Professors

Eric VIARDOT

Professor

Innovation, Résilience entrepreneuriale, Durabilité des entreprises et changement climatique

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Eric VIARDOT

Academy

Innovation

Research center

SKEMA Centre for Sustainability Studies

Location

Sophia Antipolis

Discipline

Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Eric Viardot is permanent professor of strategy at Skema Business School. He has a doctorate in management, and he is a graduate of the HEC Business School, Paris, and the Institute of Political Sciences, Paris.

He has been working in different marketing positions for Hewlett-Packard in France, Canada and the US. He was then a financial director for a large international NGO in Asia and Central America. After that, he joined Bain and Company as a senior consultant and had numerous assignments in Europe with technology-driven companies.

Eric Viardot has published various books and articles on strategic management and marketing with a strong focus on Technology and Innovation Management. His current research is focusing on innovation, resilience, and sustainability Eric Viardot is associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management and a member of the editorial board of Technovation.

Eric Viardot teaches regularly in executive programs in the following areas: Corporate and Business Strategy, Innovation management, Organization and transformation, International Marketing, Sustainability and Resilience.

Eric has worked with small and medium size companies as well as several major multinational corporations including  AMADEUS, TELEFONICA, MICROSOFT, TEXAS INSTRUMENT, COFINOGA, GENERALE DE SANTE, FRANCE TELECOM, ALTRAN, ATOS, ICI, BASF, CENCEP, VIRBAC, AIR FRANCE-KLM, LVMH, DOW CHEMICAL...

Education
1995
Certification in the function of University Professor, Business administration, Business administration, France
1993
Doctorate, Business administration, Université Côte d'Azur, France
1981
Business administration, HEC Paris, France
1977
Political science, Sciences Po Paris, France
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2022
Professor of Corporate Strategy, SKEMA Business School, France

Peer-reviewed journal articles

VIARDOT, E., BREM, A. and NYLUND, P. (2023). Post-pandemic implications for crisis innovation: A technological innovation view. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 194, pp. 122680.
MATOS, S., VIARDOT, E., SOVACOOL, B., GEELS, F. and XIONG, Y. (2022). Innovation and climate change: A review and introduction to the Special Issue. Technovation, 117, pp. 102612.
VIARDOT, E. and CHEN, J. (2021). Standardization in a Digital and Global World: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 68(1).
BREM, A., VIARDOT, E. and NYLUND, P. (2021). Implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak for innovation: Which technologies will improve our lives? Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 163, pp. 120451.
VIARDOT, E., BREM, A. and NYLUND, P. (2020). The impact of the great financial crisis of 2008 on innovation: A Dominant Design Perspective. Journal of Business Research, 110, pp. 360-369.
VIARDOT, E., NYLUND, P. and BREM, A. (2019). Internal and External Financing of Innovation: Sectoral differences in a longitudinal study of European firms". European Journal of Innovation Management, 23(2), pp. 200-213.
VIARDOT, E., NYLUND, P. and HITCHEN, E. (2017). The effectiveness of open innovation: Do size and performance of open innovation groups matter? International Journal of Innovation Management, 21(3), pp. 1-24.
VIARDOT, E. (2017). Branding in B2B: The Value of Consumer Goods Brands in Industrial Markets. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 32(3), pp. 337-346.
VIARDOT, E. and CHEN, J. (2016). Managing innovation with standardisation. An introduction to recent trends and new challenges. Technovation, 48-49, pp. 1-3.
VIARDOT, E. (2013). The role of cooperatives in overcoming the barriers to adoption of Renewable Energy. Energy Policy, 63, pp. 756-764.

Editorials of a journal

VIARDOT, E., VAN DE KAA, G. and MCCARTHY, I. (2022). Standardization for platform ecosystems. Electronic Markets, 32(4), pp. 1807–1811.

Published business cases

VIARDOT, E. and REGALADO-PEZÚA, O. (2022). Airbus 2022: Smooth Skies Ahead? Airbus 2022: ¿Cielos tranquilos por delante? The Case Centre.
VIARDOT, E. (2022). Airbus 2022: Smooth Skies Ahead? The Case Centre.
VIARDOT, E. (2020). The reorganization of Siemens AG. The Case Centre.
VIARDOT, E. (2018). Live Nation. The Master of Live Music. The Case Centre.
VIARDOT, E. (2018). “Amadeus IT Group: Grow or Go. The Strategic Role of Growth in the Digital World. The Case Centre.
VIARDOT, E. (2016). Airbus. Soaring to new heights. The Case Centre.
VIARDOT, E. (2015). Selco: Using frugal innovation for growth in the renewable energy business. The Case Centre.
VIARDOT, E. (2014). Strategic Management of Innovation at SAP. The Case Centre.
VIARDOT, E. (2014). Abengoa: Sustaining Worldwide Leadership in the Solar Industry. The Case Centre.

Books and book editor

VIARDOT, E., CHEN, J., BREM, A. and WONG, P.K. (2019). The Routledge Companion to Innovation Management. Routledge, 616 pages.
VIARDOT, E. (2017). The Timeless Principles of Successful Business Strategy: Corporate Sustainability as the New Driving Force. 2nd edition ed. Springer.
VIARDOT, E. and BREM, A. (2017). Revolution in Innovation Management: Internationalization and Business Models. Palgrave Macmillan, 273 pages.
VIARDOT, E. and BREM, A. (2016). Revolution in Innovation Management: The Digital Breakthrough. Palgrave Macmillan, 261 pages.
VIARDOT, E. and BREM, A. (2015). “Adoption of Innovation. Balancing Internal and External Stakeholders Interest for the Management of Innovation. Springer, 230 pages.
VIARDOT, E. (2014). Los principios exitosos de la dirección de empresas. Barcelona: Profit Editorial, 160 pages.
VIARDOT, E. and BREM, A. (2013). Evolution of Innovation Management: Trends in an International Context. Palgrave Macmillan, 358 pages.