Bruno Cassiman

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

Education

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

Employment

2007 – Present:
Professor of Strategic Management, IESE Business School
2002 - 2007:
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.

Research Positions

October 2008 – Present:
Professor, Department of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation (MSI), K.U.Leuven.
October 2007 – September 2008:
Visiting Professor, Department of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation (MSI), K.U.Leuven.
February 2003 – December 2006:
Senior Researcher Steunpunt O&O Statistieken, K.U.Leuven.

Fields of Specialization

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

Publications in Refereed Journals

“Collaboration and Competition in the Organization of R&D Projects,” with Chiara Di Guardo and Giovanni Valentini, forthcoming, Long Range Planning.

“Strategic Organization of R&D: Basicness and Openness,” with Giovanni Valentini, forthcoming, Strategic Organization.

“In Search of Performance Effects of (in)Direct Industry – Science Links,” with Reinhilde Veugelers and Maria Pluvia Zuniga, 2008. Industrial and Corporate Change. 17(4), p. 611-646.

“Measuring Industry-Science Links through Inventor-Author relations: A Profiling Methodology,” with Patrick Glenisson and Bart Van Looy, 2007, Scientometrics, 70(2), 379-391.

“In Search of Complementarity in the Innovation Strategy: Internal R&D and External Knowledge Acquisition” with Reinhilde Veugelers, 2006, Management Science, 52 (1), p. 68 -82.

“Optimal Project Rejection and New Firm Start-ups,(pdf)” with Masako Ueda, 2006, Management Science, 52 (2), p. 262 -275.

“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” 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" with Reinhilde Veugelers, European Economic Review, 2004, 48(2), p.455-476.

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

“El Impacto de Internet sobre la Estructura de los Mercados, ” with Sandra Sieber, 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. 2006.

“The Impact of Internet on Market Structure,” (with Sandra Sieber), in Handbook of Information Technology in Organizations and Electronic Markets, A. Salazar and S. Swayer (eds). World Scientific Press, Imperial College Press, 2007.

“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

“Vínculos con la comunidad científica e impacto económico de la innovación: Un análisis de empresas belgas incluidas en la encuesta CIS-3,” with Reinhilde Veugelers and Maria Pluvia Zuniga, Cuadernos económicos del ICE, Junio 2007 (73), p.11-36.

“Research Joint Ventures,” in the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, second edition, forthcoming.

“Nokia Siemens Networks: hay que buscar mucho más que el ahorro de costes,” El Pais, on-line edition, July 2006.

“Complementarietats en les estratègies empresarials d’innovació,” in l'estudi sobre la innovació a Catalunya” Isabel Busom (ed.) for the Generalitat de Catalunya (CIDEM), April 2006.

“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), Iniciativa 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

“Are External Technology Acquisition Strategies Substitutes or Complements: The Case of Embodied and Disembodied Technology Acquisition?” January 2007, with Reinhilde Veugelers, mimeo.

“Product Innovation and Exports: Evidence from Spanish Manufacturing,” May 2007, with Ester Martínez-Ros, mimeo.

“Innovation and the export-productivity link,” March 2007, with Elena Golovko, mimeo.

“Building Competitive Advantage through Links with Science,” September 2008, with Chiara Di Guardo and Giovanni Valentini, mimeo.

“Firm Innovation, Productivity, and Trade.” January 2008, with Elena Golovko and David Greenstreet, mimeo.

“Innovation and Technology Management in Competitive Strategy Research.” November 2007, with Chiara Di Guardo, mimeo.

“Complementarities in Innovation Strategy and the Link to Science”, draft Opuscle CREI research center, UPF. July 2008.

“Science Linkages and Innovation Performance: An Analysis on CIS-3 firms in Belgium,” August 2006, with Reinhilde Veugelers and Pluvia Zuniga.

“Innovation Strategies among Multinational Firms: Empirical Evidence from Spain”, February 2008, with Pedro Mendi.

“M&A and innovation: the role of relatedness between target and acquirer” with Massimo Colombo and Larissa Rabbiosi.

“El Impacto de las Nuevas Tecnologías en el Sector de la Música,” May 2006, with Pablo Salvador Quiroga, PwC – IESE eBusiness Center, mimeo.

“M&A and Innovation,” January 2005, with Massimo Colombo, Paola Gerrone and Reinhilde Veugelers. Mimeo.

"The Organization of Research Corporations and Researcher Ability" July 1996, revised July 1998, working paper IESE Business School and UPF, mimeo.

"Influence Activity and the Organizational Design of Research and Development" June 1996, revised October 1998, working paper IESE Business School and UPF, mimeo.

Cases

“Ducati: In the Pursuit of Magic,” IESE Case, 2006.

“eDreams: Real People, Great Vacations,” IESE Case DG-1386-E.

Consulting Activities

• Strategy Development Pharmaceutical company, 2008.
  
  
• 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.

Fellowships and Awards

Fellow Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) 2005 –

Research Fellow, SP-SP Center, IESE Business School 2006 –

Associate Fellow CREA (Centre de Referència d’Economia Analítica).

IESE Alumni Association Best Paper Award, 2005-2006.

IESE Alumni Association Excellence in Research Prize, 2001-2002.

Research Associate CEPR in the TMR project on “Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Corporation: New Theories and Evidence” 1998 – 2000.

First Prize E.A.R.I.E. Young Economist's Essay Competition, 1996 with paper “The Organization of Research Corporations and Researcher Ability.”

Doctoral Teaching Award, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, 1994-1995.

University Scholar in the Graduate School, Northwestern University, 1992-1994.

Research Assistant (Aspirant) of the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research, 1990-1994, advisor Professor Raymond De Bondt.

Fellow of The Belgian American Educational Foundation, 1991-1992.

Grants

Grant FP7 from the European Commission on “InnoS&T—Innovative S&T indicators combining patent data and surveys: Empirical models and policy analyses” Local IESE coordinator on Collaborative Project (FP7-SSH-2007-1), 2008 – 2010.

Grant Fundación Ramón Areces, 2007-2009.

Grant Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia of Spain as principal investigador (SEJ2006-11833/ECON)

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 (2), University of Toronto (Rotman School), Washington University (Olin School), London School of Economics, Wisconsin School of Business, Rutgers University, HEC Paris, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2), IESE, Universitat Autónoma 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, Management), Catolica de Lisboa, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, University of Copenhagen, Tinbergen Institute and Erasmus University Rotterdam, WZB Berlin.

Conference Presentations

Academy of Management Conference, August 2007, Philadelphia.

CEPR Conference on Applied Industrial Organization, May 2007, Tarragona, Spain.

SPSP Center Workshop IESE Business School on IO and Innovation, Barcelona, Spain.

European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, August 2006, Amsterdam.

Academy of Management Conference, August 2006, Atlanta

Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference, June 2006, Atlanta

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

• Department Editor, Business Strategy Department Management Science, 2009 –
  
  
• Associate Editor Management Science, 2006 –
  
  
• Co-Editor Management Science, Special Issue on Strategic Dynamics (with Pankaj Ghemawat), April 2007.
  
  
• Co-Editor Spanish Economic Review, January 2007 –
  
  
• Member of Editorial Board Strategic Organization, February 2009 –
  
  
• Member of Editorial Board Journal of the European Economic Association, 2006 –
  
  
• Member of Editorial Board Journal of Industrial Economics, 2004 –
  
  
• Member of Editorial Board Spanish Economic Review, 2002-2004.
  
  
• Member of Editorial Board Universia Business Review, 2003 –
  
  
• Member of Board Spanish Economic Association, 2009 –
  
  
• Member of the Scientific Board of the Inter-Politecnica Doctoral School in Italy.
  
  
• Chair of Recruiting Committee General Management Department IESE Business School 2007 and 2008.
  
  
• Referee for: American Economic Review, Journal of European Economic Association, RAND Journal of Economics, European Economic Review, International Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Industrial Economics, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Management Science, Journal of Development Economics, Research Policy, Review of Industrial Organization, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Applied Economics, Economic Letters, Investigaciones Economicas, Revista de Economía Aplicada, Spanish Economic Review, Research in Economics.
  
  
• Expert Evaluator for the FP7 grants of the European Commission, January 2008.
  
  
• 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 20A03 and 2004