Javier
Quintanilla

Professor of Managing People in Organizations

• Ph.D. in Industrial and Business Studies, Warwick Business School
• Master of Business Administration, ICADE
• Degree in Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Javier Quintanilla is a Professor in the Managing People in Organizations Department and Director of IESE's Campus in Madrid. He has been a member of IESE's Executive Committee until 2021, as Associate Dean for Faculty, Research and Doctoral Program, area where he previously served as Associate Director. He was also Associate Director of IESE's Executive MBA. He began his academic career in 1990, having worked as a lawyer and executive in two SMEs. He received his doctorate from Warwick Business School in 1998.

Prof. Quintanilla has more than 30 years of experience training senior executives. His research activity is mainly focused on the field of leadership and human resources, with special focus on multinational companies.

He has a relevant number of publications in academic journals and other specialized publications in the business world. In recent years he has published the following books: Human Resources Management in Multinational Companies: The Subsidiaries Uncovered, Prentice Hall-Financial Times; Competencies of People Management, Pearson-Prentice Hall; Multinationals, Institutions and the Construction of Transnational Practices, Palgrave Macmillan, and Challenges of People Management: A Senior Management View of the Human Resources Function, Prentice Hall – Financial Times. Prof. Quintanilla is a member of several academic and professional associations and editorial boards.

He regularly advises national and international companies on corporate strategy, organization, leadership, and human resources. He has extensive experience collaborating, in different areas, with family-owned companies.

He is a member of several boards of directors and advisory committees. He is also a trustee of several foundations and non-profit institutions such as the Randstad Foundation, the Advisory Board of the Law School of the University of Navarra, and the CASER Foundation.

Areas of interest.

• People management in multinational companies
• People management in professional service companies
• Strategic competencies of personnel management

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

FERNER, A., BÉLANGER, J., TREGASKIS, O., MORLEY, M. J., QUINTANILLA, J. (2013). U.S. Multinationals and the Control of Subsidiary Employment Policies. ILR Review, 66 (3), 645 - 669. EDWARDS, P., SÁNCHEZ-MANGAS, R., TREGASKIS, O., LEVESQUE, L. C., MCDONNEL, A., QUINTANILLA, J. (2013). Human Resource Management Practices in the Multinational Company. A Test of System, Societal, and Dominance Effects. Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 66 (3), 588 - 617. MARGINSON, P., LAVELLE, J., QUINTANILLA, J., ADAM, D., SÁNCHEZ-MANGAS, R. (2013). Variation in Approaches to European Works Councils in Multinational Companies. Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 66 (3), 618 - 644.

Working Papers

PIN ARBOLEDAS, J. R., QUINTANILLA, J., CÁLIZ, C. (2001). Influencia de la nueva economía en la dirección de personas (DI-440). QUINTANILLA, J., SÁNCHEZ-RUNDE, C. (2000). Nuevas formas de organización a través de la dirección de recursos humanos: El caso de FREMAP (DI-423). QUINTANILLA, J. (2000). National business environments: A proposed framework (DI-417-E).

Outreach Articles

QUINTANILLA, J., SUSAETA ERBURU, L. (2006). El capital intelectual en las empresas multinacionales: Gestión del conocimiento global. Economistas, 24 (109), pp. 47 - 54. PIN ARBOLEDAS, J. R., QUINTANILLA, J. (2001). La dirección de personas en la nueva economía: Retos y amenazas. Sociedad y experiencia de lo nuevo (6). QUINTANILLA, J., PORTILLO, M. (2001). La dirección de recursos humanos en las empresas multinacionales. Nueva Empresa (460), pp. 89 - 98.

Books

QUINTANILLA, J., POAL, G., GUTIÉRREZ, S., SÁNCHEZ-RUNDE, C. (2011). Retos de la dirección de personas. una mirada desde la alta dirección sobre las funciones de recursos humanos. Madrid: Prentice Hall - Financial Times. QUINTANILLA, J., SÁNCHEZ-RUNDE, C., CARDONA SORIANO, P. (2004). Competencias de la dirección de personas: Un análisis desde la alta dirección. Madrid: Pearson/Prentice Hall. QUINTANILLA, J. (2001). Dirección de recursos humanos en empresas multicionales: Las subsidiarias al descubierto. Harlow, England: Prentice Hall.

Edited books

FERNER, A., QUINTANILLA, J., SÁNCHEZ-RUNDE, C. (2006). Multinationals, institutions and the construction of transnational practices. Convergence and Diversity in the Global Economy. Basingstoke [England]: Palgrave Macmillan.

Book Chapters

REICHE, S., LEE, Y.-T., QUINTANILLA, J. (2018). Cultural perspectives on comparative HRM. In C. Brewster, W. Mayrhofer & E. Farndale (Eds.), Handbook of Research in Comparative Human Resource Management (pp. 48 - 64). Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar. REICHE, S., LEE, Y.-T., QUINTANILLA, J. (2015). Cross-Cultural Training and Support Practices of International Assignees. In David G. Collings, Geoffrey T. Wood, Paula M. Caligiuri (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to International Human Resource Management (pp. 308 - 323). Abingdon, Oxon ; New York: Routledge. REICHE, S., LEE, Y.-T., QUINTANILLA, J. (2012). Cultural perspectives on comparative HRM. In Chris Brewster, Wolfgang Mayrhofer (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Comparative Human Resource Management (pp. 51 - 68). Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar.

Studies

QUINTANILLA, J., SÁNCHEZ-MANGAS, R., SUSAETA ERBURU, L., BELIZÓN, M. J. (2010). Políticas y prácticas de recursos humanos en el contexto organizativo de la empresa multinacional. Un análisis comparativo internacional. PIN ARBOLEDAS, J. R., QUINTANILLA, J., GARCÍA-LOMBARDÍA, P., GALLIFA, Á. (2006). Libro blanco sobre las mejores prácticas en movilidad geográfica nacional e internacional de los trabajadores.

Cases

QUINTANILLA, J. (2023). Uría Menéndez: la promoción a socio. IESE, DPO-820. SAN MARTÍN, Á., QUINTANILLA, J. (2022). Charles Axelrod (A): El dilema de un CEO. IESE, DPO-766. SAN MARTÍN, Á., QUINTANILLA, J. (2022). Charles Axelrod (B): Afrontando decisiones. IESE, DPO-767.

Technical Notes

PIN ARBOLEDAS, J. R., STEIN G., G., RODRÍGUEZ-LLUESMA, C., QUINTANILLA J., J. (2020). Las políticas de Dirección de Personas en la era digital. IESE, DPON-157. PIN ARBOLEDAS, J. R., STEIN G., G., RODRÍGUEZ-LLUESMA, C., QUINTANILLA J., J. (2020). Rapidez más que tamaño: la dirección de personas en la era digital. IESE, DPON-156. PIN ARBOLEDAS, J. R., STEIN G., G., RODRÍGUEZ-LLUESMA, C., QUINTANILLA J., J. (2020). Los problemas éticos en recursos humanos en la era digital: ¿responde el ser humano o la inteligencia artificial? IESE, DPON-158.