Nicolas Graf

MBA International Hospitality Management - Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne Nicolas Graf is on the faculty of ESSEC business school in Paris, where he teaches strategy and real estate finance. He received his Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, with a concentration in corporate finance and strategic management and his MBA and bachelor’s degree from the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne. Prior to his teaching and research, Dr. Graf spent several years in operations, managing individual restaurants in Switzerland and working in full-service hotels in the US. As a scholar, his research focuses on competitive strategy, product development and franchise systems in service industries. He has published in the International Journal of Hospitality Management, the Real Estate Finance Journal and the Journal of Retail and Leisure Property, as well as a number of applied articles in industry journals and newsletters. Dr. Graf has delivered executive education courses for hotel and restaurant companies in Asia, North and South America and Europe, and conducted consulting projects in the fields of asset management, strategic planning and business development.