Thomas Straub

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Thomas Straub

Thomas Straub (born March 28, 1973 in Herrenberg ) is a German economist . He is Professor of International Management in the Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM) at the University of Geneva , Switzerland. He was already Vice Dean and thus head of the entire further education (GSEM Executive).

Life

Straub graduated from the University of Konstanz and the Institut d'études politiques (IEP) in Grenoble with a diploma in 1999, and received his doctorate in 2006 with a thesis on reasons for frequent failure in mergers and acquisitions at the HEC (now the GSEM Faculty) of the University of Geneva . He was a professor at the Bern University of Applied Sciences , where he founded today's Competence Center Corporate and Business Development , which he also headed. From 2008 to 2015 he was Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship and an elected member of the research commission at the HES-SO - Freiburg University of Economics (HSW). Today he is Professor of International Management at the Faculty of GSEM - Geneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva, Switzerland. As a professor, he had already been Vice Dean and Director of all continuing education at the Faculty of GSEM for several years.

Straub is also a visiting professor and president of the International Scientific Council ( English International Scientific Council ) at the UNESCO Department of the University of Bucharest . As co-director, he was operationally in charge of all continuing education programs at the University of Geneva. He is also a permanent visiting professor at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) and has been a lecturer at the Swiss Academy of Auditing for many years . He belongs u. a. Member of the Board of Trustees of the Swiss Society for Organization and Management (SGO - Foundation) and is a member of the Editorial Board / Reviewer of the journals Journal of Business Ethics , International Journal of Entrepreneurship (IJE), Journal of Strategy and Management (JSA), Journal of East European Management Studies (JEEMS) and Entrepreneurial Executive (EE).

Research projects

  • All-inclusive universities: A project for enhancing the accessibility services of universities for students with disabilities. HES-SO in cooperation with the Faculty GSEM - University of Geneva; Euroregional Center for Democracy. - Swiss-Romanian Cooperation Program - Swiss Federal Council. 2015-2016.
  • Analyzing, sharing and improving good governance practices related to management and child protection policies of Non Profit Organizations in Post-Communist countries. The case of Moldova. HES-SO in cooperation with the Faculty of GSEM and the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Geneva - Switzerland, Terre des hommes Foundation - Moldova, Partnership for Every Child - Moldova, UNESCO Department for Intercultural Studies - University of Bucharest. 2015-2016.
  • Implementation of the GEM Project (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) in Burkina Faso and Cameron. HES-SO in collaboration with Université du Québec, Trois Rivières / Canada; Université Hassan II, Casablanca / Morocco, - Center de Recherches pour le Développement International (CRDI), Canada. 2014-2015.
  • The role of Venture Capital to support Entrepreneurship, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) in cooperation with the Romanian Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI) for the implementation of the program, 2012-2014.
  • Capacity building for local NGOs in Mongolia, Swiss Confederation, represented by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), acting through Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Ulaanbaatar / Mongolia, Bern, 2012–2014.
  • Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), Country Report Switzerland 2010.
  • IT Management Forum Western Switzerland: Inter-organizational communities of best practices among multinational companies around lake Geneva - RCSO HES-SO, Merck Serono SA, Genève; Philip Morris International, Lausanne; Givaudan SA, Geneva.
  • Organizational Development between lack of Specialists and Career Development - KTI: Swiss Agency for Innovation.
  • Research Project on Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments - Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) - Franz. Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA), Paris.
  • Research Program on Law and Economy - French Ministry of Justice, Paris.
  • Research Networks and Intellectual Property: A Model for Supporting Developing Country Researchers in Creating, Owning and Exploiting Health Research Results - GIAN (Geneva International Academic Network) (today: SNIS - Swiss Network for International Studies) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO / OMPI ).

Publications (selection)

  • Thomas Straub, Thorsten Feix, Jan-Philippe Büchler: Mergers & Acquisitions - Success factors for medium-sized companies . Haufe Lexware, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-648-05729-2 .
  • Thomas Straub, Stefano Borzillo, Roxana Voicu-Dorobantu: Entrepreneurship and Ecosystems: Global Guidelines . Growth Publisher, New York 2016, ISBN 978-2-940384-34-1 (English).
  • Thomas Straub: Introduction to General Business Administration - The Exercise Book . Pearson Studium, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86894-135-7 .
  • Thomas Straub: Introduction to general business administration . 3rd revised edition. Pearson Studies, Munich 2020, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-86894-315-3 .
  • Thomas Straub, Lea Stadtler, Achim Schmitt, Patricia Klarner: More than Bricks in the Wall: Organizational Perspectives for Sustainable Success . Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-8349-2580-0 (English).
  • Thomas Straub: Reasons for frequent failure in Mergers and Acquisitions: A Comprehensive Analysis . Dissertation, University of Geneva, 2006. Gabler Edition Wissenschaft, Deutscher Universitätsverlag, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-8350-0844-1 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Master Programs. In: unesco-chair.unibuc.ro. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Straub, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Herrenberg