Bruno Cassiman

Office Phone: 34 / 93 / 253 42 00
Fax: 34 / 93 / 253 43 43
Email: bcassiman@iese.edu

Personal Information

Date of Birth: August 6, 1968.
Marital Status: Married to Eva Rosmeulen, Sons: Simen (3/8/99) and Jesper (23/11/02).
Citizenship: Belgium.
Language Fluency: Dutch (native),
                          English, Spanish and French (fluent)

Education

1991 - 1996:
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Ph.D. in Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences.
1986 - 1990:
Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
Engineering and Management. Majors in Quantitative Methods and Finance.

Employment

2002 - Present:
Associate Professor in General Management, IESE Business School
2000 - 2002:
Assistant Professor in General Management, IESE Business School
1996 - 2000:
Assistant Professor of Economics and Business Strategy at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.

Fields of Specialization

Industrial Organization, Economics of Strategy, Economics of Organizations, Economics of Information in particular related to topics on Research and Development, Innovation and Joint Ventures.

Publications in Refereed Journals

“In Search of Complementarity in the Innovation Strategy: Internal R&D and External Knowledge Acquisition (pdf)” with Reinhilde Veugelers, forthcoming Management Science.

“Optimal Project Rejection and New Firm Start-ups,(pdf)” with Masako Ueda, forthcoming Management Science.

“R&D Cooperation between Firms and Universities: Some empirical evidence from Belgium,(pdf)” with Reinhilde Veugelers, 2005, The International Journal of Industrial Organization, 23 (5-6), p. 355-379.

“The Impact of M&A on the R&D Process. An Empirical Analysis of the Role of Technological and Market Relatedness(pdf),” with Massimo Colombo, Paola Gerrone and Reinhilde Veugelers, forthcoming Research Policy, 2005, 34(2), p.455-476.

"Importance of International Linkages for Local Know-how Flows: Some Econometric Evidence form Belgium (pdf)," with Reinhilde Veugelers, European Economic Review, 2004, 48(2), p.455-476.

"Spillovers and R&D Cooperation: some Empirical Evidence (pdf)," with Reinhilde Veugelers, American Economic Review, September 2002.

“El Impacto de Internet sobre la Estructura de los Mercados, ” with Sandra Sieber, forthcoming Economía Industrial, 2001, 339, p.13-24.

“Endogeneizing know-how flows through the nature of R&D investments,” with David Perez-Castrillo and Reinhilde Veugelers, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2001, 20 (6), p. 775-799.

"Research Joint Ventures and Optimal R&D Policy with Asymmetric Information," The International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2000, 18 (2), p. 283-314.

"Make and Buy in Innovation Strategies: Evidence from Belgian Manufacturing Firms," with Reinhilde Veugelers, Research Policy, 1999, 28, p.63-80.

"Product Market Objectives and the Formation of Research Joint Ventures," with Patrick Greenlee, Managerial and Decision Economics, 1999, 20, p.115-130.

"The Degree of Spillovers and the Number of Rivals for Maximum Effective R&D," with Raymond De Bondt and Patrick Slaets, The International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1992, 10, p.35-54.

"Cooperación en Investigación y Desarrolo: Evidencias de la Industria Manufacturera Española," Papeles de Economia Española, October 1999, p.143-154.

Books and Book Chapters

“Mergers and Acquisitions: The Innovation Impact” editor (with Massimo Colombo), Edward Elgar (in-process, march 2006).

“Anticipating Competitive Dynamics,” (with Pankaj Ghemawat), Chapter 4 in “Strategy and the Business Landscape,” Pankaj Ghemawat, editor, Prentice Hall, 2nd edition, 2005.

“Organizing MNCs for value creation: Introduction”, in: A. Arino, P. Ghemawat and J.E. Ricart (eds.), Creating value through global strategy, Palgrave Macmillan, London, forthcoming (with G. Valentini), 2004, p.125-129

“Innovative Strategies and Know-how Flows in International Companies: Some Evidence from Belgian Manufacturing,” with Reinhilde Veugelers, in Lipsey, R. E. & Mucchielli, J-L. (eds), Multinational Firms and Impacts on Employment, Trade and Technology: New Perspectives for a New Century, 2001, London:Routledge, Chapter 11, p. 220-243.

Other Publications

“Cooperar para potenciar la Innovación: empresa, universidad y centros tecnológicos,” Editor for Special Issue Iniciativa Emprendedora, fall 2004. pp.140.

“Cooperar para potentiar la Innovación,” Iniciativa Emprendedora, fall 2004, p.7-11.

“Abrirse para Innovar,” (with Chiara DiGuardo and Giovanni Valentini), Iniziativa Emprendedora, fall 2004, p.25.

“Get Ahead: Innovate!” 2005, IESE Alumni Magazine, p.20-23.

“El Impacto de las Fusiones y Adquisiciones en la Innovación,” 2005, Universia Business Review, p.56-69.

“Apple y el DRM: no es lo mismo,” El diario económico El Universal de México, December 18 2004.

"Innovatiestrategieën van Vlaamse Industriële Ondernemingen," with Reinhilde Veugelers, Conference Volume of Vlaams Wetenschappelijk Economisch Congres, March 1998, and working paper Vlaams Technologie Observatorium.

Working Papers and Work-in-Progress

“Measuring Industry-Science Links through Inventor-Author relations: A Profiling Methodology,” April 2005, with Patrick Glenisson, Bart Van Looy and Arnold Verbeek, mimeo.

“Innovation and Exports: Evidence from Spanish Manufacturing,” July 2004, with Ester Martínez-Ros, mimeo.

“Value Appropriation and the Organization of R&D Projects,” May 2004, with Marc Sachon and Inés Moreno.

“Spanning the boundaries of the firm in innovation: R&D projects organization and performance”, September 2004, with C. Di Guardo and G. Valentini, mimeo.

“Shifting the boundaries of innovation: When, where and why”, May 2004, with C. Di Guardo and G. Valentini, mimeo.

“Organizing for Innovation: R&D Projects, Activities and Partners,” January 2004, with C. Di Guardo and G. Valentini, mimeo.

"The Impact of Internet on Market Strcture (pdf)," with Sandra Sieber, January 2002, working paper PWC eBusiness Center, IESE Business School.

"The Organization of Research Corporations and Researcher Ability (pdf)," July 1996, revised July 1998, working paper UPF, mimeo.

"Influence Activity and the Organizational Design of Research and Development (pdf)," June 1996, revised October 1998, working paper UPF, mimeo.

"External Technology Sources: Embodied or Disembodied Technology Acquisition?" November 1999, with Reinhilde Veugelers, mimeo.

"Research Joint Venture or Merger and the effect of Asymmetric Information," note, mimeo.

Cases

"Henkel and the Acquisition of Novamax," in progress.

" eDreams: Real People, Great Vacations,"

Consulting Activities

• Fundación Cotec for Innovation, “Biotechnology in Foods”, Chapter on Spanish company cases in Agbio.
  
• Idea Consult, Mergers and Acquisitions and Science and Technology Policy. Project for the European Commission, DG Research, 2000-2001.
  
• Consulting for Joint Venture formation between Food Additive Companies.
  
• Consulting for Health Insurance Company.

Grants

Grant Fundación BBVA on “La transformación del negocio de la Música” 2003-2005.

Grant Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología of Spain as principal investigador (SEC2003-08282) and as investigador (SEC2003-03797)

Mark V Grant from the European Commission in the field of Research and Technological Development, "The New Economy: Micro-foundations of Organizational and Institutional Changes in Europe," Local coordinator for IESE Business School, 2002.

TMR Grant from the European Commission in the field of Research and Technological Development, "Financing Innovation in Science-based Industries," Local coordinator for Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 1999.

TMR Grant from the European Commission "Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Corporation: New Theories and Evidence," Local coordinator for Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 1998.

TSER Grant from the European Commission in the field of Research and Technological Development, "From Science to Products: a Green Paper on Innovation in the Chemical Industry", Head Coordinator Professor Walter Garcia-Fontes (UPF), 1998.

Seminar Presentations

Harvard Business School (2), New York University, Rochester University at the W.E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, London Business School, INSEAD, London School of Economics, Wisconsin School of Business, Rutgers University, HEC Paris, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, IESE, Universitat AutÚnoma de Barcelona, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de l’ Université de Lausanne, Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration in Helsinki, Catholic University of Leuven, Universidad de Zaragoza, Universidad Publica de Navarra, Universidad del Pais Vasco en Bilbao, Universidad de Navarra, Universitat de les Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Universita de Bocconi (IGIER), Catolica de Lisboa, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló.

Conference Presentations

Triple Helix Conference, May 2005, Torino.

Strategic Management Society Conference, October 2004, Puerto Rico

XX Jornadas de Economia Industrial, September 2004, Granada.

XIX Jornadas de Economia Industrial, September 2003, Castello.

European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, August 2003, Helsinki.

European Academy of Management Conference, May 2003, Milan.

“Managing Innovation” Bocconi University, February 2003, Milan.

European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, September 2002, Madrid.

European Economic Association Conference, August 2002, Venice.

CEPR Conference on Applied Industrial Organization, June 2002, Bergen, Norway.

European Academy of Management Conference, May 2002, Stockholm, Sweden.

Conference on Innovations and Intellectual Property Rights, November 2001, Brussels.

Strategic Management Society Conference, October 2000, Vancouver

Encuentro de Economistas, July 2000, Vigo.

Conference on Innovation and Supermodularity, June 2000, Montreal

Conference on the Economics of Scientific Research, September 1999, Louvain.

Association of Southern European Economic Theorists, October 1998, Bologna.

Vlaams Wetenschappelijk Economisch Congres, March 1998, Leuven.

North American Meeting of the Econometric Society, January 1998, Chicago.

Association of Southern European Economic Theorists, November 1997, Marseille.

Strategic Management Society Conference, October 1997, Barcelona, España.

European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, September 1997, Belgium.

European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, September 1996, Austria.

XII Jornadas de Economia Industrial, September 1996, Madrid, España.

European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, September 1994, Greece.

European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, September 1992, Italy.

Other Academic Activities

• Member of Editorial Board Journal of Industrial Economics.
  
• Member of Editorial Board Spanish Economic Review 2002-2004.
  
• Member of Editorial Board Universia Business Review.
  
• CREA (Centre de Referència d’Economia Analítica) Associate Fellow.
  
• Referee for: American Economic Review, European Economic Review, International Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Management Science, Journal of Development Economics, Research Policy, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Investigaciones Economicas, RAND Journal of Economics, Revista de Economía Aplicada, Spanish Economic Review, Research in Economics.
  
• Member of “la Comisión de Selección del área de Ciencias Económicas del Programa Nacional de Ciencias Sociales,” Económicas y Jurídicas
  
• Member of Program Committee European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Helsinki, August 2003.
  
• Member of the (permanent) Program Committee of the Jornadas de Economia Industrial (2003- )
  
• Member of the Program Committee of the Simposio de Análisis Económico 2003 and 2004