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Biography

Fabienne Fel is an associate professor in the Information and Operations Management Department of ESCP Europe Paris campus. She is a graduate of HEC. She holds a doctorate (doctoral thesis: aspects of new product development). She began her career with a French automobile manufacturer, occupying the postition of Logistics and Planning Manager for five years.
She has been a member of the ESCP Europe faculty since 1992. Her teaching assignments cover the range from Operations Management, Project Management, Quality Management and New Product Development.

Professor Fel’s research interest is currently in the field of Concurrent Engineering. She has published widely and spoken at international conferences on this topic (International Association of Strategic Management, Quality Management and Organizational Development).

At ESCP Europe, Fabienne Fel is Scientific Director of the Specialized Master in Strategic Management of Purchasing and Supply Chain.

She is also a member of the Review Committee on Quality & Price Performance.

Visit Fabienne Fel's personal website (in French)

Current research

Fabienne Fel is currently investigating the development and implementation of sustainable development strategies in business organizations, and specifically within purchasing departments.
The percentage of bought-in parts in global cost price of western goods continues to rise. The question is to know what measures and steps firms implementing sustainable development strategies are taking to avoid working with suppliers whose production methods are highly polluting or who fail to respect basic labour rights; Are Purchasing Departments deploying initiatives that take into account the supplier’s performance in terms of sustainability, or is the environmental and social risk transferred to the suppliers? What do responsible firms do in order to manage this risk?

In addition, Fabienne Fel works on emerging countries’ offshoring and outsourcing issues. As many Western companies are now choosing to set up or purchase in emerging markets so as to relay growth or simply to reduce costs, an important consideration would seem to beg the question. Not only should we query the motivations, but also potential gains from these strategies, without ignoring the attendant risks, from both a financial standpoint and in terms of influence on the supply chain performance.

Visit Fabienne Fel's personal website (in French)

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