ROBERT Frank

Dr. Frank Robert was Assistant Professor at the Superior Institute of Trade and Communication in Montpellier Icosup prior to his appointment at Montpellier Business School in September 2007.

After finishing his PhD in Economic 2005, U. of Montpellier I he held a temporary teaching and research position at the University of Montpellier I. Major topics of research are the interaction between economy and strategic management; coopetition strategies; individual, organizational and environmental analysis of entrepreneurship regional factors, firm performance, typologies of entrepreneurs, etc.. He presented his research at various national and international conferences International Council for Small Business, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, European Council for Small Business, European Academy of Management, Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, Association Information et Management, Association Internationale de Management Stratégique, etc.. His research has been published in such journals as Industrial and Corporate Change, Small Business Economics, Technovation, International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, Revue Sciences de Gestion, Revue Internationale PME.  

In September 2010, he has been appointed Head of the Management, Strategy, Economics, Human Resources Department. In September 2010, he has been appointed head of one of the MBS teaching departments: Management, Strategy and Organization.

After five years, 2014, he takes the responsibility of a new department named: Sustainable Management, Economy, Human Resources and Diversity. He will manage this department between 2014 and 2023.

In 2015 he has been appointed Associate Professor.

In September 2020, he has been appointed Full Professor. 

ROBERT, F. - "From Crisis to Competitiveness: The Rapid Expansion and Future Impact of France's Economic Recovery Plan" - 2024, The Case Center, Bedford, Great Britain

ROBERT, F. - "How Does InnovaTech Overcome Market Entry Barriers in Europe?" - 2024, The Case Center, London, Great Britain

ROBERT, F. - "Navigating Economic Growth: The Role of Consumption, Saving, and Investment in Macroeconomics" - 2024, The Case Center, London, Great Britain

WEHBE, N., F. ROBERT - "Exploring Supply, Demand, and Market Equilibrium in a Local Organic Food Store. The Case Centre." - 2023, Paris

XI, G., J. BLOCK, F. LASCH, F. ROBERT, R. THURIK, "The survival of business takeovers and new venture start-ups.", Industrial and Corporate Change, June 2020, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 797-826

ROBERT, F., A. EL SHOUBAKI, F. LASCH, L. DANA, "Linking types of ICT entrepreneurs to new firm survival.", International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, July 2017, vol. 1, no. 30, pp. 110-146

XI, G., J. BLOCK, F. LASCH, F. ROBERT, R. THURIK - "Work experience from paid employment and the path to entrepreneurship: business takeover versus new venture start-up. G-Forum/ Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation, October 6-7, Leipzig, Germany." - 2016, Leipzig, Germany

BLOCK, J., F. LASCH, F. ROBERT, R. THURIK, G. XI - "Human capital and success in entrepreneurship: new venture start versus business takeover. Economics of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, June 2-3, Trier, Germany." - 2015, Trier, France

BLOCK, J., F. LASCH, S. HOCK S., F. ROBERT, R. THURIK - "How do determinants of firm survival differ by entrepreneurship entry mode? Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), February 12-14, Chur, Switzerland." - 2014, Chur, Switzerland

LASCH, F., F. ROBERT, F. LE ROY, R. THURIK - "The startup location decision and regional determinants." - 2013

Co-operation and alliances, Economics, Strategic management, Entrepreneurship, Well being at the workplace - Real estate activities

Economy, Analytics and Data Science, Strategy, Research methodology