, Fira de Barcelona
  • Cristina Ventura Serra
    General Partner & Chief Catalyst Officer, White Star Capital

Former collaborators.

Kimio Kase

Kimio Kase

Former Collaborator

Strategic Management
Jaume Llopis

Jaume Llopis

Former Collaborator

Strategic Management

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

GIL, R., ARGYRES, N., ZANARONE, G. (2024). Does supply concentration encourage cooperation? Evidence from airlines. Management Science. doi:10.1287/mnsc.2022.03455. (Online first) GIL, R., XING, J. (2024). Political backlash and consumer boycotts. Impact of the NFB relocation on movie demand in Quebec. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D ECONOMIQUE, 57 (3), 933-960. doi:10.1111/caje.12730. SOHL, T., MCCANN, B. T., VROOM, G. (2024). The Transmission of economic shocks in multidivisional organizations. An Empirical analysis of the global retail industry. Organization Science. doi:10.1287/orsc.2022.16521. (Online first) SIMETH, M., WEHRHEIM, D. (2024). On "Innovation and Institutional Ownership". Journal of Corporate Finance, 86, Article 172230. doi:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2024.102569. VERY, M.-A., CAPRON, L., GUILLÉN, M. (2024). Do financial crises moderate the influence of stakeholder rights protection on M&A activity. The influence of institutional logics and power? Global Strategy Journal. doi:10.1002/gsj.1504. (Online first) RICART, J. E. (2024). Public-private partnerships and sustainable development – designing relational business models. Journal of Business Models, 12 (1), pp. 36-42. MAORET, M., MOREIRA, S., SABANCI, H. (2024). Closing the gender pay gap. Analyst coverage, stakeholder attention, and gender differences in executive compensation. Organization Studies, 45 (4), 495-521. doi:10.1177/01708406231200725. EKINCI, E., WEHRHEIM, D. (2024). Holdup, knowledge transferability, and productivity. Theory and evidence from knowledge workers. Journal of Industrial Economics, 72 (1), 193-252. doi:10.1111/joie.12356. BARUFFALDI, S., SIMETH, M., WEHRHEIM, D. (2024). Asymmetric information and R&D disclosure. Evidence from scientific publications. Management Science, 70 (2), 1052-1069. doi:10.1287/mnsc.2023.4721. MCALLUM, K., ELVIRA, M., VILLAMOR, M. (2024). “I only tell them the good parts”. How relational others influence paid careworkers’ descriptions of their work as meaningful. Management Communication Quarterly, 38 (1), 171-202. doi:10.1177/08933189231180133.

Working Papers

BLANCO, I., GARCÍA, S., WEHRHEIM, D. (2024). R&D disclosure and short-term investors: Evidence from mandated patent disclosure. SAMILA, S., SIMETH, M., WEHRHEIM, D. (2024). Institutional ownership and corporate scientific research. BLANCO, I., FERRARO, F., VALENTINI, G., WEHRHEIM, D. (2022). Meet me halfway. Financial analysts and strategic change. CANALS, J. (2022). The Changing Nature and Functions of Boards of Directors (WP-1307-E). Barcelona: IESE. CANALS, J. (2022). From Financial Performance to ESG Results: How to Assess the Firm's Overall Impact (WP-1308-E). Barcelona: IESE.

Proceedings

ARIÑO, A., BERRONE, P., RICART, J. E., SOBREPERE, X., YONG, A. (2024). Navigating complexity and novelty. A stakeholder governance framework for PPP projects. Academy of Management Proceedings. VERY, M.-A., LEE, M. (2021). Selling out, really? Post-acquisition performance of CSR-oriented products. Annual Meeting Proceedings: Virtual 2021. Academy of Management Proceedings. ROUSSEAU, H. E., BROMILEY, P., BERRONE, P. (2020). A Behavioral perspective of search in nonprofit organizations. Academy of Management Proceedings (pp. 14089). BONET, R., ELVIRA, M., VISINTIN, S. (2020). Hiring temps but losing perms?. The Effects of temporary hiring on turnover in a dual labor market. Annual Meeting Proceedings: Virtual 2020. Academy of Management Proceedings. ELVIRA, M., SABANCI, H. (2020). Leaps of faith. Cross-industry mobility, industry status, and executive compensation. Annual Meeting Proceedings: Virtual 2020. Academy of Management Proceedings.

Articles in other publications

SAMILA, S. (2023). AI: Beyond the hype. IESE Business School Insight (165), pp. 62-67. SAMILA, S. (2023). IA: más allá del revuelo. IESE Business School Insight (165), pp. 62-67. BURFORD, N., SHIPILOV, A. V., FURR, N. R. (2023). How GDPR changed European companies’ tech stacks. Harvard Business Review. CALDART, A., MORENO, JUAN, J. (2023). Tesla y el nuevo sector de automoción: ¿realidad o ilusión?. Casos prácticos. Harvard Deusto Business Review (330). FERRARO, F., ALEX EDMANS (2023). ESG is dead, long live ESG. IESE Business School Insight (163), pp. 62-67.

Books

CANALS, J. (2023). Transformarse para perdurar. Consejos de administración y gobierno de la empresa en épocas de cambios disruptivos. Barcelona: Deusto. CANALS, J. (2022). Boards of directors in disruptive times. Improving corporate governance effectiveness. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ROSENBERG, M. (2022). Learning to fly. How to manage your career in a turbulent and changing world. Anthem Press. BERRONE, P., RICART, J. E., BRITO, E. (2022). Cities and Governance. The Rise of cities as global actors. Barcelona: IESE. BERRONE, P., RICART, J. E., TATGE, L. (2022). Cities and technology. Building cities in the age of information. Barcelona: IESE.

Edited books

CALDART, A., RICART, J. E., CARRERA, A. (2019). General Management in Latin and Ibero American Organizations: A Humanistic Perspective. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York: Routledge. MAORET, M., JONES, C. (2018). Frontiers of Creative Industries: Exploring Structural and Categorical Dynamics. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. ROSENBERG, M., SEAGER, P. (2017). Managing Media Businesses. A Game Plan to Navigate Disruption and Uncertainty. VON KROGH, G., TAKEUCHI, H., KASE, K., CANTÓN, C. G. (2013). Towards Organizational Knowledge. The Pioneering Work of Ikujiro Nonaka. Basingstoke [England]: Palgrave Macmillan. CANALS, J. (2012). Leadership Development in a Global World. The Role of Companies and Business Schools. Basingstoke [England]: Palgrave Macmillan.

Book Chapters

ROSENBERG, M. (2024). El véhiculo eléctrico. Nada es gratis. En Fité, R.M.; Nueno, P.; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las personas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 121-130). Barcelona: Gestión 2000. RICART, J. E. (2024). Construyendo ciudades smart centradas en las personas. En Fité, R.M.; Nueno, P.; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las personas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 131-135). Barcelona: Gestión 2000. ARIÑO, A. (2024). Alianzas. Emprender juntos con visión y confianza. En Fité, R.M. ; Nueno, P.; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las personas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 155-166). Barcelona: Gestión 2000. VILÀ, J. (2024). Pensamiento innovador para la orientación estratégica de la empresa. En Fité, R.M.; Nueno, P.; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las pesonas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 227-236). Barcelona: Gestión 2000. ROSENBERG, M. (2023). Business and sustainability. In Reiche, Sebastian B.; Stahl, Günter K.; Mendenhall, Mark E. ; Oddou, Gary R. (Eds.), Readings and Cases in International Human Resource Management (7th ed.) (pp. 482-498). Abingdon, Oxon ; New York: Routledge.

Studies

GRAS, R., RICART, J. E. (2024). A Vision for Barcelona's Future: City Science Illuminating Urban and Economic Development. Urban and Economic Development vision and comparative analysis between Amsterdam, Barcelona, Boston, and Stockholm. IESE. BORRÀS, J., PLANA, A., RICART, J. E. (2024). El reto de la movilidad en el Área Metropolitana de Barcelona. IESE. CANALS, J., ORMAZABAL, G., SAKASAI, Y. (2024). How can boards improve their effectiveness? 2024 IESE survey on boards of directors. IESE. BERRONE, P., RICART, J. E., GROSSI, F. (2024). Índice IESE Cities in Motion 2024. IESE. BERRONE, P., RICART, J. E., GROSSI, F. (2024). IESE Cities in Motion Index 2024. IESE.

Cases

BERRONE, P. (2024). Unlucky 13? The Journey of Taylor Swift to Stardom. IESE, SM-1768-E. VILLAMOR, I., ELVIRA, M. (2024). YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki: Can she deliver again? (A). IESE, SM-1765-E. VILLAMOR, M., ELVIRA, M. (2024). YouTube's Susan Wojcicki: Can She Deliver Again? (B) - new version. IESE, SM-1766-E. VILLAMOR, M., ELVIRA, M. (2024). YouTube's Susan Wojcicki: Can She Deliver Again? (C). IESE, SM-1767-E. BERRONE, P. (2024). ¿El 13 de la mala suerte? El camino de Taylor Swift al estrellato. IESE, SM-1768.

Technical Notes

VROOM, G., RICART, J. E. (2024). Competitive strategy. IESE, SMN-710-E. CANALS, J. (2024). Can the board of directors be an effective team? IESE, SMN-709-E. CALDART, A. (2024). Estrategia corporativa. La diversificación sectorial. IESE, SMN-712. CALDART, A. (2024). Corporate strategy. Sectoral diversification. IESE, SMN-712-E. CANALS, J. (2022). The Role of the Board of Directors in Corporate Transformation. IESE, SMN-708-E.