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About Me

I am a Full Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at SKEMA Business School in Paris, where I also serve as one of the directors of the Global Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) Programme in Sustainability. My academic work and teaching focus on the intersections of strategic management, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development.

Current Position

Full Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

SKEMA Business School, Paris, France

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Director of Global Doctor in Business Administration

SKEMA Business School, Paris, France

Expierience

ESCP Business School, London UK

Associate Professor of Strategy and Leadership

ESCP Business School, London UK

Academic Director of MBA in International Management

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship

Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg, Germany

Assistant Professor of HRM and Organizational Behavior

Institute for Employment Research (IAB) of the German Federal Employment Agency, Nuremberg, Germany

Research Manager

Fraunhofer-Institute of Industrial Engineering, Stuttgart, Germany

Research Associate

Institute of Human Factors and Technology Management, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Research Associate

Pforzheim University, Business School, Germany

Research Associate

STEEB Systemhaus, Biberach, Germany

IT consultant ERP

Diakonie Stetten, Waiblingen, Germany

Heilerziehungspfleger

Further Academic Affiliations

  • French-Vietnamese Centre for Management Education (CFVG), Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

  • University of Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China

  • ACAS Ateneo Center for Asian Studies at the Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, The Philippines

  • CEIBS Chinese European International Business School, Shanghai, China

  • University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

  • University of Regensburg, Germany

  • Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai, India

Achievements

18th EBS Best Paper Award

Winner 18th EBS Best Paper Award 2023 on Innovation, Corporate Entrepreneurship, and Transformation

Outstanding Paper Award

Outstanding Paper Award in 2017. Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence.

1st Runner-up BEQ Best Paper

1st Runner-up 2020 Best Paper Award for papers published in Business Ethics Quarterly

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Best Paper Award

Best Paper Award for papers publish in the European Journal of International Business in 2024

Award Finalist
 

​AoM – Academy of Management. Douglas Night Best Paper Award Finalist

Education

PhD in Philosophy (Dr. phil.)

Munich School of Philosophy (HfPh)

Bachelor of Arts in Business Studies

Hamburg University of Politics & Economics, Germany

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy

University of Ulm, Germany

Habilitation (ASN Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale)

Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca, Italy

Master of Arts in Entrepreneurship

University of Hamburg, Germany

Staatl. Geprft. Heilerziehungspfleger

Staatl. Geprft. Heilerziehungspfleger

Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR)

University of Strasbourg, France (planned July 2025)

D.Eng. in Technology Management (Dr.-Ing.)

University of Stuttgart, Germany

Certificates

  • Babson Entrepreneurship Educator Fellowship | Babson College, Wellesley, USA

  • 1-year Certificate in Higher Education Teaching | University of Stuttgart, Germany

  • Certified TOPSIM Project Management Trainer | TOPSIM GmbH, Germany

  • Certified Coupé (Black Jack) | Spielbank Hamburg and The Ministry of Finance of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany

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