Professorat i Investigació
Directori
Ferrás Hernández, Xavier
Professor titular, Departament d'Operacions, Innovació i Data Sciences a
Esade
Professor contractat doctor URL
Decano Asociado EMBA, Unitat de Programes MBA
Investigador, Center for Innovation in Cities
Investigador, IIK - Institute for Innovation and Knowledge Management
Formació acadèmica
- Doctor en Organización y Administración de Empresas.
- MBA. Esade Business School
- Ingenierio de Telecomunicaciones. UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNA
- . ETS Enginyers deTelecomunicacions
Biografia
Xavier Ferràs és Doctor en Economia i Empresa per la UB. MBA per ESADE. Enginyer superior
de Telecomunicacions UPC.Professor d'Operacions, Innovació i Data Sciences a ESADE
des de 2002. És membre de nombrosos consells assessors d'empreses i organitzacions
empresarials. Va ser Director Executiu de Programes a mida per a empreses. Ha estat
degà de la Facultat de Ciències Empresarials i de la Comunicació de la Universitat
de Vic.Fins el 2012, va ser director de la Unitat d'Innovació Empresarial d'ACC1Ó
agència catalana de competitivitat, amb responsabilitat sobre les polítiques de transferència
tecnològica, R D i desenvolupament de clústers a Catalunya. Anteriorment, va ser director
de desenvolupament empresarial de CIDEM; cap d'innovació; coordinador del Pla d'Innovació
Tecnològica de Catalunya 2001-2004, i membre de la comissió d'elaboració del Pla de
Recerca i Innovació 2005-2008. Entre altres posicions directives relacionades amb
la tecnologia i la innovació, ha estat membre dels patronats o consells executius
de BAIE clúster aeroespacial, Biocat clúster biotecnològic, dels centres tecnològics
CTM materials avançats, Barcelona Media audiovisual, CTAE aeroespai, Leitat manufacturing,
del Centre d'Innovació en Productivitat de Microsoft de Manresa, de la Fundació Catalana
per a la Recerca i la Innovació, de la Fundació I-CERCA centres de recerca de la Generalitat,
Invertec societat de capital risc, o de l'institut de prospectiva Creafutur.Anteriorment
va ser directiu en el sector de l'automoció i professor d'Enginyeria Electrònica a
l'Escola d'Enginyers de Telecomunicació de Barcelona. És autor del llibre Innovación
6.0: el fin de la estrategia Plataforma, 2010, i coautor de Pasión por innovar Granica,
2006, Tanto creces, tanto vales Granica, 2005, i 50 lecciones de management Granica,
2007.Ha estat ponent en més de 200 conferències nacionals i internacionals sobre estratègia,
innovació i gestió de la tecnologia.
Publicacions destacades
- Casabayó Bonás, M. & Ferrás Hernández, J. (2024). Educational Transformation: A 'Skunk' Team Approach in Reshaping Business Bachelor's Programs in Spain. SSRN Electronic Journal.
- Ferrás Hernández, J., Nylund, P. A. & Brem, A. (2024). Connecting The Invisible Dots. The Oxford Handbook of Open Innovation The Oxford Handbook of Open Innovation (pp. 519-532). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192899798.013.31.
- Nylund, P. A., Amores-Bravo, X., Ferrás Hernández, J. & Brem, A. (2023). Crisis as a catalyst of idle innovation ecosystems: Evidence from ecosystem exaptation of a water partnership. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 197, 122865. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122865.
- Nylund, P. A., Ferrás Hernández, J. & Brem, A. (2023). A Trust Paradox May Limit the Application of Al-Generated Knowledge. Research Technology Management, 66 (5), pp. 44-52. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08956308.2023.2236475.
- Ferrás Hernández, J., Nylund, P. A. & Brem, A. (2023). The Emergence of Dominant Designs in Artificial Intelligence. California Management Review, 65 (3), pp. 73-91. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00081256231164362.
- Ding, B. & Ferrás Hernández, J. (2023, January). Case study as a methodological foundation for Technology Roadmapping TRM: Literature review and future research agenda. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M, 67, 101731. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2023.101731.
- Ferrás Hernández, J. (Accepted/In press). (2023). Innovation, risk and reward: Towards a holistic model of innovation. IEEE Engineering Management Review, pp. 1-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2023.3312138.
- Nylund, P. A., Ferrás Hernández, J., Pareras, L. & Brem, A. (2022). The emergence of entrepreneurial ecosystems based on enabling technologies: Evidence from synthetic biology. Journal of Business Research, 149, pp. 728-735. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.05.071.
- Ferrás Hernández, J., Nylund, P. A. & Brem, A. (2022). Strategy Follows the Structure of Artificial Intelligence. IEEE Engineering Management Review, 50 (3), pp. 17-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2022.3188996.
- Nylund, P. A., Brem, A. & Ferrás Hernández, J. (2022). Digital innovation and urbanisation of entrepreneurial ecosystems. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 14 (6), pp. 664-680. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEV.2022.10051587.
- Ferrás Hernández, J., Tarrats, E., Arimany, N. & Armisen-Morell, A. (2021). The value of PhDs: How the Presence of PhDs in founding teams increases the attractiveness of startups for corporate investors. International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 18 (7), 2150038. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219877021500383.
- Abdelgawad, S. G. E., Camps, X., Costa Guix, G., Dimov, D., Esposito, M., Ferrás Hernández, J., Ferrone, N., Groth, O. J., Hassi, E. L. M., Navarro Sánchez, S. A., Pistrui, J., Tse, T., Vila Fernández-Santacruz, M. d. M. & Vilà, J. (2021). Fomentar la cultura de la experimentación.
- Valldeneu, M., Ferrás Hernández, J. & Tarrats, E. (2021). Effect of transformational behavior on millennial job satisfaction. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 19 (3), pp. 421-429. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21511/ppm.193.2021.34.
- Ding, B., Ferrás Hernández, J. & Agell Jané, N. (Accepted/In press). (2021). Combining lean and agile manufacturing competitive advantages through Industry 4.0 technologies: an integrative approach. Production Planning and Control. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2021.1934587.
- Ferrás Hernández, J., Armisen-Morell, A., Sabata-Alberich, A., Tarrats, E. & Arimany, N. (2021). The New Manufacturing. Emerging Issues and Trends in Innovation and Technology Management (pp. 183-202). World Scientific Publishing Co.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811247729_0008.
- Valldeneu, M., Tarrats, E. & Ferrás Hernández, J. (2021). Leadership styles and organizational outcomes: A study across international hubs. Organization Development Journal, 39 (1), pp. 13-22.
- Valldeneu, M., Ferrás Hernández, J. & Tarrats, E. (2021). Transformational behaviors: Increasing work engagement in multinational environments. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 19 (2), pp. 519-527. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21511/ppm.192.2021.41.
- Nylund, P. A., Arimany, N., Ferrás Hernández, J., Viardot, E., Boateng, H. & Brem, A. (2020). Internal and external financing of innovation: Sectoral differences in a longitudinal study of European firms. European Journal of Innovation Management, 23 (2), pp. 200-213. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-09-2018-0207.
- Nylund, P. A., Ferrás Hernández, J. & Brem, A. (2020). Automating profitably together: Is there an impact of open innovation and automation on firm turnover?. Review of Managerial Science, 14 (1), pp. 269-285. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-018-0294-z.
- Ferrás Hernández, J. (2020). Rethinking Industry 4.0: Is there life beyond manufacturing?. International Journal of Business Environment, 11 (4), pp. 404-416. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBE.2020.111403.
- Ferrás Hernández, J., Hitchen, E. L., Tarrats, E. & Arimany, N. (2020). Smart tourism empowered by artificial intelligence: The case of Lanzarote. Journal of Cases on Information Technology JCIT, 22 (1), pp. 1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/JCIT.2020010101.
- Ferrás Hernández, J. (2019). La emergencia del tecnománager: Entre la disrupción digital y el humanismo crítico.
- Nylund, P. A., Ferrás Hernández, J. & Brem, A. (2019, October). Strategies for Activating Innovation Ecosystems: Introduction of a Taxonomy. IEEE Engineering Management Review, 47 (4), pp. 60-66. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2019.2931696.
- Ferrás Hernández, J., Armisen, A., Sabata Aliberch, A., Tarrats, E. & Arimany, N. (2019). The New Manufacturing: In Search of the Origins of the Next Generation Manufacturing Start-Ups. International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 16 (2), 1950014. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219877019500147.
- Ferrás Hernández, J. & Nylund, P. A. (2019). Clusters as Innovation Engines: The Accelerating Strengths of Proximity. European Management Review, 16 (1), pp. 37-53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12330.
- Hurtado, J. C. H., Chiu, M. C., Arimany, N., Ferrás Hernández, J. & Meijide, D. (2018). Identifying Sustainability-Value Creation Drivers for a Company in the Water Industry Sector: an Empirical Study. Water Resources Management, 32 (12), pp. 3961-3978. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-018-2030-5.
- Ferrás Hernández, J. (2018). The Future of Management in a World of Electronic Brains. Journal of Management Inquiry, 27 (2), pp. 260-263. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492617724973.
- Ferrás Hernández, J. & Hitchen, E. (2018). Determinants of high-growth firms during the financial crisis: Evidence from Catalonia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBG.2018.089865.
- Hurtado, J. C. H., Arimany, N., Meijide, D. & Ferrás Hernández, J. (2018). Sustainability values for business: A perspective of value alignment in a supplier-client relationship for case aqualogy. Intangible Capital, 14 (1), pp. 3-24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3926/ic.1083.
- Ferrás Hernández, J., Tarrats, E. & Arimany, N. (2017). Disruption in the automotive industry: A Cambrian moment. Business Horizons, 60 (6), pp. 855-863. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2017.07.011.
- Morente, F. & Ferrás Hernández, J. (2017). The cultural turn in organizational theory. Prisma Social, (18), pp. 579-591.
- Morente, F. & Ferrás Hernández, J. (2017). Innovation management from the inside: An approach from attention and everyday praxis. Intangible Capital, 13 (3), pp. 640-667. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3926/ic.1004.
- Hitchen, E. L., Nylund, P. A., Ferrás Hernández, J. & Mussons, S. (2017). Social media: open innovation in SMEs finds new support. Journal of Business Strategy, 38 (3), pp. 21-29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JBS-02-2016-0015.
- Hurtado, J. C. H., Ferrás Hernández, J., Arimany, N. & Meijide, D. (2016). Role of ICT on sustainable value co-creation in product-service systems. In Rocha, A., Reis, L. P. & Cota, M. P., Goncalves, R., Suarez, O. S. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI 2016 (7521548). IEEE Computer Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CISTI.2016.7521548.
- Hurtado, J. C. H., Ferrás Hernández, J., Arimany, N. & Meijide, D. (2015). Communications and corporate social responsibility. 2015 10th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI 2015 (7170551). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CISTI.2015.7170551.
- Corral-Marfil, J. A., Arimany, N., Ferrás Hernández, J. & Nylund, P. A. (2015). PlanetFactory: Competing under rapid technological change. Journal of Cases on Information Technology JCIT, 17 (2), pp. 1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/JCIT.2015040101.
- Sánchez-Navas, A. & Ferrás Hernández, J. (2015). The impact of individual relationships on performance and reformation of R&D alliances. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 8 (4), pp. 1270-1287. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3926/jiem.1553.
- Sánchez, A., Lago, A., Ferrás Hernández, J. & Ribera, J. (2011). Innovation management practices, strategic adaptation, and business results: Evidence from the electronics industry. Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 6 (2), pp. 14-38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-27242011000200002.
- Ferrás Hernández, J. (2010). Innovación 6.0: el fin de la estrategia.
- Ferrás Hernández, J. (2008). Por un concepto ampliado de la innovación: producto, proceso, marketing y organización.
- Ferrás Hernández, J. & Ponti Roca, F. (2006). Pasión por innovar: de la idea al resultado.
- De Llanos Serra, E., Ferrás Hernández, J., González, M. P., Guix, X., Kopetz, J., Ponti Roca, F., Pujol Borotau, J. O. & Ricomá de Castellarnau, C. (2005). Tanto creces, tanto vales: propuestas sobre crecimiento personal.
- HUGAS SABATER, J., Iglesias Xifra, V., Ramis Pujol, J., Roig Navarro, C., Segarra Costa, E., HERAS FORCADA, M. Á. & Sabadell Casadó, J. M. (2003). Ferrás Hernández, J. (Ed.), Guies de gestió de la innovació: Producció i logística.