Joaquim Molins Figueras Chair of Strategic Alliances

Holder: Africa Ariño
+34 932 534 200
afarino@iese.edu

The Joaquim Molins Figueras Chair of Strategic Alliances fosters the generation, diffusion and transfer of knowledge regarding the design and implementation of strategic alliances that enable companies to carry them out effectively.

To this end, it develops a series of research and teaching activities that include research projects, publications in specialized journals, and the organization of and participation in international congresses and seminars, such as the Annual International Congress of the Strategic Management Society (SMS).

The Chair collaborates with IESE’s MBA, PhD and Executive Education programs, and organizes regular sessions for IESE’s Alumni Learning Program.

Research lines

  • Understanding the key design traits and processes enabling companies to create successful alliances.
  • Comparative study alliances relative to other forms of corporate growth.
  • Studying alliances in emerging markets.

Activities

  • Alliances and Cooperation: The Challenge of Social Economy. IESE Barcelona, October 1, 2019.

Holder of the Chair

Africa Ariño is a professor, director of the Strategic Management Department and academic director of the Center for Globalization and Strategy. She is associate editor of Academy of Management Discoveries and a member of the editorial board of the Strategic Management Journal. She is a specialist in strategic alliances, a subject about which she has advised diverse companies.

Research Collaborators

Kimberly M. Ellis

Kimberly M. Ellis

Associate Professor of Management Programs, Florida Atlantic University
Arne Keller

Arne Keller

Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin
Bruce T. Lamont

Bruce T. Lamont

Thomas L. Williams Eminent Scholar of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Florida State University
Fabrice Lumineau

Fabrice Lumineau

Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, Purdue University
Thomas Mellewigt

Thomas Mellewigt

Chair of Strategic Management, Freie Universität Berlin
Jeffrey J. Reuer

Jeffrey J. Reuer

Guggenheim Endowed Chair and Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of Colorado Boulder
Xavier Sobrepere

Xavier Sobrepere

Researcher, IESE Business School, University of Navarra
Beverly Tyler

Beverly Tyler

Professor of Strategic Management, Poole College of Management Research Scholar, North Carolina State University

Sponsors

Fundacio Joaquim Molins Figueras

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

KELLER, A., LUMINEAU, F., MELLEWIGT, T., ARIÑO, A. (2020). Alliance governance mechanisms in the face of disruption. Organization Science. (Forthcoming)