Joaquim
Vilà

Professor of Strategic Management

• Ph.D. in Strategic Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Master’s in Organization and Strategy, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Industrial Engineer, Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona
• Business Administration, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
• Certified Design Thinking, IDEO and Experience Point
• IAP-Harvard Business School on Design Thinking

Joaquim Vilà is a Professor in the Strategic Management, Innovation and Design Thinking Department. He is also the Academic Director of IESE’s Business School Executive Education Focused Programs on Innovation, Design Thinking and Strategic Leadership.

He served as a Research Associate at the Reginald H. Jones Center for Management Policy, Strategy and Organization and in the Management and Technology Program at the Wharton School.

He serves as an instructor in executive education programs and a consultant on strategic problem solving, implementing management innovation and design thinking to boost strategy, and sustainable innovation through culture and leadership change as well developing innovation capabilities in top leaders and strategic thinking capabilities in middle managers. He has consulted more than 80 national and international corporations, including Roche Diagnostics, Amgen, Telefónica, Komatsu, Nutrexpa, CBRE, Henkel, Nestlé, Zanini, SEAT, Premo and Sener. He also serves as innovation director in the board of several Spanish companies. He has created three companies, solving problems for the aging society, the identification of deep needs with AI and implementing total business innovation.

Professor Vilà has published in the areas of innovation and design thinking, strategy making, organizational renewal and top-management innovation systems. His current research focuses on developing breakthrough solutions to permanent problems in Strategic Management with a critical thinking approach.

Areas of interest.

• Strategic problem solving through innovation methods, like design thinking
• Systematic innovation: Linking strategic purpose, problem identification and solving, and innovation initiatives
• Organizational Solutions for c. XXI: Design and implementation of the Business Federation
• Putting together top and middle managers with shared strategic thinking and innovation

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

BADRINAS, J., VILÀ, J. (2015). An Innovation Management System to Create Growth in Mature Industrial Technology Firms. International Journal of Innovation Science, 7 (4), 263 - 279. doi:10.1260/1757-2223.7.4.263. VILÀ, J., CANALES, J. I. (2008). Can Strategic Planning Make Strategy More Relevant and Build Commitment over Time?. The Case of RACC. Long Range Planning, 41 (3), 273 - 290. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2008.02.009. CANALES, J. I., VILÀ, J. (2005). Sequence of thinking and acting in strategy-making. Strategy Process, 22, 93 - 116. doi:10.1016/S0742-3322(05)22004-1.

Working Papers

CANALES, J. I., VILÀ, J. (2004). Strategy formation effects on managerial action: Strategy in the back of your head (DI-573-E). CANALES, J. I., VILÀ, J. (2004). Strategy-making via participation (DI-569-E). MASIFERN, E., VILÀ, J. (2002). Strategic thinking: Strategy as a shared framework in the mind of managers (DI-461-E).

Edited books

FITÉ, R. M., NUENO, P., MEHTA, K., VILÀ, J. (2024). Primero las personas. Pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales. Barcelona: Gestión 2000.

Book Chapters

FITÉ, R. M., NUENO, P., MEHTA, K., VILÀ, J. (2024). Persona artífice. Una nueva perspectiva de la acción emprendedora. En Fité, R. M. ; Nueno, P. ; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las personas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 27-34). Barcelona: Gestión 2000. FITÉ, R. M., NUENO, P., MEHTA, K., VILÀ, J. (2024). Por una creatividad colaborativa. En Fité, R.M.; Nueno, P.; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las personas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 147-154). Barcelona: Gestión 2000. FITÉ, R. M., NUENO, P., MEHTA, K., VILÀ, J. (2024). Inestigación en acción para innovar en management. En Fité, R.M.; Nueno, P. ; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las personas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 221-223). Barcelona: Gestión 2000.

Non-refereed articles

LOPEZ, D., OLIVER, M., VILÀ, J. (2024). Transformación innovadora. El fin del departamento de innovación tal y como lo conocemos. Harvard Deusto Business Review (347). VILÀ, J., CAMPS, X. (2018). From Identifying Needs to Generating Opportunities. Discovery Before Solutions. IESE Insight (37), pp. 15 - 22. VILÀ, J., CAMPS, X. (2018). De la identificación de necesidades a la generación de oportunidades. Descubrir antes de solventar. IESE Insight (37), pp. 15 - 22.

Studies

RIBERA, J., MUR J. (2014). Avanzando en gestión clínica. Reflexiones de gestores y clínicos.

Cases

FRANCISCO DIANA GÓMEZ, VILÀ, J. (2024). Organización en NUNSYS: Lograr las ventajas de los grandes y la agilidad de los pequeños a la vez. IESE, SM-1748. FRANCISCO DIANA GÓMEZ, VILÀ, J. (2024). Organization at Nunsys: Achieving the advantages of large companies with the agility of small ones. IESE, SM-1748-E. VILÀ, J., ARGÜELLES, J. M. (2024). Globaltex-2014: Probar un cambio organizativo. IESE, SM-1769.

Technical Notes

VILÀ, J. (2011). Innovative Culture: Values, Principles and Practices of Senior Executives in Highly Innovative Companies. IESE, SMN-681-E. VILÀ, J. (2011). Cultura innovadora: valores, principios y prácticas de primeros ejecutivos en empresas altamente innovadoras. IESE, SMN-681. MUÑOZ-NAJAR J. A., VILÀ, J. (2003). Guía de autoevaluación de las capacidades para innovar. IESE, DGN-629.

Outputs in other media

VILÀ, J., BADRINAS, J. (2016). Siete pasos para lograr una innovación radical. América Economía. VILÀ, J. (2014). Siendo prácticos sobre Mejores prácticas. El Mundo, Madrid. VILÀ, J. (2011). Innovación. regenerar la empresa familiar para una continuidad con éxito, también en épocas de crisis. Newsletter de Empresa Familiar.