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Curriculum Vitae

Jordi Canals is the Dean of IESE Business School and Professor of General Management. His areas of expertise are corporate strategy, corporate governance, internationalization and banking.
 
 
Education
PhD in Economics, 1985. University of Barcelona (Spain). Best Dissertation Award.
 
 
Previous appointments
IESE (Associate Professor and Assistant Professor), Harvard Business School (Post-Doctoral Fellow), International Monetary Fund (Guest Scholar), The World Bank (Visiting Scholar), The Brookings Institution (Guest Scholar), Center for International Affairs, Harvard University (Associate Fellow) and University of Barcelona (Assistant Professor).
 
Recent books

  • En Busca del Equilibrio. Consejos de Administraci贸n y Alta Direcci贸n, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008.
  • Managing Corporate Growth, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000. 
  • La gesti贸n del crecimiento de la empresa, McGraw-Hill, Madrid, 2000. 
  • Universal Banking: International Comparisons and Theoretical Perspectives, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997. 
  • La Internacionalizaci贸n de la Empresa, McGraw-Hill, Madrid, 1994.
  • Competitive Strategies in European Banking, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1993.
Some recent articles, papers and contributions to books

  • 鈥淩esponsabilidad corporativa y gobierno de la empresa鈥 in the book 鈥淟a responsabilidad corporativa. Una propuesta para un entorno empresarial m谩s eficiente y socialmente comprometido,鈥 Fundaci贸n de Estudios Financieros, April 2006, pp. 35-54.
  • 鈥淪trategic and Organizational Challenges in European Banking鈥 in the book 鈥淐ompetition and Profitability in European Financial Services,鈥 by M. Balling, F. Lierman and A. Mullineux (ed.), Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking, 2006, pp. 8-21.
  • 鈥淐orporate Growth: Some Key Drivers鈥, Die Unternehmung. Swiss Journal of Business Research and Practice, special edition 4/2005, pp. 367-375.
  • 鈥淐onsejos de administraci贸n y buen gobierno鈥 in the book 鈥1992-2004: Actividades y logros en los primeros a帽os del IEFP鈥 Instituto de Empresa Familiar, 2004, pp. 142-149.
  • 鈥淩elocalizaci贸n empresarial鈥, Revista Economistas n潞 104, Extra, A帽o XXIII, "Espa帽a 2004. Un balance", pp. 242-245.
  • 鈥淟a internacionalizaci贸n de la empresa espa帽ola,鈥 Papeles de Econom铆a Espa帽ola, No. 100, 2004.
  • 鈥淧autas de buen gobierno en los consejos de administraci贸n,鈥 Universia Business Review, No. 1, 2004, pp. 18-27.
  • 鈥淔inancial institutions and financial markets: The emergence of a new class of universal banks,鈥 included in P.C. Padoan, P.A. Brenton and G. Boyd (ed.), The structural foundations of international finance, Edward Elgar, 2003, pp. 66-91.
  • 鈥淓strategias empresariales ante la ampliaci贸n de la Uni贸n Europea,鈥 included in J. Hay (ed.), Desaf铆os: La Uni贸n Europea ante su ampliaci贸n, Siddhardth Mehta Ediciones, 2003, pp. 215-231.
  • 鈥淕obierno corporativo: M谩s all谩 de las reformas formales,鈥 Revista del Instituto de Estudios Econ贸micos, No. 1, 2003, pp. 19-32.
  • 鈥淐orporate restructuring, corporate strategy and European integration,鈥 included in T.L. Brewer, P.A. Brenton and G. Boyd (ed.), Globalizing Europe, Edward Elgar, 2002, pp. 125-158.
  • 鈥淟a empresa ante la ampliaci贸n de la UE,鈥 included in the Libro Marr贸n on El papel de Espa帽a en una Uni贸n Europea ampliada, published by the C铆rculo de Empresarios, December 2001, pp. 81-108.
  • 鈥淚nternet, innovaci贸n y estrategia de la empresa. Lecciones de un fracaso y oportunidades de futuro,鈥 Econom铆a Industrial, No. 339, 2001, pp. 37-50.
  • 鈥淟a estrategia de la empresa en la era de Internet,鈥 ICE, Informaci贸n Comercial Espa帽ola, 2001, pp. 57-77.
  • 鈥淗ow to think about corporate growth?鈥 European Management Journal, Vol. 19, No. 6, 2001, pp. 587-598.
  • 鈥淐orporate growth: Key drivers and sustainability,鈥 Management Scope, November, 2000, pp. 40-45.
  • 鈥淕enerating New Business Concepts,鈥 Journal of General Management, January-February, 2000.
  • 鈥淪cale vs. Specialization: European Banking After the Euro,鈥 European Management Journal, November-December, 1999.
  • 鈥淯niversal Banking: The Need for Corporate Renewal,鈥 European Management Journal, November-December, 1998.
  • 鈥淓xcess Capacity and Global Competition: A Conceptual Framework,鈥 included in H. Thomas and D. O'Neal, Strategy, Structure and Styles, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997.
  • 鈥淐ountry-Industry and firm-specific advantages versus core competencies in global competition,鈥 included in H. Thomas (ed.): Strategy Renaissance, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1995.
 
Other activities

  • Member of the European Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee.
  • Member of the Spanish Government task force on corporate governance.
  • Member of the board of GMAC.
  • Member of the executive committee of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM).
  • Member of the Academy of Management, the European Economic Association, the Strategic Management Society and the American Economic Association.
  • Member of the Harvard-IESE Committee.
  • Fulbright Scholar.


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