Doctor en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Licenciado en Filosofía y Letras - Historia Moderna. Universitat de Barcelona
Interest Areas
Business policy (strategy) and Entrepreneurship
History of ideas in management policy
Business strategies and their implementation
Factors of success in new business creation
Rapid-growth companies
Management of the family business
Corporate Entrepreneurship
Biography
He is a member of the Strategic Management Society, of the Academy of Management and of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management. He has taken part in congresses and published articles in national and international journals.
He has been President of ESADE's Faculty and he is currently the Secretary General of ESADE.
The most recent books he has published are: "De la idea a la empresa" (Gestión 2000, 2003) and "Creación de empresa: los mejores textos" (Ariel Empresa, 2003).
As a consultant, he has led strategic reflection processes both in private companies and in public organizations. He is an independent director on the boards of directors of various Spanish companies.
Before joining ESADE in 1986, he was an expert of the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona, and previously a member of parliament in the first term of the Catalan Parliament (1980-1984).
Selected publications
Amorós J. E.; Planellas, M. & Batista-Foguet, J.M. (2007). Does Internet technology improve performance in small and medium enterprises? Evidence from selected Mexican firms. Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, 39, 71-91.
Planellas, M. & Svejenova, S. (2007). Ferran Adrià and elBulli.
Planellas, M. & Alemany, L. (2007). (04/2007).Banco Santander, Growth Strategy and Internationalization (1984-2005).
Urriolagoitia, L. & Planellas, M. (2007). Sponsorship relationships as strategic alliances: A life cicle model approach. Business Horizons, 50(2), 157-166.
Parada, P. & Planellas, M. (2007). ¿Qué es estrategia corporativa?. Harvard Deusto Business Review, 153, 34-51.
Marín, J.L.; Svejenova, S.; Ollé, M. & Planellas, M. (2006). Noves vies d'internacionalització: les empreses nascudes globals (born globals) i les que es redefineixen globals (re-born globals). In COPCA Generalitat de catalunya (Ed.). Informe anual: Observatori mercats exteriors (pp. 167-173). Barcelona, España: COPCA.[ISBN: B-31603-2006]
Bieto, E.; Planellas, M. & Ollé, M. (2005). Prólogo y adaptación edición en español. In Robert D. Hisrisch, Michael P. Peters, Dean A. Shepherd (Ed.). Entrepreneurship emprendedores (pp. 23-24). Madrid, España: McGrawHill.[ISBN: 84-481-287374-4]
