Prof. Dr.

Karolin Frankenberger

Ordentliche Professorin für Strategisches Management

Leading Competence Centers

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Anna Sophia Burch

„Sufficiency leads companies to where genuine sustainability begins: within the ecological boundaries of our planet – and aligned with what people truly need.”

Sufficiency, Sustainable Transformation, Circular Economy, Circular Business Model Innovation

  • Qualitative study on the implementation of sufficiency in companies, Circular Lab, Circular Economy Leader Circle
  • Circular Lab
  • Circular Economy Leader Circle

Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 2025, Kopenhagen

HSG Impact Award 2025 with the Circular Lab

Marc Wangrin

„The circular economy is a solution framework that offers better growth while addressing the most pressing global challenges.” - Ellen MacArthur

Circular Business Model Innovation

Joint research project with Siemens on circular business model innovation for Smart Infrastructure

Donna Henrike Bohrer

„My research examines how firms diversify by adding business models, and how these portfolio choices shape corporate risk and performance.”

Corporate Diversification, Business Models, Quantitative and Configurational Methods

Conceptual and quantitative studies on business model diversification and the configuration of business model portfolios.

Business Model Conference, June 2026, Ancona (Italy)

  • Bohrer, D.H., Frankenberger, K., & Wincent, J. (2026). What Customer Workarounds Can Reveal About Your Business Model. Harvard Business Review.
  • Bohrer, D.H., Frankenberger, K., & Wincent, J. (2026). Was Unternehmen aus den Workarounds ihrer Kunden lernen können. Harvard Business manager. (German Edition)

Olivier Meile

„I explore how organizations can shape the transition to a circular economy through collaboration, strategic thinking, and a deeper understanding of existing systems.”

Circular Economy, Circular Business Models, Circular Ecosystems, Strategic Management
  • Multiple case study with established Swiss manufacturing companies to assess circular initiatives
  • Theory development: Examining whether labor can act as a strategic lever in the transformation toward higher R-strategies
  • Einzelfallstudie zur kollektiven Mobilisierung abhängiger Anspruchsgruppen, um eine überoptimierte lineare Branchenarchitektur in ein zirkuläres System zu überführen

Daniel Gatz

„Research begins where knowledge ends.”

Business Model Innovation in the Age of AI

Caroline Mann

„Curiosity can not be automated.“

Strategic Management, Artificial Intelligence, Business Model Theory, Organizational Ambidexterity, Temporality in Management

  • Zurich AI Lab
  • Empirical Qualitative Study on AI & Societal Resilience
  • Review Article on Business Models in the Age of AI

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