Dr. Lionel Paolella

Associate Professor

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Biography

Lionel Paolella is an Associate Professor at the Cambridge Judge Business School and an affiliated faculty member at Harvard Law School's Center for Legal Profession. He graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan in France and holds multiple degrees, including an MA in Sociology from Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, an MS in Management Organization Science from University Paris X, and a PhD in Strategy from HEC Paris. His research focuses on how market categories shared by firms impact social evaluations of organizational performance, particularly in the contexts of international legal services and the Islamic banking industry. He also emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion within organizations. Paolella teaches core Strategy courses and contributes to Executive Education programs at Cambridge, focusing on Strategy, General Management, and Diversity Trainings. He has received several accolades, including the Cambridge Judge Teaching Award in 2017 and the MBA Faculty of the Year Award in 2018, and was recognized as one of the 40 Professors to watch by Poets & Quants in 2019.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2011-01-01 — Present

Cambridge Judge Business School • Cambridge, England

Researching market categories and their effects on organizational performance, and teaching core courses.

Visiting Scholar

2011-01-01 — 2011-12-31

University of Chicago (Booth Graduate School of Business) • Chicago, IL

Chazen Visiting Scholar

2012-09-01 — 2013-12-31

Columbia University (Graduate School of Business) • New York, NY

Requirements for University of Cambridge

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.7
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Reading
Required:25
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:25
Total
Required:110
Prerequisites
UK Bachelor's Degree with good Upper Second Class Honours or international equivalent Background in international relations, politics, law, economics, security or history is a definite asset
Application Checklist
  • Two academic references
  • Official transcripts
  • CV/Resume
  • Personal statement (approx 500 words)
  • Research proposal (1-2 pages/500 words)
  • Application fee (£50)
Specialization Notes

Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.