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4 TEACHING & RESEARCHCareer paths for Innovation ManagersThe new edition of the magazine “InnovationManager”edited by the FAZ-Instituteand the two EBS’ professors Ronald Gleichund Peter Russo was published mid-September.This edition focuses on the topic “Climateand Energy” - the recurrent theme inthe four sections “Strategy and Methods”,“Technology and Products”, “Processes andOrganization”, and “Communication andCulture”. Organizations from different sectorsand of varying size and structure vividlydescribe how they successfully come toterms with the challenge posed by the climatechange. Dr. Annette Schavan, the FederalMinister of Education, presents hercomments in a column on the subject of“The key to success – Innovation policy muststrengthen services and sustainability”.An addition to this issue of “InnovationManager” is the feature “Innovation andCareer”, where the editors focus on the qualificationprofile and the developmentprospects of tomorrow’s Innovation Man-ager, at the same time exploring the relevantacademic environment.Contact: Nina.Schniering@ebs-siie.deServices at the focus of the GermanGovernment’s High-Tech StrategyAlthough the majority of the workforce inGermany has long been employed in theservice sector, no scientific discipline dealingwith services exists to date. This is possiblydue to change. A taskforce involved inthe German Government’s High-TechStrategy programme is to evaluate the establishmentof a potential scientific discipline“Services Science”. Following an invitationfrom Martin Jetter, Chairman of theBoard of IBM Germany, leading businessorganizations and renowned research institutessuch as the Fraunhofer Institute forIndustrial Engineering (IAO) and the KarlsruherService Research Institute (KSRI)will take part in the expert panel. EBS will berepresented on the panel, too, by Dr.Matthias Gouthier from the Chair of ServicesMarketing.The taskforce is embedded in the new federaladvisory council “Research UnionEconomy - Science”. The Federal Ministerfor Education and Research, Dr. AnnetteSchavan, has convened leading experts fromscience and economy to the new advisorycouncil to discuss strategies to strengthenthe high tech location Germany. The primaryfocus of the Research Union will bethe on implementation of the High-Techstrategy of the German Government.(www.hightechstrategie.de), in which servicesis one of the 17 cutting-edge fields. Inthe mid-term, the services sector shouldreach the same excellence level across Germanyas the production sector. At the heartof the High-Tech funding for this sector isthe programme “Innovations With Services”that will be financed by a total of 70million Euros to the year 2009. The firstmeeting of the taskforce “Service Science”took place at the RESER Conference, theinternational conference of the EuropeanAssociation for Research on Services(RESER) in Stuttgart on 25 September.Contact: Matthias.Gouthier@ebs.eduChairs for BusinessInformation Systemspool their strengthsInformation technology (IT) and informationsystems (IS) have become the indispensable“digital nervous system” of themodern global economy. The use of integratedinformation systems is a crucialsuccess factor for business organizations.Only through linking corporate strategywith business processes and IT/IS willorganizations be able to fully exploit theirpotential and strengthen their competitiveness.Consequently, since January 2008 the twobusiness information chairs at EuropeanBusiness School (EBS) have been mergedinto the Institute of Research on InformationSystems (IRIS). At IRIS, scientistsfocus on the analysis and on the developmentand improvement of models andmethods for the design and effectiveimplementation of information systems.Research projects are undertaken in sixcompetence centres (CC) covering diversecore topics: Strategic IT Management,Supplier & Customer Relationship Management,Knowledge-oriented BusinessPerformance Improvement, EnterpriseSystems, Electronic Business and ProjectPortfolio Management, and InformationSystems.IRIS offers not only specialisations withinthe EBS’ Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes,but also dual degree programmesfocussing on business informationsystems as well as executive educationprogrammes in the fields of IT/IS management,knowledge management und innovationmanagement.Contact: Philipp.Hoellermann@ebs.eduq www.ebs.edu/iris+++ RIGOROUS QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN RESEARCH +++ CAMPUS DAYS FOR SCHOOL C
TEACHING & RESEARCH5EBS’ doctoral studentbecomes a Fellow atINSEADProud tradition: Siena offers the right ambience for prospective bankers.Siena – the Meccafor finance expertsBankers have been at home here for centuries: in Siena, wherethe oldest existing bank in the world can be found. EBS has nowentered into a partnership with the University of Siena.To discuss his doctoral thesis on the topic of“Cooperation between managers and externalservice suppliers” with leading internationalresearchers, Roland Harste, doctoralstudent at EBS, made his way to INSEADFontainebleau, the leading business school inFrance.Harste is taking part in the FellowshipProgram offered by the consulting companyMcKinsey & Company and has been granteda leave of absence to pursue his doctorate.“Particularly interesting at INSEAD are thediscussions with top-ranked scientists”, saysHarste. “I have met with reflective, criticalpersons who with their past experience andview of life were inspirational.”Contact: roland_harste@mckinsey.comTuscany is a dream destination for manyGermans. In Tuscany you can live well –and study well. The Università degli Studidi Siena was founded as early as 1240 andis, today, an integral part of Siena, the citydesigned as a work of art. The university’sinstitutes with a total of 20,000 studentsand the historic city centre blend togetherto become one – the entire town is Siena’scampus. European Business School (EBS)has just very recently signed a cooperationagreement with the business administrationfaculty, and the new partnership offerscourses at Bachelor’s and Master’s level .Not only is the faculty the oldest in thecountry, it is also one of the best addressesfor prospective bankers and finance experts:In European league tables the Universityof Siena is ranked 2nd in businessadministration throughout Italy. “Traditionallylectures in Siena focus on bankingand finance”, explains Axel Schumacher,Associate Dean International Relations atEBS. This also has a historical backgroundsince Siena is home to the Banca Monte deiPaschi di Siena, the oldest existing bank inthe world, whose more than 20,000 employeeshave, to date, not yet been exposedto merger fever. Incidentally, the studentsof business administration reside behinddevout walls of what was once theMonastery of San Francesco.Contact: Axel.Schumacher@ebs.eduNow top in Tennessee,tooSince the Fall semester 2008 the VanderbiltUniversity in Nashville belongs to the networkof EBS’ partner universities. In future,Master students will be able spend their semesterabroad at the Owen Graduate Schoolof Management. The private university withten faculties and 11,800 students is proud ofone of the most attractive campuses in theUSA. The university grounds are laid outlike a botanical garden, and the campus offers519 MBA, Executive MBA and PhD studentsfrom 40 countries an ideal study andresearch environment.Contact: Axel.Schumacher@ebs.eduNew AdjunctProfessorEBS is continually extending itsnetwork in international researchand has made a furtherstep in this direction with the appointmentof Professor KatrinTalke from the Technical University in Delft,Department Product Innovation Managementin the faculty of Industrial DesignProfessorKatrin TalkeEngineering, as Adjunct ResearchProfessor for CorporateEntrepreneurship. Talke graduatedin economics from the FreeUniversity Berlin and completedher doctorate at the TechnicalUniversity Berlin. She went on togain her postdoctoral qualification(habilitation) at the Karl-Franzens University Graz in May 2008.Talke’s major research areas are innovationmanagement and marketing, the introductionand commercialisation of new products,and the influence of product designon company performance. In research projectsshe cooperates with international researcherssuch as Professor Erik Jan Hultink(TU Delft), Sören Salomo (DTU Copenhagen),and Gina O’Connor (RPI Troy) undAbbie Griffin (University of Utah). Beforeembarking on an academic career, Talkeworked as a management consultant forAndersen Consulting and as Assistant to theCEO of Mitsubishi Motors.ILDREN +++ 155 PARTNER UNIVERSITIES +++ INTERNATIONAL ADJUNCT PROFESSORS +++
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