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Pierre -Xavier MESCHI

Professor

Research in joint ventures, M&As, entry modes, emerging multinationals, "green" alliances, quantitative and survival methods

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Pierre -Xavier MESCHI

Academy

Globalization

Research center

Knowledge, Technology and Organization

Location

Paris

Discipline

Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Education
1999
Agrégation des Facultés, Ministère de l'Education Nationale, France
1998
HDR, Aix-Marseille Université, France
1993
PhD in Management, IAE Aix-Marseille, France
1989
Master in Economics, Aix-Marseille Université, France
1988
Bachelor in Economics, Aix-Marseille Université, France
1996
International Teachers Program, London Business School, Great Britain
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2009
Professor, IAE Aix-Marseille, France
1999 - 2009
Professor (Full Time), Aix-Marseille Université, France
1999 - 2001
Professor (Full Time), IAE Valenciennes, France
Other academic affiliations and appointments
2007 - 2009
Visiting Lecturer in Strategy, Centre Franco-Vietnamien de Gestion (Ho Chi Minh campus)
2005 - 2009
Visiting Lecturer in Strategy, IAE Aix-Marseille, France
2004 - 2008
Visiting Lecturer in Strategy, Department of Management, Jiao Tong University, China
2002
Visiting Lecturer in Theories of the Firm and Research Methods, Department of Business Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
2000 - 2010
Visiting Lecturer in Business Simulation, EDHEC Business School, France
2000 - 2010
Visiting Lecturer in Strategy, EDHEC Business School, France
Since 1999
Visiting Lecturer in Business Simulation, EADA Business School, Spain
1999 - 2002
Visiting Lecturer in Strategy, Faculté d'Economie Appliquée, Aix-Marseille Université, France
1999 - 2000
Visiting Lecturer in Theories of the Firm and Research Methods, École supérieure des affaires de Lille, France
1995
Visiting Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior:, Universität Trier, Germany
1995 - 1998
Visiting Lecturer in Strategy, IAE Réunion
1994
Visiting Lecturer in Strategy, Direction Nationale de la Consommation, de la Concurrence et de la Répression des Fraudes, France
1993 - 2008
Professor (Part Time), Euromed Management, France
1992 - 1994
Visiting Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior:, European School of Management (EAP)
1991 - 1992
Visiting Lecturer in Strategy, CERAM Business School, France
Other professional experiences
Since 2008
Professor of Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Economics, SKEMA Business School, France
Research grants, Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
2021
IBR Best Journal Paper of the Year Award, Spain
2015
EFMD Case Writing Awards Winner 2015 (with Franck Brulhart and Philippe Chereau)
2013
Fundação Getulio Vargas Award for the Best Paper (8th Iberoamerican Academy Conference), Brazil
2005
John Yanouzas Award for Outstanding Paper (22nd Eastern Academy of Management Conference), South Africa
Other research activities
Editorial Board Member
2001
Finance Contrôle Stratégie
Reviewer for:
Journal of Business Research, Revue Française de Gestion, Human Relations
PhD Supervision
2012
P. CHEREAU, SKEMA Business School, PhD thesis, Thesis director
Other academic activities
2009
AFMI (Association Francophone de Management International)
2003
AAoM (Asian Academy of Management)
2002
AIB (Academy of International Business)
1999
AoM (Academy of Management)
1996 - 2002
Member of the SMS (Strategic Management Society)
1995
EIBA (European International Business Academy)
1994
AIMS (Association Internationale de Management Stratégique)
1991 - 2002
AGRH (Association francophone de Gestion des Ressources Humaines)

Peer-reviewed journal articles

COMYNS, B., MESCHI, P.X. and NORHEIM-HANSEN, A. (2023). Firms' responses to environmental misconduct accusations under the condition of contested practice complexity: Evidence from the palm oil production industry. Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(8), pp. 5332-5348.
BOHAS, A. and MESCHI, P.X. (2023). In vino vanitas: Social dynamics and performance of Chinese château acquisitions in the Bordeaux vineyards. Journal of International Business Studies, 54, pp. 306-331.
DEPERI, J., BERTRAND, O., MESCHI, P.X. and NESTA, L. (2022). An organizational learning approach to digital and non-digital firm acquisition behavior. European Management Journal, 40(6), pp. 873-882.
ESCOBAR, O., COLOVIC, A., LAMOTTE, O. and MESCHI, P.X. (2022). Impact of sourcing from the informal economy on the export likelihood and performance of emerging economy firms. Industrial and Corporate Change, 31(3), pp. 610-627.
CHEREAU, P. and MESCHI, P.X. (2022). Deliberate Practice of Entrepreneurial Learning and Self-Efficacy: The Moderating Effect of Entrepreneurial Parental Environment as Role Modeling. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 29(3), pp. 461-481.
COMYNS, B., MESCHI, P.X. and NORHEIM-HANSEN, A. (2022). Cut Them Loose? Firms' Response Strategies to Environmental Misconduct by Supplying Firms. Organization and Environment, 35(3), pp. 335-364.
NORHEIM-HANSEN, A. and MESCHI, P.X. (2021). De-Escalate Commitment? Firm Responses to the Threat of Negative Reputation Spillovers from Alliance Partners’ Environmental Misconduct. Journal of Business Ethics, 173(3), pp. 599-616.
MESCHI, P.X., RICARD, A. and TAPIA-MOORE, E. (2021). Pre-Internationalization and Performance Conditions of First-Time Exporting SMEs. M@n@gement, 24(1), pp. 31-43.
KWOK, D.W.P., MESCHI, P.X. and BERTRAND, O. (2020). In CEOs we trust: When religion matters in cross-border acquisitions. The case of a multifaith country. International Business Review, 29(4), pp. 101705.
AVETISYAN, E., BARUCH, Y., MESCHI, P.X., METAIS, E. and NORHEIM-HANSEN, A. (2020). Tying the Acquirer's Human Resource Management Quality to Cross-Border Acquisition Divestment Probability: Curvilinear Connection with Slacklining. British Journal of Management, 31(3), pp. 568-588.
MESCHI, P.X. and NORHEIM-HANSEN, A. (2020). Partner-diversity effects on alliance termination in the early stage of green alliance formation: Empirical evidence from carbon-emission reduction projects in Latin America. Business Strategy and the Environment, 29(1), pp. 250-261.
COLOVIC, A., ESCOBAR, O., LAMOTTE, O. and MESCHI, P.X. (2019). Multinational enterprises, local firms, and employee human rights violation in the workplace: Evidence from Mexico. Multinational Business Review, 27(3), pp. 247-265.
CHEREAU, P. and MESCHI, P.X. (2019). The performance implications of the strategy-business model fit. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 26(3), pp. 441-463.
MESCHI, P.X., METAIS, E. and SHIMIZU, K. (2018). Does a Prior Alliance with the Target Affect Acquisition Performance? The Dangers of a Honeymoon before Marriage. European Management Review, 15(3), pp. 427-444.
MAYRHOFER, U. and MESCHI, P.X. (2018). PME et multinationales émergentes : quels modèles d'internationalisation ? Finance Contrôle Stratégie, Numéro Spécial N°2.
LASSALLE, F., MESCHI, P.X. and METAIS, E. (2018). Experience discrepancy in leadership succession: Does it matter? Evidence from the Elite European Soccer Clubs (1994–2015). Strategic Change, 27(4), pp. 403-416.
ALKIRE, T. and MESCHI, P.X. (2018). The Decision to Stay or Resign Following an Acquisition by a Chinese or Indian Company. Management International Review, 58(1), pp. 9-42.
MESCHI, P.X., RICARD, A. and TAPIA-MOORE, E. (2017). Fast and Furious or Slow and Cautious? The Joint Impact of Age at Internationalization, Speed, and Risk Diversity on the Survival of Exporting Firms. Journal of International Management, 23(3), pp. 279-291.
MESCHI, P.X., NORHEIM-HANSEN, A. and RICCIO, E. (2017). Match-Making in international joint ventures in emerging economies: Aligning asymmetric financial strength and equity stake. Management International Review, 57(3), pp. 411-440.
MESCHI, P.X., PHAN, T.T. and WASSMER, U. (2016). Transactional and institutional alignment of entry modes in transition economies. A survival analysis of joint ventures and wholly owned subsidiaries in Vietnam. International Business Review, 25(4), pp. 946-959.
KIN, V., PREVOT, F. and MESCHI, P.X. (2015). Les 'Pays émergents' : Emergence, croissance ou maturité du thème dans la recherche en management international ? Une étude bibliométrique. Management International, 19(Dossier Thématique), pp. 20-34.
MESCHI, P.X., METAIS, E. and MILLER, C.C. (2015). Leader longevity, cognitive inertia, and Performance in Organizations with Stretch Goals: Evidence from "La royale" and its Ambition to Gain Naval Supremacy between 1689 and 1783. Advances in Strategic Management, 32, pp. 467-504.
MESCHI, P.X. and METAIS, E. (2015). Too Big to Learn: The Effects of Major Acquisition Failures on Subsequent Acquisition Divestment. British Journal of Management, 26(3), pp. 408-423.
ASHRAF, N., MESCHI, P.X. and SPENCER, R. (2014). Alliance Network Position, Embeddedness and Effects on the Carbon Performance of Firms in Emerging Economies. Organization and Environment, 27(1), pp. 65-84.
MESCHI, P.X. and WASSMER, U. (2013). The effect of foreign partner network embeddedness on international joint venture failure: Evidence from European firms' investments in emerging economies. International Business Review, 22(4), pp. 713-724.
MESCHI, P.X. and METAIS, E. (2013). Do Firms Forget about their Past Acquisitions? Evidence from French Acquisitions in the United States (1988-2006). Journal of Management, 39(2), pp. 469-495.
LASSALLE, F., MESCHI, P.X. and METAIS, E. (2012). L'écart entre performance et aspirations affecte-t-il la performance future d'une organisation? Le cas de la Ligue des Champions UEFA (1994-2008). Finance Contrôle Stratégie, 15(4), pp. 1-17.
MEIER, O. and MESCHI, P.X. (2011). Approche Intégrée ou Partielle de l’Internationalisation des Firmes : Les Modèles Uppsala (1977 et 2009) face à l’Approche « International New Ventures » et aux Théories de la Firme. Management International, 15(1), pp. 11-18.
CHOLLET, P. and MESCHI, P.X. (2011). Investissements des multinationales dans les pays émergents et valeur actionnariale. Revue Française de Gestion, 6(215), pp. 13-29.
MESCHI, P.X. and METAIS, E. (2011). Les firmes apprennent-elles de leurs échecs d'acquisition? Finance Contrôle Stratégie, 14(1), pp. 69-100.
TAPIA-MOORE, E. and MESCHI, P.X. (2010). Vitesse et Mode d’Internationalisation des PME. Management International, 15(1), pp. 87-99.
WASSMER, U. and MESCHI, P.X. (2010). The effect of code-sharing alliance formations and terminations on firm value: the role of co-specialization and scope extension. Journal of Air Transport Management, 17(5), pp. 305-308.
MESCHI, P.X. (2009). Government corruption and foreign stakes in international joint ventures in emerging economies'. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 26, pp. 241-261.
MESCHI, P.X. (2009). Les cycles de création de valeur des acquisitions. Revue Française de Gestion, 196(35), pp. 131-146.
MESCHI, P.X. and GUIEU, G. (2008). Conseils d'administration et réseaux d'Administrateurs en Europe. Revue Française de Gestion, 34(185), pp. 21-45.
MESCHI, P.X. and RICCIO, E.L. (2008). Country risk, national cultural differences between partners and survival of international joint ventures in Brazil. International Business Review, 17(3), pp. 250-266.
MESCHI, P.X. (2008). Impact de la corruption d'Etat sur l'évolution des participations européennes dans les coentreprises internationales. M@n@gement, 11(1), pp. 1-26.
MESCHI, P.X. and METAIS, E. (2007). Expérience, oubli organisationnel et motifs de désinvestissement des acquisitions internationales - Le cas des acquisitions françaises aux États-Unis (1988-2004)'. Finance Contrôle Stratégie, 10(4), pp. 73-109.
MESCHI, P.X. and CHENG, L. (2007). Do Sino-foreign joint ventures create shareholder value for Chinese partners? International Journal of Business, 12(3), pp. 325-341.
MESCHI, P.X. and METAIS, E. (2006). International acquisition performance and experience: A resource-based view. Evidence from French acquisitions in the United States (1988–2004). Journal of International Management, 12(4), pp. 430-448.
PREVOT, F. and MESCHI, P.X. (2006). Evolution of an international joint venture:the case of a French-Brazilian joint venture. Thunderbird International Business Review, 48(3), pp. 297-319.
BERTRAND, P. and MESCHI, P.X. (2006). Performance des partenaires locaux dans les coentreprises internationales en Asie : Valorisation boursière et application de la théorie des coûts de transaction. Management International.
MESCHI, P.X. and RICCIO, E.L. (2006). Analyse longitudinale de l'impact du risque-pays et des différences culturelles sur la survie des coentreprises internationales au Brésil entre 1974 et 2005. Finance Contrôle Stratégie, 9(4), pp. 87-111.
MESCHI, P.X. (2005). Environmental uncertainty and survival of international joint ventures: The case of political and economic risk in emerging countries'. European Management Review, 2(2), pp. 143-152.
MESCHI, P.X. (2005). Apprentissage d'expériences des partenaires et survie des coentreprises. Finance Contrôle Stratégie.
MESCHI, P.X. (2005). Stock market valuation of joint venture sell-offs. Journal of International Business Studies, 36(6), pp. 688-700.
MESCHI, P.X. (2005). La survie des coentreprises d'internationalisation dans les pays émergents : quel est l'impact du risque-pays? Management International, 9(2), pp. 37-50.
BERTRAND, P. and MESCHI, P.X. (2005). A transactional analysis of Chinese partners' performance in international joint ventures. China Economic Review, 38(2), pp. 16-35.
HUBLER, J., MESCHI, P.X. and SCHMIDT, G. (2004). Annonces de suppressions d'emplois et valeur boursière de l'entreprise. Finance Contrôle Stratégie.
MESCHI, P.X. (2004). Valuation effect of international joint ventures: does experience matter? International Business Review, 13(5), pp. 595-612.
MESCHI, P.X. (2004). La cession de coentreprise : Simple cession d'actifs ou cession spécifique ? Analyse des réactions des marchés boursiers européens. Finance Contrôle Stratégie, 7(1), pp. 117-150.
MESCHI, P.X. and HUBLER, J. (2003). Franco-Chinese joint venture formation and shareholder wealth. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 20(1).
MESCHI, P.X. (2003). Pourquoi et comment sortir d'une alliance ? Revue Française de Gestion, pp. 25.
MESCHI, P.X. and CHENG, L.T.W. (2002). Stock price reactions to Sino-European joint ventures. Journal of World Business, 37(2), pp. 119-126.
HUBLER, J. and MESCHI, P.X. (2001). European direct investment in China and Sino-French joint ventures. Asia Pacific Business Review, 7(3), pp. 157-180.
MESCHI, P.X. and CREMER, E. (1999). Competence building and corporate renewal. Business Strategy Review, 10(2), pp. 43-51.
MESCHI, P.X. and METAIS, E. (1998). Socio-economic study of companies through their training policies: new empirical considerations in the French context. Management International Review, 38(1), pp. 25-48.
MESCHI, P.X. (1997). Longevity and cultural differences of international joint-ventures: toward time-based cultural management. Human Relations, 50, pp. 211-228.
MESCHI, P.X. and ROGER, A. (1994). Cultural context and social effectiveness in international joint ventures. Management International Review, 34(3), pp. 197–215.
MESCHI, P.X. (1988). Les logiques financières de la croissance dans les firmes d'Europe Centrale ? Revue Française de Gestion.

Conference proceedings

CHEREAU, P. and MESCHI, P.X. (2016). The performance implication of the strategy-business model fit: Does it pay off to stick to the model?
ASHRAF, N., MESCHI, P.X. and SPENCER, R. (2013). Structure-agency: Disentangling the selection and influence mechanisms in the carbon market.
ASHRAF, N., MESCHI, P.X. and SPENCER, R. (2012). The effect of network embeddedness on the carbon performance of organizations in emerging economies.
MESCHI, P.X., METAIS, E. and SHIMIZU, K. (2011). Prior alliance with the target and acquisition performance. The danger of honeymoon before marriage.

Non peer-reviewed journal articles

MESCHI, P.X. and RICCIO, E.L. (2007). How do country risk and national cultural differences between partners affect the survival of international alliances in emerging countries? Longitudinal analysis of 165 international joint ventures in Brazil 1974 to 2005. Revista Contabilidade & Finanças, 18, pp. 250-266.
MESCHI, P.X., BRULHART, F. and PREVOT, F. (2004). Performance of European joint ventures in Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe. Icfaian Journal of Management Research.
MESCHI, P.X. and ROGER, A. (1997). Perspectives et limites de l'approche compétence appliquée à  la classification des emplois dans une banque régionale. Revue de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, (20), pp. 5-17.
MESCHI, P.X. (1995). Logiques sociale, économique et managériale : Une typologie des pratiques de formation dans les entreprises françaises. Revue de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, pp. 33-47.

Book chapters

DI BIAGGIO, L. and MESCHI, P.X. (2012). Introduction. In: Dibiaggio, L., Meschi, P-X. eds. Management in the Knowledge Economy - New Managerial Models for Success. 1st ed. Montréal: Pearson.
MESCHI, P.X. and WASSMER, U. (2012). Knowledge-intensive alliance portfolios: how to use them strategically and manage alliance portfolio knowledge flows effectively. In: Ludovic Dibliaggio, Pierre-Xavier Meschi eds. Management in the Knowledge Economy - New Managerial Models for Success. 1st ed. Pearson.
DI BIAGGIO, L. and MESCHI, P.X. (2012). Introduction. In: Ludovic Dibliaggio, Pierre-Xavier Meschi eds. Management in the Knowledge Economy - New Managerial Models for Success. 1st ed. Pearson.
DI BIAGGIO, L. and MESCHI, P.X. (2010). Avant-propos. In: Ludovic Dibliaggio, Pierre-Xavier Meschi eds. Le Management dans l'Economie de la Connaissance. 1st ed. Pearson.
MESCHI, P.X. (2010). Gérer un portefeuille d'alliances de connaissances. In: Ludovic Dibliaggio, Pierre-Xavier Meschi eds. Le Management dans l'Economie de la Connaissance. 1st ed. Pearson, pp. 143-159.
MESCHI, P.X. (2010). La négociation dans les coentreprises. In: Gundolf Katherine, Meier Olivier, Missonier Audrey eds. Négociations et stratégies d'entreprises. 1st ed. Eyrolles.
MESCHI, P.X. (2009). Les alliances entre grandes entreprises : le cas des joint ventures in Meier. In: Olivier Meier, Guillaume Schier eds. Stratégies de Croissance. 1st ed. Dunod.
MESCHI, P.X. (2009). Les coentreprises internationales. In: Frédéric Le Roy, Saïd Yami eds. Management Stratégique de la Concurrence. 1st ed. Dunod, pp. 133-145.
MESCHI, P.X. (2006). The luxury goods industry: Internationalization and competition. In: Suresh K (ed.). Marketing of Luxury Goods and Services. 1st ed. Icfai University Press.
MESCHI, P.X. and CREMER, E. (2005). Competence building, corporate renewal, and value creation. In: Advances in Applied Business Strategy. 1st ed. Elsevier.
METAIS, E. and MESCHI, P.X. (2005). Competence-based management and strategic flexibility: The case of Air Liquide. In: Advances in Applied Business Strategy. 1st ed. Elsevier.
LIVOLSI, L. and MESCHI, P.X. (2003). Méthodologie quantitative de la recherche en gestion des ressources humaines. In: Allouche José (ed.). Encyclopédie des Ressources Humaines. 1st ed. Vuibert.
LELAURAIN, P.F. and MESCHI, P.X. (1998). Barriers to imitation. In: Ray P Oakey, Wim During eds. New Technology-Based Firms in the 1990s. 1st ed. Paul Chapman Publishing.
CREMER, E. and MESCHI, P.X. (1997). Integrating corporate strategy and competence building processes: a case study, in Heene, A. & Sanchez, R. (editors). In: Aimé Heene, Ron Sanchez eds. Competence-Based Strategic Management. 1st ed. John Wiley & Sons.
MESCHI, P.X. (1996). La restructuration organisationnelle par downsizing, source d'inertie ou de transformation ? In: Anne-Marie Fericelli, Bruno Sire eds. Performance et Ressources Humaines. 1st ed. Economica.

Editorials of a journal

MAYRHOFE, U., BANDEIRA-DE-MELLO, R., GHAURI, P.N. and MESCHI, P.X. (2015). Introduction to the Special Issue: Theoretical And Empirical Implications For Research On South-South and South-North Expansion Strategies. M@n@gement, 18(1), pp. 1-7.

Published business cases

BOHAS, A. and MESCHI, P.X. (2020). The Tire Maharajahs: Competing with Chinese Exporters and Tire Multinationals for Industry Leadership in India. Ivey Publishing, pp. 20.
CHEREAU, P. and MESCHI, P.X. (2017). A Terroir Olive Oil Mill Against Agri-Food Multinationals. Harvard Business Publishing.
BRULHART, F., CHEREAU, P. and MESCHI, P.X. (2016). A terroir olive oil mill against agri-food multinationals. Ivey Publishing.
CHEREAU, P. and MESCHI, P.X. (2015). Strategic choices and performance of smes and agri-food multinationals in the french olive oil industry: david against goliath? CCMP.
MESCHI, P.X. and VIDAL, P. (2013). Lenovo: A Chinese dragon in the global village. Ivey Publishing.
MESCHI, P.X. and VIDAL, P. (2013). Lenovo: Un dragon chinois dans le village global. CCMP.
MESCHI, P.X. and MUKHI, U. (2012). The International Expansion of Apollo Tyres or the Making of an 'Emerging Multinational. ECCH.
CHEREAU, P. and MESCHI, P.X. (2011). BULGARI, BURBERRY, GUCCI... Strategy and Value Creation of the European Luxury Firms. CCMP.
MESCHI, P.X. and CHEREAU, P. (2011). BULGARI, BURBERRY, GUCCI... Strategie et création de valeur des entreprises européennes du luxe en 2010. CCMP.
MESCHI, P.X. and TABATONI, O. (2008). EUROCOPTER face à  AGUSTAWESTLAND : la stratégie des acteurs européens de l'industrie des hélicoptères en 2010. CCMP.
BRULHART, F. and MESCHI, P.X. (2008). PERNOD-RICARD 1&2 : à  la poursuite du leadership dans le secteur des vins et spiritueux. CCMP.
MESCHI, P.X. (2007). Michelin in the Land of Maharajahs (Part A): Note on the Tire Industry in India. Ivey Publishing.
METAIS, E., MESCHI, P.X. and COLIN, J. (2007). The 'Marine Royale' or the Extraordinary Revival of the French Navy under Louis XIV. CCMP.
MESCHI, P.X. and BRULHART, F. (2007). L'Industrie de l'Huile d'Olive en France : quel Avenir pour les Producteurs Provençaux face à  LESIEUR, UNILEVER et CARAPELLI. CCMP.
MESCHI, P.X. (2005). Gucci and the Difficulty of Building a Competitive Advantage in the World Luxury Goods Industry. ECCH.
MESCHI, P.X. (2005). Gucci et la Quête du Leadership dans l'Industrie Mondiale du Luxe. CCMP.