Industrial Relations and Firms’ Competitiveness Chair

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This chair’s objective is to reflect on the evolution of social dialogue and study their effects on company performance.

It aims to develop a greater understanding of industrial relations’ challenges, be they economic, social or societal, and their impact with regard to governance and innovation…

The importance of good industrial relations as a performance and innovation lever is now well established. Industrial relations are consequently at the heart of business issues, particularly due to the current economic instability and the development of new forms of business related to digital technology.

Objectives
Have a real impact on company policy

The Industrial Relations and Firms’ Competitiveness Chair stems from the desire to provide a platform for exchange of knowledge and best practices, which will further knowledge and the development of innovative methods capable of having a real impact on company policy (in France, but also in Europe and worldwide).

The aim of the Industrial Relations and Firms’ Competitiveness Chair is threefold

  • To create a centre of excellence for research on industrial relations and business performance.
  • To bring together experts of several nationalities and a community of practitioners to reflect on the development of industrial relations in companies
  • To provide a platform for exchange of best practices in industrial relations, connecting economic and social approaches.

Its activities will focus on three fields

  • Creating new teachings at ESCP Europe on the theme of industrial relations as a corporate performance driver.
  • Developing research on this subject, in particular by creating an international observatory of industrial relations and producing research on the theme via a network of researchers in France, Europe and worldwide.
  • Organising a series of seminars bringing together practitioners, students and teacher-researchers.

Areas of research
The evolution of professional relations in the era of...

The meaning of the partnership

L'équipe

Jean-francois PILLARD – Président de la chaire - Chaire Dialogue social et compétitivité des entreprises - ESCP Europe

Jean-François
Pilliard

President of the Chair

JMaria KOUTSOVOULOU – Directrice scientifique - Chaire Dialogue social et compétitivité des entreprises - ESCP Europe

Marie
Koutsovoulou

Scientific Director

Patrice LAROCHE – Président du comité scientifique - Chaire Dialogue social et compétitivité des entreprises - ESCP Europe

Patrice
Laroche

Director of the Chair’s
Academic Committee

Focus on ...

Final step for the MBA in IM students involved in the Solvay Company Consultancy Project

News

Final step for the MBA in IM students involved in the Solvay Company Consultancy Project

25 January 2018

Solvay, partner in the Industrial Relations and Firms’ Competitiveness Chair, extended its relationship with ESCP Europe by offering the MBA in International Management’s students a great field of work: a Company Consultancy Project (CPP).

Video

Industrial Relations and Firms’ Competitiveness Chair - inaugural conference [FR]

A look back at the themes of the inaugural conference of the Social Dialogue and Business Competitiveness Chair. The quality of social dialogue, a guarantee of competitiveness? November 17, 2016.