Florence Charue-Duboc is Director of Research at the CNRS and Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique. She specializes in the management of technological innovation. More specifically, her work focuses on the management of technological innovation processes in the upstream phases, in multinational companies and when these involve inter-company cooperation. Her work is carried out in cooperation with companies from a wide range of sectors (automotive, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, ICT). She has published numerous articles and edited three books. She supervises master's and doctoral students on these topics. She is an alumnus of the Ecole Polytechnique and holds a PhD in Management Sciences from the Ecole des Mines de Paris.

She chairs the Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship department.

She is responsible for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialized Master's program.

Research topics

Exploration-exploitation articulation in innovation projects and organization

Numerous studies have highlighted the differences between knowledge exploration and exploitation processes, and the importance of exploration dynamics in innovation, particularly breakthrough innovation. However, the management of exploration dynamics and their coexistence with exploitation processes has yet to be studied. We have analyzed this at the level of exploration programs, at the level of hybrid projects, and also at the level of entities dedicated to exploration innovation.

     BenMahmoud-Jouini S. et Charue-Duboc F., 2022, « Integration of an exploration program with its parent organization: A lifecycle perspective », International Journal of Project Management, 40 pp 587-597
     Tillement S., Garcias F., Minguet G., Charue-Duboc F., 2019, « Disentangling Exploitation and Exploration in Hybrid projects: the case of a new nuclear reactor development », Project Management Journal vol. n 50, n° 5, pp. 538–553

Territorial anchoring of innovation

Whether it's the location of markets or development teams, they have a strong impact on the organization of innovation processes, the partnerships that are forged, the breakthroughs introduced, and the deployment of innovation after the first commercial introductions.

     BenMahmoud-Jouini S. et Charue-Duboc F., Hadengue M., 2020, « Intermediate, Local and Glocal Innovation Models for MNCs from advanced markets targeting emerging markets: The Case of a European Telco Operator in Africa and the Middle East », Management International, Vol 24  N spécial, pp 20-35
     BenMahmoud-Jouini S. et Charue-Duboc F., Paris T., 2020, « Introduction au numéro spécial Innovations, Espaces et Territoires », Finance Contrôle Stratégie, n° spécial Innovations Espaces et Territoires, NS 9,
     Guyot-Phung C. et Charue-Duboc F., 2020, « La dimension territoriale : Modalités d’émergence et de diffusion de la niche sociotechnique » Finance Contrôle Stratégie, n° spécial Innovations Espaces et Territoires, NS 9

Learning communities and innovation

     Charue-Duboc F., Gastaldi L., Bertin E., 2020, « Des communautés d’experts internes comme facilitateur de l’innovation » Revue Française de Gestion. vol n°287  pp 81-98
     Guerineau M., Ben Mahmoud-Jouini S, Charue-Duboc F., 2017, « Le rôle des communautés de pratiques et de leur coordination dans le développement et le déploiement des innovations dans une multinationale » Management International, vol 21, 3, pp 18-34

Teaching

Polytechnic cycle

Project management
MoDAL (introductory management research project)

Master PIC

International innovation

Executive Master

Team project support

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