Dozierende Master of Business Administration

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

E-Mail: andres.bello@nordakademie.de

Teaching:

Andres Bello teaches "Quantitative Methods" at the NORDAKADEMIE: The first part of the course introduces the students to basic concepts in statistics such as central tendency measures, correlation, and linear regression analysis. Students should also be familiar with the concept of probabilities. There is also a short section in probabilities to compensate in case students are a newcomers to the statistical world. The class will derive the OLS (Ordinary Least Squares) mathematically to increase their intuition and understanding of what OLS really means. Finally, this first section will cover the building blocks upon which OLS is built. The second part of the course will introduce students to the properties of the regression coefficients and hypotheses testing in a multivariate regression analysis environment while the final section will introduce the use of qualitative data in regression analysis and how to deal with violations of the OLS assumptions, particularly, heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation, and endogeneity. Finally, some panel data techniques will be addressed and an introduction of the time series analysis will be presented.

Andres Bello already co-authored one book, several working papers, and participated as co-author in several regional economic forecasts for South West Texas. Mr. Bello presented the findings of his academic projects on several conference presentations in Houston (USA), Izmir (Turkey), Los Angeles (USA), and Santa Fe (USA). His quantitative research was also accepted for presentation at the 40th annual midyear meeting of the American Real Estate & Urban Economics Association, while several contributions in submissions to “Accounting and Finance” and the “Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting” are currently under peer review. Andres Bello is a member of the American Finance Association, The Financial Management Association, The American Society of Hispanic Economists, The Ph. D. Finance Association and various Honor Societies and other professional associations.

Work and Projects:

As part of his academic achievements he has been selected as “Outstanding Student of the Year 2009 COBA Economics Department”, and finished as the UTPA Top Graduate in Spring 2009. He also won the Best Paper Award Research Day Competition with his contribution on “Shortsellers Activism and CEO Turnovers” in 2011 as well as many other awards and scholarships. Prior to his entry to the academic world, Mr. Bello served in the U.S. Military honorably where he received multiple awards, e. g. the Army Commendation Medal, the Iraq Medal and almost a dozen of other notable decorations.

Andres Bello graduated in Economics with s.c.l. Honors from UTPA. After successful completion of all other requirements of his Ph.D. programme, his dissertation was published with the title: “Shortsellers and Hedge Funds Activism: An Assessment of Sophisticated Investors’ Impact on Corporate Governance and Financial Accounting Developments”.

Andres Bello already co-authored one book, several working papers, and participated as co-author in several regional economic forecasts for South West Texas. Mr. Bello presented the findings of his academic projects on several conference presentations in Houston (USA), Izmir (Turkey), Los Angeles (USA), and Santa Fe (USA). His quantitative research was also accepted for presentation at the 40th annual midyear meeting of the American Real Estate & Urban Economics Association, while several contributions in submissions to “Accounting and Finance” and the “Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting” are currently under peer review. Andres Bello is a member of the American Finance Association, The Financial Management Association, The American Society of Hispanic Economists, The Ph. D. Finance Association and various Honor Societies and other professional associations.

Profile:

Prof. Dr. Andres Bello, born in Chile and meanwhile also a US citizen, holds a PhD in Finance at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley at Edinburg, USA. He concurrently works as a lecturer for the Department of Economics and Finance. Mr. Bello’s areas of emphasis are econometrics, economics and accounting, quantitative methods and statistics. His research interests encompass behavioral economics and finance and corporate finances. Since fall 2011, he teaches as visiting instructor at NORDAKADEMIE.

University of Western Ontario

E-Mail: william.blake@nordakademie.de

Dr. Bill Blake has been teaching the course in International Management for the Graduate School at Nordakademie since 2013. In 2020 he developed and delivered the first offering of the course Leadership in Thought and Action.
Dr. Blake is Adjunct Full Professor and Distinguished Faculty Fellow of International Business at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. A native of Kingston and a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada, Dr. Bill Blake spent six years in a variety of leadership positions in the Canadian Navy prior to entering the University of Western Ontario where he completed an MBA and a Ph.D. in business
Dr. Blake started his academic career as a member of the Faculty of Business Administration at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, where he served as the Director of the Centre for Management Development and, for nine years, as the Dean of the Faculty. During his tenure as Dean, the Faculty became the first business school in Atlantic Canada to be accredited by AACSB International.
Dr. Blake joined Smith School of Business at Queen's University in 2001. In 2002 he was appointed Associate Dean, MBA Programs, and served in that capacity for 6 years. During that time the Accelerated MBA and The Executive MBA Americas – a Cornell – Queen’s partnership, were launched and the Full-time MBA program was named #1 in the world outside the U.S.A by BusinessWeek in three successive bi-annual rankings.
Dr. Blake’s research and teaching have focused on the characteristics of effective leaders and the relationship between cultural adaptability and international effectiveness. At Smith he teaches Leadership and Global Leadership in the Masters and MBA programs and is actively involved in consulting and executive development. He has taught on MBA programs in Sweden, China and Germany and has delivered programs in leadership, cross-cultural management and human resource management across Canada and internationally, in England, Mexico, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Oman. Dr. Blake has also served on and/or chaired a variety of review panels for business schools in Canada, Estonia, Ireland, New Zealand and Poland. 
Prof. Blake has served on the board of directors of Fishery Products International, Ireland Business Partnerships, the Genesis Group, the CA Educational Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Homestead Land Holdings. He also served as External Examiner for the MBA Program at the Dublin Institute of Technology, on the Steering Committee for the Network of International Business Schools (NIBS) and on the international Advisory Council of AACSB International. From 2000 to 2002 he was Chair of the Canadian Federation of Business School Deans (CFBSD)

Universität Liechtenstein

E-Mail: leo.brecht@nordakademie.de

Short Profile:
Dr. Leo Brecht is a professor and serial entrepreneur. Since Oct 2018 he works at the University of Liechtenstein and holds the chair of entrepreneurship & technology. Before that he acts as head of the institute of technology and innovation management at Ulm University. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematical statistics, studied mathematic and economics in Germany and in the US, and graduates as Post Doc at the University of St. Gallen named “Privatdozent”.
He is co-founder of ITOP.PARTNERS – a consulting boutique in technology, innovation and product management, co-founder of ALPORA AG – an investment analytics company in innovation and co-founder of NETCULATOR – a big data scout for innovation and technology fields. Before his academic career he was a partner at Andersen and Arthur D. Little, both in Switzerland.
Leo is a professor of practice, combining scientific research with transfer to industrial companies and looks back to more than 20 years of experience. He is author of several books and experienced conference speaker. His main fields of expertise cover innovation, technology and product management and the relation to company success. Leo is a Swiss & German citizen is married with Ruth, lives in Switzerland, has two children and enjoys regatta sailing in summer and skiing in winter.

Teaching at Nordakademie:
Dr. Leo Brecht teaches at Nordakademie since the very beginning of the MBA. He is responsible for two modules i) “Process Management” and ii) “Innovation by Business Analytics”. 
The module “Innovation by Business Analytics” is subdivided in three topics: Innovation by Technology Push, Innovation by Market Pull, and Innovation by Digital Models. In each of these topics we apply data analytics techniques to generate innovation. These areas of applications are relatively new but are becoming increasingly popular in industry. Using an action learning approach, we identify future technology and innovation fields, learn how to select up- and cross-selling opportunities based on customer data and develop a digital strategy in an agile way. For all of this we use state-of-the-art software tools.
The module “process management” provides a methodology to transform a company to a customer-oriented organization. We start with the business strategy, develop a process architecture operationalizing strategy, and focus on technology as an enabler. The students will learn from many real worlds cases and will apply different techniques to support the transformation process. At the end, the students will be able to implement process management in their own organizations. In addition, we focus on reference processes, a special emphasis is on technology and innovation management and product life cycle management.

Dr. Stephan Buse is Deputy Director of the Institute for Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) at Hamburg University of Technology (www.tuhh.de/tim). Prior to that, he worked at the Chair of International Management at Hamburg University, which he provisionally headed between 2000 and 2005.

At TIM, Dr. Buse co-leads the research programs „Global Innovation“ and „Mobile Commerce“. Furthermore, he is coordinator and co-founder of the international Joint Master Program "Global Technology and Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship" (GTIME) and its predecessor program "Global Innovation Management" (GIM). His main research and teaching activities are in the fields of „Global Innovation Management“ and „International Business Strategy“, particularly questions regarding internationalization and the international division of labor. Furthermore, he is a co-founder and member of the management team of the Center for Frugal Innovation at TIM.

Due to his long-time professional experience as a management consultant and coach Dr. Buse is also responsible for the industry-related service portfolio (externally funded projects) of TIM.

In 2007, together with other institutional players such as Hamburg's state government, Chamber of Commerce and other organizations he co-initiated the series of India Weeks in Hamburg and continues to be a member of its steering committee. In honorary capacity Dr. Buse is deputy head of the Hamburg Section of the German-Indian Round Table (GIRT).

He is a member of the German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB), the Academy of Management (AOM) as well as the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM).

E-Mail: jcherub@seraphimassociates.com

Professor Jason Cherubini, CPA, CGMA teaches graduate, undergraduate, and continuing professional education-level finance and accounting courses in the United States and abroad. As an entrepreneur, consultant, and educator with experience in the international development, strategic planning and reorganization of start-up to mid-stage companies. He is a co-founder of Dawn's Light Media, a multi-platform media production company that produces television and feature film content.
Prof. Cherubini is therefore an active researcher in the field of accounting education innovation and its application in the classroom. His recent publications include "IFRS In The General Business Curriculum: Why Should We Care? "In the CPA Journal," "User-Oriented IFRS Education in Introductory Accounting at US Academic Institutions: Current Status and Influencing Factors" in "Accounting in Accounting" and "IFRS in Introductory Financial Accounting Using an Integrated, Comparison-Based Approach" in Advances in Accounting Education.
Spending time in the classroom brings Prof. Cherubini into contact with bright young would-be entrepreneurs. He volunteers with these students to help them hone their ideas, develop sound business strategies, and bring their ideas to market. 
Prof. Cherubini is an alumnus of the AB Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with concentrations in Finance and International Business, a Master of Accounting (MAcc) degree, and a Bachelor of Science in Management (BSM) degree, majoring in Finance and Economics. He is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA)

FH Westküste

E-Mail:hanno.drews@nordakademie.de

Prof. Dr. Hanno Drews ist Professor für Controlling an der FH Westküste in Heide. Er leitet dort den Studienschwerpunkt Controlling sowie den Studiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre. Außerdem nimmt er als Prodekan Lehre für alle im Fachbereich Wirtschaft der FH Westküste angebotenen Bachelor- und Master-Studiengänge umfassende Führungsaufgaben wahr. 
An der NORDAKADEMIE hat Prof. Dr. Drews einen Lehrauftrag für Controlling. Dabei ist stets das Ziel, dass die Studierenden wesentliche Methoden des Controllings kennen und in praxisnahen Fallbeispielen anwenden lernen. Dies geschieht unterstützt von Excel und mit zum jeweiligen Modul passenden Schwerpunktsetzungen, zum Beispiel mit internationalem Bezug oder mit Betonung ausgewählter Controllingbereiche, die für die jeweiligen Studierenden besonders relevant sind.
Professor Drews veröffentlicht seine Forschungsergebnisse zu verschiedenen Bereichen des Controllings in diversen Fachzeitschriften und Fachbüchern, zum Beispiel im Controller-Magazin und im Controlling-Berater. Seine beiden Forschungsschwerpunkte sind die Integration von Erkenntnissen aus der Entscheidungspsychologie ins Controlling sowie die Eignung von Portfolio-Methoden für Zwecke der Unternehmenssteuerung.

Babson College

E-Mail: sebastian.fixson@nordakademie.de

Sebastian Fixson is Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Innovation at the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business, and Professor of Innovation & Design, at Babson College. As Associate Dean, he oversees the management of current graduate programs and is also responsible for the initiation and launch of new initiatives. 

Prof. Dr. Fixson is the lecturer for "Supply Chain and Operations Management" at the NORDAKADEMIE. In this module, students will be introduced to basic topics, concepts, tools, and models to design and manage processes in operations and supply chains across a variety of settings and industries. Students will apply this understanding to analyze case studies, conduct simulations, and work on their own projects. 

Dr. Fixson concentrates his work on helping people and organizations build innovation capabilities.  In his research, he investigates how factors such as structure and governance of innovation processes, practices like design thinking, and the use of digital design tools affect the nature and outcome of innovation work.  

Dr. Fixson teaches innovation, design, and operations management related courses and executive education programs at Babson College, USA, and Universities and Companies around the World.  In addition to his teaching, Dr. Fixson served as the founding Faculty Director of Babson’s Master of Science in Management in Entrepreneurial Leadership (MSEL) program.  He also works with industrial clients and partners in industries ranging from health care, to manufacturing, and to software. 

Dr. Fixson writes for both academic and practitioner audiences, and his work has appeared in books and journals such as Concurrent Engineering, Creativity and Innovation Management, Design Management Review, European Management Review, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Informs Transactions on Education, International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Product Innovation Management, MIT Sloan Management Review, Research Policy, Research-Technology Management, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, as well as online outlets such as Harvard Business Review online.  His latest book “The Innovation Navigator,” co-authored with Tucker Marion, provides guidance for executives on how to structure and organize innovation processes (published by University of Toronto Press in November 2018).

Dr. Fixson holds a Diplom-Ingenieur (MSc) degree in mechanical engineering from Technical University Karlsruhe, Germany, and a PhD in Technology, Management, and Policy from MIT.

Profile:

Roland Gareis is managing director of Roland Gareis Consulting GmbH. He consults national and international companies from numerous industries on the topics of project and program management, change management, process management as well as business analysis.
Together with Lorenz Gareis, he published the book “PROJEKT.PROGRAMM.CHANGE” in April 2017, which replaces the classic “Happy Projects!” after 14 years.
Roland was chairman of PROJEKTMANAGEMENT AUSTRIA, university professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and academic director of the Professional MBA at the WU Executive Academy. He was awarded with IPMA Research Achievement Award in 2014.
 
Teachung & Projects:

Prof. Dr. Gareis teaches "Project Management", with a focus on applicability, at the NORDAKADEMIE. Among the managers of enterprises, Project Management has become a topic of great interest. Years ago, projects had the main purpose of fullfilling assignments in the construction industry. Nowadays however, projects are part of every little change in economical processes in every kind of industry. In the module "Project Management" the main characteristics of project management will be taught. The focus is on appliability of the taught methods. Students will use selected tools of project management by working with fitting case studies. He has published several books, such as "PROJECT.PROGRAM.CHANGE" (with Lorenz Gareis), "Processes & Projects" (with Michael Stummer), "Global Project Management" (with David Cleland) and a significant number of papers in leading scientific journals. Recently he edited a special issue of the "International Journal of Project Management" on "Changes & Projects" (together with Martina Huemann). As consultant and trainer he has worked for numerous international organizations and in different industries in the fields of project & program management, the management of the project-oriented company, project portfolio management, process management, and change management.

Profile:

Professor Art Gogatz was born and raised in New York City. His background (and education) is a blend of the fine and performing arts and business. He is a former New York advertising photographer, art director, account executive, creative director, and vice president. 

Teaching/Training Experience:

Thirty-five years of university teaching experience with 85% of that at the Graduate level (MBA). Twenty + years of consulting, training and coaching experience.

Innovation Teaching/Training:

Over the past 25 years he has helped thousands of people become more fully creative. The result of 25 years of research and teaching on 4 continents, Art’s method teaches adults how to separate their daily and creative worlds and then dip into that creative world whenever they need inspiration

The 100 to 1 Brainstorming method, which Art recently developed, represents a ground-breaking advance in one of the most important innovation tools. This method recreates the way highly creative people brainstorm and can bring you the same great results.

International:

Art has taught in 23 different countries worldwide and lectured at 44 different institutions on all continents. He has visited over 100 countries and speaks several languages fluently, including French and Spanish. He has lived in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. He has flown more than 2 million miles in the air.

 

Florida International University

E-Mail: paulo.gomes@nordakademie.de

Teaching:
Prof. Dr. Gomes teaches "Advanced Operational Mangement" at the NODAKADEMIE: The transformation of the economy from the industrial to the knowledge age initiates numerous changes such as globalization, enforced competition and new products or services. Today’s highly competitive environment requires that every organization is apt to develop innovative products, services and processes. To meet these challenges, the integration of innovation management with operations strategy is fundamental. This module will help students recognize the link between innovation and operations, and identify opportunities for reinventing the innovation system in your companies. At the end of the module they will be better able to: • Develop competence with a set of tools and methods for product design and development.
• Recognize and create new opportunities for innovation through operations
• Tap into customers as sources of innovation
• Leverage disruptive and open innovation models
• Approach each innovation challenge as an opportunity to develop new operational and technological capabilities
• Develop competence with a set of tools and techniques to analyse and design environmentally sustainable products and supply chains.
The curriculum for this module is built around three integrated sections:
1. Leading Product Development
2. Designing Innovation Systems
3. Designing Supply Chains The course will be delivered using interactive methods.
Several cases per topic will be presented for class discussion. Students are strongly encouraged to share their experience upon each case presented. Competences will also be built up through short lectures, and team exercises. In his module, Prof. Dr. Gomes gives a lot of examples, which show that process management enables changes.

Work and Profile:
Prof. Gomes is currently a faculty member with the Florida International University. Before, he has been a full-time lecturer at Technology, Operations and Information Management Division at Babson College and MIT's prestigious Engineering Systems Division (ESD) where he taught Systems Project Management. From 2003-2009 he had been an Assistant Professor at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where he taught in the Masters, MBA and executive education programs, while also serving in the Lisbon MBA program (in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s Sloan School of Management in Boston, USA), and in the bio-engineering program, Nova's program jointly conducted with MIT's School of Engineering. Besides NORDAKADEMIE, he has standing visiting appointments with CEDIM in Mexico and Shanghai International Studies University, where he teaches in the MBA program. Prof. Gomes teaches courses in operations management, project management and innovation management. His research has been published in several international journals, namely Managerial and Decision Economics, International Journal of Service Industry Management, International Journal of Operations and Production Management and published several book chapters. His research seeks to understand how uncertainty and complexity influence the organization of product development processes. He is also involved in research projects in healthcare, mapping the system complexity of service delivery systems. He has received research grants from FCT-Portuguese Science Foundation, Egide and Boston University School of Management.
Before initiating his doctorate, Prof. Gomes worked for banking institutions in Portugal, first as a financial analyst, then as a product manager. More recently he has been a project consultant in software development and design of healthcare services. He has developed significant consulting work with the Portuguese Health Ministry on the redesign of the National Primary Care service. He holds a PhD in Operations and Technology Management (2003) from Boston University, and a Licenciatura degree in management with specialization in Finance from University of Porto in Portugal.

Professor Dr. Grisham has over 44 years of business experience in 84 countries gained on projects across a variety of business models and sectors including medical, 
infrastructure, transportation, commercial, communications, finance, consulting, utilities, manufacturing, business development, and more. 
He has expat experience in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Japan, Korea, China, and Hong Kong, with part time in India, Spain, Switzerland, Ghana, Eritrea, and the UK. His first assignment was for the Golden Gate Bridge, and his last full time assignment was to run a Japanese Trading Company. He has run his own consulting company since 1987. 
In addition, Dr. Grisham is a licensed Professional Engineer, a Project Management Professional, and an Arbitrator panel member for the American Arbitration Association, and for the International Center for Dispute Resolution. He has published 12 books, 3 journals, and 23 papers globally. 
Dr. Grisham has done public speaking in China, Finland, Trinidad, Dubai, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Russia. He also does speaking on cruise ships to educate travelers about the cultures and countries that are on the itinerary. Thus far the countries include Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Russia, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Macedonia, Croatia, Cyprus, Israel, and Turkey

Profil: 
Prof. Dr. Philipp Haberstock ist Professor für Strategisches Management und Finance an der International School of Management (ISM) in Hamburg und Partner der Steinbeis Consulting Mergers & Acquisitions GmbH.
Er verfügt über mehr als 20 Jahre Berufserfahrung in den Bereichen Investment Banking, Strategieberatung, Corporate Development und Start Up u.a. bei Kearney, M.M. Warburg & Co., Deutsche Telekom AG und der Otto Gruppe.
Prof. Haberstock hat Betriebswirtschaftslehre in Saarbrücken und den USA (University of Columbia, MO) studiert und hält einen MBA-Abschluss von der University of Cardiff, Wales.
Seit 2010 unterrichtet er an der ISM in Hamburg sowie an verschiedenen anderen Hochschulen wie z.B. der HSBA, HAW oder TU Hamburg u.a. Strategisches Management, Finance and Controlling, Mergers and Acquisitions, Design Thinking, Innovationsmanagement, Consulting und Digital Business Transformation.
Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind u.a. Corporate Venturing, Entrepreneurship, Agiles Management sowie die Einflüsse der Digitalisierung auf den M&A-Bereich. In diesen Bereichen hat er zahlreiche Publikationen veröffentlicht.
An der Nordakademie unterrichtet Prof. Haberstock seit vielen Jahren im Masterstudium Strategische Unternehmensführung, Einführung in die BWL, Controlling und Entscheidungslehre.

Teaching:

Today we live in a world where goods, services, talent, and ideas can beexchanged across national and international borders with ease. Computers, fiber optic cable, smart devices, and the internet facilitate this dynamic.However, people still deal with people. This course is designed to enhance our prospects for success in the international arena by understanding the key role relationships and culture play in achieving business objectives. To assist in this enterprise a multifaceted framework of navigational tools is employed. The class will embark from Hamburg, as ships of old once did and still do, on a voyage to the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore, India, Japan, and the Philippines. Your instructor has done business in all these countries and will share his experiences. Together we will explore the unfamiliar and develop an 
appreciation for each culture in which we, as business people and guests, navigate.

WORK:

For 11 years Professor Howell has been associated with Nordakademie instructing the Bachelor students on the main campus in Elmshorn. 
His course: Understanding Business in Asia—A Survey of Nine Countries; and 
the MBA students in Hamburg. His course: Intercultural Management In Asia. He is also an instructor of The History & Issues of Global Trade at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has been a guest lecturer at Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) on Hotel Industry Best Practices; at Seattle Pacific University on Cross-Cultural and Legal Issues Involving Social Ventures; and in Washington D.C. on Cross-Cultural Communications.
Professor Howell has been deeply involved in Asia for decades and has held 
executive management positions in global hotel, banking, and manufacturing enterprises. His 47 year portfolio of international business experience reflects 
living, working, and traveling to 62 countries. He uses his background and lessons learned to help educate a new generation of global thinkers.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Hotel Administration (BA) from Washington State University; holds a Masters Degree, With Distinction, in 
International Management (MIM) from Arizona State University’s Thunderbird 
School of Global Management; and is a graduate, With Honors, of the Pacific 
Coast Banking School, the Premier National Graduate School of Banking, University of Washington.
Professor Howell is an avid hiker, mountaineer, and forest conservationist. In 2017 he completed the 800 kilometer Jakobs Weg from St. Jean Pied de Port, France to 
Santiago, Spain.

PROJECTS:

For 14 years Professor Howell has been engaged in research and writing on cultural matters that will be included in his forthcoming book, Navigating The Cultural Seas©. He is in manuscript stage of two other books, one a memoir of Viet Nam; another a murder mystery involving Germany and Turkey. 
He lives with his wife, Aleli, in the San Juan Islands 150 km northwest of Seattle

Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics (Russia), University of North Florida

E-Mail: konstantin.kostin@nordakademie.de

Dr. Konstantin B. Kostin currently holds full professorship at the Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (USA), a Master’s degree from Baltic State University (St. Petersburg, Russia) and a Master’s degree from Christian Albrechts University of Kiel (Germany). He received his PhD from the Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications and his Habilitation from the Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics.

Dr. Kostin has extensive working experience in the financial and business sectors, including managing large-scale investment projects at the investment fund “Renord”, working as CitiGold Exective with Citibank as well as being the Director of Investments Division for the North-West region of Russia for the Financial Corporation “Uralsib” for a number of years.

In 2013-2014 as a winner of the Fulbright contest Prof. Kostin served as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of North Florida, USA, where he taught several Bachelor and Master level courses and performed academic research. He now serves as the member of the Fulbright Expert Selection Committee.

Prof. Kostin currently serves as an adjunct professor at the Nordakademie (Hamburg, Germany), an invited professor at the University of North Florida (Jacksonville, USA) and as a visiting professor at several other Universities in EU. Dr. Kostin mostly is involved in teaching, academic research and is currently active in international investments as well as involved in international consulting services. He served as the expert at the Saint-Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) and was commissioned to prepare the executive summary after the SPIEF in 2016-2019. Prof. Kostin is a member of the Editorial Board of the AIMS International Journal of Management and the Journal of Strategic Management. He is also a member of the AIMS Association. Dr. Kostin received the “Best Professor” of the year award for academic excellence from the Saint-Petersburg University of Economics. He is the author and co-author of 174 academic publications, which include 6 textbooks and 14 monographs.

Prof. Dr. Luis Felipe Lages is Full Professor at Nova SBE, Portugal (PhD Warwick, Post-Doc MIT / Stanford) in Marketing, Innovation and International Business. He is the Director of the VCW Lab at Nova SBE. Over twenty years of experience in teaching, research, and consultancy across the world. Creator of the VCW-Value Creation Wheel, a meta-framework for problem-solving applied by organizations (e.g., associations, consultancies, Fortune 500, NGOs, start-ups) across different sectors, cities, governments and individuals. He was awarded with the "2018 American Marketing Association Research in Excellence Award", one of the most prestigious awards in the marketing field. He is among top 10 most cited authors in the world and top 3 in Europe in the fields of Diffusion of Innovations, Value Creation and Co-Creation (Source: Google Scholar).  
At NORDAKADEMIE he teaches „Marketing Strategy and Product Innovation“ which is an elective in the MBA programme. The content of his module is the following:
•    value creation through innovation and marketing. 
•    Innovation management for market growth. 
•    Breakthrough innovation, market creation and value innovation.
•    The tools and activities that comprise a market orientation approach. 
•    The importance of marketing and innovation in solving managerial problems. 
•    The value of product-market fit for successful innovation. 
•    Market growth and new product development process. 
•    Market selection: Segmentation, targeting and positioning for value creation. 
•    Value innovation proposition that brings added value to the market.

E-Mail: mlam@wcu.edu

Profile:

Prof. Dr. Marco Lam holds a MA in Management Science and PhD in Operations Management from The University of Alabama and a Master of Accountancy from Western Carolina University. He is a Certified Public Account (CPA) licensed in Colorado. Dr. Lam has been widely published in such journals as Journal of Asset Management, Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research, Strategic Finance, and International Journal of Operations and Production Management. His research interests include the use of accounting information in decision making, data analytics, and public policy. He has worked with a variety of organizations, like Cavalier Homes, RHI Magnesita, and City of Prattville. Prof. Lam has taught in China, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and the United States. He is currently an Associate Professor of Accounting at Western Carolina University in North Carolina, USA. Dr. Lam is the recipient of numerous academic awards including several teaching awards.

A list of representative publications:

Lam, M., M. O’Donnell, and D. Robertson. 2015. “Achieving Employee Commitment in Continuous Improvement Initiatives” International Journal of Operations and Production Management Vol. 35 (2): 201-215.
Madhogarhia, P. And M. Lam, 2015 “Dynamic Asset Allocation” Journal of Asset Management Vol. 16 (5): 293-302.
Lam, M. and B. Trinkle, 2014. “Using Prediction Intervals to Improve Information Quality of Bankruptcy Prediction Models” Advances in Business and Management Forecasting Vol. 10: 37-52.
Trinkle, B.S. and M. Lam. 2014. “The Effectiveness of Organizational Appeal to Elicit Accountants’ Task Commitment” Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research Vol. 17: 183-211.
Lam, M. and J. Mittenthal, 2013. “Capacitated Hierarchical Clustering Heuristic for Multi Depot Location Routing Problems” International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications Vol. 16 (5): 433-444.

GOLDEX Handels- und Consulting GmbH

E-Mail: fred.ludolph@nordakademie.de

Fred Ludolph arbeitete nach seinem Betriebswirtschaftsstudium in Bremen viele Jahre als Finanzchef und kaufmännischer Leiter eines auf den Export von Maschinen und Ausrüstungen nach Osteuropa spezialisierten mittelständischen Handelsunternehmens. 1990 folgte der Schritt in die Selbständigkeit. In den ersten Jahren erwarb er als Leiter eines von der Treuhandanstalt eingesetzten Consultingteams und als Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender praktische Erfahrungen in der Sanierung und Privatisierung eines sächsischen Textilwerks. 1993 gründete er zusammen mit einer Geschäftspartnerin in Celle die GOLDEX Handels- und Consulting GmbH, die er als geschäftsführender Gesellschafter zu einer Firmengruppe mit zwischenzeitlich rund 60 Mitarbeitern und Niederlassungen in Moskau, Ekaterinburg, Nowosibirsk und in der Ukraine ausbaute. Sein Tätigkeitsschwerpunkt liegt in der strukturierten Finanzierung von Industrieanlagen und Maschinenparks sowie in der Durchführung von Analysen und Machbarkeitsstudien als Vorbereitung für den Eintritt westeuropäischer Unternehmen in den russischen Markt.

Vor dem Hintergrund seiner Zweitausbildung an der Universität Bremen für ein Lehramt ist Herr Ludolph weiterhin seit über 15 Jahren als Trainer an der Deutschen Management Akademie Niedersachsen (DMAN) mit der Ausbildung russischer Line- und Topmanager betraut. Seine Schwerpunkte liegen in der Entwicklung von Finanzkonstruktionen im Rahmen grenzüberschreitender Finanzierungen, der Erstellung von Businessplänen und im Fach Unternehmensführung. An der NORDAKADEMIE ist er seit 2006 als Lehrbeauftragter für mehrere betriebswirtschaftliche Kernfächer tätig.

Herr Ludolph ist Co-Autor des im ECON-Verlag erschienen Buchs "Der Businessplan - professioneller Aufbau und erfolgreiche Präsentation".

Carlos Molina holds a M.Sc. Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering and a M.B.A. from the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH). He is originally from Mexico where he studied a B.Sc. Chemical Engineering. In the past, he worked at research laboratories, including the Fraunhofer IGB in Stuttgart where he completed his master thesis. 

He founded a company in 2011 in Mexico and after successfully selling it in 2020 he is on a sabbatical while seeking new challenges and opportunities. His interests are innovation in social entrepreneurship and scientific research in the field of regenerative medicine. He is also a guest lecturer at the University of Yucatan in Mexico.

At Nordakademie he gives the lecture "Insights into Mexico – IPADE Visit" for those MBA students who intend to participate in the yearly International Week Mexico. The lecture aims to provide the visiting students with an overview of the political and economic actualities of Mexico, tips on how to interact with Mexicans regarding the cultural differences and similarities, and general safety tips. He is also glad to help students with their travel plans along the Mexican Caribbean

Profil:

Studium der Rechtswissenschaften an der Universität Regensburg und der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU).

Nach dem ersten juristischen Staatsexamen Promotions-Stipendium der WWU und
Promotion; gleichzeitig Wiss. Mitarbeiter an der Universität Münster. Anschließend Juristischer Vorbereitungsdienst u.a. am Oberverwaltungsgericht Münster und 
der Deutschen Botschaft in Den Haag (Niederlande).

Nach dem zweiten juristischen Staatsexamen Rechtsanwalt in einer wirtschaftsrechtlich 
ausgerichteten Kanzlei mit besonderem Schwerpunkt im Vertragsrecht, im Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und im internationalen Recht. Anschließend Wiss. Assistent am Institut für Recht der Wirtschaft der Universität Hamburg Seit Anfang 2000 Professor an der Fakultät Recht der Ostfalia Hochschule, Wolfenbüttel. In der Selbstverwaltung langjährig tätig als ECTS-Beauftragter, Vorsitzender des Prüfungsausschusses, Studiendekan des Fachbereichs Recht. Beauftragter für Immaturenprüfungen.

Parallel Beiratsmitglied der Forschungsstelle Sicherheitsgewerbe der Universität Hamburg
sowie Beiratsmitglied der Elsa-Gruppe an der Fakultät Recht der Ostfalia Hochschule.
Mitglied des Deutschen Juristentages e.V., der Gesellschaft für Umweltrecht e.V. und der wirtschaftsjuristischen Hochschulvereinigung.

Gastdozenturen und Vorträge u.a. an der Europäisch-Humanistischen Universität in Minsk (Weißrußland), der University of Politics and Law in Beijing (China), der Nord-West Universität in Xiang (China), der Tongji Universität in Shanghai (China), der TU Clausthal und im Rahmen der Legal Summer School in El Gouna (Ägypten).
Zahlreiche Publikationen im Bereich des Wirtschaftsrechts.

Leeds University Business School

E-Mail: dayananda.palihawadana@nordakademie.de

Professor Dr Dayananda Palihawadana is full-time Senior Professor attached to the Marketing Division, Leeds University Business School, UK. He has held prior academic positions at the University of Strathclyde and Leeds Beckett University, UK. He also has held visiting academic positions in Thailand, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, and the Netherlands. He has delivered invited guest lectures in several British and overseas institutions. He has over 30 years of experience as an academic in marketing and has held several senior academic leadership positions in marketing.

Professor Palihawadana has extensive experience in teaching and research in marketing. He has taught at undergraduate, postgraduate, and post experience levels across almost every area of marketing, in his long career as a marketing academic. He has successfully supervised several doctoral candidates and holds extensive experience in doctoral examinations.

Professor Palihawadana’s research has bee published in such journals as Journal of World Business, Journal of International Marketing, International Marketing Review, Journal of Advertising, Journal of Advertising Research, Psychology & Marketing, Journal of Business Research, European Journal of Marketing, Management International Review, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, and journal of Business Ethics.
Prior to joining the academia, he has had industrial experience as a computer programmer/analysis, and a consultant in marketing specialising in both management training and applied marketing research. 
Professor Palihawadana is a Fellow of the prestigious Chartered Institute of Marketing and a member of the Institute of Exports.

Profil:
Clemens Renker, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c., lehrt seit 1994 Marketing, Handels- und Banklehre an der University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz in Kooperation mit der Exzellenz-Universität TU Dresden. Seit 1984 ist er Lehrbeauftragter und Visiting-Professor an acht weiteren Universitäten und Hochschulen. Neben ca. 70 Fachartikeln publizierte er 11 Fachbücher.

Clemens Renker kann für den MBA-Studiengang auf mehr als drei Jahrzehnte Erfahrung in der Führung von Kreditinstituten, eines weltweit führenden Industrieunternehmens sowie als Interims-Manager, Aufsichtsrat, Beirat mehrerer Unternehmen und Vorstand eines Industrieverbandes zurückgreifen. Über das Institut für Mittelstands-Erfolg IFME coacht er Inhaber und Geschäftsführer. Sein Wirken wurde u.a. mit dem Siegertitel „Entrepreneur des Jahres“ Deutschland und dem Bundesverdienstkreuz gewürdigt.

Neben den Studien der Volkswirtschaft und Betriebswirtschaft widmete er sich in Gaststudien der Philosophie, Psychologie und Slavistik an den Universitäten Würzburg, Münster, Hagen, Sankt Petersburg und Bamberg. Näheres siehe unter Vita bei www.ifme-institut.de 

Modul „Marketing im Mittelstand“
Die Verhältnisse in den ca. 3,6 Mio. Klein- und Mittelständischen Unternehmen KMU unterscheiden sich deutlich von ca. 6.000 Großunternehmen. „Driving Actor“ ist in   KMU zuerst der Unternehmer als Entrepreneur. Seine besonderen Handlungskompetenzen und die Qualität der Internalisierung der Schlüsselbegriffe eines ganzheitlichen Marketingverständnisses eröffnen strategische Wettbewerbsvorteile. Die Teilnehmer des Moduls arbeiten an ihrer individuellen Entwicklung einer den Erfolg begünstigenden Persönlichkeitsstruktur. Sie erlernen praxisorientiert die erfolgreiche Vorgehensweise bei der Entwicklung, Innovation und Wandlung von Geschäftsmodellen. Neben der Vision und Mission liegt der Schwerpunkt der Seminartage auf der Gestaltung der einzelnen Ebenen eines ganzheitlichen Geschäftsmodells in KMU:

-    Positionierung einer wirkungsvollen Produkt-/Marktkombination
-    Durchschlagenden Erlösmechanik als Pricing-Power
-    Effiziente Konfiguration der Organisationen und Prozesse der Wertschöpfungssysteme
-    Gestaltung einer überlegenen Unternehmenskultur durch die Art der Unternehmensführung und dem kundenorientierten Mitarbeiterverhalten.

Der Stoff wird jeweils gemeinsam anhand praktischer, aktueller Beispiele und den Erfahrungen, Interessen und Neigungen der jeweiligen Teilnehmer interaktiv erarbeitet. Die Hausarbeit gibt die Möglichkeit das Erlernte an eigenen Problemstellungen zu vertiefen.

Manchester Business School, University of Gloucestershire

E-Mail: bob.ryan@nordakademie.de

Professor (Emeritus) Dr Bob Ryan, PhD., MSc, FCA, FRSA, ARPS is a specialist in financial analysis and financial management with particular interests in judgement under uncertainty. He is currently Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow at Manchester Business School and at the University of Wales, Bangor, United Kingdom. He travels widely during the year to teach abroad including China, Germany, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Malaysia, Singapore, UAE, USA. 

Throughout his career he has maintained an active consultancy practice advising major companies on financial, educational and training needs. However, his major contribution has been his commitment to developing teaching practice in financial management, financial analysis and valuation to management in many countries apart from the UK. He is author with over one hundred professional and academic articles and six books to his name, e.g. “Corporate Finance and Valuation”, “Finance and Accounting for Business”, “Research Methods and Methodology in Finance and Accounting” (with Bob Scapens and Mike Theobald), “Strategic Accounting” and “The Financial Appraisal Profile Model” (with Frank Lefley).

Professor Ryan started in chemistry but decided later to pursue accountancy as a career. He was trained in London with one of the firms that later made up KPMG. After qualifying and working in the City of London the choice was a career track to wealth and prosperity through the partnership route or academic life. He chose academic life because of his passion for teaching but he has remained closely connected with the profession throughout his career serving as an examiner for both ICAEW and ACCA professional bodies. He has also served on the Institute of Chartered Accountant’s Valuation Special Interest Group Committee.

He founded the Management School at the University of Southampton and held a professorship in management at that university. Subsequently he moved to Royal Holloway, University of London where he held a university professorship in financial management and became the Director of its School of Management. He has also held visiting professorships at the universities of Hertfordshire and Essex. In 2008 he was awarded an emeritus professorship at the University of Gloucestershire. In 2001 he was awarded the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts for his national contribution to management education. In each year he tops the teaching ratings given by students across the global Manchester Business School programme.

At the NORDAKADEMIE Bob Ryan teaches "Business Valuation and Analysis". His aim in this course is to give students the skills and understanding to be able to analyse the financial position of their own or another company and to understand how it is or could potentially be valued. The work they do is equally valuable for the analyst looking at a business as an outsider or as a senior manager running the business at an executive or policy level. In this course students will examine the principles and practice of business valuation. The objectives are: (i) To develop an understanding of the use and limitations of the three core financial valuation models: (ii) Net Present Value, Capital Asset Pricing Model and Option Pricing Model. (iii) To estimate the cost of equity, debt and the weighted average cost of capital for a case company. (iv) To analyse the performance, efficiency, risk and liquidity of a business for a case company (v) To forecast the future revenues, costs and cash flows for a case company (vi) To estimate the intrinsic value of the case company (vii) To understand the limitations of intrinsic valuation methods when dealing with high growth, defaulting and other high gamma businesses. (viii) To understand the principles and issues in the valuation of acquisition targets.

Prof. Dr. Claudio Saavedra is a renowned book author and professor of Industrial Marketing (B2B) and Industrial Strategy at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. He is a frequent speaker in international seminars in conjunction with other global Industrial Marketing Centres, such as triple-accredited Grande École EMLYON Business School in France and The Corporate Development Institute in North Carolina, USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry (Dartmouth College, NH, USA) and an MBA (Wharton Business School-UAI joint program). He later pursued post-doctoral work at Université de Genève in Switzerland.

Professor Saavedra has been awarded as "Best Professor" several times in several MBA and MSc. programs. His teaching approach is famed for being personalized and dedicated to each student’s challenge. He has also been actively involved in business through international consultancy and direct experience as a senior manager in industrial companies for over 15 years. His prior experience in-line management and his on-going consulting practice has proved to be highly useful for the real-world applicability of his academic thinking. His book “The Marketing Challenge for Industrial Companies” (Springer 2016) links novel market exploration techniques with product development and product market introduction. It also brings new conceptual and practical protocols to segment industrial markets into relevant technical niches.

At NORDAKADEMIE, Dr. Saavedra teaches "Advanced Industrial Marketing" in the MBA program, a course that has been highly praised by his former students who work in Mittlestand and large industrial corporations. This course introduces managers into the latest concepts and practices in Business-to-Business strategy and commercialization (Marketing and Sales). Some of these concepts might be considered disrupting and counter-intuitive in regard to classical marketing approach. As a researcher, Prof. Dr. Saavedra has developed novel concepts and B2B marketing techniques for practitioners. Among these are: Industrial Market Research (The Discovery Team), Industrial Market Segmentation, Technical Product Development, Technical Product Market Introduction (Market Development), Industrial Distribution, Industrial Company and Product Branding, Pricing in Industrial Markets, and Business to Business relationship. 

Prof. Dr. Jan Smolarski is Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Alfaisal University in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Smolarski has a Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of North Texas and has published over 20 articles in Review of Accounting & Finance, Journal of Accounting and Finance, Accounting & Finance, Asian Review of Accounting, the Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Private Equity and many others. Most recently, he was the Chair of the Department of Accounting and Business Law at the University of Texas Pan American and he was previously the Chair of the Finance Department, Associate Dean and Chief Academic Officer at Stockholm University School of Business. He also held an Endowed Chair, was appointed Eminent Scholarin Italy and was the Country President (Sweden) of the European Council of Small Businesses. Prior to joining academia, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Trema Treasury Management, a global mid-sized risk management software firm and has worked for several global firms such as Halliburton, Coca-Cola and Astra-Zeneca where he held numerous management positions. He has consulted in the areas of business development, risk management, firm expansion and internationalization. Dr. Smolarski has served on the board of both private and public firms. 

Academic Positions: 
Associate Professor (Alfaisal University), Associate Dean (Stockholm University), Chief Academic Officer (Stockholm UniversityJoint Venture), Chairman (Stockholm University, University of Texas Pan American, Director (University ofTexas Pan American), Associate/Full Professor (University of Texas Pan American), Assistant Professor(Stockholm University, Moravian College), Eminent Scholar (University of Trieste, Italy), Frist Endowed Chair ofAccounting Excellence (Full Professor). Country President, European Council of Small Businesses. Industry Positions: Chief Executive Office (Trema Treasury Management, a global mid-sized risk managementsoftware firm), Vice-President of Business Development (Infercor A/S, Finansium Oy) , Manager –SalesAdministration (The Coca-Cola Company), Financial Analyst (The Coca-Cola Company, AstraZeneca), Auditor(Halliburton/GeoSource), Country President, (European Council of Small Businesses).

Education and Qualifications:
1996 Ph.D. in Accounting, University of North Texas.
1986 Certified Public Accountant (Texas, Inactive).
1984 MBA. Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, TX.
1982 BSBA. Montana State University, Billings, MT.

Refereed Publications:
Vega, J., Smolarski, J. Zhou, H. 2015. The Impact of Implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Risk Premiumand Return Volatility: a Kalman Filter Approach. ASIAN REVIEW OF ACCOUNTING. 
Soydemir, G., Smolarski, J. and Shin, S. 2014. Hedge Funds, Fund Attributes and Risk Adjusted Returns.JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE, 38 (1): 133 –149.

Smolarski J. and Vega, J. 2013. Determining Private Equity Fund Risk: An Empirical Study of FundCharacteristics. JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE, 13 (1): 35 –44.

Bello, A., Morrison, R., Soydemir, G. and Smolarski, J. 2013. Exchange Rates Fundamentals: AnExploratoryLook into the Role of Investor Sentiment in the U.S. dollar/Euro Market Exchange Rate. THE GLOBAL JOURNALOF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS, 9 (2).

Smolarski, J. and Vega, J. 2012. Extreme Events: An Investigation of Small Publicly Quoted Oil Companies.ACCOUNTING & FINANCE, 53 (3): 809 -836.

Vega, J. and Smolarski, J. 2012. Forecasting FTSE Index Using Global Stock Markets. INTERNATIONAL JOURNALOF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE, 4 (4): 3 -12.

Smolarski, J., Wilner, N. and Yang, W. 2011. The Use of Financial Reports by Private Equity Funds in EvaluatingNew Investments. REVIEW OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE, 10 (1): 46 –68.

Whalen, T., Taylor, T., Cohen, M. and Smolarski, J. 2010. Possibilistic Risk Management and CounterfactualProbabilities. HUMAN SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT, 29 (2): 103 -113.

Smolarski, J. and Kut, C. 2009. Financing SMEs –The Impact of Venture Capital Financing on SME Performanceand Internationalization. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT, 7 (1): 39 -56.

Whalen, T., Smolarski, J. and Samaddar, S. 2009. Improved Performance and Cost In Cyclic ProductionSystems. JOURNAL OF COST ANALYSIS AND PARAMETRICS, 2 (1): 37 -46.

Smolarski, J. and O. Koryak. 2008. Perception of Risk by Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms:A EuropeanPerspective. JOURNAL OF PRIVATE EQUITY, 11 (2): 30-42.

Smolarski, J. 2007. Investment Analysis in the Private Equity Industry: a Study of La Porta’s Argument.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EMERGING MARKETS, 2 (4): 335 -347.

Kut, C. Pramborg, B. and Smolarski, J. 2007. Managing Risk and Uncertainty: the Case of Venture Capital andBuy-out Funds. GLOBAL BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, 26 (2): 53 –64.

Kut, C., Pramborg, B. and Smolarski, J. 2006. Risk Management in European Private Equity Funds: SurveyEvidence. JOURNAL OF PRIVATE EQUITY, 9 (3): 42 -54.

Smolarski, Jan M., Michael S. Schapek and Mohammed Tahir. 2006. The Permissibility of Derivatives andOptions for Hedging Purposes in Islamic Finance. THE THUNDERBIRD INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW, 48(3): 425 –443.
Smolarski, Jan M. and Can Kut. 2006. Risk Management in Emerging Markets: A Comparison of Indian andFranco-German Funds. JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, 11 (1): 35 –55.
Smolarski, Jan M. and Neil A. Wilner. 2005.Internationalization of SMEs: A Micro-Economic Approach.JOURNAL OF BUSINESS CHEMISTRY, 2 (2): 55 -70

I.E. Business School Madrid

E-Mail: rui_jose.vieira@nordakademie.de

Rui Vieira is an Assistant Professor in Management Control and Accounting. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Business Studies from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. He has been engaged in research and teaching activities in various other schools such as Amsterdam Business School (The Netherlands), Nordakademie (Germany), Nanyang Business School (Singapore), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, ISCTE, and Universidade Lusíada (all three in Portugal), as well as University of Warwick and Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (both in the United Kingdom).
His research focus is on Management accounting, especially in the fields of management control systems, cost accounting, performance measurement, and the organisational and behavioural aspects of management accounting systems, in which he has several publications.

At NORDAKADEMIE he teaches „Advanced Management Accounting“ as an elective in the MBA programme. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the types of managerial information used to effectively and efficiently run the business. The emphasis is on understanding the kind of information to ask for in various decision settings and how to use it (the managerial function) as opposed to the technical details of how to produce the data (the accounting function). Of course, some technical expertise is needed to understand the strengths and limitations of the data. However, the course focuses on the use of that data as information in managerial decision making; that is, interpretation and evaluation in different organizational settings.

Academic Background:
• PhD in Industrial and Business Studies, University of Warwick, UK
• MSc in Management and Strategy, ISCTE-IUL Business School, Portugal
• Bachelor in Business Administration, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Academic Experience
• Assistant Professor of Accounting and Management Control, IE Business School, Spain, 2016-Present
• Visiting Professor of Cost Accounting and Management Control, IE Business School, Spain, 2007-2015
• Assistant Professor of Management Control and Accounting, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2010-2015
• Visiting Professor of Accounting for Decision Making and Control, Nanyang Business School, Singapore, 2009
• Post-doc Researcher, IE Business School, Spain, 2008-2009
• Assistant Professor of Management Control and Accounting, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal, 2003-2008
• Lecturer of Management Accounting, ISCTE-IUL Business School, Portugal, 1989-2003

 Corporate Experience:
• Executive and MBA courses, INDEG and ISCTE Business School, Portugal, 1989-2003
• Management Accouting Triner, CESO-CI – Consultores Internacionais S.A., Mozambique and Cape Verde Islands, 1996-1997
• Consultancy, CCA – Caiano Pereira Consultores Associados Lda., Portugal, 1990
• Investment Analysis, IAPMEI – Instituto de Apoio às Pequenas e Médias Empresas e à Inovação, Portugal, 1989
Selected Publications
Vieira, R., O’Dwyer, B. & Schneider, R. (2017). “Aligning Strategy and Performance Management Systems: The Case of the Wind-Farm Industry”, Organization & Environment, Vol. 30(1): 3-26.
Borrenbergs, J., Vieira, R. & Georgakopoulos, G. (2017). “Remuneration Committees´ Gender Composition as a Determinant of Executive Board Compensation Structure”, International Business Research, Vol. 10(2): 135-146.
Vieira, R. (2017). “Paradigmas Teóricos de Investigação em Contabilidade” [Research Paradigms in Accounting]. In Major, M. & Vieira, R. (Eds.) Contabilidade e Controlo de Gestão: Teoria, Metodologia e Prática (Second edition). Lisboa: Escolar Editora.
Vieira, R., Major, M. & Robalo, R. (2017). “Investigação Qualitativa em Contabilidade” [Qualitative Research in Accounting]. In Major, M. & Vieira, R. (Eds.) Contabilidade e Controlo de Gestão: Teoria, Metodologia e Prática (Second edition). Lisboa: Escolar Editora.

Profil:
Nach seinem Studium in Würzburg und Moskau begann Herr Wilhelm seinen beruflichen Werdegang als Trainee bei der BHF-BANK AG in Frankfurt am Main. In diesem Haus war er als Risikomanager in der Übernahmefinanzierung mittelständischer Unternehmen für den Geschäftsbereich Strukturierte Finanzierungen tätig. Es folgte ein Wechsel zur BNP PARIBAS S.A. (Frankfurt am Main), bei der er als Funktion eines Senior Credit Analyst ein Portfolio von mittelständischen und internationalen Unternehmen im Bereich Corporate & Investmentbanking verantwortete.
Seit 2014 arbeitet Herr Wilhelm für die Santander Bank in Frankfurt und unterstützt das Finanzhaus bei der Expansionsstrategie des Kreditgeschäfts für das Segment des deutschen Mittelstands und Großkonzerne. Als Head of Credit Analysis Germany verantwortet Herr Wilhelm Teams von Analysten mit der Kernaufgabe, den Ausbau eines kredittechnisch tragfähigen und zugleich profitablen Kreditbuchs darzustellen. 

Beschreibung Vortrag:
Leveraged Finance - Zielsetzung und Strukturierung eines LBO 
Unternehmensübernahmen (Buy-outs) sind in den letzen Jahren zunehmend in den Blickpunkt der Öffentlichkeit geraten. Kaum ein Unternehmen wird heute veräußert, ohne dass Finanzinvestoren und Banken an einer Transaktion mitwirken. Charakteristisch ist dabei der größtenteils durch Banken oder Private-Debt-Funds finanzierte Kaufpreis, der alleine durch das zu erwerbenden Unternehmens zu stemmen ist. 
Die Annäherung an das Thema erfolgt zunächst mit der Erarbeitung der Grundlagen eines überwiegend fremdfinanzierten Unternehmenskaufs. Im Anschluss wird auf die Bedeutung der Finanzkraft des Zielunternehmens, auf Kaufpreis- und Finanzierungskomponenten sowie auf Verhaltensregeln für Unternehmen (Covenants) eingegangen, bevor mit Hilfe eines vereinfachten Transaktionsbeispiels eine tragbare Finanzierungsstruktur erarbeitet wird.