Strategy & Performance for the Society

In a Society in transition facing many challenges (societal, climate, food, health, technological, economic challenges, etc.), the research field Strategy & Performance for the Society brings together teams of researchers from HEC Liège who work on sustainability strategy and performance management of organizations at large (private or public companies, associations, territories), while adopting a multidisciplinary approach. Incorporating the concept of sustainability into our research has been part of our DNA for over a decade.
Harmoniously combining fundamental and applied research, our field develops knowledge with the aim of guiding organizations, actors and their environment in their strategy and in their performance management (governance, accounting & control).
Historically close to practitioners (chairs, applied research projects and first spin-off), the vast majority of our research actively contributes to insights on the transition of our society, in relation to the transversal themes of sustainability, digitalization and entrepreneurship. Our teaching activities related to these themes are also reinforced by the key observations made in our research.
Below are the research areas within our field:
- In terms of STRATEGY, we conduct research on the sustainable, digital and entrepreneurial strategies of organizations and territories.
- In terms of PERFORMANCE, beyond general research on (sustainability) performance management, our field is developing more precise scientific expertise in four sub-fields linked to the performance management of organizations/territories, namely their systems of (a) governance, (b) accounting, (c) control and (d) their tax management.
a) In terms of governance, we work specifically on the sustainable and digital governance of territories as well as on the governance of family businesses.
b) In terms of accounting, our field is interested in the accounting systems implemented to provide useful information for a sustainable strategic management as well as the evaluation of the global performance of organizations/ territories.
c) In terms of control, our research focuses on the control systems (formal and cultural) implemented by organizations/territories to support the implementation of their strategy.
d) In terms of tax management, our field conducts research on capital transactions, on corporate restructuring and on the tax aspects of cross-border movements of workers from a national and international perspectives.
Publications
Members of the Field
Faculty
CRUTZEN Nathalie, Full Professor, PhD
DOCCLO Caroline, Assistant Professor
PEETERS Bart, Assistant Professor, PhD
RICHELLE Isabelle, Full Professor, PhD
SURLEMONT Bernard, Full Professor, PhD
VAN CAILLIE Didier, Full Professor, PhD
Senior Researchers
ALARDA Lama, Senior Researcher Associate
CLEMENT Jessica, Researcher, PhD
ESPOSITO Giovanni, Researcher, PhD
MANJON ANTOLIN Miguel, Researcher, PhD
PIRNAY Fabrice, Researcher, PhD
Junior Researchers
ANCION Nicolas, Researcher and project manager GROOF
BLEUS Hélène, Researcher, PhD Candidate
CANTILLO ACOSTA Javier, Researcher, PhD Candidate
COLLING Louise, Teaching & Research Assistant, PhD Candidate
CRUNENBERG Robin, PhD Candidate
FERRARA Charlotte, Teaching & Research Assistant, PhD Candidate
LARA-QUINTANILLA Marta, Researcher, PhD Candidate
LEBAS Audrey, Researcher
MATTART Raphaëlle, Researcher, PhD Candidate
NGUYEN Catherine Thanh-Linh, Researcher
OOMS Frédéric, PhD Candidate
RUYSSCHAERT Benoît, Researcher, PhD Candidate
SERVAIS Maximilien, Researcher
Support
CAPUTO Cécile, Teaching assistant
NAISSE Pauline, Communication Officer
RANDAXHE Julie, Project Manager
Research Teams
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