Stefan N. Greater

Stefan N. Grösser (born May 1, 1978 in Göppingen ) is a German economist and professor for strategic management and business analytics as well as course director at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) in Switzerland.

Life

Between 2000 and 2004, Grösser studied technically oriented business administration at the University of Stuttgart . He finished his studies with a technical degree in business administration . He then studied the simulation science System Dynamics at the University of Bergen in Norway from 2004 to 2005 and graduated with a Master of Philosophy. In addition to a position in a management consultancy, he did his doctorate in management at the University of St. Gallen and completed his doctorate in 2011. During his doctorate, he was a visiting researcher at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .

From 2011 to 2017, Grösser was Professor of Strategic Management at the Bern University of Applied Sciences and Head of the Strategy and Simulation Lab (S-Lab). In addition, Grösser was Vice President of the non-governmental organization ShelterBox Switzerland from 2009 to 2011 . From 2015 to 2017 he took on the role of deputy head of the Institute for Corporate Development at the Bern Business School. He is also in charge of the key topic “Strategy work, entrepreneurship and innovation”. Since 2016 he has been deputy head of the BFH Center for Energy Storage.

In 2017, he initiated the digitalization -oriented Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering at the Bern University of Applied Sciences and heads this degree.

research

Larger's research interests include strategic management, decision-making in complex systems, business models , mental models and simulation methods (e.g. systems dynamics ). He particularly focuses on the use of dynamic models and frameworks in strategic management, organizational theory, business model modeling, and organizational development for better decision-making in complex contexts. He shows that models and computer modeling can play an important role in individual or group-oriented decisions. His contributions help to raise awareness of this topic.

His current research interests include the analysis of circular business models for the solar energy / electricity industry as well as studies in the area of supply chain- related drug delivery bottlenecks .

Fonts

Books (selection)

(with Martin Schaffernicht): Competing in a New Market. A Dynamic Approach to Growth by Diffusion. Wiley-Publishing, 2018, ISBN
(with Meike Tilebein, Sabina Jeschke, Thomas Fischer, Markus Schwaninger (Eds.)): Digital worlds: New approaches in economic and social cybernetics: Conference for economic and social cybernetics KyWi 2014 from July 10th to 11th, 2014 in Stuttgart, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2017, ISBN 978-3-428-14949-0
(with Arcadio Reyes Lecuona & Göran Granholm (eds.)) Dynamics of Long-Life Assets: From Technology Adaptation to Upgrading the Business Model, Cham: Springer International Publishing - Springer, 2017, ISBN 978-3-319-45437-5
Qualitative modeling with System Dynamics. North Charleston: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016, - ISBN 978-1-5407-0702-4
(with Jean-Paul Thommen ) Economy, Company, Management. Versus, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-03909-137-9 .
(with Jean-Paul Thommen ) Organization and Change Management Versus, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-03909-140-9 .
(with Jean-Paul Thommen ) Economy, Company, Management: Introduction to Business Administration Versus, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-03909-157-7
(with Jean-Paul Thommen ) Economy, company, management: An introduction to business administration Versus, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-03909-250-5
Co-Evolution of Standards in Innovation Systems: The Dynamics of Voluntary and Legal Building Codes. Physica, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7908-2857-3 (dissertation, University of St. Gallen, 2011)
(Ed. with René Zeier) Systemic Management for Intelligent Organizations: Concepts, Models-Based Approaches and Applications. Springer, Heidelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-29243-9
(with Markus Schwaninger, Meike Tilebein, Thomas Fischer and Sabina Jeschke) Model-based management: Conference for economic and social cybernetics KyWi 2013 from July 4th to 5th, 2013 in Bern. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. ISBN 978-3-428-14267-5 .
(with Chintan H. Vaishnav) Online Proceedings of the 8th System Dynamics Ph.D. Colloquium 2007. Boston: System Dynamics Society.
(with Jochen R. Grösser) Enrichment of quality management: Coping with complexity through modeling (= contribution to the discussion by the Institute for Business Administration, No. 55). Institute for Business Administration, St. Gallen 2007.

Publications (selection)

(with Ingmar Vierhaus, Armin Fügenschuh, Robert Gottwald) Using white-box nonlinear optimization methods in system dynamics policy improvement, System Dynamics Review, 33 (2), 2017
(with Niklas Jovy) Business model analysis using computational modeling: A strategy tool for exploration and decision-making. Journal of Management Control, 27 (1). 61-88, 2016, ISSN 2191-4761
(with Martin Schaffernicht) A Comprehensive Method for Comparing Mental Models of Dynamic Systems. European Journal of Operational Research, 2011, 210 (1), 57-67.
Projects fail because of dynamic complexity: Qualitative feedback modeling for managing complexity. Projektmanagement Aktuell, 2011, 22 (5), 18-25.
(with Martin Schaffernicht) Mental Models of Dynamic Systems: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead. System Dynamics Review, 2012, 28 (1), 46-68.
(with Markus Schwaninger) Operational Closure and Self-Reference: On the Logic of Organizational Change. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 29 (04/2012), 342-367.
(with Marc Meyer and Kim O. Tokarski) Business models of micro and small trust companies: analysis of the status quo and opportunities for innovation. Der Schweizer Treuhänder, 2015, 87 (6-7), 375-382.
Co-Evolution of Legal and Voluntary Standards: Development of Energy Efficiency in Swiss Residential Building Codes. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2014, 87 (2014), 1-16.
(with Stephen Fox) Economical information and communication design for multi-national projects. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 2015, 8 (3), 574-585.

Internet contributions (selection)

Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon: Keyword - System Dynamics ,
Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon: Keyword - business model ,
Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon: Keyword - Dynamic Complexity .

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personal data
SURNAME	Larger, Stefan N.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bigger, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German economist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	Goeppingen