IESE Business School

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. 

Prof. Pfeffer has published more than 110 articles and ten books, including the bestsellers The Knowing-Doing Gap, Competitive Advantage Through People and The Human Equation. His most recent books, Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management, and What Were They Thinking: Unconventional Wisdom About Management were both published by the Harvard Business School Press. 
 

Fabrizio Ferraro
Associate Professor of Strategic Management, IESE
Ph.D. in Management, Stanford University

Fabrizio Ferraro teaches classes for MBAs and Executives on competitive strategy and strategic decision-making, focusing on strategy execution. He also taught executive programs and/or consulted with such firms such as General Motors, Oracle, Goodyear, Banco Santander, Henkel, Nestlé, Puig, and Gonzalez-Byass.

He is author of many academic articles on the topics of self-fulfilling prophecies, governance regimes, open-source communities, and industry transition in journals such as, in journals such as the Academy of Management Review and the Academy of Management Journal. He received the 2005 IESE Prize for Excellence in Research, and the 2006 Best Paper Award from the Academy of Management Review. He is a member of the Board of Editors of the European Management Review, and a member of the Programme Development Group of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management. Dr. Ferraro is a founder (and current member of the board) of  Inter@ctive Market Research, an international market research firm.