Raphael H. Cohen

Raphael H Cohen is a Swiss professor, lecturer, author, serial entrepreneur and former business angel. He has a PhD in economics from University of Geneva, Switzerland.[1]

Raphael H Cohen
NationalitySwiss
OccupationPrincipal, Management Boosters, Professor, Academic director, Author, Speaker

He is the owner and managing director of Getratex SA, as well as academic co-director of the Entrepreneurial Leadership and business development specialization of the eMBA at the University of Geneva since 2001.[2]

Cohen conceived the IpOp Model, an approach to innovation and corporate entrepreneurship.[3] This model is one of several attempting to help companies in their innovation management.[4]

Life and early career

Cohen started his career at Getratex SA in 1975, where his first intrapreneurial opportunity was to create a new business unit to sell clothing.[5] This unit obtained Disney licenses for clothes. To reduce his exposure to the fashion industry, in 1980 he initiated a diversification, which led him to invest in several startups.[6] Since he became a business angel Cohen has been involved in many businesses including tourist attractions, theming of public areas, surface treatments, financial derivatives, internet marketing, software, skin treatments, retail, real estate, construction and high-tech projects. As a trusted advisor for several large corporations he became an expert in corporate innovation and intrapreneurship.[7]

Career

Management Boosters

Cohen started Management Boosters in 2001, as a division of Getratex SA, to provide executive education, mentoring and lecturing services to business schools and corporations on innovation, intrapreneurship and leadership.[8]

University of Geneva

Since 2001, Cohen has been the academic co-director of the entrepreneurship specialization of the eMBA of the University of Geneva, Switzerland, an MBA focusing on innovation, entrepreneurship and business development.[9]

Academic contributions

IpOp Model

Cohen developed the IpOp Model[10] as a roadmap for the pre-project/ideation stage of opportunity or project analysis.[11] The model is meant to help innovators analyze and mature their idea to produce an opportunity case or a business plan to convince themselves as well as decision-makers, such as investors or management, of the merits of the opportunity.[12][13] It has been used by a number of companies for innovative projects including Nestlé, Oracle, Bühler, SICPA and the French Post.[14]

MicroMBA MB

To help organizations benefit from the innovative ability of their employees Cohen has designed and implemented the MicroMBA MB program.[15][16] Combining the IpOp Model with the fundamentals taught in an executive MBA, the MicroMBA MB enables middle managers to become proactive agents of change.[17] Participants in the program must identify and implement a real project that supports the strategy of their employer. These projects translate into a measurable return of investment for the organization, turning training into a profit center.

Fair and Caring Leadership

Cohen has been one of the first to talk about benevolent (or caring) leadership in an article published in 2013.[18] His additional analysis of the importance of enforcing rules in organizations[19] led him to develop the concept of Fair and Caring Leadership[20] that he teaches in business school and executive education seminars.

Bibliography
  • "Modèle de comptabilisation des transactions en devises", Economica, Paris, 1985[21]
  • "Concevoir et lancer un projet", Cohen, Raphael, Editions d’organisation, Paris, 2006 and 2016[22]
  • "Winning Opportunities, proven tools for converting your projects into success (without a business plan)", Cohen, Raphael H, www.winning-opportunities.org, 2011 [23]

Academic diplomas
  • 1975 Licence en Sciences Commerciales et Industrielles - Université de Genève
  • 1982 Doctorat en Sciences Economiques (Ph.D.), University of Geneva[24]
  • 1988 Diploma of the Institute of Real-estate Studies - post graduate degree in real estate, Geneva

References
  1. "RAPHAEL COHEN SERIAL-ENTREPRENEUR and BUSINESS BOOSTER". Management Boosters. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  2. "Raphael Cohen - CEO at Getratex SA". World Entrepreneurship Forum. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  3. Raphael, Cohen; Heribert Watzke Jerome Katz (2010). "USASBE 2010 Workshop -IpOp Model and Opportunity Case". Retrieved June 14, 2013. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Gabardi, Chiara Spagnoli. "Voyage to the centre of innovation – Swiss Style Magazine". Swiss Style Magazine. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  5. Floret, Elsa (August 7, 2018). "Comment booster la performance grâce à des collaborateurs engagés" (in French). Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  6. "Les stratégies d'un " business angel " pour trouver la formule gagnante". Geneva Business News | Actualités: Emploi, RH, économie, entreprises, Genève, Suisse. (in French). March 25, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  7. Hannedouche, Patrick (October 12, 2011). "Business Case ou Business Plan ? L'interview de Raphaël Cohen". Business Angel France (in French). Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  8. "Comment faire entrer l'éthique dans son entreprise". Le Temps (in French). September 7, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  9. "Hec Geneve". Website Of Universite De Geneve. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  10. Hisrich, Robert D.; Al-Dabbbagh, Amr (2013). "HUG – Geneva University Hospital, Case study Appendix 4". Governpreneurship: Establishing a thriving entrepreneurial spirit in government. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 240–249. ISBN 9781781952283. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  11. "U mbajt konferenca biznesore me Dr. Raphael Cohen". Telegrafi. September 24, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  12. "Raphael Cohen CEO at Getratex SA". World Entrepreneurship Forum. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  13. "L'alternative au business plan ! Le dossier d'opportunités" (in French). November 19, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  14. Bauer, Werner (January 2014). "A New Approach to Innovation at Nestlé R&D". Thunderbird International Business Review. 56 (1): 111–116. doi:10.1002/tie.21599.
  15. Bourget, Albertine (March 11, 2016). "Un micro-MBA destiné aux cadres". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  16. Baltzley, Dennis R. (January 2014). "Expanding R&D Capability Through Focused Education and True Action Learning". Thunderbird International Business Review. 56 (1): 121–122. doi:10.1002/tie.21601.
  17. "Au CHUV, les médecins vont devenir des managers". Association des Médecins du canton de Genève. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  18. Cohen, Raphaël H. (2013). "Plaidoyer pour un leadership bienveillant". L'Expansion Management Review. 148 (1): 90. doi:10.3917/emr.148.0090.
  19. Cohen, Raphaël (2010). "La justice, talon d'Achille des organisations". L'Expansion Management Review. 138 (3): 103. doi:10.3917/emr.138.0103.
  20. "L'émergence du management bienveillant et équitable". October 2, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  21. "Modèle De Comptabilisation Des Transactions En Devises". Google. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  22. Cohen, Raphael H (2016). Concevoir et lancer un projet, De l'idée au succès sans business plan (PDF). Paris: Editions d’Organisation. ISBN 978-2-212-56294-1.
  23. "Turning Caterpillars Into Agile And… Passionate Butterflies". Winning Opportunities. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  24. "Cohen Raphael". Université de Genève. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013.

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