Jean-Baptiste Litrico

Professor Litrico’s research examines how organizations and industries respond to changing societal demands. His research interests include social innovation, institutional change, and the management of environmental issues.

He is a member of the Editorial Board of Strategic Organization, and his research has appeared in leading management journals including Academy of Management Journal, Organization Studies, Human Relations, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and Journal of Business Ethics.

He has received research and teaching awards including the Smith New Researcher Achievement Award, the Desautels Excellence in Teaching Award, and several competitive research grants.

His teaching spans the fields of Strategy and Organization Theory. At the Smith School of Business, he currently teaches undergraduate courses on Organizational Analysis, Business and Corporate Strategy, and a graduate-level course on the Strategy Process. He has also held visiting professor positions at Hitotsubashi University and Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan, and in a joint McGill-ESPN program in Brazil.

Professor Litrico received his PhD in Management from McGill University. He also holds a BSc and MSc from the University of Technology of Compiègne, France.

Prior to entering Academia, he worked eight years in the global automotive industry, in France, Germany, Canada, and Mexico, and consulted for UNESCO and the McConnell Family Foundation. He is fluent in French, English, Spanish, and German.

Academic Area

Strategy and Organizations

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D. in Management Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
• M.Sc. in Human Science and Technology Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
• B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France

Academic Experience

• Queen’s University, Smith School of Business
  • Director, Centre for Social Impact (2019 - Present)
  • Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization (with tenure) (2015 - Present)
  • Assistant Professor of Strategy and Organization (2009-2015)
• McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management
  • Instructor (2007)
  • Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant (2003-2008)
    

Awards

Fellowships

Distinguished Faculty Fellow of Strategy, Smith School of Business (2014-17, 2017-20)

Doctoral Fellowship, Fonds Québécois de Recherche sur la Société et la Culture (2006)

Arthur Tagge McGill Majors Fellowship, McGill University (2005)

Norman Strauss Doctoral Fellowship, McGill University (2004)

Recruitment Doctoral Fellowship, McGill University (2003)

Research Awards

New Researcher Achievement Award, Queen’s School of Business (2011)

Dissertation Research Award, SSHRC Grant Subcommittee, McGill University (2008)

Teaching Awards

Excellence in Teaching Award, Ph.D. Program in Management, McGill University (2007)

Other Awards

ABCD (Above and Beyond the Call of Duty) Reviewing Award, OMT Division, AOM (2015, 2018)

Nominated for Graduation Prize, McGill University (2010)

Honours (Mention Bien), M.Sc. Program, Université de Technologie de Compiègne (1997)

Erasmus Scholarship, European Union (1994)

Full Tuition Scholarship for one year exchange at the University of Pennsylvania (1992)

Grants & Funding

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Grant (2017), Principal Investigator (with M. Spitzmuller, Co-Investigator), $124,760

Monieson Collaborative Research Grant (2016), Smith School of Business, Project Lead (with M. Spitzmuller, Co-Investigator), $87,740

Undergraduate Student Summer Research Grant (2014), Queen’s University, Ara Dungca (Student), JB Litrico (Advisor), $5,000

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Development Grant (2013), Principal

Investigator (with M. Besharov, Co-Investigator), $45,831

General Research Grant (2013), with G. Andrevski, Queen’s School of Business, $4,200

Faculty Development Fund (2013), Queen’s School of Business

SSHRC 4A Status Grant (2012), Queen’s University, $5,000

General Research Grant (2012) (with T. Dacin), Queen’s School of Business, $5,000

D.I. McLeod Research Assistantship, Smith School of Business: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019

General Research Grant (2011), sole investigator, Queen’s School of Business, $4,900

Faculty Development Fund, Queen’s School of Business: 2010, 2011