JEAN-PHILIPPE VERGNE
Assistant Professor of Strategy R. Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario
EDUCATION _
New York University, Stern School of Business, New York, NY Visiting scholar (January-June 2010).
HEC Paris, Jouy-en-Josas, France PhD in Strategy (2010): ‘Firm strategy and categorization in the global arms industry, 1996-2007’ Committee: Profs. Rodolphe Durand (HEC), Julie Battilana (Harvard BS), Huggy Rao (Stanford GSB)
La Sorbonne University, Maison des Sciences Economiques, Paris, France MPhil, Economics, 2006 (magna cum laude)
La Sorbonne University, Institut d’Administration des Entreprises, Paris, France MPhil, Organization Science, 2005 (magna cum laude)
HEC Paris, Jouy-en-Josas, France MSc, Management, 2005
BOOKS _
2012. ‘The pirate organization: Lessons from the Fringes of Capitalism’ (with R. Durand). Forthcoming at Cambridge (MA): Harvard Business Review Publishing
2010. ‘L’organisation pirate: Essai sur l’évolution du capitalisme’ (with R. Durand, in French). Bordeaux, France: Le Bord de l’Eau Editions
For media coverage, see: www.organisationpirate.com/p/media.html
JOURNAL ARTICLES______
2011. Towards a new measure of organizational legitimacy: Method, validation, and illustration, Organizational Research Methods, 14(3): 484-502 [here]
2011. The path of most persistence: an evolutionary perspective on path dependence and dynamic capabilities, Organization Studies, 32(3): 365-382 (with R. Durand) [here]
2010. The missing link between the theory and empirics of path dependence: Conceptual clarification, testability issue, methodological implications, Journal of Management Studies, 47: 736-759 (with R. Durand) [here]
2008. The social construction of competitive advantage: The case of the Dutch East India company, AoM Best Papers Proceedings
TEACHING EXPERIENCE _
Instructor and course development: Advanced corporate and business strategy (48h), 2008 & 2009 (graduate students, IPESUP, Paris, France). Mean rating: 4.5/5
Instructor: Leadership & OT, 26 four-hour sessions, 2006-2011 (Executive Education & Executive MBA, HEC Paris, Jouy-en-Josas, France). Mean rating: 4.7/5 (top 10%) HEC Executive Education is ranked #1 worldwide for Custom Programs by the Financial Times, 2011
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES _
Invited Presentations and Seminars 2011: Google Zeitgeist (September, Arizona); St. Gallen Symposium (May, Switzerland); Bocconi University (January, Italy); Ivey School of Business (January, U. of Western Ontario); Rotman School of Management (January, U. of Toronto); Université Paris-IX Dauphine (June, France); EGOS conference (July, Sweden); MEDEF (June, Paris) 2010: AoM & OMT Doctoral Consortium (August, Montréal), American Sociological Association’s annual meeting (August, Atlanta), Doctoral Research Seminar (June, NYU); HEC Montréal (November, Canada); Rotterdam School of Management (November, Erasmus U.) 2009: AoM (August, Chicago), Consortium for Cooperation and Competition (May, Copenhagen BS), Alberta Conference on Institutions (June, University of Alberta), Organizational Fraud Workshop (September, Queen’s University), Medici Summer School (June, Bologna University/HEC Paris/NYU, Florence, Italy); Cass Business School (March, City U. of London) 2008: AoM (August, Anaheim); Conference on Path Dependence (February, Freie Universität Berlin).
Professional Affiliations: Academy of Management, American Sociological Association, EGOS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS; French equivalent of the NSF); Society & Organizations research center
AWARDS, HONORS, AND GRANTS _
2011. Invited speaker, Google Zeitgeist Annual Conference 2011. Grigor McClelland Doctoral Dissertation Award (sponsored by EGOS, SAMS, & JMS) 2011. Invited as one of 100 Leaders of Tomorrow for the 41st St. Gallen Symposium 2011. Invited expert, Parliament hearing, International Affairs and Defense Commission, Paris, France 2010. Leonora Lindsley Memorial Fellowship Award (NYC) – $6,000 2010. Research grant awarded by the center for research on Society and Organizations, Paris – €3,000 2006-2010. Doctoral fellowship, HEC Paris – €12,000 annually 2008. Research grant, Fondation HEC – €6,000 2008. Best Paper Award, AoM annual meeting (Anaheim) 2006. Valedictorian, MPhil in Economics 2006. Ministry of Research (Paris, France), Scholarship for Excellence in Research – €4,000 2005. Valedictorian, MPhil in Organization Science
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE _
2005. Procter & Gamble, Assistant Brand Manager, Haircare division (Paris, France) 2004. French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Consultant at Alliance Française (Brussels, Belgium) 2004-2005. H2C, Strategy consultant for entrepreneurial business ventures (Paris, France) 2003. JAPA Communication, Assistant Advertising Manager (Clermont-Ferrand, France)