Joan Enric
Ricart

Professor of Strategic Management

Carl Schroeder Chair of Strategic Management

•  Ph.D. in Managerial Economics, Northwestern University
•  Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
•  Ph.D. in Economics and Business Administration, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

CGS - Center for Globalization and Strategy

Joan E. Ricart, Fellow of the SMS and EURAM, is professor of Strategic Management and Carl Schroeder Chair of Strategic Management at IESE Business School. In this school, he has been Director of the Doctoral Program (1995-2006), Associate Dean for Research (2001-2006), Associate Director for Faculty and Research (2006-2014), and Chairman of the Strategic Management Department (1993-2016).

He is also Vice-president of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management. He was the Founding president of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) and President of the Strategic Management Society (SMS). He was the academic director of the EIASM and member of the research committee of the EFMD.

Joan E. Ricart holds a Ph.D in Managerial Economics, Northwestern University; Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; and Ph.D. in Economics and Business Administration, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Joan E. Ricart has a wide and recognized international experience as lecturer. Before joining IESE he was Professor in Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and in Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona. Throughout his career, he has been visiting Professor in many Business Schools around the world: IPADE (Mexico); IAE (Argentina); IDE (Ecuador); UNISA (South Africa)... He has also supervised several doctoral theses and research projects.

He has published several books and articles in leading journals as Strategic Management Journal, Harvard Business Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Econometric or Quarterly Journal of Economics. He is co-academic director of IESE Cities in Motion and academic director of the UN center of excellence of PPP for Cities. His current work focuses on cities, business models, and offshoring.

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Areas of interest.

* Strategic management
* Organizational design
* Sustainable development
* Telecommunications
* Economics of organizations
* Corporate governance
* Business models
* Offshoring

Publications

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. 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. CARRASCO, C., SNIHUR, Y., BERRONE, P., RICART, J. E. (2022). The stakeholder value proposition of digital platforms in an urban ecosystem. Research Policy, 51 (4), Article 104488. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2022.104488. RICART, J. E., REY, C. (2022). Purpose in corporate governance. The Path towards a more sustainable world. Sustainability, 14 (8), Article 4384. doi:10.3390/su14084384. RICART, J. E., SNIHUR, Y., CARRASCO, C., BERRONE, P. (2020). Grassroots resistance to digital platforms and relational business model design to overcome it. a conceptual framework. Strategy Science, 5 (3), 271-291. doi:https://doi.org/10.1287/stsc.2020.0104. BERRONE, P., RICART, J. E., DUCH T-FIGUERAS, A. I., BERNARDO, V., SALVADOR, J., PIEDRA PEÑA, J., RODRÍGUEZ PLANAS, M. (2019). EASIER: An Evaluation Model for Public-Private Partnerships Contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability, 11 (8), 1 - 25. doi:10.3390/su11082339. 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. FONTRODONA, J., RICART, J. E., BERRONE, P. (2018). Ethical Challenges in Strategic Management: The 19th IESE International Symposium on Ethics, Business and Society. Journal of Business Ethics, 152 (4), 887 - 898. doi:10.1007/s10551-018-3825-2.

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). CASADESUS-MASANELL, R., RICART, J. E. (2007). Competing through business models (DI-713-E). ADEGBESAN, A., RICART, J. E. (2007). What do we really know about when technological innovation improves performance (and when it does not)? (DI-668-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).

Articles in other publications

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). CASARIN, A. A., CASTELLÓ MOLINA, I., RICART, J. E., ET AL. (2017). Los riesgos de la estrategia basada en el corto plazo. Harvard Deusto Business Review (271), pp. 44 - 46. BERRONE, P., RICART, J. E., FERRADANS, H., RODRÍGUEZ PLANAS, M., SALVADOR, J. (2017). 7 Forces to Success in PPPs. Smart Cities via Public-Private Partnerships. IESE Insight (34), pp. 15 - 23.

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. BERRONE, P., FAGEDA, X., LLUMÀ, C., RICART, J. E., RODRÍGUEZ, M., SALVADOR, J., ... PPP FOR CITIES - SPECIALIST CENTRE ON PPP IN SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES (2018). Parceria Público-Privada na América Latina. Guia para Governos Regionais e Locais. Caracas: CAF. BERRONE, P., FAGEDA, X., LLUMÀ, C., RICART, J. E., RODRÍGUEZ, M., SALVADOR, J., ... PPP FOR CITIES - SPECIALIST CENTRE ON PPP IN SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES (2018). Public-Private Partnership in Latin America. A Guide for Regional and Local Governments. Caracas: CAF.

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. GUAL, J., RICART, J. E. (2001). Strategy, organization and the changing nature of work. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

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. REY, C., RICART, J. E. (2019). Why Purpose Needs Strategy (and Vice Versa). In Carlos Rey, Miquel Bastons, Phil Sotok (Eds.), Purpose-driven Organizations: Management Ideas for a Better World (pp. 43 - 56). Basingstoke [England]: Palgrave Macmillan. RICART, J. E., LLOPIS, J. (2019). A general manager's agenda: What good managers do. In Caldart, A., Ricart, J.E. and Carrera, A. (Eds), General Management in Latin and Ibero American Organizations: A Humanistic Perspective. 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. 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. PLANA, A., ALIAGA, D., BORRÀS, J., RICART, J. E. (2023). MES Barcelona: el impulso público-privado a la transición energética. 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. RICART, J. E., BERRONE, P., PEDRO FRANCA (2022). The Future of Urban Mobility. The Emergence of Innovative Ecosystems. IESE, SM-1700-E. RICART, J. E., BERRONE, P., PEDRO FRANCA (2022). El futuro de la movilidad urbana. El nacimiento de ecosistemas innovadores. IESE, SM-1700.

Technical Notes

VROOM, G., RICART, J. E. (2024). Competitive strategy. IESE, SMN-710-E. RICART, J. E. (2012). Strategy in the 21st Century: Business Models in Action. IESE, SMN-685-E. RICART, J. E. (2012). Estrategia en el siglo XXI. Modelos de negocio en acción. IESE, SMN-685. RICART, J. E., LLOPIS, J., PASTORIZA, D. (2011). ¿Qué sabemos de los altos directivos de éxito? IESE, SMN-677. ADEGBESAN, A., RICART, J. E. (2011). The Offshoring of High-Value Services and the Globalization of Capability Sourcing. IESE, SMN-670-E.