Bernard Ramanantsoa

HEC (Hautes études commerciales) School of Management’s Dean since 1995 and Chairman of the Community of Management Schools (CEMS) since 2006, Bernard Ramanantsoa qualified as an aeronautical engineer from the École nationale supérieure de l’aéronautique de Toulouse, and has an HEC MBA, Ph.D. in Management Science.

After 7 years in the Marketing Department of SNCF (French national railways), Bernard Ramanantsoa joined HEC in 1979 as a professor of Strategy and Business Policy specialising in the formulation and implementation of strategy within large firms.

Bernard Ramanantsoa was elected associate dean of the Faculty and Research in 1993 and was appointed Dean in 1995. Dean Ramanantsoa also offers his expertise as a consultant to international companies and to organisations such as the United Nations and the European Community and has worked for McKinsey. As a recognised management expert, he has written several works on the subject including:

Publications:

• Stratégie de l'entreprise et diversification, Nathan, 1983 (in collaboration with J.P. Détrie).
• Nationalisation, Managerial Power and Societal Change, Harvard Business School, 75th Anniversary Colloquium, March 1984 (in collaboration with N. Aubert et R. Reitter).
• Pouvoir et politique. Au-delà de la culture d'entreprise, McGraw-Hill, 1985 (in collaboration with R. Reitter).
• Stratégie, structure, décision, identité : politique générale d'entreprise, InterEditions, 1988, 2nd ed. 1993, in collaboration with the members of the Strategy and Business Policy Department, under the name Strategor.
• Strategic Technology Management, John Wiley & Sons, 1992 (in collaboration with P. Dussauge, S. Hart).

Articles:

• "Les multinationales : champions nationaux ou citoyens du monde : une question d'identité", Revue Française de Gestion, n° 47-48, September - October 1984 (in collaboration with P. Dussauge).
• "Nationalité et multinationale", Revue Française de Gestion, November 1984.
• "Histoire et identité de l'entreprise", Revue Française de Gestion, n° 72, January-February 1989, pp. 107-111 (in collaboration with C. Thiery-Basle).
• "Faut-il craindre les alliances au Japon ?", Gérer et Comprendre, March 1993, pp.59-71 (in collaboration with M.A. de Clercq).
• "Une année sabbatique chez McKinsey", Gérer et Comprendre, December 1994, n°37, pp. 21-30.
• "An Identity Study of Firm mergers: The Case of a French Savings Bank", international conference, Association for Case Method Research and Application, HEC Montreal, June 1994 (in collaboration with B. Moingeon).