Born in Valencia, Spain, Professor José Carlos Jarillo holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from Harvard University and a Doctorate in Economics from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. He has held the Chair of Corporate and International Strategy at the University of Geneva and has taught at leading institutions including IMD in Switzerland, IESE and Instituto de Empresa in Spain, and has served as a Senior Research Associate at Harvard Business School.

A leading scholar in strategic management, Professor Jarillo is the author of several influential books on strategy, internationalization, and cooperative strategies, including Strategic Logic, Strategic Networks, Internationalising the Medium-Sized Firm, Dirección Estratégica, and Estrategia Internacional. His work has been published extensively in top academic journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, European Management Journal, Long Range Planning, and the Journal of International Business Studies, as well as in numerous European business publications.

His research focuses on the internationalization of firms and their strategic responses to technological, regulatory, and competitive change. Alongside his academic work, he has advised companies worldwide—ranging from entrepreneurial firms to large multinational corporations—through top management seminars and hands-on strategy design and implementation. He has also served on multiple Boards of Directors and as Director of Corporate Development of the Campofrío Group.

Driven by a long-standing interest in the foundations of sustainable corporate profitability and the integration of theory and practice, Professor Jarillo founded Strategic Investment Advisors in 2002, where he currently serves as Member of its Investment Committee.