As an academic, I’m intrigued by the art and science of strategy and thrilled by simulations helping us develop viable strategy solutions.

Focus:

• Chair Professor of Microeconomics and Industrial Organization, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany

• Co-author of “Hope Is Not a Strategy” (Campus Publishers, 2023, distributed by Chicago University Press in the USA)

• Co-founder XinBlue GmbH, StrategyFrame GmbH

• Company advisor

• Public speaker

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Education:

• Graduate, Senior Executive Program, Columbia Business School (CSEP 125), New York

• Graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral degrees in Economics, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany

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Previous positions:

• Deputy Dean, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management

• Member of the Dean’s Academic Council at CEIBS, Shanghai (2 terms)

• Senior economist (fulltime), CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, The Hague

• Post-doctoral research fellow, Institute for Development Strategies in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University, Bloomington

• Visiting post-doctoral research fellow, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta

• Invited lecturer at Melbourne Business School, University of San Diego, EGADE Business School Monterey, Coller Business School Tel Aviv University, Hongkong University of Science and Technology, among others.