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Fabrice Cavarretta
Assistant Professor, Management Department

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Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
General Information Research Areas Publications
Education
Ph.D. in Management (Organizational Behavior) - INSEAD

Dissertation : "Linking Team Diversity to Extreme Organizational Outcomes"

Master of Business Administration - First Year Honors - Harvard Business School

Master of Science in Computer Engineering-ENSTA/Stanford University

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Physics - Ecole Polytechnique - Paris

Research Areas
Areas
Organizational Theory linking team dynamic to extreme outcomes. Aiming to contribute to perspective focusing on extremely low (e.g. Governance) or high (e.g; Creativity, Entrepreneurship) organizational outcomes. Social networks, both as a method and an alternative view of team composition.


Academic Publications
Articles
  "Who Changes Course? The Role of Domain Knowledge and Novel Framing in Making Technology Changes" (N. Furr, F. Cavarretta, S. Garg), Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Sep 2012, Vol. 6, Issue 3, p. 236‑256
  "Too much of a good thing? Resources effects in new ventures" (F. Cavarretta, N. Furr), Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Jun 2011, Vol. 31, Issue 3, p. 85‑99
  "A framework for examining leadership in extreme contexts" (S. Hannah, M. Uhl‑Bien, B. Avolio, F. Cavarretta), The Leadership Quarterly, Dec 2009, Vol. 20, Issue 6, p. 897‑919
  "Le marché des systèmes de paiements électroniques" (F. Cavarretta), Systèmes et Sécurité, Jan 1996, Vol. 4, Issue 4


Chapters
  Quels compromis pour composer l'équipe entrepreneuriale. In: L'Art d'Entreprendre : des Idées pour Agir . Paris (France) : Pearson Education, Hamid Bouchikhi. 2008, p. 55-55


Other Publications
Articles published in conference proceedings
  "Distinguishing Extreme vs. Average Performance in Nascent Firms: Putting Risk Back into Entrepreneurship Research", With A. Robb. In : Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Babson Park (USA) : Digital Knowledge at Babson, 2009
  "Impact of intrateam diversity on team performance". In : Proceedings of the Sixty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Sixty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Philadelphia (U.S.A.) : George T. Solomon (Ed.), 2007


Press articles
  "Quels compromis pour composer l'équipe entrepreneuriale". Les Echos, 05 Jun 2008, p. 11-12


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