Andrea Masini

Associate Professor, Andrea Masini has been serving as Associate Dean, in charge of the MBA program, since January 2016. 

He holds a Ph.D. in Management from INSEAD (France). Prior to joining HEC Paris in 2010, Andrea was Assistant Professor of Operations and Technology Management at the London Business School. He has a background in mechanical engineering and environmental management.

Andrea conducts interdisciplinary research to study the operational and organizational impact of technological innovations, with a particular emphasis on ICT, renewable energy technologies and sustainability issues. His recent work has been published on M&SOM, the Journal of Operations Management and Energy Policy. He has taught courses on Operations Management, Supply Chain Management and Technology Strategy at the MBA, executive as well as at the Ph.D. level. He also consults for private and public organizations on themes related to process optimization, ICT and technological innovation.

Main courses taught at HEC

• Operations Management
• Supply Chain Management

Education

• 2004 International Teachers Programme, SSE Stockholm, Sweden.
• 2003 Ph.D. in Management (Technology Management), INSEAD, France.
• 1999 Master of Science/Grande Ecole, Other, Management, INSEAD, France.
• 1995 M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Sapienza University , Italy.

Academic responsibilities at HEC

• 2016- Associate Dean for HEC MBA Program.
• 2010- Member of GREGHEC (CNRS).
• 2010- Associate Professor, Operations Management & Information Technology.

External academic responsibilities

• 2002- Research Associate, Center for the Integrated Manufacturing and Service Operations, INSEAD.
• 2002-2010 Assistant Professor, London Business School.
• 1996-1997 Research Associate, center for the Management of Environmental, INSEAD.

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

• Member, INFORMS, Academy of Management.

Editorial activities

Reviewer, Manufacturing & Services Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, International Journal of Production Research, Energy Policy, Management Science, Omega, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Renewable Power Generation, Electronic Markets.

Awards & Honors

• 2014 First Place in the 2014 NextBillion Case Writing Competition for the case "African Solar Rise: Electrifying Rural Tanzania" (in coll. with S. Aflaki).
• 2009 Best teacher Award, Finmeccanica.
• 2007 Best Teacher Award, Warsaw University of Technology Business School.
• 2003 Oustanding TFSC paper Award.
• 1995 Esso Italiana Award for the best master thesis on energy issues.