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David Zajtmann.

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David Zajtmann

Management Sciences

Professor - Coordinator of Academic and Research Projects

Research Areas:

  • Management Sciences
  • Business strategy in couture and fashion companies
  • Collective strategies, especially those related to creative cities in the fashion industry

David researches on business strategies in couture and fashion companies as well as collective strategies, particularly those concerning creative cities within the fashion industry. His work explores how the concentration of creative activities in major cities like Paris, Milan, and London contributes to their global dominance in fashion, examining both economic and sociological dimensions such as the role of tacit knowledge, reputation, and authenticity in these urban clusters.

CV:

  • PhD in Management Science, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
  • Research Master (DEA) in Industrial Economics, Université Paris Dauphine
  • Graduate of Sciences Po Paris and former student at Institut Français de la Mode (IFM)
  • President of the Research Committee of IFFTI (International Foundation for Fashion Technology Institutes)
  • Academic and research project coordinator at IFM
  • Author of the forthcoming book Haute couture and the Parisian fashion industries (Editions EMS, expected late 2025)

Publications

Other publicaitons

Articles

Zajtmann David, « Understanding the Role of Professional Organisations in Supporting the Development of the Creative Industries at the Local and Global Levels: Paris as the Global Node for the Fashion Industry (1973–2011) », 95-108, in Creative Industries in Europe. Drivers of New Sectoral and Spatial Dynamics, Chapain, Caroline, Stryjakiewicz Tadeusz (Eds.), Springer, 2017.
Zajtmann David, « L’organisation de la haute couture et de la mode à Paris », 39-40, Dossier : Mode, innovation et propriété intellectuelle, Le Libellio d’Aegis, Paris, Vol. 13, n° 1, 2017.
« Les capitales de mode, prolifération et sélectivité, », 48-64, in Assouly O. (dir.), Repères Mode, Paris : Editions du Regard.
La mode dans l’économie des singularités, 475-485, in Assouly O. (dir.), Le Luxe : Essais sur la fabrique de l’ostentation, Paris : Editions du Regard.

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