Bio

My research is at the intersection of organization design, innovation, and strategy. In particular, I study how firms can be organized to innovate and adapt effectively in complex and changing environments. Conceptualizing innovation as a search and learning process, I mainly develop formal theory through computational models of firms as complex adaptive systems. My research has been published or is forthcoming in Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Management, Organization Science, and the Strategic Management Journal, among others.

I received a Ph.D. in Business Economics from LMU Munich, a Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur (M.S. in Business Engineering) from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and an M.S. in Engineering Management from Portland State University. Prior to joining the University of Southern Denmark, I was a visiting scholar at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and an Assistant Professor at LMU Munich.

Working papers: Klick here (SSRN)
Curriculum Vitae: CV (pdf)
Private website: Klick here

Education

Ph.D. in Business Economics, LMU Munich, 2004-2008
Master of Business Research, LMU Munich, 2005-2007
M.Sc. in Engineering Management, Portland State University, 2002-2003
M.Sc. in Business Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 1999-2004

Full-time positions

Professor with special responsibilities, SDU, 2017-present
Associate Professor, SDU, 2011-2017
Assistant Professor, LMU Munich, 2008-2011
Research and Teaching Associate, LMU Munich, 2004-2008

Visiting positions

Max-Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, 2016 (April)
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2010 (fall)
EM Strasbourg Business School / Strasbourg University, 2009-2012
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2007 (spring)

Research areas

Organization design, organizing for innovation, organizational adaptation and learning, behavioral micro-foundations of strategy, computational modeling, experimental methods

Management experience

Research group leader, Strategic Organization Design Unit, SDU, 2018-present
Vice research group leader, Strategic Organization Design Unit, SDU, 2015-2017
Member of the leadership team, Department of Marketing & Management, SDU, 2015-present
Budget coordinator, Institute for Information and Organization, LMU Munich, 2005-2010
HR coordinator, Institute for Information and Organization, LMU Munich, 2005-2008