Personal Profile
Positions
2013 Research Fellow, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
2013 Visiting Scholar, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2006- Professor, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zurich
1994-2006 Professor of Management, University of St Gallen; Director, Institute of Management and President Research Commission
2000 Visiting Professor, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1999 Fujitsu Visiting Professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
1996 Visiting Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science
1996 Visiting Professor, Hitotsubashi University
1991-1994 Associate Professor of Strategy, Norwegian School of Management
1990-1991 Assistant Professor of Business Policy, SDA Bocconi, Bocconi University
Education
1990 PhD in Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
1986 MSc in Engineering and Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Selected past and present memberships
- Editorial Boards: Academy of Management Journal, MIT Sloan Management Review, Journal of Knowledge Management, European Management Journal, European Management Review, Long Range Planning, Die Betriebswirtschaft, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, and Organization Studies
- Advisory Boards: UBS (Swiss Bank Corporation); PwC, Switzerland; GetAbstract, Switzerland; Metalayer, Switzerland and California; AIESEC Switzerland; ETH Juniors; President of Jury - ISC Wings of Excellence Award
- Boards: Innovative Strategies, Switzerland; Unilever Knowledge Management Group (KMG), Netherlands; Skat Foundation; Heidi Foundation, Switzerland.
- Fellow, World Economic Forum.
- Special Advisor to the World Economic Forum on "China and the World: Scenarios to 2025".
- Member: European Academy of Management, European Group of Organization Studies; Strategic Management Society; Academy of Management
Expertise
Strategic management, knowledge management, innovation.
Recipient of awards, including "Best Professional Business Book" (for Enabling Knowledge Creation) by Association of American Publishers (AAP).