The Department of Management, chaired by Prof. Dominique Bonet Fernandez, has 22 permanent faculties with a very high degree of implication and commitment to teaching and scientific research activities at IPAG Business School. It also hosts a significant number of adjunct professors and affiliate research fellows, as well as visiting scholars and professionals coming from all over the world. The quality of our faculty relies particularly on its internationalization and diversity of expertise and professional experiences.

As part of the School’s strategy, our faculty members are committed to producing world-class theoretical and empirical research with an interdisciplinary approach and important managerial implications. The main research areas include:

  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Family Business
  • Change Management and HR issues
  • Circular Economy
  • Sustainability and new International Business Models
  • Strategic Management
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Diversity and Corporate Responsibility
  • Gender and Women Network
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Research papers of the department members have been published in internationally reputed journals such as Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Business Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Small Business Management, European Management Review, European management journal, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Management International, Revue Française de Gestion Industrielle, Revue Française de Gestion, Management & Avenir, Open Economies Review, International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, M@n@gement, Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat, Work Gender and Society, Journal of Family Business Management, and International Journal of Management Reviews.

The department hosts several chairs funded by Erasmus* programmes:

  • IPAG Chair in Sustainable Family Business and Entrepreneurship, led by Prof. Andrea Calabrò
  • IPAG Chair in Inclusive Business, founded and led by Prof. Maria Giuseppina Bruna
  • IPAG Chair in the Circular Economy, founded and led by Prof. Dominique Bonet
  • IPAG Chair in French Savoir-Faire, led by Prof. Maria Giuseppina Bruna

 

*Funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Erasmus+ France / Education and Training Agency. Neither the European Union nor the awarding body can be held liable for them.

Academic Programs


The department members offer a wide range of courses in Human Resource Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Entrepreneurship, for various programs and specializations:

  • "Grande Ecole" Program
  • MBA
  • Executive Education

Conferences & seminars


The Department of holds, along with the Research Lab, three main conferences (one annual conference on Circular Economy with the National Institute for Circular Economy and the NGO Green Cross, Entrepreneurship Future Research and IRMBAM), and participates into the organization of the ICSB 2019, CIFEPME 2020 and AEI 2023, and hosts a series of research seminars.

Conferences:

  • DIANA 2021, Female Entrepreneurship and Family Firms, Nice, 21-22 May 2021
  • AEI 2021, Sousse, Tunisia, 13-14-15 October 2021
  • CIFEPME2021, Nice, 18-21 May , 2021
  • ICSB 2021, 12_17 July 2021.

Seminars: 

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