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Chair of Strategic Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Chair of Strategic Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

Curriculum vitae

Education

09/09 - 07/13 Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Habilitation (Venia Legendi) in Management Science

04/04 - 05/09 Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Doctorate (Dr. rerum politicarum)

10/02 - 12/03 Handelshochschule Leipzig (HHL)
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

08/98 - 06/00 Royal Academy of Music and King's College, London
Master of Music (M.Mus.) in Performance - Main instrument: Classical trumpet

10/95 - 07/98 Hogeschool voor Muziek en Theater, Rotterdam
Getuigschrift Hoger Beroepsonderwijs - Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) - Main instrument: Classical trumpet

10/96 - 07/97 Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Netherlands
Studies in classical philosophy and philosophy of science

10/93-07/95 University of Bonn, Germany
Majors in Protestant theology and philosophy, Minors in Romanesque languages

Work experience

since 08/13 University of Passau
Tenured Professor and Chairholder (W3) for Strategic Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

08/09-07/13 Department of Management, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Assistant Professor

since 02/09 International Institute for Management Development (IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland
Affiliated Research Fellow

since 02/05 Visiting Professor in Executive Programs 

since 04/04 Program Director of the Giessen Senior Management Program (GIUS) 

09/08-12/09 Member of the „Innovation Board“ KarstadtQuelle Versicherungen

04/04-07/09 Department of Management, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg 
Research Assistant and Doctoral Candidate

04/93-12/03 Trumpet Soloist and Orchestra Musician  

  • Performed under conductors such as Sir Colin Davis, Sir Charles Mackerras, Lord Yehudi Menuhin, and Valery Gergiev
  • Recorded for radio and television (including BBC, WDR, national Dutch, Irish, and Belgian television and radio stations)
  • Recorded two solo/duet CDs for trumpets and organ (Münster-Cathedral Bonn, St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig)

  • 2019
    • Best Paper Award of the Track “Behavioral Strategy” of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) for “Kindred Spirits: The Influence of Cognitive Frame Similarity on Contingency Planning in Strategic Alliances” (together with Marvin Hanisch, Lorenz Graf-Vlachy, Carolin Häussler, and Theresa Cho)
    • Best Paper Proceedings, Strategic Management Division (STR) of the Academy of Management (AOM) (approx. best 5 percent out of ca. 700 submissions) for “The Double-Edged Effects of Top Managers’ Commitment to the Status Quo on Firms’ Crisis Resolution.” Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, USA (together with Fabian Struck, Lasse Milinski, Linda Schädler, Lorenz Graf-Vlachy)
  • 2018
    • Best Paper Award, Cooperative Strategy Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society (SMS) for “Kindred Spirits: The Influence of Cognitive Frame Similarity on Contingency Planning in Strategic Alliances” (together with Marvin Hanisch, Carolin Häussler, and Theresa Cho)
    • Best Reviewer Award, Strategic Leadership and Governance Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society
    • Honorable Mention for Best Conference Paper, (best 5 papers) Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society (SMS) for “Kindred Spirits: The Influence of Cognitive Frame Similarity on Contingency Planning in Strategic Alliances” (together with Marvin Hanisch, Carolin Häussler, and Theresa Cho)
    • Best Paper Award of the Track “Behavioral Strategy” of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) for “The Main Street Dilemma: How Journalists Cover Incumbents’ Adoption of Discontinuous Technologies” (with Markus Rauch, Richard Banfield, and Lorenz Graf-Vlachy)
    • Best Paper Proceedings, Strategic Management Division (STR) of the Academy of Management (AOM) (approx. best 5 percent out of ca. 700 submissions) for “The Influence of Cognitive Frame Similarity on Contingency Planning in Strategic Alliances.” Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Chicago, USA (together with Marvin Hanisch, Carolin Häussler, Lorenz Graf-Vlachy, and Theresa Cho)
  •  2017

    • Three awards at the 2017 Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management in Glasgow for the paper “Incumbents’ Sensemaking and Responses to Institutional Challenges of the Sharing Economy” (with Julian Lehmann, Florian Weber, and Lorenz Graf-Vlachy): Best Paper Award of the Special Interest Group “Strategic Management”, the Best Paper Award of the Track “Behavioral Strategy” and a Recognition for being one of three runner ups for the EURAM 2017 Best Paper Award (best three out of 1220 papers submitted to the conference).

  • 2014
    • Best Paper Award by the German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) for the Paper "CEO Narcissism, Audience Engagement, and Organizational Adoption of Technological Discontinuities," published 2013 in the Administrative Science Quarterly together with Wolf-Christian Gerstner, Albrecht Enders, and Donald C. Hambrick
  • 2013

     

    • The Glueck Best Paper Award of the Business Policy and Strategy (BPS) division of the Academy of Management for the paper “Silver Bullet or Ricochet? CEO Metaphorical Communication Behavior and Analysts’ Evaluations” as the best out of 693 manuscripts submitted to BPS (together with Alexander Wessels, Joanna Walton, Angela Fehn, Martin Weiss, and Albrecht Enders)

     

    • Habilitation Award of the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; to be handed over in November 2013.

  • 2012

    • The Distinguished Paper Award of the Business Policy and Strategy (BPS) division of the Academy of Management for the paper “Organizational Identity and Adaptation to Discontinuous Change: The Role of Focus and Locus” as one of the five best out of 745 manuscripts submitted to BPS (together with Nadine Kammerlander and Albrecht Enders)
    • Fellow Award of the Dr. Theo and Friedl Schöller Research Center for Business and Society

  • 2011

    • The Glueck Best Paper Award of the Business Policy and Strategy (BPS) division of the Academy of Management for the paper “CEO Narcissism and Incumbent Response to Technological Discontinuities” as the best out of 655 manuscripts submitted to BPS (together with Wolf-Christian Gerstner, Albrecht Enders, and Donald C. Hambrick)

  • 2009

    • Best Dissertation Award of the Faculty of Law and Economics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Herrmann-Gutmann-Foundation

  • 2008

    • Nomination for the “Best Practice Implication Paper Award” at the Strategic Management Society Conference, Cologne, for the submission “Industry Associations as Driver of Incumbent Inertia” (together with Martin Schulte and Albrecht Enders)

  • 2004/2005/2008

    • Wilhelm-Rieger-Award for Excellence in Teaching, summer term 2004, winter term 2004/5 and summer term 2008, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (together with the colleagues at the Chair of Strategic Management of Prof. Dr. Harald Hungenberg)

  • 2000

    • Royal Academy of Music Foundation Award

  • 1998

    • First Prize at the International Brass Soloist Competition during the Trumpet Festival Bremen

  • Academy of Management
  • Beta Gamma Sigma (Honor Society of the AACSB
  • Strategic Management Society
  • Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (WK ORG und WK TIE)
  • "IFERA" - International Family Enterprise Research Academy

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