Professor of Information Systems
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.
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
