Mustapha Belkhouja

Mustapha Belkhouja is a Full Professor in the Department of Management Technology and Strategy at Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Université de la Méditerranée (GREQAM, 2010). Previously, he taught at Tunisia’s Faculty of Economics and Management before joining GEM in 2012. His research bridges innovation strategy and science of science, focusing on knowledge management, open innovation, team collaboration, and international business dynamics. Since 2019, he leads GEM’s 'Entrepreneurship and Innovation' research team.

Belkhouja’s work emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches, analyzing how cultural, institutional, and structural factors influence innovation and knowledge diffusion. His recent studies explore AI governance, privacy laws, and global R&D dynamics. Publications appear in leading journals like Research Policy, Economic Modelling, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

His teaching spans quantitative methods for strategic decision-making and strategic management. Belkhouja’s research has contributed to understanding team composition effects on productivity, citation patterns, and institutional isomorphism in academic institutions.