Faculty | Josep Valor

Faculty & Specialists

Professor of Information Systems
Technology and Operations Management, IESE Business School

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Josep Valor-Sabatier is Associate Dean for Faculty and Research and professor of Information Systems and Information Technology at IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain. He received his Ph.D. in Operations Research from MIT, and his Sc.D. in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics from the Harvard-Division of Health Sciences and Technology. His current research interests are on the impact of ITCs on competitiveness and industry structure.

Dr. Valor has been the coordinator of the Task Force of the Spanish Prime Minister to propose a nation-wide strategy on information technology and for the impulse of the information society. His research has been published in the International Journal of Electronic Commerce, Knowledge and Process Management. Dr. Valor has recently published a book on the information-telecommunications hyper-industry, and one on Information Systems Management. He is on the editorial board of Information and Management.

Dr. Valor served as the Conference Co-Chair for the 2002 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) in Barcelona

ACADEMICS

• Professor of Information Systems

• Ph.D. in Operations Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

AREAS OF INTEREST

• New strategies in the management of IT resources: outsourcing and alliances

• Competitive strategy and IT/IS

• New businesses based on IT/IS

• The Internet-Electronic business

• Management of healthcare institutions

• Management of service companies

• Media and entertainment