PROF. ULRICH HOMMEL, PH.D. CURRICULUM VITAE

PROF. ULRICH HOMMEL, PH.D.
CURRICULUM VITAE
CURRENT VERSION: 1 AUGUST 2014
CONTACT INFORMATION
Chair of Corporate Finance & Higher
Education Finance,
Strategic Finance Institute (SFI)
EBS Business School
Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 3
D-65189 Wiesbaden, Germany
Ph.
+49 611 7102 1241
Fax
+49 611 7102 10 1241
email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ebs.edu
SSRN Author # 671250
EFMD
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B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Ph. +32 2 629 0810
Fax +32 2 629 0811
email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.efmd.org
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
EBS Business School, Wiesbaden (Germany)
Director, Strategic Finance Institute (SFI) (since 2007)
Professor of Finance (since 2002)
EFMD, Brussels (Belgium)
Director, Research & Surveys (since 2011)
Senior Advisor/Associate Director, Quality Services (since 2007)
PAST APPOINTMENTS
Director, Institute for Restructuring and Investment Management, European Business School (EBS)
International University (2004 – 2007) [merged into the Strategic Finance Institute (SFI) in 2007]
Director, Center for Entrepreneurial and Small Business Finance (esbf), European Business School
(EBS) International University (2000 – 2007) [merged into the Strategic Finance Institute (SFI) in
2007]
Rudolf-von-Bennigsen-Foerder-Foundation Professor of Finance, European Business School (EBS)
International University (2002 – 2007)
Rector of the European Business School (EBS) International University (2003 – 2006)
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Managing Director of the EBS European Business School gGmbH (2003 – 2006)
Dean, European Business School (EBS) International University (2000 – 2002)
Academic Director and Founder of the Summer-in-Europe Program, European Business School
(EBS) International University (2002)
Acting Head and ‘Cum Spe’ Professorial Appointment, Endowed Chair of Investment and Risk
Management, European Business School (EBS) International University (2000 – 2002)
Assistant Professor, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (1994 – 1999)
Adjunct Lecturer of Business Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan Business
School (1992 – 1994)
Graduate Student Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Michigan (1988 –
1993)
PAST VISITING APPOINTMENTS
Adjunct Professor, Corvinus University of Budapest, Faculty of Business Administration (2011 –
2013)
Visiting Professor, Stockholm University, Stockholm Business School (2011 – 2012)
Faculty Member, MBA Program, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (2007)
Visiting Professor, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University (2003 – 2004)
Faculty Member, MBA Program, University of Mainz (2003)
Visiting Professor, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management (2002)
Visiting Professor, Wine-MBA, Bordeaux Business School (2001 – 2002)
Visiting Professor, Program “Strategy and Society”, Bordeaux Business School (2000 – 2001)
Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan Business School (1998)
Visiting Assistant Professor of International Business, University of Michigan Business School
(1994, 1995, 1996)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Habilitation (Dr. habil.), Business Administration (WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management,
Vallendar, 2002)
Ph.D. in Economics (The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1994)
M.A. in Economics (The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1988)
B.A. Equivalent in Political Science (Magisterzwischenprüfung) (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
Freiburg im Breisgau, 1986)
B.A. Equivalent in Economics (Vordiplom) (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau,
1985)
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CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
»Risk Management in Higher Education«
»Restructuring and Crisis Management in Higher Education«
»Governance of Higher Education Institutions, especially Business Schools«
»Quality Assurance in Management Education«
»Globalization and Strategic Alliances in Management Education«
»Managerialism and Commercialization of Higher Education«
»Corporate Risk Management«, especially »Linkage to Corporate Strategy«
»Financing of Privately Held Companies«
HONORS AND AWARDS
ebs excellence award (silver/teaching) (Summer Term 2000)
WHU Best Teacher Award (Fall Term 1997)
Fellow of the Fulbright Foundation (1986 – 88)
Fellow of the Max-Kade-Foundation (1986 – 87)
Fellow of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (1985 – 88)
RESEARCH GRANTS
German Science Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), »Venture Capital
Contracting: A European Perspective« (2005 – 2011).
Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant SES-9212351 in Law and Social Science, National Science
Foundation (1992 – 93)
Dissertation Research Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Michigan (1989)
MEMBERSHIPS OF BUSINESS RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS
Academy of Management (incl. Divisions “Management Education and Development” and “Public
and Non-Profit”)
American Economic Association (AEA)
American Finance Association (AFA)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Finanzwirtschaft e.V. (DGF, German Finance Association)
Erich-Gutenberg-Arbeitsgemeinschaft e.V.
Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (SG)
Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.
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OTHER PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member, EQUIS Committee (EFMD Quality Improvement System) (ex officio member since 2011)
Member, EPAS Committee (EFMD Programme Accreditation System) (since 2006, ex officio
member since 2007)
Fellow, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main (since 2005)
Member of the Working Group “Corporate Growth and International Management” of the
Schmalenbach Association (since 2000)
Member of the Selection Jury, ecch Competition “Innovation in Case Teaching” (2012)
Member of the Advisory Council (Beirat), True Sale International GmbH (2004 – 2011)
Chairman of the Board, Foundation ”Unternehmensfinanzierung und Kapitalmärkte für den
Finanzstandort Deutschland“, (2004 – 2009)
Member of the Award Selection Committee, DZ Bank Karrierepreis (2004 – 2008)
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Euro Finance Week (2004 – 2008)
Member of the Advisory Board, Arthur D. Little GmbH (2006 – 2008)
Chair of the Business Advisory Council, Frankfurter Innovationszentrum (FIZ) Biotech (2004 –
2008)
Board Member of the German Association of Private Institutions of Higher Learning (2004 – 2006)
Chair of the Working Group “Biotechnology” of the DVFA (2000 – 2002)
OCCASIONAL REFEREE FOR
Annals of Operations Research; Campus for Finance Research Conference (WHU), Corporate
Finance biz (formerly Finanz-Betrieb), DGF Annual Meeting, Die Betriebswirtschaft (DBW), Die
Unternehmung; European Journal of Operation Research; FGF Jahrestagung, Global Finance
Annual Conference; Journal für Betriebswirtschaft; Journal of Management Control, Journal of
Management Development, Kredit und Kapital; OR Spektrum; Quantitative Finance; Society &
Economy; Swiss National Science Foundation; Swiss Society for Financial Market Research,
Annual Meeting; Volkswagenstiftung; Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft (ZfB); Zeitschrift für
betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung (ZfbF)
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER OF JOURNALS, BOOK SERIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS
Co-Editor, Series »Strategic Finance«, Wiesbaden: DUV Verlag (with G. Picot)
Co-Editor, Series »Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity«, Bad Homburg/Ts.: UhlenbruchVerlag (with A.-K. Achleitner, C. Kaserer, B. Rudolph, D. Schiereck)
Member of the Editorial Board, »Corporate Finance biz« (formerly »Finanz-Betrieb«) (2000 –
2011)
Editor, Correspondence Courses »Neue Instrumente der Unternehmensfinanzierung« and
»Corporate Treasury«, Euroforum Verlag GmbH (2006 – 2012)
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ORGANIZATION OF ACADEMIC CONFERENCES
Member of Organization and Program Committees, Annual EFMD Research in Management
Education Conference, 2012 – 2014
Member of Steering Committee, EFMD Doctoral Programs Conference, 2012 & 2013
Member of the Steering Committee, EFMD Annual Conference, 2009 & 2011
Member of the Steering Committee, EFMD MENA Conference, 2010
Co-Organizer, 10th Global Finance Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, 2003
ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Capital Market Theory, Investments, Principles/Advanced Corporate Finance, International
Financial Management, Investments, Corporate Valuation, Derivatives, Real Options, Corporate
Risk Management, Corporate Governance, Governance of Family-Owned Businesses, International
Business,
Industrial
Economics,
Principles/Intermediate
Microeconomics,
Principles
Macroeconomics
SELECTED EXECUTIVE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
Commerzbank AG, DaimlerChrysler AG, Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Post AG, DVFA GmbH,
EFMD, E.ON Academy, Euroforum GmbH, Forum Mittelstand an der WHU GmbH, ebs
Immobilienakademie GmbH, Porsche AG
SELECTED PAST CONTRACT RESEARCH PARTNERS
Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V., BVK e.V., Deloitte & Touche GmbH
Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Derivateforum e.V., Deutsche Börse AG, DZ Bank AG, European
Investment Bank, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Kienbaum Management Consultants GmbH,
Postbank AG, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants GmbH, Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA
SELECTED CONSULTING PROJECTS
Reviewer, National Accreditation Standards, Oman Academic Accreditation Authority (OAAA)
(2013 – 2014)
Feasibility Study for the Foundation of a Graduate School of Finance in China (Academic Expert),
EAC Consulting / Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) / Deutsche Investitions- und
Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG), 2008 (with G. Grass)
The Relevance of Real Option Analysis for Regulated Network Access Pricing, Deutsche Telekom
AG, 2007 (with P. Baecker, G. Grass)
Feasibility Study for the Introduction of a Mittelstand Share Index, Deutsche Börse AG, 2005 (with
P. Baecker, G. Bontschev, C. Engelskirchen, J. Pasin, M. Petersen)
Study on the Financial Impact of Granting a Trade Tax Exemption for the Securitization of Trade,
Factoring and Leasing Receivables in Germany, True Sale International GmbH, 2005 (with G. F.
Altenkirch, M. Petersen, J. Schmittat) – used for an official inquiry of the CDU/CSU faction in the
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German Bundestag (Deutscher Bundestag, 15th Legislative Period, Drucksache 15/5496,
http://dip21.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/15/054/1505496.pdf).
AUDITING/REVIEWING ACTIVITIES IN UNIVERSITY-LEVEL ACCREDITATION
EXERCISES
Reviewer / Chair of Peer Review Teams, EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) / EFMD
Programme Accreditation System (EPAS) / Corporate Learning Improvement Process (CLIP),
European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), Brussels (since 2007)
Auditor, International Audit of Research, Development and Innovations in the Czech Republic,
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (2011)
Auditor, Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA), Bonn
(2007)
Auditor, Austrian Accreditation Council (2005)
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