Thierry Isckia is full-time Professor of strategic management in Telecom Ecole de Management (Institut Mines-Telecom), Director of the Master in Strategic Management. Before joining Telecom Ecole de Management, he spent several years at the National Center for Telecommunication Studies (CNET, now Orange Labs) as a researcher in the Department of Economics & Technico-Economics Research. His research interests are in strategic management, innovation management and knowledge management. His current research investigates business ecosystems and/or network-centric innovation, knowledge-based inter-organizational collaborations and platform-based innovation management. He is author and co-author of numerous scientific articles published in academic journals and international conferences and workshops. Professor ISCKIA has also participated in the organization of several national and international conferences in the field of strategic management, knowledge management and IT management.