Member – BEZ Matilda
Information
Montpellier Management
Richter Space – Vendémiaire Street
34,000 Montpellier
Office B433
Disciplinary Group
Sea Matilda Bez is a lecturer and researcher at Montpellier Management (University of Montpellier). She is also a member of the steering committee for the Horizon 2020 DiHECO project.
recent publications
Publication of academic articles
- MORINIERE A., GEORGESCU I., BEZ S. M. (June 2025). Do Google Reviews matter for doctors? Unpacking online emotional accountability on a digital platform. Critical Perspectives On Accounting, 101, 102768, 10.1016/j.cpa.2024.102768, https://hal.science/hal-04877302
- Morinière, A., Georgescu, I., & Bez, S. M. (2024). Do Google Reviews matter for doctors? Unpacking online emotional accountability on a digital platform. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 101, 102768.
- Asta Pundziene, Neringa Gerulaitiene, Sea Matilda Bez, Irène Georgescu, Christopher Mathieu, et al.. Value capture and embeddedness in social-purpose-driven ecosystems.: A multiple-case study of European digital healthcare platforms. Technovation, 2023, 124, pp.102748.
Publications book chapter
- Bez, Sea Matilda, and Frédéric Le Roy, ‘Open Innovation and Coopetition: Toward Coopetitive Open Innovation’, in Henry Chesbrough, and others (eds),The Oxford Handbook of Open Innovation, 2024, (Oxford Academic).
Press article
- BEZ S., NARBON PERPINA I., PUNDZIENE A., SERMONTYTE BANIULE R. (May 16, 2025). What entrepreneurial decisions enable the creation of digital platform unicorns?. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, , 10.1002/sej.1543, https://hal.science/hal 05261712
- Sea Matilda Bez, Saleh Farazi, Irène Georgescu. How Tripadvisor for hospitals and clinics can improve healthcare. 2023,https://theconversation.com/how-tripadvisor-for-hospitals-and-clinics-can-improve-healthcare-209172
Case study
- Henry Chesbrough, Sea Matilda Bez, Agustin Moro. Engaging with Startups 2.0: Involving Competitors – A Telefónica Perspective.Harvard Business Review Case Studies, 2023,https://store.hbr.org/product/engaging-with-startups-2-0-involving-competitors-a-telefonica-perspective/B6045
- Sea Matilda Bez, Ysé Commandré. DANONE: Between activist funds and mission-driven companies, which governance model should be adopted? 2023,https://www.ccmp.fr/collection-ccmp/cas-danone-entre-fonds-activiste-et-entreprise-a-missions-quel-modele-de-gouvernance.
Funding and call for projects
| Project title | Source of funding | Amount(Euros) | Period | Role |
| DiHECO (Digital innovation in health ecosystem) | H2020 project – Twinning Program | €899 07,50 | December 2020–November 2023 | Member of the Project Steering Committee and principal investigator for Montpellier |
| BRIDPOL (Policy Value amidst Hybridity) | Academy of Finland | €279,995.00 | September 2023–August 2027 | Guest expert for a research subproject |
| Pair’s Eval (peer evaluation for assessing critical skills for managers) | AMI 2021 "Emergences" from the Ministry of Higher Education and Research. | 1:00 PM REH | September 2023 – September 2024 | Implementation of peer assessment in an English bachelor's degree course |
works
functions and research
Sea Matilda Bez is a lecturer in Management Sciences at Montpellier Management (University of Montpellier, MOMA) and a member of the steering committee for the Horizon 2020 DiHECO project.
Areas of teaching:
- Contemporary management issues
- Management
- Strategic management
- Economic intelligence and platforms
- Business model
- Entrepreneurship and innovation in the ecological transition and circular economy
Her research focuses on coopetition and radical innovation. She explores how companies can collaborate while remaining competitive to foster meaningful innovation.
route
Ph.D – University of Montpellier (2017)
Subject: Strategies and management of coopetition (cooperation between competitors), Business strategy
Master's degree in Business Strategy (2012–2013)
Paris Dauphine University-PSL
Major thesis: "The sharing of sensitive information in inter-organizational coopetition strategies."
Master's Degree in Economics (2009–2012)
Paris-Saclay University
National competition for the recruitment of French economics teachers (2011–2012)
Secondary School Teaching Certification, Economics and Management. École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
CEFAG (European Center for Advanced Management Training) 2015
High-level training program for French doctoral students, including short stays abroad.