Claude Michaud
Claude Michaud (1935-2014) was a management educator and economist. He was a professor of economics at INSEAD and a director-general of the European Center for Executive Development.
Career
After obtaining a PhD in economics at the University of Bordeaux, Claude Michaud joined (in 1961) the Banque Française et Italienne pour l'Amerique du Sud, then a subsidiary of the Banca Commerciale Italiana and now known as Banco GNB Sudameris, part of the Intesa group. He moved a year later to the Caisse Nationale des Marchés d'État, an agency of the French Ministry of Finance. In 1967 he joined the Centre de Recherche de l'Urbanisme,[1] a research center set up by the French Ministries of Education and Construction in the 1960s, becoming its Research Director in 1975. In 1970 he joined the economics faculty of INSEAD as an associate professor, becoming a full professor five years later. Also in 1975 he accepted the post of Deputy Director of CEDEP, becoming Director General in 1991 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 2003. He came out of retirement to serve a second term as Director General in 2005 and retired definitively in 2007. He was also Scientific Adviser to the Fondation Europe et Société (1985–94) and Member of the Science Council of the Tissot Economic Foundation (1988–95).
Work
His research initially focused on urban development.[2][3] He then turned to issues of regulation, privatization, and competitiveness.[4][5][6][7] With the increasing integration of Europe's national economies in the EEC and later the EU he began looking at the implications of the single European market.[8][9][10] His work in the 1990s looked more at the drivers of firm competitiveness and resulted in the publications with Chicago decision-scientist Robin Hogarth[11][12] and sociologist Jean-Claude Thoenig.[13][14]
Honors
Claude Michaud was appointed a Chevalier de l'Ordre Nationale du Mérite in 2010
Selected publications
- Making Strategy and Organization Compatible, Claude Michaud and Jean-Claude Thoenig, Palgrave Macmillan 2003
- Stratégie et sociologie de l'entreprise, Claude Michaud and Jean-Claude Thoenig, Village Mondial 2001
References
- Canaux, Jean (1964). "Le Centre de Recherches d'Urbanisme". Caravelle. 3: 260–265. doi:10.3406/carav.1964.1099.
- Decision Behaviour in Urban Development : a Methodological Approach and Substantive Considerations, with Robin Hogarth (University of Chicago) and Jean-Louis Mery (Centre de Recherche d'Urbanisme), Acta Psychologica 45 (1980)
- Pour une nouvelle répartition géographique des emplois et des investissements, with Robin Hogarth, Jean-Louis Mery and Francis Perret, CEAT Lausanne 1981
- The development of a European Air Transport Policy, with Jean-Claude Thoenig, European Institute of Public Administration Maastricht, Working Paper n°1983/02
- Théorie et pratique de la réglementation : l'exemple des Etats-Unis, Politique et Management Public, n° 2, Printemps 1983
- Privatization and Deregulation: The European Debate, European Institute of Public Administration», Maastricht, Working Paper n° 1985/01
- Des voies de la compétitivité aux difficultés d'ajustement. Le problème de la régulation et de la gouvernabilité des sociétés, Les Cahiers de la Fondation : Europe et Société, n° 2, July 1986
- Le grand marché intérieur : opportunités et risques, Les Cahiers de la Fondation : Europe et Société, n°6-7, July/December 1987
- Les opportunités et risques du marché unique : le rapport sur 1992, Les Cahiers de la Fondation : Europe et Société, n° 11, October/December 1988
- La politique extérieure de la Communauté - Vrai problème ou faux débat : l'enjeu de la compétitivité, Les Cahiers de la Fondation Europe et Société n° 17/18, April/September 1990
- Longevity of Business Firms : a four stage framework for analysis with Yves Doz, Robin Hogarth and Ludo Van der Heyden, INSEAD Working Paper n° 91/55/EP/SM - October 1991
- The Social Capital of French and American Managers with Ronald Burt and Robin Hogarth, Organization Science, March/April 2000
- Stratégies et Systèmes Cognitifs, with Jean-Claude Thoenig, Working Paper GAPP-CNRS-Ecole Normale Supérieure-Cachan July 2000
- Making Strategy and Organization Compatible, with John-Claude Thoenig, Palgrave Macmillan 2003