Bernard Garrette

Bernard Garrette received both his Master’s degree (1985) and his Ph.D. (1991) from HEC Paris. He served as Associate Dean for the MBA program from January 2011 to January 2016.

He has been visiting professor at IESE (2016-2017), London Business School (1997-1999) and the University of Cambridge (1995-1997). He also worked as a consultant (Senior Practice Expert in Corporate Finance and Strategy) with McKinsey (2000-2001). His pedagogical skills earned him the prestigious Pierre Vernimmen Teaching Award endowed by BNP-Paribas, in 2004.

His teaching and research interests focus on strategic alliances, growth strategies, strategy formulation models and problem solving methods. He has co-authored numerous articles in academic journals (Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, California Management Review), as well as award-winning case studies and books, including Cooperative Strategy (Wiley, 1999) with Pierre Dussauge. One of his most recent books is Cracked it! How to solve big problems and sell solutions like top strategy consultants (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). He is the co-editor and co-author of the 8th edition of Strategor (Dunod, 2019), the leading strategic management textbook in French, with Laurence Lehmann-Ortega, Frederic Leroy, Rodolphe Durand et Pierre Dussauge.

Bernard Garrette is also an amateur writer and artist. He self-published a collection of illustrated short stories entitled Vous voulez de mes nouvelles? with Librinova in 2016.

EDUCATION

• 1993 Doctorate, Other, Strategy and Business Policy, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne - France
• 1991 Docteur HEC (strategie d'entreprise) (Ph.D. in Management), HEC Paris - France
• 1987 DEA de Strategie et Management, Université Paris Ouest la Défense - France
• 1985 Master of Science in Management (Diplome Grande Ecole HEC Paris), HEC Paris - France

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Academic responsabilities at HEC

• 2019- Professor (Education Track), Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
• 2008-2018 Professor HEC Paris
• 2011-2015 Associate Dean for the HEC MBA HEC Paris
• 2007-2009 Head, Strategy and Business Policy dpt HEC Paris
• 1993-2008 Associate Professor HEC Paris
• 2006- Atos-Origin chair on "Growth Strategies and Integration Management" Professor HEC Paris

External Academic Responsabilities

• 2016-2017 Visiting professor IESE
• 1997-1999 Visiting Professor London Business School
• 1995-1997 Visiting Professor, Judge Business School,University of Cambridge

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

• Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation
• Member, Strategic Management Society
• Member, Association Internationale de Management Strategique
• Member, Academy of Management

Editorial activities

• June-August 1997 Editor of "Alliances et partenariats : les fruits de l'experience", Revue Francaise de Gestion
• 1994 Editor of L'Ecole des managers de demain, Economica
• Reviewer, Strategic Management Journal
• Reviewer, Academy of Management Review
• Member of the Editorial Review Board of the Strategic Management Journal
• Reviewer, Management International
• Reviewer, Academy of Management Journal

AWARDS & HONORS

• 2009 Prix 2009 de l'EFMD Annual Case Writing Competition, categorie "Inclusive Business Models" pour le cas "Essilor's Base of the Pyramid Strategy in India"
• 2009 Prix Fondation HEC de l'Innovation Pedagogique 2009 pour le cas "Essilor's Base of the Pyramid Strategy in India"
• 2004 BNP Paribas Pierre Vernimmen Teaching Award
• 1999 HEC Foundation Prize for "Cooperative Strategy", Wiley
• 1995 AFPLANE - McKinsey - Prize for the best book on the Strategic Management "Les strategies d'alliance", 1995
• 1993 1993 Fondation HEC Prize for "Les alliances internationales : logiques strategiques et problemes de management", Gerer et comprendre, n 30, March 1993