Strategic Management Department

Head: Giovanni Valentini

The Strategic Management Department focuses on providing managers with the tools and insights needed for the development and practice of strategy in organizations.

In a broad sense, strategic management is the key distinctive task of a general manager. The department has defined core teaching and research areas to train managers in this unique role.

Coursework includes Competitive Strategy, Corporate Strategy, Strategy Process, International Strategy and Innovation and Strategy.

In their research, the department’s faculty is exploring the most recent and influential ideas in strategic management.

Areas of expertise

  • Sustainability
  • International business
  • Corporate governance
  • Competitive strategy
  • Organizational design
  • Innovation
  • Family business
  • Strategic alliances
  • Globalization and strategy

Head.

Giovanni Valentini

Giovanni Valentini

Professor

Strategic Management

Full time.

Africa Ariño

Africa Ariño

Professor

Strategic Management
Pascual Berrone

Pascual Berrone

Professor

Strategic Management
Romain Boulongne

Romain Boulongne

Associate Professor

Strategic Management
Natalie Burford

Natalie Burford

Assistant Professor

Strategic Management
Adrian Caldart

Adrian Caldart

Professor of the Practice of Management

Strategic Management
Jordi Canals

Jordi Canals

Professor

Strategic Management
Bruno Cassiman

Bruno Cassiman

Professor

Strategic Management
Marta Elvira

Marta Elvira

Professor

Strategic Management and Managing People in Organizations
Fabrizio Ferraro

Fabrizio Ferraro

Professor

Strategic Management
Ricard Gil

Ricard Gil

Professor

Strategic Management
Massimo Maoret

Massimo Maoret

Professor

Strategic Management
Joan Enric Ricart

Joan Enric Ricart

Professor

Strategic Management
Mike Rosenberg

Mike Rosenberg

Professor of the Practice of Management

Strategic Management
Sampsa Samila

Sampsa Samila

Professor

Strategic Management
Jieun Shin

Jieun Shin

Assistant Professor

Strategic Management
May-Anne Very

May-Anne Very

Assistant Professor

Strategic Management
Joaquim Vilà

Joaquim Vilà

Professor

Strategic Management
Govert Vroom

Govert Vroom

Professor

Strategic Management
David Wehrheim

David Wehrheim

Associate Professor

Strategic Management

Visiting.

Herman Daems

Herman Daems

Visiting Professor

Strategic Management
Choelsoon Park

Choelsoon Park

Visiting Professor

Strategic Management

Emeritus.

Rafael Andreu i Civit

Rafael Andreu i Civit

Professor Emeritus

Strategic Management and Operations, Information and Technology
Carles Cavallé

Carles Cavallé

Professor Emeritus

Strategic Management
Rafael Fraguas

Rafael Fraguas

Professor Emeritus

Strategic Management and Analysis of Business Problems
Miguel Ángel Gallo

Miguel Ángel Gallo

Professor Emeritus

Strategic Management
Pankaj Ghemawat

Pankaj Ghemawat

Professor Emeritus

Strategic Management
Josep Tàpies

Josep Tàpies

Professor Emeritus

Strategic Management

External collaborators.

José Miguel Argüelles

José Miguel Argüelles

Senior Lecturer

Strategic Management
Fernando Bagnoli

Fernando Bagnoli

Lecturer

Strategic Management and Analysis of Business Problems
Jose Paulo Carelli

Jose Paulo Carelli

Lecturer

Financial Management and Strategic Management
Alfonso Chiner

Alfonso Chiner

Lecturer

Strategic Management
Jorge Fernández

Jorge Fernández

Lecturer

Strategic Management
Rosa María García

Rosa María García

Lecturer

Strategic Management
Miquel Lladó

Miquel Lladó

Senior Lecturer

Strategic Management
Juan Luis López Cardenete

Juan Luis López Cardenete

Senior Lecturer

Strategic Management
Juan Moreno

Juan Moreno

Lecturer

Strategic Management
Angel Proaño

Angel Proaño

Lecturer

Strategic Management
Francisco Román

Francisco Román

Senior Lecturer

Strategic Management

Executive fellows.

  • Marco Arcelli
    CEO, ACWA Power
  • Andrea Baldo
    CEO, Mulberry
  • José Luis Blasco
    Global Sustainability Director, Acciona
    CEO, Acciona Carbon Technologies
  • Henk de Jong
    Ex-CEO, Versuni
    Member of the board of the University of Groningen (RUG), IDFA (international documentary festival) and Global Factories (Medical devices)
  • Helmuth Ludwig
    Professor of Practice, Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University
    Member of the Board, Hitachi Ltd
  • Ramón Martín
    CEO, Ricoh Spain & Portugal
  • Alejandro Oñoro
    CEO, Ilunion
  • Pau Relat
    President, Mat Holding Group
    Chairman of Governing Board, Fira de Barcelona
  • Julia Sánchez Abeal
    CEO, Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía
  • Cristina Ventura Serra
    General Partner & Chief Catalyst Officer, White Star Capital

Former collaborators.

Kimio Kase

Kimio Kase

Former Collaborator

Strategic Management
Jaume Llopis

Jaume Llopis

Former Collaborator

Strategic Management

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

FERNÁNDEZ, J., ALARCON, S. (2026). From private burden to shared infrastructure. Governing regional adaptation in agricultural technology. Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment, 50, 100941. doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2026.100941. MARCHESINI, G., VALENTINI, G. (2026). When creation and capture diverge. Why breakthrough inventions do not break through alike. Strategic Management Journal, 47 (8), 2177-2207. doi:10.1002/smj.70086. WEHRHEIM, D., MELERO, E., PALOMERAS, N. (2026). The paradox of inventors' job security. Organization Science. (Forthcoming)

Working Papers

BOULONGNE, R. (2026). Strategically activating categorization processes to leverage different levels of product distinctiveness. BOULONGNE, R., FEDERO, R., AGUILERA, R., BERRONE, P., ZOLLO, M. (2026). Governing stakeholders. Authority, commitment, and the mechanisms of stakeholder governance. BOULONGNE, R. (2026). Digital platforms in institutional voids. Informal intermediation and the making of digital markets in the DRC.

Proceedings

BOULOGNE, R., PACHECO, D., BERRONE, P. (2026). Firm resilience in the wake of collective violence. The Double- edged effect of firm-community alignment. Annual Meeting Proceedings: Philadelphia 2026. Academy of Management Proceedings. DAVILA, J., MENDOZA, A., ELVIRA, M., ARIÑO, A. (2026). Joint Ownership Logics. Understanding Governance Choices in Alliances. Annual Meeting Proceedings: Philadelphia 2026. Philadelphia: Academy of Management Proceedings. MADSEN, T. L., LEIBLEIN, M. J., ARIÑO, A., KING, A., LIEBERMAN, M. B., MARKIDES C. (2026). From beliefs to behaviors. How factfulness shapes strategic management. Annual Meeting Proceedings: Philadelphia 2026. Academy of Management Proceedings.

Books

CANALS, J. (2023). Boards of directors in disruptive times. Improving corporate governance effectiveness. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. CANALS, J. (2023). Transformarse para perdurar. Consejos de administración y gobierno de la empresa en épocas de cambios disruptivos. Barcelona: Deusto. ROSENBERG, M. (2022). Learning to fly. How to manage your career in a turbulent and changing world. Anthem Press.

Edited books

CALDART, A., RICART, J. E., CARRERA, A. (2019). General Management in Latin and Ibero American Organizations: A Humanistic Perspective. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. MAORET, M., JONES, C. (2018). Frontiers of Creative Industries: Exploring Structural and Categorical Dynamics. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. ROSENBERG, M., SEAGER, P. (2017). Managing Media Businesses. A Game Plan to Navigate Disruption and Uncertainty.

Book Chapters

GIL, R., ZANARONE, G. (2025). Governing relationships. Theory, evidence, and opportunities (2nd ed.). In Ménard, C., Shirley, M.M. (Eds.), Handbook of new institutional economics (pp. 621–649). Cham: Springer International Publishing. ROSENBERG, M. (2024). El véhiculo eléctrico. Nada es gratis. En Fité, R.M.; Nueno, P.; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las personas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 121-130). Barcelona: Gestión 2000. RICART, J. E. (2024). Construyendo ciudades smart centradas en las personas. En Fité, R.M.; Nueno, P.; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las personas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 131-135). Barcelona: Gestión 2000.

Non-refereed articles

SÁEZ DE TEJADA CUENCA, A., FERRARO, F., BERRONE, P. (2026). The circular economy. Are you ready? IESE Business School Insight (172). SÁEZ DE TEJADA CUENCA, A., FERRARO, F., BERRONE, P. (2026). ¿Está preparada tu empresa para la economía circular? IESE Business School Insight (172). VILÀ, J. (2025). Keys to implementing an impossible strategy. Harvard Deusto Business Review, pp. 49-55 (This publication was awarded the Best Innovation Article published in 2025 by Harvard Deusto Business Review.).

Studies

ARRIBAS, F. M., CANALS, J., ORMAZABAL, G. (2026). Corporate governance in a context of disruption: 2026 IESE Survey of Boards of Directors. IESE. BERRONE, P., RICART, J. E., GIULIODORI, D., GIULIODORI, A. (2026). Índice IESE Cities in Motion 2026. IESE. BERRONE, P., RICART, J. E., GIULIODORI, D., GIULIODORI, A. (2026). IESE Cities in Motion Index 2026. IESE.

Cases

BERRONE, P. (2026). Ferrari Luce: el sonido del silencio. IESE, SM-1802. MARQUÉS, A., ROSENBERG, M. (2026). The Leading Electronics Green Movement: How to engage every client? IESE, SM-1795-E. FERNÁNDEZ, J. (2026). Oatly - Scaling a movement (A). IESE, SM-1796-E.

Technical Notes

BERRONE, P. (2026). Estrategia competitiva en la era de la IA. Lo que cambia, lo que no y lo que aún no sabemos. IESE, SMN-721. BERRONE, P. (2026). Competitive strategy in the age of AI. What changes, What doesn't, and what we don't yet know. IESE, SMN-721-E. CANALS, J. (2025). Developing more effective boards of directors. IESE, SMN-720-E.

Outputs in other media

CASSIMAN, B., VALENTINI, G., WEHRHEIM, D. (2026). Family firms aren't less innovative—they innovate differently. ECGI Blog. WEHRHEIM, D. (2026). When patent disclosure attracts the wrong crowd. IESE Insight. WEHRHEIM, D. (2026). Cuando la divulgación de I+D atrae al inversor equivocado. IESE Insight.