University of Mannheim Business School Faculty Profile Welcome Dear reader, The Business School of the University of Mannheim represents one of the largest and most reputed institutions of its kind in Europe. For more than one hundred years, we are dedicated to research and teaching. Founded in 1907, our organization has become a full provider by offering programs for Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. as well as for MBA and EMBA in management education. Our School has committed itself to fulfill the highest requirements of international standards. Therefore, we put great effort into quality control, most importantly by undergoing international accreditation assessment and Assurance of Learning (AoL) on a regular basis. We are proud to be accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EFMD (EQUIS). Nevertheless, all members of our School strive for continuous improvement. Achieving our goal relies on the brain and heart of our institution – the faculty. Composed of more than 50 highly motivated full and assistant professors, their productiveness is widely demonstrated by more than 500 journal publications in the last five years. Apart from that, the faculty has different expertise that goes beyond research excellence. The following pages provide an outline of their competences – including their fields of research, careers, publications and awards. If you need further information, do not hesitate to contact us on our websites or visit us in our inviting baroque palace offices, lecture halls and libraries. Sincerely yours, Dr. Jürgen M. Schneider Dean of the Business School Area Accounting and Taxation Professor Dr. Holger Daske Chair of Accounting and Capital Markets Phone: +49(0)621/181-2280, Fax: +49(0)621/181-2009 daske@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Financial Reporting and Capital Market Communication Empirical Accounting Research Corporate Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis Accounting of Financial Institutions Curriculum Vitae: 1999 2001-2002 2005 2006-2007 2007-2010 Since 2010 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), Goethe-University, Frankfurt Visiting Scholar, University of Wales / Lancaster University Dr. rer. pol., Goethe-University, Frankfurt Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Professor of Business Administration, Accounting and Finance, University of Mannheim Professor of Business Administration, Accounting and Capital Markets, University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: • American Accounting Association (AAA) • European Accounting Association (EAA) • Research Network INTACCT of the European Union (EU) • Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Unternehmensrechnung (since 2012) • German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB), Wissenschaftliche Kommission Rechnungswesen • Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. • Director University Partnership CFA Institute Prizes, Awards, Honors: • Emerald Citations of Excellence Award (2012) • IAAER/KPMG Research Grants – Informing the IASB Decision Process (2010, 2013) • European Accounting Association: Best Paper Award in the category “Financial Accounting” (2008) • American Accounting Association / International Accounting Section: Best Paper Award (2005) • Winner at the EAA Doctoral Colloquium and representative at the AAA Doctoral Consortium (2002) Selected Editorial Activities: • Editorial Board “International Journal of Accounting Research (IJAR)” • Editorial Board “European Accounting Review (EAR)” • Editorial Board “DIE BETRIEBSWIRTSCHAFT (DBW)” Significant Publications: Bischof, J. / Daske, H. / Sextroh, C. (2014): Fair Value-Related Information in Analysts’ Decision Processes: Evidence from the Financial Crisis, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 41, 3&4, 363-400. Bischof, J. / Daske, H. (2013): Mandatory Disclosure, Voluntary Disclosure, and Stock Market Liquidity: Evidence from the EU Bank Stress Tests, Journal of Accounting Research, 51, 5, 9971029. Daske, H. / Hail, L. / Leuz, C. / Verdi, R. (2013): Adopting a Label: Heterogeneity in the Economic Consequences of IFRS Adoptions, Journal of Accounting Research, 51, 3, 495-547. Daske, H. / Bassemir, M. / Fischer, F. (2010): Manipulation des Börsenkurses durch gezielte Informationspolitik im Rahmen von Squeeze-Outs? – Eine empirische Untersuchung am deutschen Kapitalmarkt, Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung, 62, 254-288. Daske, H. / Hail, L. / Leuz, C. / Verdi, R. (2008): Mandatory IFRS Reporting Around the World: Early Evidence on the Economic Consequences, Journal of Accounting Research, 46, 5, 1085-1142. Daske, H. (2006): Economic Benefits of Adopting IFRS or USGAAP – Have the Expected Costs of Equity Capital really decreased?, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 33, 3, 329-373. Daske, H. / Gebhardt, G. / McLeay, S. J. (2006): The Distribution of Earnings Relative to Targets in the European Union, Accounting and Business Research, 36, 3, 137-168. Daske, H. / Gebhardt, G. (2006): International Financial Reporting Standards and Perceptions of Disclosure Quality, Abacus, 42, 3/4, 461-498. Professor Dr. Ulrich Schreiber Chair of Taxation I Phone: +49(0)621/181-1718, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1716 steuern@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Company Taxation International Business Taxation Tax Harmonization in the European Union Tax Planning Curriculum Vitae: 1974 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration) 1979 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business) 1985 Habilitation (Business Administration), University of Mannheim 1985-1999 Professor of Business Administration and Business Taxation, University of Hannover 1997 Certified Tax Consultant Since 1999 Professor of Business Administration and Business Taxation, University of Mannheim The Impact of Thin-Capitalization Rules on the Capital Structure of Multinational Firms, with Thiess Büttner, Michael Overesch and Georg Wamser, Journal of Public Economics 2012, 930-938. Asset Specificity, International Profit Shifting, and Investment Decisions, with Michael Overesch, Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft 2010, 23-47. European group taxation – the role of exit taxes, with Gregor Führich, European Journal of Law and Economics 2009, 257-274. Internationale Gewinnverlagerung – Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven, Die Betriebswirtschaft 2009, 535-550. Selected Memberships: • Academic Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry of Finance (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat beim Bundesministerium der Finanzen) • Research Fellow at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) • German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss Unternehmensrechnung) • Association of University Professors of Management (Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft, Kommissionen Betriebswirtschaftliche Steuerlehre und Rechnungswesen) Taxation and Capital Structure Choice – Evidence from a Panel of German Multinationals, with Thiess Büttner, Georg Wamser and Michael Overesch, Economic Letters 2009, 309-311. Steuerwirkungen beim Unternehmenskauf – Eine ökonomische Analyse steuerrechtlicher Missbrauchsregeln, with Jan Markus Mai, Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung 2008, 2-28. Allgemeine Unternehmenssteuer oder Duale Einkommensteuer?, Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft 2006, 1163-1185. Selected Editorial Activities: Editor “Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung/Schmalenbach Business Review (zfbf/sbr)” Significant Publications: International business taxation and the business cash flow tax, Review of Managerial Science 2013, 309 - 326. International Company Taxation. An Introduction to the Legal and Economic Principles, Springer, Berlin and Heidelberg 2013. Besteuerung der Unternehmen. Eine Einführung in Steuerrecht und Steuerwirkung, 3rd ed., Springer, Berlin and Heidelberg 2012. Unternehmensbesteuerung im Binnenmarkt. Angleichung der Gewinnermittlung und des Satzes der Körperschaftsteuer?, Steuer und Wirtschaft 2004, 212-226. Gewinnermittlung und Besteuerung der Einkommen, Steuer und Wirtschaft 2002, 105-115. Measuring the Impact of Taxation on Investment and Financing Decisions, with Ch. Spengel and L. Lammersen, Schmalenbach Business Review 2002, 2-23. Professor Dr. Dirk Simons Ernst & Young Chair of Accounting Phone: +49(0)621/181-1663, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1665 simons@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: International Accounting Theory of Accounting and Auditing New Institutional Economics and Stock Option Plans Curriculum Vitae: 1996 Diploma in Business Administration, University of Bielefeld 2001 Doctorate: Cost and Benefit of Stock Option Programs 2003-2004 Departmental representation at the University of Magdeburg 2004 Habilitation: Internationalization of Accounting, Auditing and Corporate Governance Since 2004 Professor at the University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: • American Accounting Association (AAA) • European Accounting Association (EAA) • Association for Operations Research (GOR) • German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB), Treasurer (since January 1, 2011) • Schmalenbach Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (SG) • IAAER • Committee for Corporate Accounting (Ausschuß Unternehmensrechnung) and Committee for the Theory of the Firm (Ausschuß Unternehmenstheorie) of the Verein für Socialpolitik Prizes, Awards, Honors: • Schmalenbach Award by the Schmalenbachgesellschaft (SG) (2002) • Best Paper Award (VHB) (2012) Selected Editorial Activities: • Business Research (BuR) – Editorial board member • Die Betriebswirtschaft (DBW) – Editorial board member • OR Spectrum - Editor Significant Publications: Ross, N. and Simons, D.: IFRS 2 – Anteilsbasierte Vergütung (Share-based payment), in Baetge / Wollmert / Kirsch / Oser / Bischoff (Hrsg.): Rechnungslegung nach IFRS – Kommentar auf der Grundlage des deutschen Bilanzrechts, Schäffer-Poeschel, Stuttgart, 2014. Niemann, R., Martini, J. T., and Simons, D., “Transfer Pricing or Formula Apportionment? Tax-induced distortions of multinationals' investment and production decisions”, Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 29, Issue 4, pp. 1060-1086, 2012. (Certified with the Best Paper Award by the German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB)). Ruhnke, K. und Simons, D. - Rechnungslegung nach IFRS und HGB - Ein Lehrbuch zur Theorie und Praxis der Unternehmenspublizität mit Beispielen und Übungen, Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag, 3. Edition, Stuttgart 2012. Chwolka, A., Martini, T., Simons, D., “The Value of Negotiating Cost-Based Transfer Prices”, BuR, Vol. 3, Issue 2, pp. 113-131, 2010. Jahnke, H., Chwolka, A., and Simons, D., “Coordinating servicesensitive demand and capacity by adaptive decision making: An application of case-based decision theory”, Decision Sciences, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 1-32, 2005. Simons, D., Internationalisierung von Rechnungslegung, Wirtschaftsprüfung und Corporate Governance, in: Haegert, L. et al. (Hrsg.), Schriften zum Steuer-, Rechnungs- und Prüfungswesen, Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden 2005. Biskup, D. and Simons, D., “Common due date scheduling with autonomous and induced learning”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 159, pp. 606-616, 2004. Chwolka, A. and Simons, D., “Impacts of revenue sharing, profit sharing, and transfer pricing on quality-improving investments”, European Accounting Review, Vol. 12, pp. 47-76, 2003. 6 Professor Dr. Christoph Spengel Chair of Taxation II Phone: +49(0)621/181-1704, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1706 spengel@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: International Taxation and Tax Planning Tax Accounting Harmonization of Company Taxation in Europe Measurement of Effective Tax Burdens Curriculum Vitae: 1990 1995 2002 2002-2003 2003-2006 Since 2003 Since 2003 Since 2006 Since 2007 Since 2014 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), University of Mannheim Dr. rer. pol., University of Mannheim Post-doctoral degree (Habilitation), University of Mannheim Senior Tax Manager in one of the “Big 4” firms and Deputy Professor, University of Hamburg Professor of Business Administration and International Taxation, Justus Liebig-University of Gießen Member of the Scientific Council of the German Federal Ministry of Finance Research Associate, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Professor of Business Administration and International Taxation, University of Mannheim International Research Fellow, Oxford University, Saïd Business School Academic Director, Mannheim Master of Accounting and Taxation, Mannheim Business School Director, Leibniz Scientific Campus MaTax Selected Memberships: • Schmalenbach Association for Business Administration (Taxation working group) • Board of the Ernst & Young Foundation • International Fiscal Association (IFA) • European Association of Tax Law Professors (EATLP) • Fachinstitut der Steuerberater e.V. • Mannheimer Unternehmenssteuertag (Chairman of the Board) Prizes, Awards, Honors: • Received multiple awards for diploma thesis, dissertation and post-doc thesis • Excellence in Executive Teaching Award 2009, Mannheim Business School • Students Teaching Award 2013, Mannheim Business School Selected Editorial Activities: • Editorial Board and Contributing Author: “World Tax Journal (WTJ)” Significant Publications: Spengel, C. et al. (2014): Intellectual Property Box Regimes: Effective Tax Rates and Tax Policy Considerations, International Tax and Public Finance. Spengel, C. et al. (2014): Increasing Importance of Transfer Pricing Regulations – a Worldwide Overview, Intertax. Spengel, C. et al. (2014): Transparency in Financial Reporting: Is Country-by-Country Reporting suitable to combat international profit shifting?, Bulletin for International Taxation. Spengel, C. et al. (2013): Profit Shifting and ‘Aggressive’ Tax Planning by Multinational Firms, World Tax Journal. Spengel, C. et al. (2013): Impact of Tax Rate Cut Cum Base Broadening Reforms on Heterogenous Firms, FinanzArchiv. Spengel, C. et al. (2013): Corporate Taxation Trends in Europe, Intertax. Spengel, C. et al. (2012): Unternehmensbesteuerung in Deutschland – Corporate Taxation in Germany, 3rd Ed., Düsseldorf. Spengel, C. et al. (2011): How to Reform Taxation of Corporate Groups in Europe, World Tax Journal. Spengel, C. et al. (2011): Internationale Unternehmensbesteuerung, 7th Ed., Munich. Spengel, C. et al. (2011): Non-profit taxation on corporations in the EU: Lessons from corporate tax reforms in Germany and tax implications of the global economic crisis, Intertax. Spengel, C. et al. (2010): Company Taxation in the Asia-Pacific Region, India, and Russia, Heidelberg. Professor Dr. Johannes Voget Chair of Taxation and Finance Phone: +49(0)621/181-3538 voget@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: International Taxation Mergers & Acquisitions Applied Econometrics Curriculum Vitae: 1998-1999 International Economic Studies, Introductory Study Period, Econometrics, Introductory Study Period, Maastricht University 1999-2003 Master in Econometrics, Maastricht University 2003-2005 Graduate Program NAKE (Netherlands Network of Economics) 2003-2009 Ph.D. in Economics, Tilburg University Thesis Title: Tax Competition and Tax Evasion in a Multi-Jurisdictional World 2007-2009 Research Fellow, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation 2009-2010 Research Fellow, Heidelberg University Since 2010 Professor of Taxation and Finance, University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: • Research Associate of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation • Extramural Fellow of the Tilburg University Center for Economic Research (CentER) • Research Associate at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Prizes, Awards, Honors: Young Economists Award 2009 of the International Institute of Public Finance 8 Significant Publications: Huizinga, H. P. / Voget, J. / Wagner, W. (2014): International Taxation and Cross-Border Banking, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 6(2). Huizinga, H. P. / Voget, J. / Wagner, W. (2012): Who bears the burden of international taxation? Evidence from cross-border M&As, Journal of International Economics 88. Voget, J. (2011): Relocation of Headquarters and International Taxation, Journal of Public Economics 95. Huizinga, H. P. / Voget, J. (2009): International Taxation and the Direction and Volume of Cross-border M&As, Journal of Finance 64(3). Professor Dr. Jens Wüstemann Chair of Accounting and Auditing Phone: +49(0)621/181-2351, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1694 wuestemann@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Financial Accounting Normative Accounting Research Institutional Economics Behavioral Law and Economics Curriculum Vitae: 1994 1994 1995 1997 1999 2000 2001 Since 2001 2002-2009 2004-2011 2006 Since 2007 2009-2011 Since 2010 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt Maîtrise des Sciences de Gestion, Université Paris IX Dauphine, Paris Visiting Scholar, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), Goethe-University, Frankfurt Visiting Scholar, Stern School, New York University Habilitation, Goethe-University, Frankfurt Teaching Position, Technical University of Berlin Professor of Business Administration, Accounting and Auditing, University of Mannheim Board Member and Project Leader of the German National Research Center 504 (SFB 504) Academic Director, ESSEC & Mannheim EMBA Visiting Professor, ESSEC Business School, Paris Academic Director of the Master of Accounting and Taxation Board Member, Accounting Standards Committee of Germany President of Mannheim Business School Selected Memberships: • Chair, Oversight Committee of the Common Project (Professional Accountancy Qualifications) • Member, Working Group Financial Accounting (Arbeitskreis Externe Unternehmensrechnung) of the Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft Prizes, Awards, Honors: • Best Paper Award, Accounting Section of the German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) and IAAER, 2009 • Wilhelm Merton Ph.D. Award,1998 • Faculty Award, Faculty for Economics and Business Administration, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt,1994 • Egon Zehnder Diploma Thesis Award, 1994 • German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), 1990 to 1994 Selected Editorial Activities: • Co-Editor: Schulze-Osterloh, J. / Hennrichs, J. / Wüstemann, J. (2014), Handbuch des Jahresabschlusses. Bilanzrecht nach HGB, EStG, IFRS. 4 Vol., 4.812 pages. Verlag Otto Schmidt. • Series Co-Editor: Rechungswesen und Überwachung. Springer Publishing Group. • Member of the Editorial Board of Accounting, Economics and Law - A Convivium Significant Publications: Koch, C. / Wüstemann, J. (2014): Experimental Analysis, Handbook of Public Accountability (M. Bovens / B. Goodin / T. Schillemans (eds.)), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 127-142. Wüstemann, J. / Bischof, J. / Wüstemann, S. (2012): The Economics of Private Law, Privates Recht, (C. Bumke / A. Röthel (eds.)), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 157-186. Koch, C. / Weber, M. / Wüstemann, J. (2012): Can Auditors be Independent? Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Client Type, European Accounting Review, 21, 797-823. Wüstemann, J. (2011): § 315a und Anhang IFRS, Staub Handelsgesetzbuch Großkommentar (C.-W. Canaris / M. Habersack / C. Schäfer (Eds.)), 5. ed., Berlin et al.: De Gruyter, 611-1086. Wüstemann, J. / Wüstemann, S. (2010): Why Consistency of Accounting Standards Matters: A Contribution to the Rules-VersusPrinciples Debate in Financial Reporting, Abacus, 46, 1-27. Wüstemann, J. / Wüstemann, S. (2009): Betriebswirtschaftliche Bilanzrechtsforschung und Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Gewinnrealisierung für Werkverträge, Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 79, 31-58. Wüstemann, J. / Kierzek, S. (2007): Normative Bilanztheorie und Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Gewinnrealisierung für Mehrkomponentenverträge, Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung, 59, 882-913. Dr. Michael Ebert Ernst & Young Chair of Accounting Phone: +49(0)621/181-1661, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1665 ebertm@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Informational Value of Disclosure, Behavioral Accounting Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting Curriculum Vitae: 2004 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg 2009 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Mannheim Fall 2010 Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Tepper School of Business, Accounting Department Since 2010 Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Mannheim Significant Publications: IFRS 7 Disclosures and Risk Perception of Financial Instruments (with Jannis Bischof), Schmalenbach Business Review, Vol. 66 (2014), pp. 1-33. Wertorientierte Vergütung des Aufsichtsrats - Auswirkungen auf den Unternehmenswert (mit N. Zein), Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis, No. 4 (2012), pp. 364-383. Interne Nutzung des Goodwill-Accounting als Informationsinstrument bei angestrebten Unternehmensübernahmen (with D. Simons), Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung, Special Issue 59 (2008), pp. 43-68. Dr. Katharina Finke Chair of Business Administration and Taxation II Phone: +49(0)621/1235-397 finke@zew.de Main Fields of Research: Taxation and the Decision Behavior of Multinational Firms Tax Reform Analysis Curriculum Vitae: 2006 Maîtrise en Sciences Economiques (M.Sc. in Economics), University Paris I 2008 Diplom-Kauffrau University of Tübingen 2012 Visiting Researcher Oxford Centre for Business Taxation 2013 Dr. rer pol. University of Mannheim Since 2014 Senior Researcher ZEW, Department of Corporate Taxation and Public Finance Significant Publications: Finke, Katharina, Jost Henrich Heckemeyer, Christoph Spengel (2014), Assessing the Impact of Introducing an ACE Regime – A 10 Behavioural Corporate Microsimulation Analysis for Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-033. Finke, Katharina, Jost Henrich Heckemeyer, Timo Reister and Christoph Spengel (2013), Impact of Tax Rate Cut Cum Base Broadening Reforms on Heterogeneous Firms - Learning from the German Tax Reform 2008, Finanzarchiv, 72-144. Fuest, Clemens, Christoph Spengel, Katharina Finke, Jost Henrich Heckemeyer and Hannah Nusser (2013), Profit Shifting and ‘Aggressive' Tax Planning by Multinational Firms: Issues and Options for Reform, World Tax Journal. Dr. Jost H. Heckemeyer Chair of Business Administration and Taxation II Phone: +49(0)621/181-1712 heckemeyer@uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: International Taxation Taxation of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME) Curriculum Vitae: 2007 Diplom-Volkswirt (M.Sc. in Economics), University of Münster, and Maîtrise en Sciences Economiques, University of Paris II 2007-2012 Researcher, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim Spring 2011 Visiting Researcher, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington D.C. 2012 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Economics), University of Heidelberg Since 2012 Assistant Professor of Taxation, University of Mannheim Significant Publications: Capital Structure Choice and Company Taxation: A Meta-Study (with Lars P. Feld und Michael Overesch), Journal of Banking and Finance, 37, 2013, 2850-2866. Profit Shifting and "Aggressive" Tax Planning by Multinational Firms: Issues and Options for Reform (with Clemens Fuest, Christoph Spengel, Katharina Finke und Hannah Nusser), World Tax Journal, 5, 2013, 307-324. Impact of Tax Rate Cut Cum Base Broadening Reforms on Heterogeneous Firms - Learning from the German Tax Reform 2008 (with Katharina Finke, Timo Reister und Christoph Spengel), FinanzArchiv, 69, 2013, 72-114. Dr. Dennis Voeller Ernst & Young Chair of Accounting Phone: +49(0)621/181-1638, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1665 voeller@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Financial Reporting and Corporate Governance Tax Accounting Curriculum Vitae: 2006 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), University of Mannheim 2009 Visiting Scholar, Tilburg University 2011 Dr. rer. pol. (PhD in Business), University of Mannheim 2012-2013 Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School Since 2012 Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Mannheim Significant Publications: Interdependencies between Auditing and Corporate Governance - Evidence from Germany, Schmalenbach Business Review (2013), Vol. 65, pp. 198-226 (with M. Bremert and N. Zein). Erbschaftsteuerliche Verschonungsregeln für das Betriebsvermögen – ein theoretischer Ansatz zur Steuerplanung, Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung (2012), Vol. 64, pp. 2-36 (with D. Simons and M. Corsten). The Impact of Personal and Corporate Taxation on Capital Structure Choices, FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis (2010), Vol. 66, pp. 263-294 (with M. Overesch). Area Banking, Finance, and Insurance Professor Dr. Peter Albrecht Chair of Risk Theory, Portfolio Management and Insurance Phone: +49(0)621/181-1680, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1681 risk@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Risk Management and Insurance Investment Management Financial and Actuarial Mathematics Curriculum Vitae: 1978 1981 1986 1987-1989 Since 1989 1992-1993 2001-2002 Since 2002 2007-2009 2009-2014 Graduation in Mathematics, University of Mannheim Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Business Administration, University of Mannheim Habilitation in Business Administration, University of Mannheim Professor, University of Heidelberg Professor and Chair, University of Mannheim Dean of the Business School, University of Mannheim Dean of the Business School, University of Mannheim Managing Director of the Institute of Insurance Science, University of Mannheim Dean for Student Affairs, Business School of the University of Mannheim Member of the Senate of the University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: • International Actuarial Association • Actuarial Approach for Financial Risks-Section (former board member) • German Actuarial Association (former board member) • German Society for Insurance Science (former board member) • German Society for Insurance Mathematics (former board member) Prizes, Awards, Honors: Dr. Kurt Hamann Award Selected Editorial Activities: • Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft (Associate Editor) • Der Aktuar (Advisory Board) • Editor-in-Chief of “Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Versicherungswissenschaft der Universität Mannheim” and “Mannheimer Vorträge zur Versicherungswissenschaft" Significant Publications: Financial Mathematics for Students of Economics, 3rd ed., Stuttgart 2014. Value at Risk-minimal Hedging, in: Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung 2011. A Risk Analysis of Hedgefunds, in: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft 2008. Investment and Risk Management, 3rd ed., Stuttgart 2008. Financial and Actuarial Mathematics, Stuttgart 2007. Quantifying Operational Risks: The Loss Distribution Approach, in: German Risk and Insurance Review 2007. Understanding and Allocating Investment Risks in a Hybrid Pension Plan, in: Restructuring Retirement Risks, Oxford University Press 2006. Risk Measures, in: Encyclopedia of Actuarial Science, Wiley 2004. Risk-based Capital Allocation, in: Encyclopedia of Actuarial Science, Wiley 2004. Methods of Risk-based Capital Allocation, in: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft 2004. Random Walk or Mean Reversion?, in: Kredit und Kapital 2004. Self-Annuitization, Consumption Shortfall in Retirement, and Asset Allocation: The Annuity Benchmark, in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 2002. Shortfall Risks of Stocks in the Long Run, in: Financial Markets and Portfolio Management 2001. On the Consequences of Insurance Contracts with a Possibility of Default - A Contribution to Behavioral Insurance, in: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft 2000. Professor Ernst Maug, Ph.D. Chair of Corporate Finance Phone: +49(0)621/181-1951, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1664 maug@corporate-finance-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Corporate Governance Executive Compensation Mergers and Acquisitions Shareholder Voting and Board Structures Curriculum Vitae: 1988 1990 1993 1993-1996 1996-2000 2000-2005 2000-2006 Since 2002 2005 2008 2013 Since 2006 Diplom-Volkswirt, Goethe-University Frankfurt M.Sc. in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, London School of Economics Ph.D., London School of Economics Assistant Professor of Finance, London Business School Assistant Professor of Finance, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University Adjunct Professor of Business Administration, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University Rudolf von Bennigsen-Förder Professor of Business Administration, Humboldt University Berlin Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) Visiting Professor, University Paris IX (Dauphine) Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of New South Wales Visiting Professor of Finance, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University Professor of Corporate Finance, University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: • American Finance Association • Society for Financial Studies • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Finanzierung Prizes, Awards, Honors: • 2011: Best Discussant Award, 8th IDC Herzliya Conference • 2010: "Highly Commended Paper Award", 8th International Conference on Corporate Governance, Birmingham UK • Teaching Award (Fachschaftslehrpreis), University of Mannheim • 2009: GSAM Best Paper Award for the best paper in the Review of Finance for “When Shareholders Vote Strategically” • 2005: Outstanding Paper Award of the German Finance Association (for “How Preussag became TUI”) • 2004: JFE – ECGI Clinical Paper Competition (3rd prize) • Six Teaching Awards at Duke University, Humboldt University, and the University of Mannheim Selected Editorial Activities: • Editor, Finance Working Paper Series of the European Corporate Governance Institute (since 2013) • Director on the executive committee of the European Finance Association, (since 2012) • FMA Global Services Committee (since 2014) • Associate Editor: Review of Finance (2004-2013), Schmalenbach Business Review (2005-2013) • Program committees: German Finance Association 20052013, Western Finance Association 1996-2000 and 20072014, European Financial Management Association 2001, European Finance Association 2002 and 2005-2014 Significant Publications: Dittmann, Ingolf, Dorothea Kübler, Ernst Maug and Lydia Mechtenberg, 2014, Why Votes Have Value: Instrumental Voting with Overconfidence and Overestimation of Others' Errors, Games and Economic Behaviour, 84(0), pp. 17-38. Dittmann, Ingolf, Ernst Maug, and Oliver Spalt, 2013, Indexing Executive Compensation Contracts, Review of Financial Studies, 26, pp. 3182-3224. Dittmann, Ingolf, Ernst Maug, and Oliver Spalt, 2010, Sticks or Carrots? Optimal CEO Compensation when Managers are Lossaverse, Journal of Finance, 65, pp. 2015-2050. Maug, Ernst and Kristian Rydqvist, 2009, Do Shareholders Vote Strategically? Voting Behavior, Proposal Screening, and Majority Rules, Review of Finance 13, pp.47-79. (Winner of the GSAM Best Paper Award) Dittmann, Ingolf and Ernst Maug, 2007, Lower Salaries and No Options: The Optimal Structure of Executive Pay, Journal of Finance 62, pp. 303-343. Maug, Ernst and Bilge Yilmaz, 2002, Two-class voting: A Mechanism for Conflict Resolution, American Economic Review 92, pp. 1448-1471. Professor Dr. Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi Chair of Corporate Governance Phone: +49(0)621/181-1595, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1519 niessen@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Corporate Finance Executive Compensation Corporate Governance Asset Management, Behavioral Finance Curriculum Vitae: 2005 Diplom-Kauffrau (Diploma in Business Administration), University of Cologne 2008 Visiting Scholar, Finance Department, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Chicago 2009 Visiting Scholar, Finance Department, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin 2009 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Cologne 2010, 2011, 2013 Visiting Researcher, Finance Department, Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales 2009-2012 Assistant Professor of Banking and Finance, University of Mannheim Since 2012 Associate Professor of Business Administration, Corporate Governance, University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: • American Economic Association • American Finance Association • European Economic Association • European Finance Association • German Finance Association Prizes, Awards, Honors: • Best Conference Paper, Rothschild Cesarea (IDC) conference, May 20-21 2012, Herzliya, Israel • Emerald Best Student Paper Award, Academy of Management Annual Meetings 2008, Anaheim, USA • Best Conference Paper, Midwest Finance Association Meetings 2008, San Antonio, USA • Best Conference Paper Award, Annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics, 2008, New York, USA • DGF Outstanding Paper Award, Annual meeting of the German Finance Association, 2006, EBS, Germany 15 Selected Editorial Activities: Ad-hoc reviewer for Review of Financial Studies, Review of Economic Studies, Management Science Significant Publications: Public Opinion and Executive Compensation, 2012, in: Management Science, Vol. 58, pp. 1249-1272 (with Camelia M. Kuhnen). Local Investors and Corporate Governance, 2012, in: Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 54, pp. 42-67 (with Vidhi Chhaoracchia and Alok Kumar). Low Risk and High Return - Affective Attitudes and Stock Market Expectations, 2011 (with Christoph Merkle and Alexander Kempf). European Financial Management, forthcoming. The Early News Catches the Attention: On the Relative Price Impact of Similar Economic Indicators, 2010, in: Journal of Futures Markets, Vol. 30, pp. 909-937 (with Dieter Hess). Political Connectedness and Firm Performance – Evidence from Germany, 2010, in: German Economic Review. Vol. 11, pp. 441 – 464 (with Stefan Ruenzi). How Do Commodity Futures Respond to Macroeconomic News?, 2008, in: Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, Vol. 22, pp. 127-146 (with Dieter Hess and He Huang). The Impact of Sentiment on the German Stock Market, 2012, in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, Vol. 82, pp. 133-163 (with Philipp Finter and Stefan Ruenzi). Professor Dr. Stefan Ruenzi Chair of International Finance Phone: +49(0)621/181-1646, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1664 ruenzi@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Asset Management & Mutual Funds Empirical Asset Pricing Advertising & Media Curriculum Vitae: 2000 Diploma (M.Sc.) in Economics, University of Konstanz 2005 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Cologne 2007-2009 Assistant Professor (Visiting), University of Texas at Austin Since 2009 Professor of Business Administration, especially International Finance, University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: • American Finance Association (AFA) • European Finance Association (EFA) • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Finanzwirtschaft (DGF) Prizes, Awards, Honors: • BSI Gamma Foundation Grant • Global Finance Conference Best Paper Award • Swisscanto Award • DGF Outstanding Paper Award • SABE Best Conference Paper Award • SWFA Best Conference Paper Award • Academy of Management Emerald Award • Rothschild Caesarea Center Best Conference Paper Award 16 Significant Publications: CEO Ownership, Stock Market Performance, and Managerial Discretion (with Ulf von Lilienfeld-Toal), 2014, in: Journal of Finance, Vol. 69 (3), pp. 1013-1050. Is a Team Different from the Sum of Its Parts? Team Management in the Mutual Fund Industry (with Michaela Bär and Alexander Kempf), 2011, in: Review of Finance, Vol. 15 (2), pp. 359-396. Politically Connected Firms – Evidence from Germany (with Alexandra Niessen), 2010, in: German Economic Review, Vol. 11 (4), pp. 441–464. Employment Risk, Compensation Incentives, and Managerial Risk Taking: Evidence from the Mutual Fund Industry (with Alexander Kempf and Tanja Thiele), 2009, in: Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 92 (1), pp. 92-108. Tournaments in Mutual Fund Families (with Alexander Kempf), 2008, in: Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 21 (2), pp. 1013–1036. Professor Dr. Eva Terberger Chair of Development Finance Phone: +49(0)621/181-3016, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1665 eterberg@mail.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Development Finance, esp. Microfinance Evaluation of Development Impacts Development of Financial Markets, Corporate Finance Curriculum Vitae: 1980 1986 1993 1980-1985 1986-1989 1986-1992 1992-1993 1993-2008 Since 2008 2008-2018 MBA (Diplomexamen) of the University of Frankfurt Conferral of a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Business Administration, University of Frankfurt/M. Habilitation, University of Frankfurt/M. (Business Administration) Research Assistant at the Chair of Corporate Finance, Department of Economics, University of Frankfurt/M. Temporary teaching appointments, European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel (1986) and University of Trier (1987-1989) Research Assistant at the Department of Economics, University of Frankfurt/M. Representation of the Professorship of Business Administration, University of Trier Professor of Banking and Finance at the Alfred Weber Institute for Economics, University of Heidelberg Professor of Development Finance, University of Mannheim Academic leave of absence to head the Financial Cooperation Evaluation Department at KfW Entwicklungsbank (development bank) Selected Memberships: • Verein für Socialpolitik, VHB (German Academic Association for Business Research), German Finance Association • Since 2013 Member of the Evaluation Advisory Panel at FMO (Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank) • 1998-2009 Member of the scientific advisory board at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2000-2004 Chairwoman • 2004/2005 Member of the organizing committee of the Conference on Bank Relationships, Credit Extension, and the Macroeconomy (2005) at the DIW in Berlin • 2000-2003 Member of the university council, University of Heidelberg 17 Significant Publications: Terberger, Eva (2012): The Microfinance Approach: Does it deliver on its promise?, in: Swiss Journal of Business Research (Die Unternehmung), Vol. 66, pp. 358-370. Schäfer, Dorothea / Siliverstovs, Boriss / Terberger, Eva (2010): Banking competition, good or bad?: The case of promoting micro and small enterprise finance in Kazakhstan, in: Applied Economics, No. 475. Terberger, Eva (2009): Subprime-Krise, strukturierte Finanzierung und die Förderung der Mikrokreditvergabe, in: DIW Vierteljahreshefte, Vol. 78, Issue 1, pp. 40-55. Terberger, Eva (2003): Microfinance institutions in the development of financial markets, in: United Nations, Cepal Review 81, pp. 187-202, also published in Spanish: Instituciones de microfinanciación en el desarrollo de mercados financieros, in: Naciones Unidas, CEPAL (Comisíon Económica para America Latina y el Caribe) Revista de la CEPAL 81, pp. 195-211. Terberger, Eva (2003): The German Financial System: Great Institutional Change and Little Effect?, in: JITE, Vol. 159, No. 4, pp. 707–716. Terberger, Eva (2003): Überlegungen zu einem Insolvenzrecht für Staaten, in: Dabrowski, M. / Fisch, A. / Gabriel, K. und Lienkamp, C. (Hrsg.): Diskussion um ein Insolvenzrecht für Staaten, Volkswirtschaftliche Schriften, Issue 530, pp. 271–281. Terberger, Eva (2002): Basel II: Keine direkte Benachteiligung des Mittelstandes, in: Betriebsberater, 57. Jg., Heft 14, Suppl. Banken und Versicherungen, pp. 12–19. Schmidt, Reinhard H. / Terberger, Eva (2006): Grundzüge der Investitions- und Finanzierungstheorie, 4th ed., reprint, Wiesbaden. Terberger, Eva (1994): Neo-institutionalistische Ansätze, Entstehung und Wandel - Anspruch und Wirklichkeit, Habilitation, Wiesbaden. Professor Dr. Erik Theissen Chair of Finance Phone: +49(0)621/181-1517, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1519 theissen@uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Empirical Research in Financial Markets Market Microstructure Corporate Finance Curriculum Vitae: 1992 1992–1995 1995–1998 1998–2000 1999–2000 2004–2005 2000–2009 since 2009 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), University of Gießen Research Assistant and Ph.D. candidate, Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Gießen Research Assistant and Ph.D. candidate, Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Frankfurt Assistant Professor in Finance, Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Frankfurt Visiting Assistant Professor at Groupe HEC, Jouyen-Josas, France (funded by a TMR postdoctoral fellowship) Visiting Professor, Thammasat University, Bangkok Professor, Department of Economics, University of Bonn Professor, Finance Area, University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: • European Finance Association • American Finance Association • Western Finance Association • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Finanzwirtschaft • Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (VHB) (German Academic Association for Business Research) • Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft • Verein für Socialpolitik Prizes, Awards, Honors: • Best Paper Award, German Finance Association • Research Award sponsored by Bethmann Bank • Best Paper Award, Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft • Dissertation Award sponsored by Deutsches Aktieninstitut • Fellowship awarded by the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) Selected Editorial Activities: • Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung • Schmalenbach Business Review • Review of Behavioral Finance Significant Publications: Strategic Trading and Trade Reporting by Corporate Insiders. Forthcoming in: Review of Finance. (with André Betzer, Jasmin Gider, Daniel Metzger). Should I Stay or Should I Go? Former CEOs as Monitors. Forthcoming in: Journal of Corporate Finance. (with Christian Andres, Erik Fernau). Short sale constraints, divergence of opinion and asset prices: Evidence from the Laboratory. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation 101 (2014), 113-127. (with Gerlinde Fellner). Market Response to Investor Sentiment. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 40 (2013), 901-917. (with Jördis Hengelbrock, Christian Westheide). Sooner or Later: Delays in Trade Reporting by Corporate Insiders. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 37 (2010), 130-147. (with André Betzer). Competition Between Exchanges: Euronext versus Xetra. European Financial Management 15 (2009), 181-207. (with Maria Kasch). Setting a Fox to Keep the Geese: Does the Comply-or-Explain Principle Work? Journal of Corporate Finance 14 (2008), 289301. (with Christian Andres). Does Anonymity Matter in Electronic Limit Order Markets? Review of Financial Studies 20 (2007), 1707-1747. (with Thierry Foucault, Sophie Moinas). Estimating the Probability of Informed Trading - Does Trade Misclassification Matter? Journal of Financial Markets 10 (2007), 2647. (with Ekkehart Boehmer, Joachim Grammig). Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Martin Weber Chair of Finance, especially Banking Phone: +49(0)621/181-1532, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1534 weber@bank.bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Banking Empirical Research on Capital Markets Experimental Economics Decision Theory Curriculum Vitae: 1975 Diplom-Mathematiker (M.Sc. in Mathematics), University of Aachen 1977 Diplom-Wirtschaftsmathematiker (M.B.A.), University of Aachen 1981 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Aachen 1988 Habilitation in Business Administration, University of Aachen 1988-1989 Professor of Business Administration, School of Management, University of Cologne 1989-1993 Professor of Business Administration, especially Decision Theory, University of Kiel Since 1993 Professor of Business Administration, especially Banking and Finance, University of Mannheim Significant Publications: Jacobs, H., S. Müller and M. Weber (2014), How Should Individual Investors Diversify? - An Empirical Evaluation of Alternative Asset Allocation Policies, Journal of Financial Markets, 19, 62-85. Kaufmann, C., Weber, M. and E. Haisley, (2013), The Role of Experience Sampling and Graphical Displays on One's Investment Risk Appetite, Management Science, 59, 323-340. Jacobs, H. and M. Weber (2012), The Trading Volume Impact of Local Bias: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, Review of Finance, 16, 867-901. Baucells, M., Weber, M. and F. Welfens (2011), Reference Point Formation and Updating, Management Science, 57, 506-519. Selected Memberships: • Member of Sections in the Verein für Socialpolitik: Ausschuss für Unternehmenstheorie, Theoretischer Ausschuss (1993-2005) und Socialwissenschaftlicher Ausschuss (President 1997-1999) • Board Member of the Economic Science Association (European Secretary,1996-1999) • Research Fellow at the CEPR, London, since 2002 • Fachkollegium der Wirtschaftswissenschaften der DFG (Review Committee, 2004-2008) • Member of The German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina and of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Norden, L. and M. Weber (2010), Credit Line Usage, Checking Account Activitiy, and Default Risk of Bank Borrowers, Review of Financial Studies, 23, 3665-3699. Prizes, Awards, Honors: Honorary Doctoral Degree, University of Münster (2007) Klos, A. and M. Weber (2006), Portfolio Choice in the Presence of Nontradeable Income: An Experimental Analysis, German Economic Review, 7, 427-448. Selected Editorial Activities: • Management Science (1998-2002) • Journal of Risk and Uncertainty • Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik • The Journal of Behavioral Finance • Annals of Finance • Review of Managerial Science • Die Betriebswirtschaft (DBW) Klos, A., Weber, E.U., and M. Weber (2005), Investment Decisions and Time Horizon: Risk Perception and Risk Behavior in Repeated Gambles, Management Science, 51, 1777-1790. 19 Müller, S. and M. Weber (2010), Financial Literacy and Mutual Fund Investments: Who Buys Actively Managed Funds?, Schmalenbach Business Review, 62, 126-153. Biais, B. and M. Weber (2009), Hindsight Bias, Risk Perception and Investment Performance, Management Science, 55, 1018-1029. Glaser, M. and M. Weber (2009), Which Past Returns Affect Trading Volume?, Journal of Financial Markets, 12, 1-31. Abdellaoui, M., Vossmann, F., and M. Weber (2005), Choice-based Elicitation and Decomposition of Decision Weights for Gains and Losses under Uncertainty, Management Science, 51, 1384-1399. Dr. Inga van den Bongard Chair of Finance Phone: +49(0)621/181-1524 ivdb@uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Corporate Governance Corporate Finance Curriculum Vitae: 2007 Diplom-Volkswirtin (M.Sc. in Economics), University of Bonn 2013 Dr.rer.pol. (Ph.D. in Economics), University of Bonn Since 2014 Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Mannheim Significant Publications: Is Busy Really Busy? Board Governance Revisited (with C. Andres and M. Lehmann), Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Vol. 40 (2013), pp. 1221-1246. The Information Content of Dividend Surprises: Evidence from Germany (with C. Andres, A. Betzer, C. Haesner and E. Theissen), Journal of Business Finance and Accounting Vol. 40 (2013), pp. 620-645. Das Ende der Deutschland AG [The Demise of Germany Inc.] (with C. Andres and A. Betzer), Kredit & Kapital, Vol. 44 (2011), pp. 185216. Professor Irem Demirci, Ph.D. Assistant Professorship of Finance Phone: +49(0)621/181-1699 idemirci@mail.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Capital Structure, Stakeholder Relations Banking and Mortgage Markets Curriculum Vitae: 2005 2007 2013 Since 2013 BA in Economics, Koc University, Istanbul MA in Economics, Koc University, Istanbul PhD in Finance, University of Texas at Austin Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Mannheim Dr. Markus Doumet Chair of Finance Phone: +49(0)621/181-1525 doumet@uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Empirical Corporate Finance Corporate Governance Curriculum Vitae: 2003 Diplom Volkswirt (M.Sc. in Economics), University of Bonn 2007 Banque Audi, Lebanon Research department 2008 zeb/rolfes.schierenback.associates, Germany Financial Services Consulting 2013 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Mannheim Since 2013 Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Mannheim Significant Publications: Disentangling the Link Between Stock and Accounting Performance in Acquisitions. European Journal of Finance (2014, forthcoming), 2-16 (with André Betzer and Marc Goergen). Auswirkungen guter Corporate Governance und Compliance auf den Unternehmenswert. Kölner Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 1.13 (2013), 92-96 (with Christian Andres, Andre Betzer, Peter Limbach). How Policy Changes Affect Shareholder Wealth: The Case of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster. Applied Economic Letters 20 (2012), 799-803 (with Andre Betzer, Ulf Rinne). Dr. Erik Fernau Chair of Finance Phone: +49(0)621/181-1526 fernau@uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Corporate Governance Corporate Finance Curriculum Vitae: 2008 Diplom-Volkswirt (M.Sc. in Economics), University of Bonn 2013 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Mannheim Since 2013 Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Mannheim 21 Significant Publications: Should I stay or should I go? Former CEOs as monitors (with Christian Andres and Erik Theissen), Journal of Corporate Finance, forthcoming. Dr. Heiko Jacobs Chair of Business Administration and Finance, esp. Banking Phone: +49(0)621/181-3453, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1534 jacobs@bank.bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Behavioral Finance, Empirical Capital Market Research Market Efficiency Curriculum Vitae: 2006 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), Saarland University 2011 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Mannheim Since 2012 Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Mannheim Fall 2014 Visiting Scholar, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Finance Department Prizes, Awards, Honors: 2013 2012 Significant Publications: "Media makes momentum", with A. Hillert and S. Müller, 2014, Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming. "How should individual investors diversify? An empirical evaluation of alternative asset allocation policies", with S. Müller and M. Weber, Journal of Financial Markets 19, 62-85, 2014. "The trading volume impact of local bias: Evidence from a natural experiment", with M. Weber, in: Review of Finance 16, 867-901, 2012. Research grant, BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre, PhD Thesis Award (first prize), Deutsches Aktieninstitut Dr. Tim Alexander Kröncke Chair of Chair of Finance Phone: +49(0)621/181-1586, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1519 kroencke@uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Asset Pricing, Asset Management Financial Econometrics Curriculum Vitae: 2009 Diplom-Volkswirt (M.Sc. in Economics), University of Freiburg 2009-2013 Researcher, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of International Finance and Financial Management 2013 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Finance), University of Mannheim Since 2013 Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Mannheim 22 Significant Publications: International Diversification Benefits with Foreign Exchange Investment Styles (with Felix Schindler and Andreas Schrimpf), Review of Finance, forthcoming. International Diversification with Securitized Real Estate and the Veiling Glare from Currency Risk (with Felix Schindler), Journal of International Money and Finance 2012, 31, 1851-1866. Dr. Nhan Le Chair of Corporate Finance Phone: +49(0)621/181-1973 le@corporate-finance-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Behavior Finance and Corporate Bankruptcy Curriculum Vitae: 1998 1998-2002 2003 2003-2005 2005-2007 2012 Since 2012 Bachelor of Finance, University of Economics, Vietnam Audit Senior at Ernst & Young, Vietnam Master of Financial Management, University of Queensland, Australia Investment Officer at Mekong Capital, a private equity fund in Vietnam Instructor at Corporate Training Center – VCCI (Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry) PhD in Finance, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA Assistant Professor in Finance, University of Mannheim Significant Publications: Contagious Negative Sentiment – Evidence from Local Corporate Bankruptcy (with Jawad Addoum and Alok Kumar), Working paper, Northern Finance Association Conference 2014. Spillover Effects from Industry Bankruptcy Filings - Working paper, Northern Finance Association Conference 2012. Dr. Christoph Merkle Chair of Finance and Banking Phone: +49(0)621/181-1531, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1534 chmerkle@mail.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Behavioral Finance, Decision Theory Household Finance Curriculum Vitae: 2007 Diplom-Volkswirt (M.Sc. in Economics), University of Cologne 2007-2010 Graduate School of Economic & Social Sciences, CDSB, Ph.D.-Student in Finance 2010-2011 Research and Teaching Assistant, Chair of Banking and Finance, University of Mannheim 2011 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Mannheim Fall 2013 Visiting Scholar, Aalto University, School of Business, Helsinki Since 2012 Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Mannheim 23 Significant Publications: Second-order Beliefs and the Individual Investor (with Daniel Egan and Martin Weber), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, forthcoming. Do Investors Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is? Stock Market Expectations and Trading Behavior (with Martin Weber), Journal of Banking and Finance, 2014, Vol. 46, pp. 372–386. True Overconfidence: The Inability of Rational Information Processing to Account for Apparent Overconfidence (with Martin Weber), Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2011, Vol. 116(2), pp. 262-271. Dr. Sebastian Müller Chair of Finance and Banking Phone: +49(0)621/181-1540, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1534 mueller@bank.bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Behavioral Finance Asset Pricing, Asset Management Curriculum Vitae: 2006 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), University of Mannheim 2011 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Mannheim Since 2011 Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Mannheim 2012/2013 Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley Significant Publications: Media makes momentum (with Alexander Hillert and Heiko Jacobs), Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming. How should private investors diversify? - An empirical evaluation of alternative asset allocation policies to construct a “world market portfolio" (with Heiko Jacobs and Martin Weber), Journal of Financial Markets, 19 (2014), 62-85. Is the Diversification Discount Caused by the Book Value Bias of Debt? (with Markus Glaser), Journal of Banking and Finance, 34 (2010), 2307 - 2317. Dr. Christoph Schneider Chair of Corporate Finance Phone: +49(0)621/181-1949, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1980 schneider@corporate-finance-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Corporate Finance Corporate Governance Curriculum Vitae: 1999-2004 M.A. in Economics and Management Science, Humboldt University Berlin 2002-2003 EAP Reciprocity Student, University of California at Berkeley 2004-2005 Ph.D. Student, School of Business and Economics, Humboldt University Berlin 2006-2009 Ph.D. Student, Business School, University of Mannheim 2009 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Finance), University of Mannheim Since 2010 Assistant Professor, University of Mannheim 24 Significant Publications: “Bankers on the Boards of German Firms: What they do, what they are worth, and why they are (still) there”, with Ingolf Dittmann and Ernst Maug, Review of Finance, 2010, 14, 35-71. “How Preussag became TUI: A Clinical Study of Institutional Blockholders and Restructuring in Europe”, with Ingolf Dittmann and Ernst Maug, Financial Management, 2008, 37, 571-598. Dr. Christian Westheide Chair of Finance Phone: +49(0)621/181-1822, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1519 westheide@uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Market Microstructure and Empirical Asset Pricing Behavioral Finance and Corporate Governance Curriculum Vitae: 2003-2004 Visiting Student, ENSAE, Paris 2006 Diplom-Informatiker (M.Sc. in Informatics), University of Bonn 2006 Diplom-Volkswirt (M.Sc. in Economics), University of Bonn 2006-2010 Doctoral Student, Bonn Graduate School of Economics, University of Bonn (graduation in 2011) Since 2010 Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Mannheim Since 2012 Postdoc in Market Microstructure, Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt 25 Significant Publications: Market Response to Investor Sentiment. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. 2013, 40(7-8), 901-917. (With Jördis Hengelbrock and Erik Theissen). The Conditional Relationship between Fama-French Betas and Return. Schmalenbach Business Review. 2013, 334-358. (With Stefan Koch). Area Economic and Business Education Professor Dr. Hermann G. Ebner Chair of Economic and Business Education I Phone: +49(0)621/181-2197, Fax: +49(0)621/181-2195 wipaed_ls_ebner@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Learning and Instructional Design in Business Education Measuring Critical Thinking on Economic Issues Quality Management in Business Education Curriculum Vitae: 1976 1981 1992 1992-1994 1994-1998 Since 1998 2008-2012 Graduation in Education Science, University of Education Sciences, Karlsruhe Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Education Science, University of Salzburg Habilitation in Economic and Business Education, University of Oldenburg Professor, University of Mannheim Professor and Chair, University of Leipzig Professor and Chair, University of Mannheim Vice President of the University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: • European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) • Expert of German and European Accreditation Agencies • Expert of the German Science Foundation • Expert of the Swiss Science Foundation • Expert of the Federal Institute of Vocational Education • Expert of the Association for Adult Education, Baden-Württemberg • Section “Vocational and Business Education” of the German Society for Educational Science (DGfE) • Working Pool “Research on Vocational Education" (AGBFN) Selected Editorial Activities: • Editor Wirtschaftspädagogische Studien zur individuellen und kollektiven Entwicklung • Co-Editor Beiträge zur Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik • Editorial Board Member Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training • Editorial Board Member Revista de Educación Universidad de Huelva Significant Publications: Creating knowledge: What you do is what you get. In E. Severing & R. Weiß (Editors). Qualitätsentwicklung in der Berufsbildungsforschung. Bielefeld: Bertelsmann. 2013, pp. 61-70. Developing competences. In G. Niedermair (Editor). Kompetenzen entwickeln, messen und bewerten. Linz: Trauner. 2012, pp. 123133. “A teacher is like …”: What are the metaphors used by students of Economic and Business Education to depict teachers’ activities?(With B. Lehmann). In U. Faßhauer, J. Aff, B. Fürstenau & E. Wuttke (Editors). Lehr-Lernforschung und Professionalisierung: Perspektiven der Berufsbildungsforschung. Opladen & Farmington Hills: Budrich. 2011, pp. 135-145. Conceptual foundations of vocational-school management. In R. Nickolaus et al. (Editors). Handbuch Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik. Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt. 2010, pp. 63-72. “Well, make a plan then …” – Development and validation of a heuristic approach for planning competence-based learning arrangements in business education. (with C. Aprea & W. Müller). Wirtschaft und Erziehung. 2010, pp. 91-99. Training and gender politics (with S. Bausbacher). In G. Krell (Editor). Chancengleichheit durch Personalpolitik. Wiesbaden: Gabler. 2007, pp. 215-232. Standards as an instrument of quality management in the field of education. In M. Eckert & A. Zöller (Editors). Der europäische Berufsbildungsraum: Beiträge der Berufsbildungsforschung . Bielefeld: Bertelsmann. 2006, pp. 179-187. Research on teachers’ stress: An overview of findings and coping strategies (with D. Zimmermann). Erziehungswissenschaft und Beruf. 2006, pp. 185-201. What's the performance of Germany’s vocational education system compared to others? (with S. Fulst-Blei). Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik. 2005, pp. 176-185. Improving cross-content transfer in text processing by means of active graphical representations (with E. Stern und C. Aprea). Learning and Instruction. 2003, pp. 191-203. 27 Professor Dr. Sabine Matthäus Professorship of Vocational Education and Business Education Phone: +49(0)621/181-2191, Fax: +49(0)621/181-2189 sabine.matthaeus@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Vocational Education and Training Classroom Teaching in Commercial Vocational Training Vocational Education and Training in International Comparison Curriculum Vitae: 1974 Graduation in Economics and Business Education, Humboldt-University of Berlin 1978 Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Business Education, Humboldt-University of Berlin 1985 Habilitation in Business Education, Humboldt-University of Berlin 1980-1985 Teacher at commercial vocational schools in Berlin (at the same time lecturer at the Humboldt-University of Berlin) 1987 Employee at Berliner Transformatorenwerk (Berlin Transformer Factory) 1988 University Lecturer, Humboldt-University of Berlin 1995/96 Visiting Lecturer at the University of National and World Economy in Sofia (for one semester) Since 1997 Professor of Business Education, University of Mannheim Since 2011 Equal opportunity commissioner Business School of the University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: • Advisory Board of the Center for Teacher Training of the Universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim (Zentrum für Lehrerbildung der Universitäten Heidelberg und Mannheim) • German Educational Society Section, Business and Vocational Education (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft, Sektion Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik) • Advisory Board “Business Education in Eastern Europe” Significant Publications: A systemic solution-focused prevention programme (with C. Abel, J. Schweitzer). In: Psychotherapie im Dialog – Psychoanalyse, Systemische Therapie, Verhaltenstherapie, Humanistische Therapien 3, 2009. Promotion of young migrants with little qualification – a training programme of Berlin on trial (with S. Badel, J. Kronenwett). In: Institut für Sozialarbeit und Sozialpädagogik e. V. (Ed.): Migration und Soziale Arbeit, 3/4. Juventa Verlag, Weinheim 2008. New Curricular Concepts and Consequences for the Process of Learning and Teaching. In: Kiefer, K.-H. (Ed.): Wirtschaftsdeutsch – vernetzt. Neue Konzepte und Materialien. Iudicum Verlag, Warschau 2007. Communication (with J. van Buer). In: Kaiser, F. / Pätzold, G. (Ed.): Wörterbuch Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik, 2nd ed. Klinkhardt Verlag, Bad Heilbrunn 2006. Direct Entry into Teaching at Vocational Schools – Temporary Solution or Opportunity for Qualification? (with D. Postl, M. Schneider). In: lernen & lehren 79, 2005. The development of communicative competence and behavior of young people in their business education and training. In: Beck, K. (ed.): Teaching-learning processes in vocational education. Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2002. The academic formation of graduate teachers for commercial vocational schools – a way of forming specialists or generalists? In: Matthäus, S. / Seeber, S. (Ed.): Das universitäre Studium der Wirtschaftspädagogik – Befunde und aktuelle Entwicklungen. Studien zur Wirtschaftspädagogik und Berufsbildungsforschung aus der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Vol. 1, 2000. University Courses in Teaching Economics in the Federal Republic of Germany – Tradition, Contents, and European Trends. In: Studies in Business and Adult Education, Sofia/Berlin 1999. 28 Professor Dr. Jürgen Seifried Chair of Economic and Business Education II Phone: +49(0)621/181-1737 wipaed2@mail.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Teacher Education Research Development and Measurement of Economic Competence Workplace Learning Curriculum Vitae: 1994 Diplom-Handelslehrer, University of Mannheim 1994-1996 In-School Teacher Training 1996-1999 Educator of Business and Economics, Accounting, and Economic Geography 2004 Dr. rer. pol., University of Bamberg 2008 Habilitation in Economic and Business Education, University of Bamberg 2008 Guest Professorship for Economics and Business Education, University of Paderborn 2008-2012 Professor of Economics and Business Education, University of Konstanz Since 2012 Professor of Economics and Business Education, University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: • AERA (American Educational Research Association) • DGfE (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft) • EARLI (European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction) • GEBF (Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung) Selected Editorial Activities: Editor of the Book Series „Research in Vocational Education“, Budrich Publishers Significant Publications: Harteis, Christian, Rausch, Andreas & Seifried, Jürgen (Eds.) (2014): Discourses on professional learning: On the boundary between learning and working. Dordrecht: Springer. Seifried, Jürgen & Höpfer, Eva (2013): The perception of error in production plants of a chemical organisation. Vocations and Learning – Studies in Vocational and Professional Education, 6(2), 159-185, DOI 10.1007/s12186-012-9081-1. Wuttke, Eveline & Seifried, Jürgen (2013): Diagnostic competence of (prospective) teachers in vocational education. An analysis of error identification in accounting lessons. In: Beck, K. & ZlatkinTroitschanskaia, O. (Eds.): From diagnostics to learning success: Proceedings in vocational education and training. Rotterdam, Boston, Taipei: SensePublishers, 225-240. Seifried, Jürgen (2012): The role of teachers’ pedagogical beliefs – An analysis from the perspective of vocational education and training. In: König, J. (Ed.): Teachers’ pedagogical beliefs. Definition and operationalisation – connections to knowledge and performance – development and change. Münster: Waxmann, 131-147. Seifried, Jürgen (2012): Teachers’ beliefs at vocational schools – An empirical study in Germany. Accounting Education: An International Journal, 21(5), 489-514. Seifried, Jürgen & Wuttke, Eveline (2010): Student errors: how teachers diagnose them and how they respond to them. Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training (ERVET), 2(2), 147-162. Area Information Systems Professor Dr. Christian Becker Chair of Information Systems II Phone: +49(0)621/181-2152, Fax: +49(0)621/181-2150 christian.becker@uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Context-aware Computing Distributed Systems Pervasive Computing Curriculum Vitae: 1991-1993 Undergraduate studies of Computer Science, University of Karlsruhe 1993-1996 Graduate studies of Computer Science, University of Kaiserslautern 1996 Diplom (M.Sc.) in Computer Science 1997-2001 Researcher Operating Systems and Distributed Systems Group, University of Frankfurt, 2001 Dr. phil. nat. (Ph.D.) in Computer Science, University of Frankfurt, “Quality of Service Management for Distributed Object Systems" 2001-2006 Senior Researcher and Lecturer Distributed Systems Group, University of Stuttgart 2004 Habilitation in Computer Science, “System Support for Context-Aware Computing" 2006 Chair of Information Systems II, University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. Prizes, Awards, Honors: Best Paper Award for: V. Majuntke, G. Schiele, K. Spohrer, M. Handte, C. Becker “A Coordination Framework for Pervasive Applications in Multi-User Environments”. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE 2010), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 19–21, 2010. Selected Editorial Activities: • Springer Electronic Commerce Research Journal, Editorial Board • Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal Significant Publications: S. VanSyckel, D. Schaefer, V. Majuntke, C. Krupitzer, G. Schiele, and C. Becker “COMITY: A Framework for Adaptation Coordination in Multi-Platform Pervasive Systems“ Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Elsevier, vol. 10, 2013. 31 M. Handte, G. Schiele, V. Majuntke, C. Becker, P. J. Marron “3PC: System Support for Adaptive Peer-to-Peer Pervasive Computing” ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, Vol. 7, No. 1, Article 10, April 2012. Z. Yu, X. Zhou, C. Becker, Y. Nakamura “Tree-based Mining for Discovering Patterns of Human Interaction in Meetings" IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 759-768, April 2012. A. Khelil, P.J. Marrón, C. Becker, K. Rothermel “Hypergossiping: A Generalized Broadcast Strategy for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks" in Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal, pp. 531-546, vol 5(5), July 2007. F. Dürr, C. Becker, K. Rothermel “Efficient Forwarding of Symbolically Addressed Geocast Messages" in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (IC3N 05), San Diego, USA, 2005. C. Becker, F. Dürr “On Location Models for Ubiquitous Computing" in Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, vol 9(1), pp. 20-31, Springer, 2005. C. Becker, M. Handte, G. Schiele, K. Rothermel “PCOM – A Component System for Adaptive Pervasive Computing Applications” in 2nd IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom 04), Orlando, USA, 2004. J. Hähner, K. Rothermel, C. Becker “Update-Linearizability: A Consistency Concept for the Chronological Ordering of Events in MANETs” in Proceedings of 1st IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), Fort Lauderdale, USA, 2004. C. Becker, G. Schiele, H. Gubbels, K. Rothermel “BASE – a Microbroker-based Middleware for Pervasive Computing” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom 2003), Fort Worth / USA, 2003. Professor Dr. Armin Heinzl Chair of Information Systems I Phone: +49(0)621/181-1691, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1692 heinzl@uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Information Systems Outsourcing and Governance Agile Software Development and Multi-Team Coordination Human Information Behaviour Information Systems in Healthcare Curriculum Vitae: 1986 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), University of Frankfurt/Main 1989 Research Scholar, Harvard Business School 1990 Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Business Administration, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Koblenz / Vallendar 1993-1994 Research Scholar, University of California at Berkeley 1995 Habilitation in Business Administration, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Koblenz / Vallendar 1996 Professor and Chairperson, University of Bayreuth 1999 Visiting Professor, University of California at Irvine Since 2002 Professor and Chairperson, University of Mannheim 2005-2007 Academic Director of the Mannheim Business School 2009 Research Scholar, ESSEC Business School, Paris 2013 Visiting Researcher, London School of Economics Selected Memberships: • Association of University Professors of Management (VHB) • Association of Information Systems (AIS) • Baden-Württemberg Connected (bwcon) e.V. Prizes, Awards, Honors: • Best Paper 1959 to 2008 for the article “Outsourcing of Information Systems Functions in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises" of the journal BISE/WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK • Best Paper Award for the article “A conceptual approach for simultaneous flight schedule construction with genetic algorithms" at the 2nd European Workshop on Evolutionary Computation in Aerospace (Evoflight) 2001 • Dissertation Award of the German Association of Organization (1993) • Scholarship for Outstanding Students of the Reemtsma Foundation (1983-1986) Selected Editorial Activities: • Vice Editor in Chief and Department Editor, Business Information Systems Engineering (BISE) • Department Editor, Journal of Business Economics (JBE) Significant Publications: Stuckenberg, S., Kude, T., Heinzl, A., Understanding the Role of Organizational Integration in Developing and Operating Softwareas-a-Service. In: Journal of Business Economics (JBE), February 2014 (online). Dibbern, J., Chin, W., Heinzl, A., Systematic Determinants of the Information Systems Outsourcing Decision: A Comparative Study of German and US Firms. In: Journal of the Association of Information Systems (JAIS), Volume 13 (6) 2012, pp. 466-497. Kude, T., Dibbern, J., Heinzl, A., Why Do Complementors Participate? An Analysis of Partnership Networks in the Enterprise Software Industry. In: IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 59, No. 2, May 2012, pp. 250-265. Dibbern, J., Heinzl, A., Outsourcing of Information Systems Functions in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: A Test of a Multi-Theoretical Model. In: Business & Information Systems Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2009. Winkler, J., Dibbern, J., and Heinzl, A., The Impact of Cultural Differences in Offshore Outsourcing – Case Study Results from German-Indian Application Development Projects. In: Information Systems Frontiers, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2008. Dibbern, J., Winkler, J., and Heinzl, A., Explaining Variations in Client Extra Costs between Software Projects Offshored to India. In: MIS Quarterly, June 2008, Vol. 32, No. 2. Zapf, M., Lindheimer, U., and Heinzl, A., The myth of accelerating business processes through parallel job designs. In: Information Systems and e-Business Management, Vol. 5, Issue 2, March 2007, pp. 117-137. Professor Dr. Alexander Mädche Chair of Information Systems IV Phone: +49(0)621/181-3606, Fax: +49(0)621/181-3627 maedche@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Intelligent Process-Aware Information Systems User-Centered Software Development Effective Use in Information Systems Curriculum Vitae: 1999 Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieur, University of Karlsruhe 2001 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D.), University of Karlsruhe 2001-2003 Head of Research Group “Knowledge Management”, Research Center for Information Technology (FZI), University of Karlsruhe 2003-2006 Manager, Corporate Sector Information Systems & Services, Bosch Group, Stuttgart 2006-2009 Vice President Product Management, SAP AG, Walldorf Since 2009 Professor and Chairperson, Chair of Information Systems IV, University of Mannheim Since 2010 Academic Director Mannheim & Tongji Executive MBA, Mannheim Business School gGmbH Since 2011 Managing Director, Institute of Enterprise Systems (InES), University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: • German Academic Association for Business Research (Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.) • Association of Information Systems (AIS) • Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. Prizes, Awards, Honors: • Best Paper Award of the 8th International Conference in Design Science at the Intersection of Physical and Virtual Design (2013) • First prize of the Integrata Foundation, Dr. Wolfgang Heilmann Award for human usage of information technology (2001) • Best Diploma Thesis Scholarship SEW-Eurodrive (2000) Selected Editorial Activities: • Associate Editor for the International Conference on Information Systems and European Conference on Information Systems • Section Editor for the Business & Information Systems Engineering journal 33 Significant Publications: Berner, M. / Graupner, E. / Maedche, A. (2014): The Information Panopticon in the Age of Big Data. In: Journal of Organizational Design, 3, 1, 14-19. Gass, O. / Meth, H. / Maedche, A. (2013): PaaS characteristics for productive software development - An evaluation framework. In: IEEE Internet Computing, 18, 1, 56-64. Meth, H. / Bhrel, M. / Maedche, A. (2013): The State of the Art in Automated Requirements Elicitation. In: Information and Software Technology, 55, 10, 1695-1709. Meth, H. / Li, Y. / Maedche, A. / Mueller, B. (2012): Advancing Task Elicitation Systems - An Experimental Evaluation of Design Principles. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2012). Koppenhagen, N. / Katz, N. / Maedche, A. / Mueller, B. (2011): How Do Procurement Networks Become Social? Design Principles Evaluation in a Heterogeneous Environment of Structured and Unstructured Interactions. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2011). Stojanovic, L. / Schneider, J. / Maedche, A. / Libischer, S.; Studer, R. / Lumpp, T. / Abecker, A. / Breiter, G. & Dinger, J. (2004): The role of ontologies in autonomic computing systems. In: IBM Systems Journal, 43, 3, 598-616. Maedche, A. / Motik, B. / Stojanovic, L. (2003): Managing multiple and distributed ontologies on the Semantic Web. In: VLDB Journal, 12, 4, 286-302. Maedche, A. / Motik, B. / Stojanovic, L. / Studer, R. / Volz, R. (2003): Ontologies for enterprise knowledge management. In: IEEE Intelligent Systems, 18, 2, 26-33. Maedche, A. / Staab, S. / Studer, R. / Sure, Y. / Volz, R. (2002): SEAL - Tying Up Information Integration and Web Site Management by Ontologies. In: IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin, 25, 1, 10-17. Dr. Thomas Kude Chair of General Management and Information Systems Phone: +49(0)621/181-1615 kude@uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Information Systems Development, Digital Ecosystems, Information Systems Security, Information Management Curriculum Vitae: 2007 2012 Dipl. Wirtsch.-Inf., University of Mannheim Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Mannheim 2009-2015 Visiting researcher at University of Maryland (2014), Washington State University (2013), Simon Fraser University (2011), University of British Columbia (2009) Since 2012 Assistant Professor of Information Systems, University of Mannheim Significant Publications: Stuckenberg, Sebastian and Kude, Thomas and Heinzl, Armin (2014), "Understanding the Role of Organizational Integration in Developing and Operating Software-as-a-Service", In: Journal of Business Economics, forthcoming. Spohrer, Kai and Kude, Thomas and Heinzl, Armin and Schmidt, Christoph (2013), "Peer-Based Quality Assurance in Information Systems Development: A Transactive Memory Perspective", In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Milan, Italy. Kude, Thomas and Dibbern, Jens and Heinzl, Armin (2012), "Why Do Complementors Participate? An Analysis of Partnership Networks in the Enterprise Software Industry", In: IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Volume 59:2, pp. 250-265. Professor Dr. Julia Krönung Dieter-Schwarz endowed Chair for E-Business and E-Government Phone: +49(0)621/181-3609 kroenung@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Information Systems Adoption in E-Business Environments E-Government, Social Inclusion Curriculum Vitae: 2009 Diplom-Kauffrau (M.Sc. in Business Administration), Goethe-University Frankfurt 2013 Visiting Scholar at the Polytechnic University, Hongkong, China 2013 Dr. rer. pol. (PhD in Business), Goethe-University Frankfurt Since 2014 Assistant Professor for E-Business and E-Government, University of Mannheim Significant Publications: Kroenung, J., Eckhardt, A., Bernius, S. (2013) “Planned Behavior versus Goal-directed Automaticity – The Impact of Attitude and General Habit on Adoption and Non-adoption”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Milan, Italy. Jaeger, L., Kroenung, J., Kupetz, A. (2013) “Me vs. Cyber-Me – Analyzing the Effects of Perceived Stigma of Physically Disabled People on the Disguise of the Real Self in Virtual Environments” Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Milan, Italy. Cabinakova, J., Kroenung, J., Eckhardt, A., Bernius, S. (2013) “The Importance of Culture, Trust, and Habitual Patterns – Determinants of Cross-cultural E-Government Adoption” Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Utrecht, Netherlands. Area Management Professor Dr. Torsten Biemann Chair of Human Resource Management and Leadership Phone: +49(0)621/181-1506 personal@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Human Resource Management Leadership and Careers Research Methods Curriculum Vitae: 2002 Diplom-Psychologe (Diploma in Psychology), University of Gießen 2004 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), University of Gießen 2008 Dr. sc. pol., University of Kiel 2007-2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Jacobs University Bremen 2009-2013 Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management, University of Cologne Since 2013 Professor of Business Administration, Human Resource Management, and Leadership, University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: • Academy of Management • German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) • Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V Selected Editorial Activities: • Editorial Board “Small Group Research” • Associate Editor of “Personal Quarterly” (practice-oriented journal) • Ad-hoc reviewer for about 15 national and international scientific journals Significant Publications: Nieß, C. & Biemann, T. (2014). The Role of Risk Propensity in Predicting Self-Employment. Journal of Applied Psychology. Biemann, T. & Datta, D. (2014). Analyzing Sequence Data: Optimal Matching in Management Research. Organizational Research Methods, 17(1): 51-76. Biemann, T. (2013). What if we were Texas sharpshooters? Predictor reporting bias in regression analysis. Organizational Research Methods, 16: 335-363. Danilov, A., Biemann, T., Kring, T., & Sliwka, D. (2013). The dark side of team incentives: Experimental evidence on advice quality from financial service professionals. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 93: 266-272. Biemann, T., Zacher, H., & Feldman, D.C. (2012). Career Patterns: A Twenty-Year Panel Study. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 81(2): 159-170. Biemann, T., Cole, M., & Voelpel, S. (2012). Within-Group Agreement: On the Use (and Misuse) of rWG and rWG(J) in Leadership Research and Some Best Practice Guidelines. Leadership Quarterly, 23: 66-80. Biemann, T., Fasang, A., & Grunow, D. (2011). Do economic globalization and industry growth destabilize careers? An analysis of career complexity and career patterns over time. Organization Studies, 32, 1639-1663. Biemann, T., & Kearney, E. (2010). Size Does Matter: How Varying Group Sizes in a Sample Affect the Most Common Measures of Group Diversity. Organizational Research Methods, 13: 582-599. Professor Dr. Matthias Brauer Chair of Strategic and International Management Phone: +49(0)621/181-1741 prof.brauer@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Strategic Corporate Transformation and Restructuring (i.e. M&A, Divestitures) Corporate Strategy and Governance: Sustainably Managing Business Groups Strategy Process and Practice Curriculum Vitae: 2002 Lic. oec. (HSG), University of St. Gallen 2005 Dr. oec. (HSG), University of St. Gallen 2006-2010 Assistant Professor of Strategy at University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland 2007-2008 Visiting Position at Erasmus School of Economics (Department of Applied Economics) 2010-2013 Associate Professor at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) 2013-2014 Professor of Strategy at the University of Luxembourg 2014 Professor of Strategic and International Management at the University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: • Academy of Management • Strategic Management Society • German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB), Commitee Organisation Prizes, Awards, Honors: • Winner of the MBA Best Lecturer Award at the University of St.Gallen (2012) • Winner of the Strategic Management Society Best Conference Ph.D. Paper Prize (Miami, USA) (2011) • Winner of the Outstanding Paper Award Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2011 Selected Editorial Activities: • Member of the Editorial Review Board of Academy of Management Discoveries (AMD) • Reviewer for Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Research Policy, British Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Die Unternehmung • Reviewer for BPS, OMT and Entrepreneurship Division for AOM Annual Meetings • Faculty advisor in PhD workshops by ZEW Significant Publications: Brauer, M. (2014). 'Workforce downsizing and firm performance: An organizational routine perspective' (with Laamanen, T.). Journal of Management Studies, forthcoming. Brauer, M. (2014). ‘Performance of Acquirers of Divested Assets: Evidence from the U.S. Software Industry’ (with Laamanen, T.; Junna, O.). Strategic Management Journal, forthcoming. Brauer, M. (2013). ‘Determinants and Temporal Dynamics of Strategic Divergence: Evidence from Europe’ (with Heitmann, M.). Journal of World Business, 48(1): 110-121. Brauer, M. (2013). ‘The effects of short-term and long-term oriented managerial behavior on medium-term financial performance’ Journal of Business Economics and Management, 14(2): 386-402. Brauer, M. (2012). ‘Industry Divestiture Waves: How a Firm’s Position Influences Investor Returns’ (with Wiersema, M.). Academy of Management Journal, 55(6): 1472-1492. Brauer, M. (2012). ‘Firm Performance and Aspiration Levels as Determinants of a Firm's Strategic Repositioning within Strategic Group Structures’ (with M. Schimmer). Strategic Organization, 10(4): 406-435. Brauer, M. (2009). ‘Corporate and divisional manager involvement in divestitures – A contingent analysis’. British Journal of Management, 20(3): 341-362. Brauer, M. (2006). ‘What have we acquired and what should we acquire in divestiture research? A review and research agenda.’ Journal of Management, 32(6): 751-785. Brauer, M. (2006). ‘Strategic governance: how to assess board effectiveness in guiding strategy execution’ (with Schmidt, S.). Corporate Governance: An International Review, 14(1): 12-21. Professor Dr. Bernd Helmig Chair of Public and Nonprofit Management Phone: +49(0)621/181-1727, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1728 sekretariat.helmig@uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Societal Oriented Service Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations Curriculum Vitae: 1993 1997 2001 2001-2008 2002 2006 2005-2008 2005-2008 Since 2008 2008-2010 2011 2015 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), University of Würzburg Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D.), University of Freiburg Habilitation, University of Freiburg Full Professor for Nonprofit-Management and Marketing, University of Fribourg Visiting Faculty Guest, Harvard Business School, Boston/Cambridge Visiting Scholar, University of Edinburgh, Management School Director of the Institute for Research on Nonprofit Management, University of Fribourg Academic Director of the Executive MBA Program for Management of Nonprofit Organizations, University of Fribourg Full Professor and Director of the Chair of Public and Nonprofit Management, University of Mannheim Associate Dean for International Relations, Business School, University of Mannheim (Germany) Guest Professor at the Vienna University for Economics and Business (Austria) Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, The Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) (California, USA) Selected Memberships: • Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) • European Marketing Association (EMAC) • German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) • German Association for Business Administration (Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft) • International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) Prizes, Awards, Honors: Best Textbook Award of the German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) for the Book “Nonprofit Management” (together with Silke Boenigk) in 2013 38 Selected Editorial Activities: • Editorial Board “European Management Journal” • Editorial Board “Financial Accountability and Management” • Editorial Board “International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing” • Editorial Board “Journal of Public and Nonprofit Sector Marketing” • Advisory Board “Nonprofit Management and Leadership” • Editorial Board “Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly” • Editorial Board “Voluntas – International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations” Significant Publications: Pinz, A. / Helmig, B. (2014): Success Factors of Microfinance Institutions – State of the Art Research Agenda; Voluntas – International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations (accepted). Boenigk, S. / Helmig, B. (2013): Why Do Donors Donate? Examining the Effects of Organizational Identification and Identity Salience on the Relationships among Satisfaction, Loyalty, and Donation Behavior; Journal of Service Research, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 533-548. Helmig, B. / Ingerfurth, S. / Pinz, A. (2013): Success & Failure of Nonprofit Organizations - Theoretical Foundations, Empirial Evidence and Future Research; Voluntas - International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations (accepted). Thaler, J. / Helmig, B. (2013): Promoting Good Behaviour: Does Social and Temporal Framing Make a Difference?; Voluntas – International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 1006-1036. Helmig, B. / Spraul, K. / Ingenhoff, D. (2013): Under Positive Pressure: How Stakeholder Pressure Affects Corporate Social Responsibility Implementation; Business & Society (accepted). Professor Dr. Michael Woywode Chair of Small and Medium Sized Companies and Entrepreneurship Phone: +49(0)621/181-2894, Fax: +49(0)621/181-2892 woywode@ifm.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Entrepreneurship Internationalization Industry Life Cycles Applied Econometrics Curriculum Vitae: 1986-1992 Studies of Business Administration at the University of Mannheim, at the University of St. Gallen and at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) 1992 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), University of Mannheim 1992-1996 Doctoral studies in Economics, in particular Applied Microeconomics, University of Mannheim 1996-2000 Research Assistant at the Chair of Business Administration and Organization, University of Mannheim 1997 Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Economics 1995, 1999 Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, Stanford Graduate School of Business 2000-2002 Visiting Professor at the Institute for Applied Business Administration and Management, University of Karlsruhe 2002-2007 Full Professor of International Management at the Faculty of Business and Economics, RWTH Aachen University Since 2007 Professor for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Entrepreneurship, University of Mannheim Director of the Institute for SME Research (ifm Mannheim) Since 2008 Research Professor at ZEW Mannheim Selected Memberships: • Member of the Academy of Management • Member of the Schmalenbachgesellschaft • Member of the European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS) • Member of the Verein für Socialpolitik Prizes, Awards, Honors: • Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung • German American Academic Council (GAAC) • Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft • DAAD Selected Editorial Activities: • Reviewer at Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) • Journal of Industrial Economics (JIE) • Organization Studies (OS) • Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung (ZfbF) • Management International Review (MIR) Significant Publications: Yipeng, Liu and Michael Woywode (2013): “Light-touch Integration of Chinese Cross-Border M&A: The Influences of Culture and Absorptive Capacity,” in: Thunderbird International Business Review, 55(4): 469-483. Woywode, Michael, Detlef Keese and Jan Tänzler (2012): “The Corporate Governance of Family Firms,” in: ZGR, 2012, 418-445. Licht, Georg, Gordon Murray and Michael Woywode (2009): “Timing of International Market Entry of UK and German HighTech-Start-ups”, in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, Issue 1, pp. 83-105. Beck, Klaus, Josef Brüderl and Michael Woywode (2008): “Momentum or Deceleration? Theoretical and Methodological Reflections on the Analysis of Organizational Change”, in: Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 51, Issue. 3, pp. 413-435. Horvath, Michael and Michael Woywode (2005): “The Entrepreneurial Choice of Limited Liability”, in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 161, No. 4, pp. 681-707. Barnett, William and Michael Woywode (2004): “From Red Vienna to the Anschluss: Ideological Competition among Viennese Newspapers during the Rise of National Socialism”, in: American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 109, No. 6, pp. 1452-1499. Woywode, Michael (2004): “Determinanten des Wachstums und Scheiterns von Unternehmen: Eine lerntheoretische Erklärung der Unternehmensentwicklung und ihre empirische Überprüfung”, in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, Vol. 74, No. 10, pp. 1009-1046. Dr. Suleika Bort Institute for SME research, Chair of SME research and entrepreneurship Phone: +49(0)621/181-2762, Fax: +49(0)621/181-2892 bort@ifm.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Networks, Institutions Alliances and International Strategy Curriculum Vitae: 2011 2002 Diplom-Kauffrau (M.Sc. in Business Administration), University of Mannheim 2003-2009 Research and Teaching Assistant at the Chair of Organizational Behavior (Prof. Kieser), University of Mannheim 2007 Visiting Scholar, Management and Organizations Department, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston 2009 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Mannheim 2009-2013 Assistant Professor at the Chair of Strategic and International Management (Prof. Al-Laham), University of Mannheim Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA 2013-2014 Interim Full Professor at the Chair of Strategic Management, University of Kaiserslautern Since 2014 Assistant Professor at the Institute for SME research, Chair of SME research and entrepreneurship (Prof. Woywode), University of Mannheim Significant Publications: How managers talk about their consumption of popular management concepts: Identity, rules and situations (with Hendrik Wilhelm) British Journal of Management (2013) Vol. 24, pp. 428-444. Professor Dr. Nick Lin-Hi Assistant Professorship of Corporate Social Responsibility Phone: +49(0)621/181-3527 lin-hi@uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Corporate Social Responsibility Economic and Business Ethics Curriculum Vitae: 2004 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt 2004-2008 Research Assistant, HHL, Leipzig Graduate School of Management 2008 Dr. rer. oec, HHL, Leipzig Graduate School of Management 2009 Assistant Professor, HHL, Leipzig Graduate School of Management Since 2009 Assistant Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility, University of Mannheim 40 Significant Publications: Lin-Hi, N. & Müller, K. 2013: The CSR bottom line: Preventing corporate social irresponsibility, in: Journal of Business Research, 66 (10), S. 1928-1936. Müller, K., Hattrup, K., Spiess S.-O. & Lin-Hi, N. 2012: The effects of corporate social responsibility on employees' affective commitment: a cross-cultural investigation, in: Journal of Applied Psychology, 97 (6), S. 1186-1200. Lin-Hi, N. & Suchanek, A. 2011: Corporate Social Responsibility als Integrationsherausforderung: Zum systematischen Umgang mit Konflikten zwischen Gewinn und Moral; in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, Vol. 81, Special Issue 1/2011: 63-91. Dr. Julia Thaler Assistant Professorship of Public & Nonprofit Management Phone: +49(0)621/181-1724 julia.thaler@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Human Resource Management & Sustainable Governance and Organization Management in Public Institutions, Nonprofit Organizations and Cross-sector Collaborations Curriculum Vitae: 2007 Diplom-Kauffrau im Europastudiengang (M.Sc. in European Business Administration), University of Bamberg & Diplôme de l'École Supérieure de Commerce de Montpellier (M.Sc. in Business Administration), Montpellier Business School 2012 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Mannheim Since 2012 Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Public & Nonprofit Management, University of Mannheim 41 Significant Publications: Thaler, Julia/Helmig, Bernd (2013): Promoting good behaviour: Does social and temporal framing make a difference?, in: Voluntas - International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 24(4), 1006–1036. Thaler, Julia/Spraul, Katharina/Helmig, Bernd (2013): Aufgabenkritik freiwilliger kommunaler Aufgaben: Zur Entstehung von Akzeptanz für Öffentlich-Private Partnerschaften, in: Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen, Special Issue 42: Zur Akzeptanz öffentlichen Ausgabeverhaltens, 112–124. Area Marketing Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Christian Homburg Chair of Business-to-Business Marketing, Sales & Pricing Phone: +49(0)621/181-1555, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1556 homburg@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Market-Oriented Management Customer Relationship Management Sales Management Pricing Curriculum Vitae: 1986 1988 1989-1992 1993 1993-1995 1995 1995-1998 Since 1999 2001-2004 2006-2010 Diploma (M.Sc.) in Business Administration and Mathematics, University of Karlsruhe Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Marketing, University of Karlsruhe Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Planning, KSB AG, Frankenthal Assistant Professor at the Marketing Department, University of Mainz Assistant Professor at the Marketing Department, WHU Koblenz Habilitation in Business Administration, University of Mainz Otto-Beisheim Professor of Business Administration and Marketing, WHU Koblenz Professor of Business Administration and Marketing, University of Mannheim Director of the Institute for Market-Oriented Management Academic Director of the European MBA Program, University of Mannheim President of Mannheim Business School gGmbH Selected Memberships: • German Association for Business Administration (Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft) • Association of University Professors of Business Administration (Germany) • American Marketing Association (AMA) • European Marketing Academy (EMAC) Prizes, Awards, Honors: • 1st Honorary Doctoral Degree of the Copenhagen Business School (2006) • 2nd Honorary Doctoral Degree of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg (2008) • Numerous international awards/prizes by the American Marketing Association, the Academy of Marketing Science and the Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing 43 Selected Editorial Activities: • Journal of Marketing (Area-Editor) • Journal of Marketing Research • Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (Editorial Board Member) • International Journal of Research in Marketing (Editorial Board Member) • Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing (Associate Editor) Significant Publications: Ch. Homburg, M. Artz, J. Wieseke (2012), Marketing Performance Measurement Systems: Does Comprehensiveness Really Improve Performance?, Journal of Marketing, 76, 3, 56-77. Ch. Homburg, M. Klarmann, M. Reimann, O. Schilke (2012), What drives Key Informant Accuracy?, Journal of Marketing Research, 49, 8, 594-608. T. Bornemann, Ch. Homburg (2011), Psychological Distance and the Dual Role of Price, Journal of Consumer Research, 38, 3, 490504. Ch. Homburg, M. Müller, M. Klarmann (2011), When Should the Customer Really Be King? On the Optimum Level of Salesperson Customer Orientation in Sales Encounters, Journal of Marketing, 75, 2, 55-74. Ch. Homburg, O. Jensen, H. Krohmer (2008), Configurations of Marketing and Sales: A Taxonomy, Journal of Marketing, 72, 2, 133-154. Ch. Homburg, N. Koschate, W. D. Hoyer (2005), Do Satisfied Customers Really Pay More? A Study of the Relationship Between Customer Satisfaction and Willingness to Pay, Journal of Marketing, 69, 2, 84-96. Ch. Homburg, Ch. Pflesser (2000), A Multiple Layer Model of Market-Oriented Organizational Culture: Measurement Issues and Performance Outcomes, Journal of Marketing Research, 37, 4, 449-462. Professor Dr. Florian Kraus Dr. Werner Jackstädt Endowed Chair of Sales & Services Marketing Phone: +49(0)621/181-2662, Fax: +49(0)621/181-2672 office-kraus@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Sales Management Services Marketing Personal Selling Curriculum Vitae: 2000-2005 Study of Business Administration, Philipps-University Marburg 2005 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), Philipps-University Marburg 2005-2008 Doctoral Studies in Business Administration, Focus: Services Marketing and Sales Management 2008 Dr. rer. pol (Ph.D. in Marketing), Philipps-University Marburg 2008-2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, C. T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, USA 2009-2010 Assistant Professor at the Marketing Department, Ruhr-University Bochum Since 2011 Professor of Business Administration and Marketing, University of Mannheim Since 2013 Academic Director Part-Time MBA, Mannheim Business School Selected Memberships: • American Marketing Association (AMA) • Association of University Professors of Business Administration (Germany) Prizes, Awards, Honors: 2013 AMA Excellence in Research Award for the Journal of Marketing Paper titled "Multiple Identification Foci and Their Countervailing Effects on Salespeople's Negative Headquarters Stereotypes" Selected Editorial Activities: • Editorial Board member of the Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management • Editorial Board member of the British Journal of Management • Journal of Marketing • Journal of Retailing Significant Publications: “Performance Impact of Middle Managers' Adaptive Strategy Implementation: the Role of Social Capital" (2014, with Michael Ahearne and Son Lam), Strategic Management Journal, 35 (1), 68-87. “It's a Matter of Congruence: How Interpersonal Identification between Sales Managers and Salespersons Shapes Sales Success" (2013, with Michael Ahearne, Till Haumann and Jan Wieseke), Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 41 (6), 625-648. [Lead Article] “Intrafunctional Competitive Intelligence and Sales Performance: A Social Network Perspective" (2013, with Michael Ahearne, Son Lam and Babak Hayati), Journal of Marketing, 77 (5), 37-56. “On the Role of Empathy in Customer-Employee Interactions" (2012, with Anja Geigenmüller and Jan Wieseke), Journal of Service Research, 15 (3), 71-87. “Toward A Contingency Framework of Interpersonal Influence in Organizational Identification Diffusion" (2012, with Michael Ahearne, Son Lam and Jan Wieseke), Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 118 (2), 168-172. “Multiple Identification Foci and Their Countervailing Effects on Salespeople's Negative Headquarters Stereotypes" (2012, with Jan Wieseke, Michael Ahearne and Sven Mikolon), Journal of Marketing, 76 (3), 1-20. [Lead Article] “How Leaders' Motivation Transfers to Customer Service Representatives" (2011, with Jan Wieseke, Sascha Alavi and Tino Kessler-Thönes), Journal of Service Research, 14 (2), 214-233. “The Diffusion of Market Orientation throughout the Organization: A Social Learning Theory Perspective" (2010, with Michael Ahearne and Son Lam, ), Journal of Marketing, 74 (5), 61-79. Professor Dr. Sabine Kuester Chair of Marketing & Innovation Phone: +49(0)621/181-2388, Fax: +49(0)621/181-2398 kuester@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Marketing of Innovations Competitive Marketing Strategy Marketing Management International Marketing Curriculum Vitae: 1990 1995 1995-1999 1998-2002 2003-2005 Since 2005 Since 2006 Since 2007 M.Sc., University of Cologne Ph.D., London Business School Assistant Professor of Marketing, ESSEC (France) Visiting Professor of Marketing, New York University Professor of International Marketing and Management, Vienna University of Business and Economics (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) Professor of Business Administration and Marketing, University of Mannheim Co-Director of the Institute of Market-Oriented Management (IMU) Academic Director Full-time MBA, Mannheim Business School Selected Memberships: • American Marketing Association (AMA) • European Marketing Academy (EMAC) • Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (VHB) (German Academic Association for Business Research) • Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. Prizes, Awards, Honors: • Best Paper Award, American Marketing Association Winter Educators’ Conference • S. Tamer Cavusgil Award for the “Best Article that Advances the Practice of International Marketing Management” • Best Paper Award, NeuroPsychoEconomics • Mannheim Business School Excellence in Executive Teaching Award Selected Editorial Activities: • Journal of International Marketing • Journal of Business Research • Journal of International Business Studies • Co-Editor “Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Marktorientierte Unternehmensführung” 45 Significant Publications: Kuester, S. / Schuhmacher, M. / Broermann, B. / Worgul, A. (2013): Sectoral Heterogeneity in New Service Development: An Exploratory Study of Service Types and Success Factors, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30(3). Kuester, S. / Homburg, C. / Hess, S. (2012): Externally Directed and Internally Directed Market Launch Management: The Role of Organizational Factors in Influencing New Product Success, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 29(S1). Homburg, C. / Kuester, S. / Beutin, N. / Menon A. (2005): Customer Benefits in Business-to-Business Markets: A Cross-Cultural Comparison, Journal of International Marketing, 13(3). Montaguti, E. / Kuester, S. / Robertson, T.S. (2002): Entry Strategy for Radical Product Innovations: A Conceptual Model and Propositional Inventory, International Journal of Research in Marketing, 19(1). Kuester, S. / Homburg, C. / Robertson, T.S. / Schäfer, H. (2001): Verteidigungsstrategien gegen neue Wettbewerber, Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, 71(10). Homburg, C. / Kuester, S. (2001): Toward an Improved Understanding of Industrial Buying Behavior: Determinants of the Number of Suppliers, Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing, 8(2). Kuester, S. / Gatignon, H. / Robertson T.S. (2000): Firm Strategy and Diffusion Speed, in: New-Product Diffusion Models, V. Mahajan, E. Muller & Y. Wind (Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers. Kuester, S. / Homburg, C. / Robertson, T.S. (1999): Retaliatory Behavior to New Product Entry, Journal of Marketing, 63(4). Professor Dr. Florian Stahl Chair of Quantitative Marketing and Consumer Analytics Phone: +49(0)621/181-1563 florian.stahl@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Branding and Brand Management Consumer Behavior and Consumer Choice Models Digital Marketing (esp. Social Media and Social Networks) Pricing and Price Strategies Curriculum Vitae: 2001 2001–2005 2005 2005-2008 2008–2013 Since 2013 Licentiatus oeconomiae publicae (lic. oec. publ.), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Research Assistant at the Institute for Media and Communication Management (Prof. Dr. Andreas Herrmann, Prof. Dr. Beat Schmid), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Dr. oec HSG, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Columbia Business School, New York, U.S. Assistant Professor of Marketing, Department of Business Administration, University of Zurich, Switzerland Professor of Marketing, Department of Business Administration, University of Mannheim, Germany Selected Memberships: • American Marketing Association (AMA) • American Economic Association (AEA) • European Marketing Academy (EMA) • Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Prizes, Awards, Honors: • Winner Robert D. Buzzell MSI Best Paper Award 2012 • Winner H. Paul Root Award, 2012 • Finalist Harold H. Maynard Award, 2012 Selected Editorial Activities: Ad hoc reviewer of about 8 international scientific journals Significant Publications: Halbheer, D. / Stahl, F. / Koenigsberg, O. / Lehmann D. R. (2014): Choosing a Digital Content Strategy: How Much Should be Free?, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Vol. 31 (2). Stahl, F. / Heitmann, M. / Lehmann D. R. / Neslin, S. (2012): The Impact of Brand Equity on Customer Acquisition, Retention, and Profit Margin, Journal of Marketing, Vol. 76 (4). Ansari, A. / Koenigsberg, O. / Stahl, F. (2011): Modeling Multiple Relationships in Social Networks, Journal of Marketing Research, Vol. 48 (4). Stahl, F. / Maass, W. (2006): Adoption and Diffusion in Electronic Markets: An Empirical Analysis of Attributes Influencing the Adoption of Paid Content, Electronic Markets, Vol. 16 (3). Stahl, F. / Schäfer, M.-F. / Maass, W. (2004): Strategies for Selling Paid Content on Newspaper and Magazine Web Sites: An Empirical Analysis of Bundling and Splitting of News and Magazine Articles, International Journal on Media Management, Vol. 6 (3). Dr. Carmen-Maria Albrecht Chair of Quantitative Marketing & Consumer Analytics Phone: +49(0)621/181-1573, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1571 carmen-maria.albrecht@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Consumer Behavior, Branding Stress and Coping Research in Marketing Curriculum Vitae: 2004 Diplom-Kauffrau (M.Sc. in Business Administration), University of Mannheim 2008 Visiting Scholar, Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University 2009 Visiting Assistant Professor of Marketing, Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University 2009 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Mannheim Since 2009 Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Mannheim 2013-2014 Visiting Scholar, Columbia Business School, Columbia University Significant Publications: Drivers of Brand Extension Success: What Really Matters for Luxury Brands (with Christof Backhaus, Hannes Gurzki, and David Woisetschläger), in: Psychology & Marketing (2013), Vol. 30, No. 8, pp. 647–659. The Relevance of Irrelevance in Brand Communication (with Marcus M. Neumann, Tobias E. Haber, and Hans H. Bauer), in: Psychology & Marketing (2011), Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 1-28. Can Brands Do Harm? Antecedents to and Consequences of Adolescents' Perceived Brand Stress (with Hans H. Bauer and Nicola Stokburger-Sauer), in: AMA Summer Marketing Educators' Conference Proceedings (2007), Washington D.C. (best paper track award). Dr. Christina Kühnl Chair of Business-to-Business Marketing, Sales & Pricing Phone: +49(0)621/181-1549, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1556 ckuehnl@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Innovation Management, Consumer Behavior Customer Relationship Management Curriculum Vitae: 2006 Diplom-Kauffrau (M.Sc. in Business Administration), University of Mannheim 2010 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Mannheim Since 2010 Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Mannheim 2012-2014 Visiting Assistant Professor, USC Marshall School of Business, Los Angeles Significant Publications: Ch. Homburg, C. Kuehnl (2014), Is the more always the better? A comparative study of success drivers in new product and new service development, Journal of Business Research, 67 (7), 1360–1367. C. Kuehnl, A. Mantau (2013), Same sound, same preference? Investigating sound symbolism effects in international brand names, International Journal of Research in Marketing, 30 (4), 417–420. Ch. Homburg, A. Fürst, C. Kuehnl (2012), Ensuring International Competitiveness: A Configurative Approach to Foreign Marketing Subsidiaries, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 40 (02), 290-312. Ch. Homburg, J. Wieseke, C. Kuehnl (2010), Social Influence on Salespeople's Adoption of Sales Technology: A Multilevel Analysis, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 38 (02), 159168. Dr. Jana Prigge Chair of Business-to-Business Marketing, Sales, and Pricing Phone: +49(0)621/181-1269 jana.prigge@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Product and Innovation Management, International Marketing & Management, Sales Management Curriculum Vitae: 2003 2005 2008 2011 2014 Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Hartford Diplom-Kauffrau (MSc in Business), University of Mannheim Dr. rer. pol., (PhD in Business), University of Mannheim Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Mannheim Visiting Assistant Professor, Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM), The Pennsylvania State University Significant Publications: „A Customer Perspective on Product Eliminations: How the Removal of Products Affects Customers and Business Relationships,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2010, 38, 5, 531549; with Ch. Homburg & A. Fürst. Homburg, Christian and Jana-Kristin Prigge (2014), „Exploring Subsidiary Desire for Autonomy – A Conceptual Framework and Empirical Findings”, Journal of International Marketing, forthcoming. Dr. Monika C. Schuhmacher Chair of Marketing & Innovation Phone: +49(0)621/181-2378, Fax: +49(0)621/181-2398 schuhmacher@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Product and Service Innovation Management Launch of Product and Service Innovations Curriculum Vitae: 2003 Master of Business Administration, University of North Carolina in Greensboro 2005 Diplom-Kauffrau (M.Sc. in Business Administration), University of Mannheim 2009 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Mannheim Since 2009 Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Mannheim Significant Publications: Schuhmacher, Monika C., Sergej von Janda, and Arch Woodside (2013), "Configural theory of why people shop for clothes: personal attribute explanations of four stalwart segments," Journal of Global Fashion Marketing, 5, (1), 1-25. 48 Kuester, Sabine, Monika C. Schuhmacher, Barbara Broermann, and Andreas Worgul (forthcoming 2013), "Sectoral Heterogeneity in New Service Development: An Exploratory Study of Service Types and Success Factors," Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30 (3), 533-544. Schuhmacher, Monika C., Sabine Kuester (2012), "Identification of Lead User Characteristics Driving the Quality of Service Innovation Ideas," Creativity & Innovation Management, 21(4), 427442. Dr. Arnd Vomberg Chair for Business-to-Business Marketing, Sales & Pricing Phone: +49(0)621/181-1783 arnd.vomberg@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Strategic Marketing, Strategic Human Resource Management Marketing Interfaces, Customer Relationship Management 2009 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), University of Mannheim 2013 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Mannheim Since 2013 Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Mannheim Significant Publications: Talented People and Strong Brands: The Contribution of Human Capital and Brand Equity to Firm Value, 2014, Strategic Management Journal, forthcoming (with Ch. Homburg and T. Bornemann). Brand Equity and Strategic Human Resource Management: Can Companies Rest on the Glory of Their Brands? Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the European Marketing Academy, Valencia, Spanien, 2014. Area Operations Management Professor Dr. Christoph Bode Endowed Chair of Procurement bode@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Supply Chain Risks and Disruptions Buyer-Supplier Relationships Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Interfirm Relationships and Networks Sustainability in Procurement Curriculum Vitae: 2005 Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur (M.Sc. in Business Engineering), University of Karlsruhe 2008 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business Administration), WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management 2008-2013 Lecturer, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) 2013-2014 Assistant Professor (tenured), Department of Organization and Strategy, Tilburg University 2014 Habilitation, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) Since 2014 Professor of Procurement, University of Mannheim Selected Memberships: • Academy of Management (AOM) • Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) • German Operations Research Society (GOR) • German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) (WK “Logistik”) • International Purchasing & Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) • Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Prizes, Awards, Honors: • Best Paper Awards: IPSERA Annual Conference (2014), European DSI Annual Conference (2011) • Best Reviewer Awards: “Journal of Operations Management” (2012 and 2013), “Journal of Supply Chain Management” (2011) • Honorable Mention (Runner-up): DSI Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Competition (2009) Selected Editorial Activities: • Editorial Board: “Journal of Operations Management” and “Journal of Supply Chain Management” • Ad-hoc reviewer for about 15 international journals (ISI-ranked) Significant Publications: Bode, C. / Hübner, D. / Wagner, S. M. (2014): Managing Financially Distressed Suppliers: An Exploratory Study, Journal of Supply Chain Management, 50, 4, in press. Wagner, S. M. / Bode, C. (2014): Supplier Relationship-Specific Investments and the Role of Safeguards for Supplier Innovation Sharing, Journal of Operations Management, 32, 3, 65-78. Guérard, S. / Bode, C. / Gustafsson, R. (2013): Turning Point Mechanisms in a Dualistic Process Model of Institutional Emergence: The Case of the Diesel Particulate Filter in Germany, Organization Studies, 34, 5-6, 781-822. Niranjan, T. T. / Wagner, S. M. / Bode, C. (2011): An Alternative Theoretical Explanation and Empirical Insights into Overordering Behavior in Supply Chains, Decision Sciences, 42, 4, 859-888. Wagner, S. M. / Bode, C. / Koziol, P. (2011): Negative Default Dependence in Supplier Networks, International Journal of Production Economics, 134, 2, 398-406. Bode, C. / Wagner, S. M. / Petersen, K. J. / Ellram, L. M. (2011): Understanding Responses to Supply Chain Disruptions: Insights from Information Processing and Resource Dependence Perspectives, Academy of Management Journal, 54, 4, 833-856. Bode, C. / Lindemann, E. / Wagner, S. M. (2011): Driving Trucks and Driving Sales? The Impact of Delivery Personnel on Customer Purchase Behavior, Journal of Business Logistics, 32, 1, 99-114. Wagner, S. M. / Bode, C. / Koziol, P. (2009): Supplier Default Dependencies: Empirical Evidence from the Automotive Industry, European Journal of Operational Research, 199, 1, 150-161. Professor Dr. Moritz Fleischmann Chair of Logistics and Supply Chain Management Phone: +49(0)621/181-1655, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1653 mfleischmann@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Supply Chain Management and Inventory Management Revenue Management and Demand Fulfillment E-Fulfillment and Multi-Channel Distribution Closed-Loop and Sustainable Supply Chains Curriculum Vitae: 1996 Diploma in Business Mathematics, University of Ulm 2000 Ph.D. in General Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam 2000 Assistant Professor of Quantitative Methods, Rotterdam School of Management 2005 Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, Rotterdam School of Management Since 2009 Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, University of Mannheim Since 2011 Academic Director ESSEC-Mannheim Modular EMBA, Mannheim Business School Selected Memberships: • German Operations Research Society (GOR) • Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) • Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (Informs) • Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) • Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB) Prizes, Awards, Honors: • ERIM Dissertation Award, Erasmus Research Institute of Management • Doctoral Dissertation Award, Council of Logistics Management (CLM) • Dissertation Award, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Operations Research Selected Editorial Activities: • Production and Operations Management (POM) – Senior Editor • Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR) – Associate Editor Significant Publications: Tiemessen, H.G.H., M. Fleischmann, G.J. van Houtum, J.A.E.E. van Nunen, and E. Pratsini “Dynamic Demand Fulfillment in Spare Parts Networks With Multiple Customer Classes”, European Journal of Operational Research 228(2): 367-380, 2013. Hahler, S., M. Fleischmann, “The Value of Acquisition Price Differentiation in Reverse Logistics”, Journal of Business Economics 83(1): 1-28, 2013. Agatz, N., A. Campbell, M. Fleischmann, and M. Savelsbergh, "Time Slot Management in Attended Home Delivery", Transportation Science 45(3): 435-449, 2011. Quante, R., H. Meyr, and M. Fleischmann, “Revenue Management and Demand Fulfillment: Applications, Models, and Software", OR Spectrum Volume 31(1): 31-62, 2009. Fleischmann, M., J.M. Hall, and D.F. Pyke, “Smart Pricing – Linking Pricing Decisions with Operational Insights", MIT Sloan Management Review 45(2): 9-13, 2004. Fleischmann, M., J. van Nunen, and B. Gräve, “Integrating Closed-Loop Supply Chains and Spare Parts Management at IBM", Interfaces 33(6): 44-56, 2003. Fleischmann, M. and R. Kuik, “On Optimal Inventory Control with Stochastic Item Returns", European Journal of Operational Research 151(1): 25-37, 2003. Fleischmann, M., P. Beullens, J.M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard and L.N. Van Wassenhove, “The Impact of Product Recovery on Logistics Network Design", Production and Operations Management 10(2): 156-173, 2001. Fleischmann, M., J. Bloemhof-Ruwaard, R. Dekker, E. van der Laan, J. van Nunen, and L.N. Van Wassenhove, “Quantitative Models for Reverse Logistics: A Review", European Journal of Operational Research 103: 1-17, 1997. Professor Dr. Cornelia Schön Chair of Service Operations Management Phone: +49(0)621/181-2442 cschoen@mail.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Service Design (Service) Operations Management Product Line Design Optimization Revenue Management Curriculum Vitae: 1997 1998 1999-2002 2002 2002-2008 2008 2008-2009 2009-2013 Since 2013 MBA, University of Massachusetts at Boston Diploma in Business Engineering, University of Karlsruhe Teaching and Research Assistant at the Institute of Operations Research, University of Karlsruhe, Chair Prof. Dr. Neumann Research Project on "Quantitative Decision Making for Designing and Pricing Telecom Services", supported by Deutsche Telekom Doctoral Degree "Dr. rer. pol.", School of Economics and Business Engineering, University of Karlsruhe Lecturer and Postdoc Researcher at the Institute of Operations Research, University of Karlsruhe Habilitation at the University of Karlsruhe, Venia Legendi for Business Administration Assistant Professor at the Institute of Operations Research, University of Karlsruhe Guest Lecturer at the Business School as well as the Centre for Doctoral Studies in Business (CDSB) of the University of Mannheim Lecturer at the Hector School of Engineering and Management, Karlsruhe Full Professor of Operations Management at Leibniz University Hannover and GISMA Business School Visiting Professor for Service Operations Management at Krannert Business School, Purdue University Full Professor and holder of the Chair of Service Operations Management at the Business School of the University of Mannheim Academic Director of the ESSEC-Mannheim Weekend Executive MBA Program at Mannheim Business School Selected Memberships: • GOR • INFORMS • AGIFORS Prizes, Awards, Honors: • 2003–2006 "Margarete von Wrangell" Post-Doc Research Scholarship of the State of Baden-Württemberg • 2004–2005 Post-Doc Research Scholarship "Eliteförderprogramm der Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg" • 2006 Scientific Award of the School of Economics and Business Engineering, University of Karlsruhe (Rudolf Henn Prize for Operations Research) Selected Editorial Activities: Ad-hoc reviewer for leading national and international journals Significant Publications: Customer Preferences for Service Process Automation and Implications for Optimal Service Design – A Case Study from the Unified Communications Market in Germany, Wirtschaftsinformatik Proceedings 2013 (with H. Weinreich). On the Product Line Selection Problem, Management Science 56(5), May 2010, 896-902. On the product line selection problem under attraction choice models of consumer behavior, European Journal of Operational Research 206(1), 2010, 260-264. Optimal Dynamic Price Selection under Attraction Choice Models, European Journal of Operational Research 205(3), 2010, 650-660. Integrated Airline Schedule Design, Fleet Assignment and Pricing, in: D. Mattfeld et al. (Eds.): Informations- und Kommunikationssysteme in Supply Chain Management, Logistik und Transport, DSOR Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsinformatik, Vol. 5, 73-88, 2008. Optimal Service Design, Habilitation Thesis, University of Karlsruhe, 2008. Entscheidungsunterstützung für das Preismanagement von Telekommunikations-Dienstleistungen, Gabler Schriften zur quantitativen Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Wiesbaden, 2003. Professor Dr. Raik Stolletz Chair of Production Management Phone: +49(0)621/181-1578, Fax: +49(0)621/181-1579 stolletz@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Quantitative Decision Support in Production Management Performance Analysis and Optimization of Dynamic and Stochastic Systems Design of Lean Production Systems Operations Scheduling Curriculum Vitae: 1999 2002 Dipl.-Math. oec., Technical University of Berlin Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), Technical University of Clausthal 2009 Habilitation, Leibniz University of Hannover 2009-2010 Associate Professor for Operations Management, Department of Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark Since 2010 Professor for Production Management, University of Mannheim Briskorn, D. and R. Stolletz (2014): Aircraft landing problems with aircraft classes. Journal of Scheduling 17 (1), 31-45. Brunner, J. O. and R. Stolletz (2014): Stabilized branch and price with dynamic parameter updating for discontinuous tour scheduling. Computers & Operations Research 44, 137-145. Stolletz, R. and S. Lagershausen (2013): Time-dependent performance evaluation for loss-waiting queues with arbitrary distributions. International Journal of Production Research 51 (5), 1366-1378. Selected Memberships: • Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) • Production & Operations Management Society (POMS) • German Society of Operations Research (GOR) Roubos, A., G. Koole, and R. Stolletz (2012): Service-Level Variability of Inbound Call Centers. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 14 (3), 402-413. Prizes, Awards, Honors: • Dissertation Award of the German Society of Operations Research (2003) • Scholarship holder of the Erich-Becker-Stiftung (2006-2009) • Award for excellent teaching, Leibniz University of Hannover (2009) • Best Conference Paper Award, German Academic Association for Business Research (2009) Helber, S., K. Schimmelpfeng, R. Stolletz and S. Lagershausen (2011). Using linear programming to analyze and optimize stochastic flow lines. Annals of Operations Research 182, 193-211. Barth, W., M. Manitz, and R. Stolletz (2010). Analysis of Two-Level Support Systems with Time-Dependent Overflow - A Banking Application. Production and Operations Management 19, 757-768. Selected Editorial Activities: • OR Spectrum, Member of the Advisory Board • Flexible Services and Manufacturing, Member of the editorial board Significant Publications: Stolletz, R. and E. Zamorano (2014): A Rolling Planning Horizon Heuristic for Scheduling Agents with Different Qualifications. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 68, 39–52. 54 Stolletz, R. and J. O. Brunner (2012): Fair optimization of fortnightly physician schedules with flexible shifts. European Journal of Operational Research 219 (3), 622-629. Stolletz, R. (2008). Approximation of the non-stationary M(t) / M(t) / c(t)-queue using stationary queueing models: The stationary backlog-carryover approach. European Journal of Operational Research 190 (2), 478-493. Stolletz, R. (2008). Non-stationary delay analysis of runway systems. OR Spectrum 30 (1), 191-213. Helber, S., R. Stolletz, and S. Bothe (2005). Erfolgszielorientierte Agentenallokation in Inbound Call-Centern. Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung 57 (1), 3-32. Stolletz, R. and S. Helber (2004). Performance analysis of an inbound call center with skills-based routing. OR Spectrum 26 (3), 331-352. Professor Dr. Gerd J. Hahn CAMELOT Management Consultants Endowed Assistant Professorship for Supply Chain Management Phone: +49(0)621/181-1619 hahn@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Operations-Finance Interface, Robust Planning in Supply Chains, IT Systems for Supply Chain Management Curriculum Vitae: 2006 Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc. in Business Administration), Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt 2007-2012 Consultant and Project Manager at McKinsey & Company, Inc. 2011 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt Since 2013 Assistant Professor for Supply Chain Management, University of Mannheim Significant Publications: Designing Decision Support Systems for Value-based Management: A Survey and an Architecture, Decision Support Systems, 53 (3), 2012, pp. 591-598. Simultaneous Investment, Operations, and Financial Planning in Supply Chains: A Value-based Optimization Approach, International Journal of Production Economics, 140 (2), 2012, pp. 559-569. Value-based Performance and Risk Management in Supply Chains: A Robust Optimization Approach, International Journal of Production Economics, 139 (1), 2012, pp. 135-144. Optimising a Value-based Performance Indicator in Mid-term Sales and Operations Planning, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62 (3), 2011, pp. 515-525. Dr. Esther Mohr Chair of Service Operations Management Phone: +49(0)621/181-2659 mohr@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Main Fields of Research: Decision Making based on Partial Information, Combinatorial Optimization Online Algorithms, Competitive Analysis applied to Business Problems Curriculum Vitae: 2007 Technischer Diplom-Volkswirt, Fachrichtung Informatik / Operations Research (M. Sc. in Economics Engineering), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) 2011 Dr. rer. nat. (Ph. D. in Natural Sciences) Saarland University and Max-Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken 2012; 2013 Vertretung Prof. Dr.-Ing. G. Schmidt (Lectureship), Chair of Operations Research and Business Informatics, Saarland University Since 2014 Assistant Professor for Service Operations Management, University of Mannheim 55 Significant Publications: Online Algorithms for Conversion Problems: A Survey (with I. Ahmad, G. Schmidt), Surveys in Operations Research and Management Science 19(2), pp. 87-104, 2014 Competitive Ratio as Coherent Measure of Risk (with I. Ahmad, G. Schmidt), Operations Research Proceedings 2012, S. Helber et al. (Eds.), pp. 63-69, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. How much is it worth to know the future in online conversion problems? (with G. Schmidt), Discrete Applied Mathematics 161 (10-11), pp. 1546-1555, 2013. Contact University of Mannheim Business School Dean’s Office L 5, 5 68131 Mannheim, Germany Phone: +49(0)621/181-1470 Fax: +49(0)621/181-1471 dekanat@bwl.uni-mannheim.de www.bwl.uni-mannheim.de