Dr François THÉRIN
Associate Professor
Associate Dean, Corporate Executive Education (Europe)

Since 2008, François Thérin is Associate Dean, Executive Education for Europe and Associate Professor at U21Global. Prior to that, he was an Associate Professor of Strategy and Technology Management at the Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM), France from 1995 to 2007. During his tenure with GEM, he was also Assistant Dean, in charge of the development of strategic activities for the internationalisation of the pedagogy and faculty.

Earlier, Dr Thérin was Associate Director of Studies for the Grenoble Graduate School of Business and was in charge of business development of programmes abroad and curriculum development. He was also the founder and head of the Center for Technoentrepreneurship at GEM. He has extensive experience of online teaching in Strategic Management and Technology and Innovation Management.

Dr Thérin's research interests are in the fields of innovation management, strategic management and technology management in high-tech companies. His work has been presented in numerous conferences all over the world and published in academic journals. He received his DBA from the University of Newcastle, UK, and GEM, and earned his DEA in Management from Institut d'Administration des Enterprises at Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France.

Subject(s) Taught

690: Strategic Management
761: Developing New Enterprises

Professional Affiliations

Member, Academy of Management
Member, International Association for the Management of Technology
Member, International Council for Small Business

Professional Activities

Organiser of a Professional Development Workshop on Technoentrepreneurship, Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Representative-At-Large, Technology and Innovation Management Division, Academy of Management (2006-2008). Co-organiser of the Junior Faculty consortium, AoM Conference 2007 and 2008
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning (since 2007)
Editor, International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship (since 2006)
Editorial Board Member, Gestion 2000 (since 2006)
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business (since 2005)
Expert Panel Member for France, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, Babson College (2002-2006)

Selected/Recent Publications

Thérin, F. (in press). Management of technology and innovation: An international perspective. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Thérin, F. (in press). Learning for Innovation in high-technology new ventures. International Journal of Technology Management.
Jolly, D., & Thérin, F. (2007). New ventures' technology sourcing: Exploring the effect of absorptive capacity, learning attitude and past performance. Innovation Management, Policy and Practice, 9, 3-4, 235-248.
Roy,M.J., & Thérin, F. (2007). Knowledge acquisition and environmental commitment in SMEs. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 15(5), 249-259.
Thérin, F. (Ed.) (2007). Handbook of research on techno-entrepreneurship.Cheltenham, UK:Edward Elgar Publishing.
Thérin, F. (2007). Absorptive capacity: An empirical test of Zahra and George's contribution in small business settings. Gestion 2000, 4.
Schilling,M.A., & Thérin, F. (2006). Gestion de l'innovation technologique. Paris, France: Maxima Editions.
Thérin, F. (2004). Learning-based strategy, toward a new model of strategic behaviour. Gestion 2000, 1, 85-96.
Thérin, F. (2004). Toward a dynamic model of product innovation for high-tech small firms. Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice, 6(1), 98-105.
Thérin, F. (2003). Learning, strategy and innovation: A literature review and research proposal. Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice, 5(1), 79-85.

Selected/Recent Presentations

Thérin, F. (2006, November). Formalism, absorptive capacity and innovation performance: an empirical investigation in small firms' settings. 26th Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Vienna.
Jolly, D., & Thérin, F. (2004, May). Technology sourcing, learning and performance: lessons from high-tech small ventures. 4th Conference of the European Academy of Management, St Andrews, Scotland.
Dalglish, C., & Thérin, F. (2003, September). Leadership implication, small vs large businesses, the training implications. 16th Annual SEAANZ Conference, Ballarat, Australia.
Thérin, F. (2003, September). Improving your academic career through networking. Doctoral Research Symposium, Queensland University of Technology.
Jolly, D., & Thérin, F. (2003, June). New ventures' technology sourcing: exploring the effect of absorptive capacity, learning attitude and past performance. Babson Conference on Entrepreneurship, Babson College, Massachusetts.
Aubert, B., Thérin, F., & Humbert, M. (2003, June). Building an efficient and low-cost online course: lessons from an experiment. EDiNEB Conference, Salzburg.
Dalglish, C., & Thérin, F. (2003, June). Leadership perception: generic and specific characteristics for small vs large businesses. International Council for Small Business Conference, Belfast.
Thérin, F. (2003, January). Organizational learning and innovation in high-tech small firms. 36th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii.

Print Email a Friend