Hervé Dumez graduated from ENS-Ulm (1978), holds a doctorate in sociology (dir: Raymond Boudon), and an HDR in economics and management from Paris-Dauphine University. He has been a visiting professor at M.I.T. and the Stockholm School of Economics. He is Director of the Institut Interdisciplinaire de l'Innovation (i3, UMR 9217), Vice-President Research and Fellow of the European Academy of Management (EURAM). Author or co-author of over sixty articles in peer-reviewed journals (including Academy of Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics, European Management Review, M@n@gement) and a dozen books, including Innover en temps de crise. Réactions et adaptations face à la crise Covid, Presses des Mines (2022) with Benjamin Loveluck and Alexandre Mallard, Voyage au cœur du système de santé. 100 témoignages pour apprendre à gérer avec la crise, Eska (2021) with Étienne Minvielle, Méthodologie de la recherche qualitative, Vuibert (2021), How Business Organizes Collectively. An Inquiry on Trade Associations and Other Meta-Organizations, Edward Elgar, (2020) with Sandra Renou, Comprehensive Research, Copenhagen Business School Press (2016).

Research topics

Management of collective action.

Various forms of collective action are explored (meta-organizations, commoning, polycentrism in major challenges, management of the Covid crisis by the healthcare system).

Relationships as a managerial reality.

Research conducted with Magali Ayache looks at what it means to manage a relationship. Coaching and franchising have been studied in recent years.

Philosophy of managerial action.

Based on philosophies of action (pragmatism, Blondel, Arendt, Austin, Ryle, Weinberger), strategies and the articulation of language and action are studied in a variety of contexts.

Epistemology and methodology of qualitative research.

Qualitative research has been rethought as comprehensive (in the tradition of Weber and Popper), and elements of the methodological approach have been redefined (coding, narration, description).

Teaching

Polytechnic Cycle

Business and society: tensions and regulations
Organizational strategy and sustainable development" advanced course

Master MIM

Seminar on the theme of value

Doctoral training

Qualitative research methodology

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