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Raymond-Alain THIETART

Distinguished Emeritus Professor
department: Management
Campus de Cergy
thietart@essec.edu
+33 (0)1 34 43 30 69
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Diplomas

  • 1979: Agrégé des Facultés in Managerial Sciences ( France)
  • 1976: DEA (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL France)
  • 1974: Ph.D. in Management (Columbia University United States of America)
  • 1973: MPhil (Columbia University United States of America)
  • 1969: MSc in Management (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 1967: Electrical Engineer (Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon – INSA Lyon France)
Career
Full-time academic appointments
    • 2007 – 2012 : Emeritus Professor (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL France)
    • 1984 – 1985 : Visiting Professor (MIT Sloan School of Management United States of America)
    • 1981 – 1987 : Professor (Université Paris X Nanterre France)
    • 1979 – 2001 : Professor (Université de Caen Normandie France)
    • 1978 – 1982 : Professor (European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management Belgium)
    • 1974 – Now : Distinguished Emeritus Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
Other Academic Appointments
    • 1987 – 2007 : Professor (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL France)

Awards

  • 2016 : Prix Académique de la Recherche en Management in the Finance & Strategy category, for the article “Strategy Dynamics: agency, path dependency and self -organized emergence, Strategic Management Journal
  • 2008 : Best paper award (Western Academy of Management)
  • 1998 : Fellow of the Academy of Management
  • 1989 : European business prize
  • 1984 : Harvard-L’Expansion best book prize in management

Grants

  • 1971 : Ford Foundation fellow
  • 1971 : Fulbright fellow

Journal articles

Books

Book chapters

Presentations at an Academic or Professional conference

Working Papers

Research activities
  • Editorial Board Membership
    • 2013 – 2015: Editorial board membership – Entreprises et Histoire
    • 2011 – 2016: Editorial board membership – International Studies of Management and Organization
    • 2010 – 2016: Editorial board membership – Strategic Organization
    • 2010 – 2014: Editorial board membership – M@n@gement
    • 2008 – 2016: Editorial board membership – Journal of Strategy and Management
    • 2007 – 2008: Editorial board membership – Strategic Organization
    • 2006 – 2006: Editorial board membership – Revue Sciences de Gestion (Iseor)
    • 2005 – 2005: Editorial board membership – Management
    • 2004 – 2005: Editorial board membership – Strategic Organization
    • 2004 – 2005: Editorial board membership – Systèmes d’Information et Management
    • 2003 – 2003: Editorial board membership – Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences – Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l’Administration
    • 2002 – 2002: Editorial board membership – Management
    • 2002 – 2007: Editorial board membership – Organization Science
    • 2002 – 2006: Editorial board membership – Management International
    • 2000 – 2015: Editorial board membership – Revue Française de Gestion
    • 2000 – 2000: Editorial board membership – Management
    • 1999 – 1999: Editorial board membership – Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences – Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l’Administration
    • 1998 – 1999: Editorial board membership – Management
    • 1997 – 1998: Editorial board membership – Revue Sciences de Gestion (Iseor)
    • 1995 – 1995: Editorial board membership – Entreprises et Histoire
    • 1994 – 2000: Editorial board membership – Organization Science
    • 1994 – 1995: Editorial board membership – Revue Sciences de Gestion (Iseor)
    • 1993 – 1998: Editorial board membership – Revue Française de Gestion
    • 1993 – 2016: Editorial board membership – Strategic Management Journal
  • Function in an academic association
    • 2001 – 2004: President (Association Internationale de Management Stratégique )
    • 2000 – 2003: Director (Centre Européen de Formation Approfondie à la Gestion (CEFAG) France)
    • 1986 – 1988: Council member (Institute of Management Science )
  • Senior or Associate Editor
    • 1994 – 1998: Senior Editor of Organization Science
  • Other editorial activity
    • 1992 – 1995: Editorial Advisor at InterEditions
    • 1985 – 2015: Member of the Advisory Board- Revue Française de Gestion
  • Member of an academic association
    • 1984 – Now: Member of the Association Internationale de Management Stratégique
    • 1978 – Now: Member of the Strategic Management Society
    • 1978 – Now: Fellow of the Academy of Management
    • 1971 – Now: Member of the Institute for Operation Research and Management Science
  • Other academic activity
    • 1980 – 1992: Head of the series “Stratégie et Management” and “Manager” (McGraw-Hill )
  • Reviewer for a journal
    • Reviewer for Academy of Management Journal; Administrative Science Quarterly; European Journal of Operational Research; Human Relations; International Journal of Research in Marketing; Management Science; RAIRO – Operations Research; Recherche et Applications en Marketing
Professional activities
  • Member of a professional association, of an expert group or of a board of directors
    • 2000 – 2010: Vice-President (Association des Amis de l’École de Paris de Management France)
  • Other professional activity
    • 1984 – Now: Expert to the E.U., French Ministry of Industry, French Ministry of Social Affairs ( France)
  • Consulting
    • 1944 – Now: Advisor to corporations in strategy and management (3M, EDF, Alberta Energy Co., Kodak, Elf, Alcatel, Longchamps, La Voix du Nord) ( France)