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We were there: 42nd Strategic Management Society Annual

One week after the return of a group of our PostDocs and PhD students from the 42nd The Strategic Management Society AnnualConference, we are happy to share some impressions.

Dora Maric, Theresa Maria Seehofer, Alexander Göritz, Heinrich-Jakob Wild, Laura Weiss, Thomas Li, Sascha Mader, Stephan Ryf, Kata Isenring-Szabó, Joachim Stonig returned to Universität St.Gallen (HSG) full of new insights, research, contacts, and academic eagerness.

In london 🇬🇧, our representatives have successfully presented the #insights of their relentless research to a community of esteemed #StrategicManagement scholars. We are honoured and happy to find that our researchers’ contributions continue to bridge insight and impact across the world:

Dora Maric: coopetition and standard-setting in ecosystems, Joachim Stonig & Heinrich-Jakob Wild: incumbent adaption through platform creation, Laura Weiss: global city and the relevance of spatial heterogeneity, Thomas Li: emotions and its powers for accurate decision-making, Sascha Mader: revenue model diversification and venture growth, Stephan Ryf: more and less effective updating in organisational strategy work, Kata Isenring-Szabó: assessing post-pandemic firm performance with configurational methods

Das Richtige tun – Aufbruch zu einer menschlicheren Wirtschaft

Wir freuen uns, Sie auf eine weitere Buchneuerscheinung hinzuweisen, die von Prof. Dr. Günter Müller-Stewens, Emeritus an unserem Institut, und Dr. Eva Bilhuber Galli, eine HSG-Alumna, verfasst wurde. Im Zentrum geht es darum, Führungskräfte dabei zu unterstützen, in komplexen Entscheidungssituationen Wege ausfindig zu machen, das Richtige zu tun. Unter dem Link findet sich bei den Medieninformationen Material in dem das Buch näher vorgestellt wird (Leseprobe, Video-Trailer usw.).

Ökosysteme – Hype oder echte Chance?

Der Aufbau von Ökosystemen boomt zurzeit, stark unterstützt durch die beschleunigte Digitalisierung. Sind sie tatsächlich die attraktive Möglichkeit für weiteres Wachstum – gerade in gesättigten Märkten? Was ist der konkrete Nutzen für Schweizer Unternehmen und Endkonsumierende? Unser Professor Christoph Lechner war bei der Panel Diskussion am Swiss Economic Forum dabei. Im Video sind die Kernaussagen zusammengefasst.

White Paper – How to go about remodeling your organization? Disruption in the insurance industry

White Paper – How to go about remodeling your organization? Disruption in the insurance industry Authors: N. Kular, A. Jäger, F. Hoyos & K. Frankenberger Undertaking a complete management innovation is no easy feat for any firm, especially when you have over 10,000 employees and 100 years of legacy behind

GetAbstract International Book Award

Das Buch “Das Digital Transformer’s Dilemma” gehört zu den Finalisten des renommierten getAbstract International Book Award. Jedes Jahr sichtet getAbstract mehr als 10 000 deutsch- und englischsprachige Businessbücher. Je zwei deutsche und englische Titel werden dann als Empfänger der prestigeträchtigen Auszeichnung nominiert.

Herzliche Gratulation an unsere Direktorin Prof. Dr. Karolin Frankenberger, sowie der weiteren Autorenschaft um Hannah M. Mayer, Andreas Reiter und Markus Schmidt für diese Nominierung!

Nikolaus S. Lang – Neuer Honorarprofessor

Wir freuen uns sehr über die Ernennung von Nikolaus S. Lang zum Honorarprofessor für Betriebswirtschaftslehre an der Universität St.Gallen (HSG). Der gebürtige Österreicher ist Experte für Innovationen und Geschäftsmodelle im Bereich Mobilität. Er ist Leiter der Boston Consulting Group (BCG) für die Global-Advantage-Praxis sowie Kernmitglied der Industriegüter- und Automobilpraxis. In unserem Master in Business Management (MUG-HSG) wird Nikolaus Lang mit einer Vorlesung zu digitalen Plattformen/Ökosystemen betraut.

Research Seminar with Prof. Brian S. Silverman

Come and join our next research seminar with Prof. Brian S. Silverman, Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Toronto.

Time: Thursday 06.05.2021 from 2 to 3.30 p.m.
Location: Online, via Zoom
Title: Internal Network Structure as a Knowledge-Appropriation Mechanism

If you want to join, please contact Prof. J. Peter Murmann for the link.

We are looking forward to this session!

A Step Toward Making Your Company More Sustainable

What would you do differently today if you were responsible for taking back all the products you sold? Karolin Frankenberger  speaks at the Online Sustainability Summit of Harvard Business Review Turkey, held on April 27th 2021.

Have a look at the 15min session and get some insights about #sustainability and customer perspectives.

Best Conference Paper Prize at the Strategic Management Society 41st Annual Conference

And another good news! The proposal of Christoph Lechner and Maximilian Jakob Dexheimer has been nominated for the Best Conference Paper Prize at the Strategic Management Society 41st Annual Conference.

Topic: How to Stand Out from the Crowd: Detecting Patterns in App Endorsements on the App-store.

Congratulations to both!

Best-Paper-Notification at the Academy of Management Conference!

Congratulations to Felicitas Pietrulla for receiving a Best-Paper-Notification at the prestigious Academy of Management Conference!

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What drives and influences Circular Business Models and what are related outcomes? As part of her PhD project, the paper “A research framework for Circular Business Models” has been accepted to the prestigious Academy of Management Conference and received a Best-Paper-Notification of the “Organizations and the Natural Environment: A Division of AOM”. A brief version of the paper will be published in the proceedings of the conference: It presents a holistic research framework on Circular Business Models summarizing various relevant factors by reviewing related academic literature such as Business Model Innovation or Ecosystem research.

Annual Report 2021

We are proud to present our Annual Report from 2020. Thanks a lot to all contributors who made this report happen! Enjoy reading and we are looking forward to your feedback.

The Power of Ecosystems

Not all partners have to follow the same rules in #ecosystems. Orchestrators can create governance tiers to strike a balance between standardized formal contracts and partner-specific informal relationships. This allows them to effectively coordinate many diverse partners around a new value proposition.

Karolin Frankenberger, Andreas Reiter and Joachim Stonig presented these findings from their current research in the webinar series on the “Power of Ecosystems” by the Business Ecosystem Alliance. This initiative of the #thinkers50 organization reunited a global audience of more than 5’500 people interested in ecosystems.