Yves Doz is the Timken Chaired Professor of Global Technology and Innovation at INSEAD, where he was Dean of Executive Education (1998-2002) and Associate Dean for Research and Development (1990-1995). Professor Doz was also Director of the Management of Technology and Innovation programme at INSEAD, a multi-disciplinary effort involving about 20 faculty members and researchers (1987-1994). Yves Doz received his PhD from Harvard University and graduated from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (France). He has also taught at the Harvard Business School, Stanford's Graduate School of Business and Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo.

His research on the strategy and organization of multinational companies, examining specifically high-technology industries, led to numerous publications, including "The Multinational Mission: Balancing Local Demands and Global Vision", co-authored with CK. Prahalad (1987) and "From Global to Metanational: How Companies Win in the Knowledge Economy" co-authored with José Santos and Peter Williamson (Harvard Business School Press, 2001) which shows how companies can mobilize dispersed knowledge to learn from the world. His research on strategic alliances has been summarized in "Alliance Advantage" (1998), co-authored with Gary Hamel. He won numerous awards: a Distinguished Scholar Award from the Academy of Management (2003) and an appointment as "Inaugural Fellow of the Strategic Management Society" (2005). Prof. Doz was most recently elected Fellow of the Academy of Management (2006), and was nominated by The Economist as one of a handful of European 'Management Gurus'.

Professor Doz carries out research on strategic partnerships and technological cooperation between companies, on global competition in the knowledge economy, and on the competitive revitalization of international companies. Yves Doz is also investigating on how companies adapt to changes, based on a sample of a dozen ICT companies, together with Dr Mikko Kosonen, former SVP at Nokia. Their book on Strategic Agility is forthcoming in the Fall 2006.

Prof. Doz's business experience includes work on multinational aircraft programs; he has consulted for many major multinational corporations and taught in their internal development programs. His recent assignments have included assisting the restructuring of the top management of a leading European diversified multinational, advising multinationals on the development of new growth platforms and designing and implementing competitive revitalization programs.

Multinational Management; Strategic Alliances; Management of Technology and Innovation; Corporate Renewal.

Design and Direction of INSEAD Executive Programmes and PhD Course on Strategy Process.