CEROM
CEROM
Last update: 11-03-2009
GSCM-Montpellier Business School (GSCM) places research in the very heart of its strategy. GSCM values the process of research, first by fostering a spirit of enterprising research, education and practice, second by enhancing the quality of our research and diffusing it to the different stakeholders (valorization of research for practice and teaching). In 2009, the GSCM research center (CEROM) counts 31 research faculty members and 7 research assistants. The mission of CEROM is to enhance research in GSCM by giving purpose and structure to the research activity of the GSCM faculty. CEROM is declined into two research fields: Entrepreneurship & Market Dynamics and Information Systems Management and Organizational Dynamics. Both research fields reflect the focus toward GSCM faculty expertise, as well as the business reality and needs at the regional, national, European and international level. Furthermore, both research fields started an international workshop series entitled Montpellier International Workshop on Entrepreneurship and Market Dynamics (MIWENT) and Montpellier International Workshop on Information Systems and Organization Dynamics (MIWIS). MIWIS and MIWENT combine research and practice to foster research outcomes for stakeholders and practitioners (students, managers, entrepreneurs, bankers, governments, etc.).
GSCM's research portfolio also features an increasing number of multidisciplinary projects in accordance with the two research fields that embody GSCM's research goals. The main disciplinary areas of research are: entrepreneurship, strategy, finance, accounting, human resource, information systems, knowledge management, and marketing.
GSCM considers intellectual contributions as a core responsibility of a business school. The number of peer-reviewed intellectual contributions has increased significantly in number and quality (internationalization research outcomes, increasing number of high ranked A and B journal publications, etc.). In five years, the number of articles accepted for publications in peer-reviewed journals quadrupled, rising from 10 in 2004 to 43 in 2008. Today, the research output in terms of publication places GSCM amongst the most performing French business schools.
The 2008 annual research report confirms the successful implantation of the GSCM research policy. GSCM managed successfully to develop a performing research center of European scope and visibility and today, GSCM researchers regularly attend the most important international conferences (AOM, SMS, ICSB, ICIS, FMA, etc.) and see their work published in the best French and international journals.
A major topic of GSCM research strategy is also the strategic alliance with local universities. These cluster strategies resulted in the creation of the label Montpellier Management Education and Research (2006), to federate and increase the visibility of management science in this area.
Administration
- Dr. Frank Lasch (HDR), Dean of Research
- Dr. Calin Gurau (HDR), Head of the Research field "Entrepreneurship and Market Dynamics"
- Dr. Nassim Belbaly, Head of the Research field "Information Systems Management and Organisational Dynamics"
Contact : Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM-Montpellier Business School), 2300 Avenue des Moulins - 34185 Montpellier Cedex 4, France. Tel : +33 4 67 10 28 20 ; Fax : +33 4 67 45 13 56; mail to:cerom@supco-montpellier.fr
News
October 2009: Dr. Annabelle Jaouen defended her habilitation to supervise doctoral research ('HDR', post-doctoral research degree) entitled "Entrepreneuriat et stratégie : pour une lecture à travers le prisme de la très petite entreprise".
June 2009: Dr. Guillaume Andrieux was awarded for the 2nd place of the French FNEGE AFFI 2008 award of the best PhD dissertation in Corporate FinanceFinance d'entreprise ('Strategic behaviors and diversity of actors within the venture capital industry').
April 2009: High scoring journal article-One of professor Frank Lasch's co-authered articles, titled Entrepreneurship Research in Europe: Taking Stock and Looking forward, published in Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, ranked among the top 20 ET&P articles for 2008.
