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

An Empirical Investigation of Interorganizational Opportunism and Contracting Mechanisms

Strategic Organization, February 2012, vol. 10, n° 1, pp 55-84, (in coll. with F. Lumineau)

Creating and Capturing Value in Public-Private Ties: A Private Actor's Perspective

Academy of Management Review, April 2012, vol. 37, n° 2, pp 272-299, (in coll. with I. KIVLENIECE)

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, december, 2 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)

Innovation, New Market and Governance Choices of Entry: The Internet Brokerage Market Case

Industry and Innovation, June 2006, vol. 13, n° 2, pp 173-187, (in coll. with V. Claude-Gaudillat)

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

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

Nouvelles compétences et modes d'accès

Revue Française de Gestion, March-April 2004, vol. 30, n° 149, pp 133-151, (in coll. with V. Claude-Gaudillat)

Bringing Together Strategic Outsourcing and Corporate Strategy: Outsourcing Morives and Risks

European Management Journal, October 2003, vol. 21, n° 5, pp 467-661, (in coll. with F. Duhamel)

Externalisation stratégique et partenariat: de la firme patrimoniale à la firme contractuelle ?

Revue Française de Gestion, June 2003, vol. 29, n° 143, pp 13-26,

Books

Chapters in edited books

Externalisation stratégique et création de valeur

L'Entreprise Élargie : De Nouvelles Formes D'Organisation, F. Moreau, Afplane (Eds), INSEP Consulting Ed.

L'approche fondée sur les ressources

Stratégies, Actualités Et Futurs De La Recherche, A. C. Martinet, R. A. Thiétart, M. Tannery (Eds), Vuibert

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

Les contributions de la théorie des ressources à une théorie évolutionniste de la firme

Approches Évolutionnistes De La Firme Et De L'Industrie, M. Basle et al. (eds.), Editions L'Harmattan, 45-75

Cooperative R&D and Competence Building

Strategic Flexibility: Managing In A Turbulent Environment, G. Hamel, C. K. Prahalad, H. Thomas, D. O'Neal, John Wiley & Sons US, 29-50

How Firms Benefit From Collaborating Within R&D Consortia

Managing Strategically In An Interconnected World, M. Hitt, J. Ricart, R. Nixon (Eds), John Wiley & Sons US, 321-348

La théorie des coûts de transaction : fondements théoriques et implications managériales,

Repenser La Stratégie - Fondements Et Perspectives, H. Laroche, J. P. Nioche (Eds), Vuibert, 26-60

Proceedings

IPRs and Innovation Concentration - A look at the granular nature of the institutional landscape

Academy of International Business Annual Meeting , 2019 , Copenhagen (D. LAHIRI)

The Impact of Collective Action on Governance Efficiency:The Case of Public Service Contracting

How Firms Benefit From Collaborating Within R&D Consortia

Managing Strategically in an Interconnected World, 1997 SMS Best Paper Proceedings , 1998 (C. Mothe)

Comment envisager l'évolution économique sans concevoir une firme évolutionniste ? Contributions de la théorie des ressources à une théorie évolutionniste de la firme

Actes de la 6e Conférence Internationale de l'Association Internationale de Management Stratégique (AIMS) , 1997 , Montréal (R. DURAND)

Working papers

Competence, Specificity and Outsourcing : Impact on the complexity of the contract

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2002

From Rent-Seeking Activities to Economic Activities: The Strategic Transformation of the Deregulated Firm

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1999

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

R & D Consortia and the Creation of New Competences

Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation (CCC), Working Paper, University of California, Berk , 1997

R & D Consortia and the Creation of New Competences

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1997

Les variables stratégiques de la compétition technologique : une représentation en trois plans

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1996

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

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1995

Case Studies

Scientific articles

The private scope in public-private collaborations: an institutional and capability-based perspective

Organization Science, July-August 2019, vol. 30, n° 4, pp 831-846, (in coll. with S. CABRAL, S. LAZZARINI, I. KIVLENIECE)

Public-Private Collaboration, Hybridity and Social Value: Towards New Theoretical Perspectives

Journal of Management Studies, September 2017, vol. 54, n° 6, pp 763-792, (in coll. with I. KIVLENIECE, S. LAZZARINI)

Network ties and absorptive capacity for learning and decision-making

Journal of Decision Systems, January 2014, vol. 23, n° 1, pp 4-23, (in coll. with N. KHACHLOUF, R. SOPARNOT)

Outsourcing Failure and Reintegration: The Influence of Contractual and External Factors

Long Range Planning, february, 3 2014, vol. 47, n° 6, pp 365–378, (in coll. with S. CABRAL, W. MAIA)

Books

Les frontières de la firme

Editions Economica

Le management stratégique des compétences

Ellipses (in coll. with J. Arrègle )

Stratégie, structure, décision, identité : politique générale d'entreprise

Dunod (in coll. with les membres du département Stratégie et Politique d'Entreprise, sous le pseudonyme de "Strategor" )

Chapters in edited books

Does Regulation Impact the Entry in a Mature Regulated Industry? An Econometric Analysis of MVNOs

Telecommunication Markets: Drivers And Impediments, P. Curwen, J. Haucap, B. Preissl (eds), Springer Verlag, 283-305

Lanalyse fondée sur les ressources et les compétences

Le Management : Fondements Et Renouvellements, G. Schmidt (Ed.), Editions Sciences Humaines, 29-41

Oliver Eaton Williamson - L'organisation : Un choix stratégique fondamental

Les Grands Auteurs En Stratégie, T. Loilier, A. Tellier, EMS Management et Sociétés

Outsourcing, offshoring : des modèles d'affaires bouleversés

L'Art Du Management 3, HEC Paris, Dunod, 31-35

Proceedings

IPRs and Innovation Concentration - A look at the granular nature of the institutional landscape

Academy of International Business Annual Meeting , 2019 , Copenhagen (D. LAHIRI)

The Impact of Collective Action on Governance Efficiency:The Case of Public Service Contracting

How Firms Benefit From Collaborating Within R&D Consortia

Managing Strategically in an Interconnected World, 1997 SMS Best Paper Proceedings , 1998 (C. Mothe)

Comment envisager l'évolution économique sans concevoir une firme évolutionniste ? Contributions de la théorie des ressources à une théorie évolutionniste de la firme

Actes de la 6e Conférence Internationale de l'Association Internationale de Management Stratégique (AIMS) , 1997 , Montréal (R. DURAND)

Working papers

Regulation, Multinational Firms and Performance: the European Telecommunications Mobile Industry

Mimeo , 2008

Inter-Organizational Communities of Practice: Specificities and Stakes

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2006

Investment Timing and the Benefits of Using Real Options: A Case Study in the Telecommunications Industry

Mimeo , 2006

Mode of Entry into a New Market: Does the Timing of Entry and/or Effect of Innovation on Competencies Matter ?

Mimeo , 2006

Case Studies

ANTALIS-MAP (A): Merging to Manage Market Turbulence

2012

ANTALIS-MAP (B) : Fusionner et réorganiser : Un management postacquisition

2012

ANTALIS-MAP (B): Merging and Post-acquisition Management

2012

L'industrie des jeux vidéo : fin du leadership de SONY et émergence d'un nouveau leader : NINTENDO ?

2009

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.
  • President-entrant, en exercice puis sortant du Conseil Scientifique Permanent de l'Association Internationale de Management Strategique (AIMS)
  • Membre du Groupement de Recherche CNRS n 20 en Economie Industrielle
  • Member, Academy of Management
  • Member, Strategic Management Society
  • Member, International Telecommunication Society
  • Member, Association Internationale de Management Strategique
  • Member, International Society of New Institutional Economics
  • Membre du Conseil scientifique de l'Ecole Doctorale ENSAM-HEC-IAE/Universite Paris I Sorbonne
  • Expert aupres de la Commission nationale d'evaluation des formations en gestion (dite commission Helfer)
  • Membre du Conseil scientifique de l'Ecole Doctorale ecole SOFT/Universite Versailles Saint-Quentin

Editorial activities

  • 2004-2010 Member, Comite de selection du meilleur papier de la conference de la SMS
  • June 2003 Editor, Special issue, "Externalisation et relations partenariales", Revue Francaise de Gestion, n 144
  • July-September 1995 Editor, Special issue "Choix technologiques et alliances dans le multimedia" Communications Strategies, n 19
  • Member, Scientific Committee, Communications Strategies
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Global Strategy Journal
  • Reviewer, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Long Range Planning, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, M@n@gement, Economie Rurale, European Management Review, Management International, Research Policy, Scandinavian Journal of Management (SJM), Strategic Management Journal (SMJ), Revue Francaise de Gestion (RFG), Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration (RCSA), Journal of Management Studies (JMS)
  • Member, Editorial Committee, M@n@gement, Journal of Management Studies
  • Reviewer: Academy of Management Annual Conference, Annual Conference - Strategic Management Society, Annual Conference - AIMS (Association Internationale de Management Strategique)

    • Conference organisation

  • 2014-2014 Co-organizer, SMS 2014 Madrid Conference Extensions > Extension 4: Paris - Public-Private Governance, Social Value and Innovative Organizational Design
  • 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)