Joaquim Molins Figueras Foundation Chair of Strategic Alliances
Chair: Africa Ari帽o
The Joaquim Molins Figueras Foundation Chair of Strategic Alliances聽fosters the generation, diffusion and transfer of knowledge regarding the design and implementation of strategic alliances that enable companies to carry them out effectively.
To this end, it develops a series of research and teaching activities that include research projects, publications in specialized journals, and the organization of and participation in international congresses and seminars, such as the Annual International Congress of the Strategic Management Society (SMS).
The Chair collaborates with 天美传媒鈥檚 MBA, PhD and Executive Education programs and organizes regular sessions for 天美传媒鈥檚 Alumni Learning Program.
Research areas.
- Understanding the key design traits and processes enabling companies to create successful alliances.
- Comparative study alliances relative to other forms of corporate growth.
- Studying alliances in emerging markets.
Chair.
Prof. Africa Ari帽o is a professor of the Strategic Management Department, where she holds the Joaquim Molins Figueras Foundation Chair of Strategic Alliances. She received her Ph.D. in Management (Strategy and Organization) from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). At 天美传媒, she has served as Deputy Dean for Faculty, Head of the Strategic Management Department, and Director of the Ph.D. Program. Currently President of the Strategic Management Society (SMS), she was elected Fellow of the SMS in 2015. Her research interests include the governance and management of interorganizational relationships, with particular emphasis on strategic alliance design and dynamics. In 2014 she was Visiting Professor for six months at Lagos Business School, Lagos, Nigeria; and Strathmore Business School, Nairobi, Kenya.
Her research has been published in journals such as Global Strategy Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, and Strategic Management Journal, among others. Also, she is author of numerous contributions in publications aimed at a managerial audience, such as California Management Review or The Academy of Management Executive. She is co-author of the book Entrepreneurial Alliances (with Jeffrey J. Reuer, and Paul Olk), and co-editor of Strategic alliances: Governance and contracts (with Jeffrey J. Reuer) and Creating value through international strategy (with P. Ghemawat and J.E. Ricart).
Prof. Ari帽o has served as Associate Editor of Academy of Management Discoveries, European Management Review, and Global Strategy Journal. A current member of the editorial board of Strategic Management Journal, in the past she served in the editorial boards of Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, and Journal of Management Studies, among others.
Prof. Ari帽o was the Chairperson of the 2014 Annual International Conference of the Strategic Management Society. Also, she has organized several specialized conferences related to her research interests.
She has served on the Executive Committee of the SMS as President Elect (2019-2020) 聽and as a member of its Board of Directors by membership election in two consecutive terms (2011 鈥� 2013; 2014 鈥� 2016). She was also elected to serve in the Executive Committee of the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management (AoM) (2008 鈥� 2010).
She has participated in diverse consulting projects concerning issues related to strategic management, and others specific to family-owned companies.
To learn more about Prof. Ari帽o, watch these interviews with and .
Research Collaborators.
Research Collaborators.
Arne Keller
Assistant Professor, TU Wien
Fabrice Lumineau
Professor, HKU Business School, University of Hong Kong
Nuno Oliveira
Associate Professor, Tilburg University (The Netherlands)
Xavier Sobrepere
Assistant Professor, Tilburg University
Activities.
- Ari帽o, A. Panelist, 鈥淚nternational strategic alliance research in the spotlight of megatrends and microfoundations,鈥� Annual Meeting of the Strategic Management Society (Paris, September 22-25, 2018).
- Ari帽o, A. 鈥淧PPs in health care: Clinical service delivery,鈥� Strategic Management Society Special Conference 鈥淐ollaborative Strategies: New Thinking about Alliances, Mergers, and Acquisitions鈥� (San Jos茅, Costa Rica, December 14-16, 2017).
- Galindo, K., K. Ellis, B. T. Lamont, and A. Ari帽o. 鈥淚nstitutional Determinants of Ownership Stake in Intra-Africa Acquisitions: The Moderating Role of Geographic Distance,鈥� Annual Meeting of the Strategic Management Society (Houston, USA, October 28-31, 2017).
- Ari帽o, A. 鈥淭owards a revised typology of alliance governance,鈥� Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (Atlanta, USA, August 4-8, 2017).
- Ari帽o, A. Panelist, Professional Development Workshop on 鈥淎lliance Dynamics and Instability,鈥� Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (Atlanta, USA, August 4-8, 2017).
- Keller, A., F. Lumineau, T. Mellewigt and A. Ari帽o: 鈥淎lliance governance mechanisms revisited: a temporal contingency framework.鈥� 鲍苍颈惫别谤蝉颈迟茅 de Gen猫ve (Geneva, Switzerland, December 13, 2018).
- Lamont, B. T., K. Ellis, and A. Ari帽o. 鈥淚nstitutional determinants of ownership stake in intra-Africa cross-border acquisitions.鈥�
- University of Warwick (Coventry, U.K., January 31, 2018).
- University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 21, 2017).
- University of Groningen (Groningen, The Netherlands, November 20, 2017).
- How Alliances Strengthen the Social Economy. 天美传媒 Barcelona (October 10, 2022); 天美传媒 Madrid (February 9, 2023).
The Joaquim Molins Figueras Chair of Strategic Alliances invites you to take part in future research studies, by registering your interest .听
- Strategic Alliance Working Group Workshop. Munich (April 1, 2022).
- Alliances and Cooperation: The Challenge of the Social Economy. Webinar (November 10, 2020).
- Alliances and Cooperation: The Challenge of the Social Economy. 天美传媒 Barcelona (October 1, 2019).
- Strategic Alliance Working Group Workshop. Barcelona (April 26, 2019).
- Doctoral Colloquium on Strategic Alliances. 天美传媒 Barcelona (April 25, 2019).
- Ari帽o, A. & A. Oprescu: 鈥淐ooperar en tiempos de pandemia鈥�, El Economista, June 25, 2020, p. 4.
- Ari帽o, A. & A. Oprescu: 鈥淟as nuevas alianzas de Telef贸nica鈥�, 贰虫辫补苍蝉颈贸苍, March 2, 2019, p. 43.