Partners

Sonia Ben Slimane

Sonia is associate professor of innovation at Novancia Business School Paris and holds the LABEX Chair in Nanotechnologies, Ecodesign, Innovation and Strategy. She has been involved in several scientific projects related to the systemic approach of innovation, working for ministry, institutional, and national agencies in France. Her field of expertise covers mainly innovation, sustainable development, the financing of innovation and technological transfer.

Claire Auplat

Claire is a professor of innovation and strategy at Novancia Business School Paris and a director of Research at Dauphine University. She is a member of the French Research Council (ANR) specialist committee on eco-innovation (ECOTECH). She coordinates the LABEX research chair in Nanotechnologies, Ecodesign, Innovation and Strategy. Her areas of interest cover public policy and entrepreneurial dynamics, innovation and sustainable development. Her most recent publications include Nanotechnology and Sustainable Development (Routledge), and 
’The challenges of nanotechnology policy-making’, Global Policy, 4(1):101-107 (2013).

Emmanuel Frémiot

Emmanuel Frémiot is a Doctor of Economics from Paris Dauphine University and has been employed in the IT sector in international groups before working as a professional in Venture Capital Funds and moving into teaching and research. His research focuses on the financing of innovation, innovative start-ups and innovation policies. Professor at Novancia Business School, he is currently in charge of a Specialised Master in Entrepreneurial Finance.

Anna Glaser

Anna GLASER is assistant professor of business policy and strategy at Novancia Business School Paris. She is a member of the French observatory of competitiveness clusters at Mines ParisTech. Her research concentrates on cluster policies, cluster governance, and factors that facilitate the genesis of inter-organizational collaborations.

Associate partners

Albert David

Albert David is currently Professor at the University of Paris Dauphine, where he is in charge of the research laboratory M-Lab (UMR CNRS 7088) specializing in innovation management. His research areas centre on design and innovation management, innovation in management, and the methodology and epistemology of management science research.

Doudja Saidi-Kabeche

Doudja Saidi-Kabeche is professor of economics and management at Agroparistech. Her main fields of research are the management of norms and standards, innovation in management and risk management.

International

Lynne Zucker, UCLA, sociology, US
Gerry George, Imperial College Business School, UK
Mark Wiesner, CEINT, Duke University, US
Gary Gereffi, Center on Globalization, Governance, & Competitiveness, Duke University, US