Esther Roca Batllori

Lecturer
Knowledge groupStrategy and Operations
Research domainsCompetitive Strategy
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Biography

Esther Roca Batllori is a Lecturer at the Department of Management and Technology since 2013.

Before joining Bocconi, she was Assistant Professor at the Department of Business Administration of Universidad Carlos III in Madrid and she was officially accredited as Associated Professor in Spain in 2015. Previously, she also taught at ICADE-Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid and Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcellona. 

Her research lies on the intersection between Strategy and Business Ethics. In the last few years, she has studied how firms can benefit from investments in social values and the strategic opportunities and challenges of hybrid companies. She is the author of numerous articles on her topics of interest which have been published in the Journal of Organization Science, Strategic Management and Industry and Innovation, among others. 

She got her BA in Philosophy at the University Navarra and her Master's in Theory of Management at the University of Navarra-IESE where she obtained her PhD in Philosophy and Organizations in 1997. 

Recent Publications

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  • 2024
    Not-invented-here syndrome
    FOSFURI, A., E. ROCA BATLLORI, "Not-invented-here syndrome" in Encyclopedia of International Strategic Management., Christian Geisler Asmussen, Niron Hashai, Dana Minbaeva (Eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 314-316, 2024
  • 2016
    Social Business Hybrids: Demand Externalities, Competitive Advantage, and Growth Through Diversification
    FOSFURI, A., M. S. GIARRATANA, E. ROCA BATLLORI, "Social Business Hybrids: Demand Externalities, Competitive Advantage, and Growth Through Diversification", Organization Science, 2016, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 1275-1289
  • 2015
    Walking a slippery line: Investments in social values and product longevity
    FOSFURI, A., E. ROCA BATLLORI, M. S. GIARRATANA, "Walking a slippery line: Investments in social values and product longevity", Strategic Management Journal, 2015, vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 1750-1760
  • 2013
    Building and Sustaining a Product Differentiation Advantage Through a Community-Focused Strategy
    FOSFURI, A., M. S. GIARRATANA, E. ROCA BATLLORI, "Building and Sustaining a Product Differentiation Advantage Through a Community-Focused Strategy", Industry and Innovation, 2013, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 114-132
  • 2011
    Community-focused strategies
    FOSFURI, A., M. S. GIARRATANA, E. ROCA BATLLORI, "Community-focused strategies", Strategic Organization, 2011, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 222-239
  • 2010
    The Exercise of Moral Imagination in Stigmatized Work Groups
    ROCA BATLLORI, E., "The Exercise of Moral Imagination in Stigmatized Work Groups", Journal of Business Ethics, 2010, vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 135-147
  • 2008
    Introducing Practical Wisdom in Business Schools
    ROCA BATLLORI, E., "Introducing Practical Wisdom in Business Schools", Journal of Business Ethics, 2008, vol. 82, no. 3, pp. 607-620
  • 2007
    Intuitive Practical Wisdom in Organizational Life
    ROCA BATLLORI, E., "Intuitive Practical Wisdom in Organizational Life", Social Epistemology, 2007, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 195-207
  • 2007
    Rethinking Aristotelian Communities as Contemporary Corporations
    ROCA BATLLORI, E., "Rethinking Aristotelian Communities as Contemporary Corporations", Philosophy of Management, 2007, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 77-85
  • 2004
    Optimal licensing strategy: royalty or fixed fee?
    FOSFURI, A., E. ROCA BATLLORI, "Optimal licensing strategy: royalty or fixed fee?", International Journal of Business and Economics (IJBE), 2004, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 13-19

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