Professor of Management, University of Geneva, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Affiliate Scholar at Skema Business School

Michel Ferrary is professor of management at the Graduate School of Economics and management of the University of Geneva and associate scholar at Skema Business School. He obtained is PhD at HEC Paris. For the past 20 years, he was frequently visiting scholar at Stanford University. His fields of research are centered on management of innovation, venture capital industry, high-tech clusters and network theory, with a special focus on the Silicon Valley. His ongoing research is dedicated to organizational behavior, stakeholder theory and strategic human resource management. He has published in several international scholarly journals like Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Ethics, Economy and Society, California Management Review and European Management Journal.

Articles from this author

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  Business / 2017-10-26

  Silicon Valley: a cluster of venture capitalists?

  Michel Ferrary / Professor of Management, University of Geneva, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Affiliate Scholar at Skema Business School

  What sets the Silicon Valley apart from other clusters? Many other countries have tried to emulate this model, but none have matched California’s ability to host dozens of “unicorns,” not to mention thousands of new startups every year. Why do policies fail to replicate this Californian success? Venture capitalists could very well be the differentiating factor.