Carl Schroeder Chair in Strategic Management

Chair: Joan E. Ricart

The Carl Schroeder Chair in Strategic Management fosters research in the field of strategic management and business strategy. It analyzes the trends that have an impact on current business models and promotes new business strategies for emerging markets.

The Chair team teaches a course in the MBA, and organizes sessions in IESE’s Alumni Learning Program, in forums aimed at executives, and in symposia and congresses for experts from all over the world.

Research areas.

  • The business model concept. Advances in technology in general and in the Internet in particular have played a fundamental role in the emergence of new business models. The Chair researches the impact of these changes on business development.
  • The offshoring revolution and the global battle for talent. After years of offshoring in the manufacturing sector, the new trend consists of the outsourcing of non-operational knowledge-based activities to remote countries. The Chair analyzes the effect of this on knowledge management, the creation of new organizations and the development of new business models.
  • Strategies for the base of the pyramid. More and more companies are centering their activities on emerging economies and developing new business models focused on the base of the pyramid. In collaboration with the Center for Business in Society (CBS), the Chair analyzes possible business models in these markets.
  • The sustainable company. This research line centers on the concept of the sustainable company and analyzes the relation between value creation and company stakeholder management in new business models.

Chair.

Joan E. Ricart is a professor of Strategic Management and head of IESE’s Strategic Management Department. A widely recognized international lecturer, Ricart is the vice president of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, was the founding president of the European Academy of Management and president of the Strategic Management Society. He holds three doctoral degrees: in Managerial Economics from Northwestern University, in Industrial Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and in Economics and Business Administration from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

CASSIMAN, B., RICART, J. E., VALENTINI, G. (2022). Commitment and competitive advantage in a digital world. Strategy Science, 7 (2), 130-137. doi:10.1287/stsc.2022.0164. PISANI, N., RICART, J. E. (2018). Offshoring Innovation to Emerging Countries: The Effects of IP Protection and Cultural Differences on Firms' Decision to Augment Versus Exploit Home-Base-Knowledge. Management International Review, 58 (6), 871 - 909. doi:10.1007/s11575-018-0362-2. PAZ-APARICIO, C., MUÑOZ-BULLÓN, F., SANCHEZ-BUENO, M. J., RICART, J. E. (2018). Selecting The Governance Mode When Offshoring Knowledge-Intensive Activities. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 24 (4), 275 - 287. doi:10.1016/j.pursup.2018.10.001.

Outreach Articles

RICART, J. E., REY, C. (2017). Strategising for the future. The European Business Review, pp. 7 - 11. REY, C., RICART, J. E. (2015). The Practice of Strategy. The European Business Review, pp. 39 - 42. LLOPIS, J., RICART, J. E. (2013). What Good Managers Do. Management Priorities for the 21st Century. The European Business Review, pp. 6 - 9.

Books

LLOPIS, J., RICART, J. E. (2012). Qué hacen los buenos directivos. El reto del siglo XXI. Madrid: Pearson Educación.

Book Chapters

RICART, J. E. (2012). Competing through business models. In Giovanni Battista Dagnino (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy (pp. 460 - 491). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Studies

BORRÀS, J., PLANA, A., RICART, J. E. (2024). El reto de la movilidad en el Área Metropolitana de Barcelona. IESE. RICART, J. E., TRILLAS, F., SALVADOR, J., RODRÍGUEZ PLANAS, M. (2017). Barcelona GIX. IT Network Integration. Integration, expansion, and evolution of the Barcelona IT Active & Passive networks. PPP for cities case study. IESE. RICART, J. E., TRILLAS, F., FERRADANS, H., RODRÍGUEZ PLANAS, M. (2017). Comprehensive Maintenance of the Barcelona Ring Roads. The contract of maintrenance includes support to safety and surveillance, cleanlines and prune, schedulling and follow-up, traffic control, etc.. IESE.

Cases

RICART, J. E., CARENZO, M., TAPIA, A. (2020). Glovo. From Startup to Unicorn. IESE, SM-1694-E. TAPIA PAGÈS, A., CARENZO, M., RICART, J. E. (2019). Glovo 2.0. Pivotando Hacia Un Nuevo Modelo De Negocio. IESE, SM-1684. RICART I COSTA, J. E., TAPIA PAGÈS, A., CARENZO, M. (2019). Glovo 1.0. Launching a New Business Model in the Ultra-Competitive Last-Mile Delivery Landscape. IESE, SM-1683-E.

Technical Notes

RICART, J. E., LLOPIS, J., PASTORIZA, D. (2011). ¿Qué sabemos de los altos directivos de éxito? IESE, SMN-677.

Outputs in other media

RICART, J. E. (2015). Gobernanza inteligente. El Periódico de Catalunya, Barcelona.

Journal Articles (refereed)

RICART, J. E. (2024). Public-private partnerships and sustainable development – designing relational business models. Journal of Business Models, 12 (1), pp. 36-42. BERRONE, P., ROUSSEAU, H. E., RICART, J. E., BRITO, E., GIULIODORI, A. (2023). How can research contribute to the implementation of sustainable development goals? An interpretive review of SDG literature in management. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT REVIEWS, 25 (2), 318-339. doi:10.1111/ijmr.12331. GIULIODORI, A., BERRONE, P., RICART, J. E. (2023). Where smart meets sustainability. The Role of smart governance in achieving the sustainable development goals in cities. BRQ-Business Research Quarterly, 26 (1), 27-44. doi:10.1177/23409444221091281.

Working Papers

CASADESUS-MASANELL, R., RICART, J. E. (2009). From strategy to business model and to tactics (DI-813-E). CASADESUS-MASANELL, R., RICART, J. E. (2009). Company strategy: Business model reconfiguration for innovation and internationalization (DI-807-E). AGNESE, P., RICART, J. E. (2009). Offshoring: Facts and figures at the country level (DI-792-E).

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. PASTORIZA, D., ARIÑO, M. A., RICART, J. E. (2008). Drivers of organizational social capital in the firm. An empirical exploration. Academy of Management Proceedings (pp. 1 - 6).

Outreach Articles

ZAMORA, J., RICART, J. E. (2020). Radiografía de la transformación digital en España. Seis metacompetencias críticas. Harvard Deusto Business Review (303), pp. 20-37. IESE INSIGHT, (2019). The Big Picture. Business opportunities in smart cities. IESE Business School Insight (153). IESE INSIGHT, (2019). Oportunidades de negocio en las ciudades inteligentes. IESE Business School Insight (153).

Books

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. BERRONE, P., RICART, J. E., DUCH T-FIGUERAS, A. I. (2019). Cities and International Outreach: The era of the global city. Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing.

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. RICART, J. E., ROSANAS, J. M. (2012). Towards a New Theory of the Firm. Humanizing the Firm and the Management Profession. Bilbao: Fundación BBVA. ARIÑO, A., GHEMAWAT, P., RICART, J. E. (2005). Creating value through international strategy. Basingstoke [England]: Palgrave Macmillan.

Book Chapters

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. RICART, J. E. (2021). El propósito en el gobierno corporativo y el modelo de negocio. En Delgado Gómez, José Manuel; Huerta Arribas, Emilio; Ocaña Pérez de Tudela, Carlos (Eds.), Empresa, Economía y Sociedad. Homenaje a Vicente Salas Fumás.. Madrid: Fundación de las Cajas de Ahorros - FUNCAS. RICART, J. E. (2020). The CEO as a business model innovator in an AI world. In Jordi Canals, Franz Heukamp (Eds.) (Eds.), The Future of management in an AI world: redefining purpose and strategy in the fourth industrial revolution (pp. 185 - 203). Basingstoke [England]: Palgrave Macmillan.

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. BERRONE, P., RICART, J. E., GROSSI, F. (2024). Índice IESE Cities in Motion 2024. IESE.

Cases

BERRONE, P., CALDART, A., RICART, J. E., SASTRE BOQUET, I. (2024). Tesla in the 2020s: moment of truth for the "Master Plan" (Update 2024). IESE, SM-1764-E. LÓPEZ, A., RICART, J. E., BERRONE, P. (2023). Scoot: Succeeding in the U.S., working its way into Spain (A). IESE, SM-1750-E. LÓPEZ, A., RICART, J. E., BERRONE, P. (2023). Scoot: Succeeding in the U.S., working its way into Spain (B). IESE, SM-1751-E.

Technical Notes

VROOM, G., RICART, J. E. (2024). Competitive strategy. IESE, SMN-710-E. VROOM, G., RICART, J. E. (2024). Estrategia competitiva. IESE, SMN-710. RICART, J. E. (2012). Strategy in the 21st Century: Business Models in Action. IESE, SMN-685-E.

Outputs in other media

RICART, J. E. (2020). ¿GOBERNANZA INTELIGENTE? ABC Empresa, Madrid. RICART, J. E. (2020). Reinventar el futuro requiere colaboración. El Periódico de Catalunya, Barcelona. RICART, J. E. (2017). Bengt Holmstrom and Contract Theory. Alumni Magazine.