Fabrice CAVARRETTA

Associate Professor
department: Management
Campus de Cergy
Entrepreneurship – Organizational Behavior – Management of Information Systems – Management
Biography

Fabrice Cavarretta is a professor in Management and Entrepreneurship at ESSEC Business School. He was trained at Ecole Polytechnique (BA Math), Stanford/ENSTA (Ms CS), Harvard (MBA) and INSEAD (PhD). He teaches mainly the Leadership and Entrepreneurial Manager course in master programs, coordinates the PhD Entrepreneurship seminar, and recently developed Corporate Venturing course for executives. Prof. Cavarretta's research focuses on the various paradigms Entrepreneurs and Managers use to develop new ventures. He has 12 years of operational management experience, including stints as division General Manager in a large media/telecom firm and founder of a social network start-up.

Diplomas
  • 2008: Ph.D. en Gestion (Comportement Organisationnel) (INSEAD France)
  • 2008: Doctorat de Gestion (DMSP) (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL France)
  • 1996: Master of Business Administration (Gestion) (Harvard Business School United States of America)
  • 1991: Diplôme d’Ingénieur (École Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées (ENSTA) France)
  • 1989: MS in Computer Sciences: cours, non credit, compté en equivalence pour 1/2 du MS de l’ENSTA (Stanford University United States of America)
  • 1988: Bachelor of Arts en Mathématiques (École Polytechnique France)
  • 1989: Ecole de Guerre (ORSEM) (École de Guerre France)
  • 1986: Brevet Pilote Privé (Air France (aéro club) France)
  • 1985: Officier d’Infanterie, 3ième Bataillon (École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM Saint-Cyr) France)
  • 2000: Brevet de parachute (chute libre) (Aube Parachutisme France)
  • 2021: Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) en Sciences de Gestion (Université de Lille France)
Career
Full-time academic appointments
  • 2014 – Now : Associate Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2008 – 2014 : Assistant Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
Professional appointments
  • 2001 – 2003 : Founder/CEO (IPROPI.COM France)
  • 1998 – 2000 : Managing Director BOL FRANCE (Joint-Venture with BERTELSMANN A.G.) (Vivendi Universal France)
  • 1996 – 1997 : Division Director, Consumer Internet Access (CEGETEL) (Vivendi Universal France)
  • 1992 – 1994 : Production Manager (Schneider Electric France)
  • 1991 – 1992 : Technology Department Director (Schneider Electric France)
  • 1989 : Software Engineer (Oracle Corp. United States of America)
Other Academic Appointments
  • 1990 – 1991 : Instructor Computer Science (Lycée Buffon France)
  • 1987 – 1988 : Instructor Mathematics (École Polytechnique Féminine (EPF) France)

Grants

  • 2018 : Excellence Initiative Paris//Seine 2018: full funding for a postdoc in AI on Entrepreneurial Beliefs (CY Cergy Paris Université, France)
  • 2006 : Fellowship to the Complex Systems Summer School, Santa Fe Institute
  • 1994 : Arthur Sachs Scholarship for Harvard Business School

Awards

  • 2014 : Outstanding Contribution by an Early Career Academic award, Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE), Research Exchange Conference 2014, for the paper “Too Much of a Good Thing? Resource Effects in New Ventures”
  • 2011 : BPS (Business Policy and Strategy) Distinguished Paper Award at the 2011 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, for his article, “The Dangers of Deep Knowledge: New Ventures in the U.S. Solar Industry” (co-written with N. Furr and S. Garg).
  • 2011 : Excellent Paper Award at the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Annual Conference (AIE 2011) for his article entitled, “Too Much of a Good Thing? Contradictory Resource Effects in New Ventures.”
  • 2010 : Kauffaman Firm Survey Best Paper Award at the 2010 Academy of Management Conference (Montreal, Canada, 6-10 August 2010), for his paper, “Too Much of a Good Thing?: Resource Effects In New Ventures,” (co-written with N. Furr, 2009).
  • 2001 : Le Nouvel Economiste, 2001: selected among “the 50 leaders of tomorrow”
  • 1999 : TASA (Headhunter), Finalist for the “Best Manager of the Year” award
  • 1985 : Competitive Examination Entrance ENS Ulm Mathematics: ranked 11th Nationwide (École Nationale Supérieur (ENS), France)

Presentations at an Academic or Professional conference

Journal articles

Conference Proceedings

    Services
    • 2020 – Now: Senator, Faculty Senate (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2011 – Now: MiM/Grande Ecole (2014-…), MS CEE (2011-…), CPI (2009), MS SMIB (2010-14) (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2011 – Now: Library Committee (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2008 – Now: Faculty Recruitment Departmental Committee (ESSEC Business School France)
    Activités professionnelles
    • 2020 – Now: President, Orientation Committee (Entreprise et Progrès France)
    • 2017 – Now: Engage (Social Entreprise Advocacy), Leadership training
    • 2016 – Now: Educapital (Investment Fund in education), Advisory ( France)
    • 2012 – 2017: ExpertiseFrance (Fr. Gvt. foreign aid), Advisory on Entrepreneurship
    • 2010 – 2010: Voyager360 (Investment Fund), Advisory CommitteeParis ( France)
    • 2010 – Now: Deways, SetKeeper, etc, Advisory to various ESSEC spanned startups ( France)
    • 2000 – 2000: Texas Pacific Group (Private Equity), Ad hoc advisor ( United Kingdom)
    • 1999 – 2000: Envol (Venture Capital), Ad hoc advisor ( France)
    • 1998 – 2000: Viventures (Venture Capital), Ad hoc advisor ( United Kingdom)
    • 1997 – 2002: G Partners (VC), Investment Committee ( Belgium)
    • 1991 – Now: Hexagone SA (Manufacturing), Advisor to the CEO ( France)
    Activités de recherche
    • 2011 – Now: Ad-hoc reviewer for National Science Foundation (NFS)
    • 2004 – Now: Member of EGOS and Academy of Management (OMT, ENT, OB, BPS, RM)
    Theses