Christoph Alexander Müller

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Christoph Alexander Müller (born June 7, 1968 in Stuttgart ) is a German economist and professor at the University of St. Gallen .

Life

He studied economics at the University of Hohenheim (graduated in 1992) and received his doctorate in 1995 from the University of St. Gallen. oec .; in 2000, he completed his habilitation at the same university.

In the period from 1996 to 2001, Christoph A. Müller worked as a project and study manager for the “Intensive Studies for Managers in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises” at the University of St. Gallen (KMU-HSG). From 2002 to 2008 he held the endowed chair “Entrepreneurship” at the University of Hohenheim and headed the “Center of Entrepreneurship” there.

Since 2008, Müller has been an adjunct professor for business administration with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises and business start-ups at the University of St. Gallen. At the same time he was appointed Executive Director of the newly founded Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (CEE-HSG) at the University of St. Gallen.

The Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (CEE-HSG) was founded in November 2008 as an interdisciplinary, cross-institute center at the University of St. Gallen. It offers an extracurricular training program in entrepreneurship, lectures and start-up support at the University of St. Gallen. In addition, it carries out joint projects with partner universities and companies to promote entrepreneurial thinking and acting.

On May 13, 2011, the University Council and Senate of the University of Hohenheim elected Christoph Alexander Müller as the new Rector. Müller was supposed to take over his position from Hans-Peter Liebig on October 1st, but on September 7th, 2011 he canceled the job.

Since January 1, 2013, Christoph Müller has been academic co-director of the Henri B. Meier Entrepreneur School of the Executive School of Management, Technology and Law at the University of St. Gallen.

Career stations

  • 1994–1995: Department assistant in the cultural studies department at the University of St. Gallen
  • 1995–1998: Head of experience exchange groups: building contractors, master painters, clothing retailers, pharmacists; Seminar leader St. Gallen Management Seminar for medium-sized and small businesses, company comparisons, key figure comparisons, consulting projects, marketing
  • 1995–2001 project manager practice and research assistant at the Swiss Institute for Commercial Economics at the University of St. Gallen
  • 1997–2001 junior lecturer in business administration with a special focus on SMEs at the University of St. Gallen
  • 2002–2008: Head of the “Center of Entrepreneurship” (COE) at the University of Hohenheim
  • 2002–2008: Professorship, endowed chair for business start-ups and entrepreneurship at the University of Hohenheim
  • Since 2008: Adjunct professor for business administration, especially SMEs and start-ups at the University of St. Gallen at the Swiss Institute for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
  • 2008–2011: Executive Director of the new Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence, CEE-HSG
  • Since 2013: Academic co-director of the Henri B. Meier School of Entrepreneurs at the University of St.Gallen
  • Research interests: Generally young companies, especially start-up and growth phases (brainstorming, team building, marketing conception, financing issues, innovations, cooperation, risk management, internationalization, start-up process) as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and family businesses, framework conditions for start-ups and SMEs (regulation, deregulation , Reducing bureaucracy, measuring bureaucracy costs), follow-up processes in SMEs, HR issues, entrepreneurial universities.

Engagements in Hohenheim

  • 2002–2008: First chairman of Start BW eV
  • 2004–2006: Deputy Chairman of the Economic and Social Sciences Examination Committee and member of the Journalism Examination Committee
  • SS 2004 - SS 2008: Secretary of the Universitätsbund Hohenheim eV (alumni, friends and sponsors of the university)
  • WS 2006/07 - SS 2008: Board member of PUSH eV (partner network for start-ups of Stuttgart universities)
  • WS 2006/07 – SS 2008: Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences

Mandates (selection)

  • Since 1999: Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Promerit AG, Frankfurt / Main, since 2014: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Promerit Holding AG
  • 2003–2006: Board of Directors of Virtuell Bau Holding AG, St. Gallen, since 2006: Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Since 2008: Member of the Supervisory Board / Deputy Chairman of the supervisory board of ec4u AG, Karlsruhe

Important publications

  • Christoph A. Müller: Strategic management of European medium-sized companies using the example of the machine tool industry. Dissertation, Bern [a. a.] 1995
  • Christoph A. Müller: Administrative Burdens on SMEs in an Intercantonal and International Comparison, Structural Reporting Study Series by the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Labor. Bern 1998
  • Christoph Müller and Oliver Wirth: Investment and financing strategies for golf clubs in the start-up, establishment and experience phase. St. Gallen 1999
  • Christoph Müller: SMEs and business development: results of an exploratory study. St. Gallen, 7 1999
  • Christoph Müller and Hubertus Schmid: SME compatibility of state regulation: goals - processes - methods, a contribution from an economic and legal point of view. St. Gallen 2001
  • Christoph Müller, Oliver Wirth, Tobias Kamm and Kai Anderson: Study report: Implementation status of knowledge management in companies. Series: Hohenheim Contributions to Entrepreneurship Research and Practice No. 1, Stuttgart 2002
  • Christoph Müller: (De-) regulation and entrepreneurship. Habilitation, St. Gallen 2003
  • Christoph Müller, Christina Nahr-Ettl and Daniel Rottweiler: Study report: Brand development and brand management in SMEs and start-ups. Series: Hohenheim Contributions to Entrepreneurship Research and Practice No. 5, Stuttgart 2003
  • Klaus Herdzina, Christoph Müller and Lothar Vollmer (eds.): The German transport concrete industry; a business, economic and antitrust investigation. Duisburg 2004; therein: Christoph Müller, Christina Nahr-Ettl and Jasminka Tot: Business analysis.
  • Ingrid Katz, Birgit Blättel-Mink and Christoph Müller: women, founding, funding. Transfer between science and practice. Conference proceedings, series: Hohenheim Contributions to Entrepreneurship Research and Practice, No. 11, 2005
  • Christoph Müller, Harald Tomaselli and Dirk Freiland: Service approaches in corporate transactions and corporate financing in medium- sized companies using the example of Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart 2006
  • Christoph Müller, Frank Mühlenbeck, Lars Dreesmann, Markus Werner and Ralf Otto: Introduction to Commercial Biotechnology. 2nd edition (or 4th edition since the beginning), Stuttgart and Berlin 2006
  • Romy Voss and Christoph Müller: The German innovation system. Conditions for High-Tech start-ups / Study Report - Incubating Platform: The Research for Startups in Germany. Part 1. Study for the 'National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)', Tokyo / Japan. Stuttgart 2006
  • Romy Voss and Christoph Müller: High-Tech start-ups - Case studies from Germany. Part 2: Study for the 'National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)', Tokyo / Japan. Stuttgart 2006
  • Müller Christoph: Debureaucratisation. Conception and implementation of an SME compatibility test. Working paper, Stuttgart
  • Urs Fueglistaller, Christoph Müller and Thierry Volery: Entrepreneurship: Models - Implementation - Perspectives, with case studies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. 2nd edition, Wiesbaden 2008
  • André Nijsen, Roy Thurik, Christoph Müller and Cees van Paridon (eds.): Improving quality of business regulations. A focus on enterprises. Springer, New York 2008

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Communication from the University of Hohenheim on the failed appointment of Prof. Christoph Müller
  2. ↑ Media report on the refusal to take office
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Christoph Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist
DATE OF BIRTH 7th June 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart