Prof. Jeffrey Pfeffer
Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University’s Graduate
School of Business
Ph.D. in Business Administration, Stanford Graduate School of Business
A world-renowned expert on management, leadership and human resources, Jeffrey Pfeffer has developed groundbreaking ideas in areas such as power and politics in organizations, the role of human resources in developing competitive advantage and the challenges of strategy implementation. In 2008, The Wall Street Journal listed Prof. Pfeffer among the 20 most influential business thinkers.

Prof. Pfeffer has published more than 110 articles and ten books, many of them bestsellers. His most recent book is Power: Why Some People Have It and Others Don´t. 

Prof. Fabrizio Ferraro
Academic Director
Associate Professor of Strategic Management, IESE Business School
Ph.D. in Management, Stanford University
Fabrizio Ferraro’s research explores the emergence of responsible investing in mainstream financial markets and is supported by five-year grant (2011-2015) from the European Research Council (ERC).

His research has been published in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, and Organization Science .

He is Associate Editor of the European Management Review, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Business Policy and Strategy Division at the Academy of Management. 

http://blog.iese.edu/ferraro/

Prof. Antonio Dávila
Professor of Entrepreneurship and Accounting and Control, IESE Business School 
Ph. D. in Business Administration, Harvard University
Antonio Dávila’s research focuses on management systems in entrepreneurial firms, new-product development and innovation management, and performance measurement. Prof. Dávila has received numerous accolades for his research, including the Ramón y Cajal Scholarship, awarded by the Spanish government, and IESE’s Research Excellence Award.

 
A prolific writer of case studies, Prof. Dávila is the co-author of Making Innovation Work: How to Manage It, Measure It, and Profit from It and Performance Measurement and Management Control Systems to Implement Strategy. He has also edited a third book, The Creative Enterprise.

http://blog.iese.edu/davila/

Prof. Marco Tortoriello
Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, IESE Business School
Ph.D. in Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University
Marco Tortoriello’s research centers on mechanisms and returns to network relationships defined within and across organizations. He has a particular interest in the social context of intra- and inter-organizational relationships with respect to social networks, knowledge management, organizational innovativeness and performance.

Prof. Tortoriello serves as a member of the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Review and Organization Science, and his research has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal. In addition to his academic work, Prof. Tortoriello has conducted research and consulting projects for leading multinationals, including Alcoa and STMicrolectronics.

“Doing the right thing is important, but doing it well is what sets companies apart. Success depends on execution – on the ability to get things done.”
Prof. Jeffrey Pfeffer
Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business