"ESSEC’s dynamism draws its greatest strength from a faculty capable of combining the richness of its European heritage with the complexity of a global world." Vincenzo Esposito-Vinzi, Dean for Faculty and Faculty Affairs
Because education excellence depends on quality educators, ESSEC strives to recruit dedicated, highly qualified professors. The three assets that best characterize ESSEC faculty are academic excellence, a global frame of mind an original and outstanding pedagogy. On this page, you will find profiles for all of our professors and other research staff.
Professor - Dean of Asia-Pacific Center , Management Department
President, The Institute for Strategic Innnovation & Services (ISIS) incorporating 3 chairs: Chair CSC-EDF Innovation & Services, Chair La Poste Strategic Management of Services, Chair Innovation and Quality of Daily Life
Doctorate, Institut Etudes Politiques Paris. Ph.D., Cranfield Institute of Technology. Doctorate, Université Paris IX-Dauphine. Bower fellow, Harvard University.
Biography
Professor of Innovation and Operations Strategy, Hervé holds the sponsored Chair in Service Innovation at ESSEC Business School and leads the Institute for Service Innovation & Strategy. A former Associate Dean for Executive Education and for Postgraduate Education at ESSEC, Hervé also held the Operations Management Chair at the University of Lausanne from 1990 to 1999. He has served as a Visiting Professor with Harvard Business School, the Wharton School, National University of Singapore and Victoria University of Wellington in Asia Pacific, as well as with Bocconi University and EPFL (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Europe. Hervé is author and or co-author of eight books and more than sixty articles.
Research Areas
Areas
Innovation Strategy, Management of Services, Management of Industrial Operations and Supply Chain Management, Architecture d'Entreprise et Design Management
Numerous paper presentations in France and abroad. (Details available upon request.)
Affiliations and Academic Responsibilities
Project Leader, Arthur D. Little Center for Service Excellence (Research and Consulting unit), and Principal Consultant on global strategic issues (part-time), Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991-1994.
Consulting & Other Activities
Among numerous contributions to the ESSEC Executive Education program and other programs in France for the last ten years:
- Project Leader, Arthur D. Little Center for Service Excellence (Research and Consulting unit), and Principal Consultant on global strategic issues (part-time), Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991-1994.
- Numerous executive courses in Switzerland (Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, Migros, Mercedes Benz A.G., ENBI s.a., Burrus s.a., Swiss Federal Institute of technology), in the United States (The Wharton School, Arthur D. Little Management Education Institute), in France (Université d'Aix -Marseille II, Executive Management of Mattel France, Université Louis Pasteur, European Center for Management), in Portugal (Instituto Empresarial Portuense-Associaçao, Industrial Portuense), in Italy (SDA Bocconi), in Australia (University of Technology Sydney), in Sweden (Göteborg University, Chalmers University of Technology), and in England (London Business School, Cranfield School of Management).
Consulting Projects
Corporate Strategy and Industrial Policy Sectors: Express Transport, Defense Industry, Textile Industry, Food Processing Sector, Cotton Supply Chain. Clients: DHL, French Ministry of Defense, Conseil Général de l'Aube, Unisabi, Promodes, Chad Government, Coton Tchad, Commission of European Communities, Chinese Enterprise Management Association.
Customer Service and Service Operations Sectors: Medical Equipment, Computer Industry, Housing Appliances, Insurance Sector, Transportation. Clients General Electric, Thomson Group, Thomson Brandt, Bull Group, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Defense, Direction des Constructions Navales.
Distrubution and Logistics Strategies Sectors: Transportation, Chemical Industry, Tires Industry, Electronics and Mechanical Sectors, Agro Industry, Retailing. Clients: Ciba Geigy, Firestone, SAF Air Liquide, Fromagerie Bel, DISCO, Carrefour, Ministry of Transportation, French Railways Cy (SNCF).
Manufacturing and Operations Management Sectors: Publishing, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industries, Electronics andMechanical Sectors. Clients: Hachette, Theraphix, Bellon, French Army Support Division, Peony of Beijing, Home Appliances Manufactury Cy of Beijing.
Quality Management Sectors : Medical Equipment, Pharmaceutical Industry, Banking. Clients: General Electric, Rhone Poulenc, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise.
Professional Experience
Director, ESSEC Management Education - CNIT (2000-2003). Director, ESSEC's Postgraduate Programs (1995-1997). Professeur à l'Université de Lausanne (1991-1999). Visiting Professor, Wharton School, SDA Bocconi, Cranfield University, Harvard University. Consulting in Strategic Management in Paris and Boston.
