The joint Viennese University Seminar Series on

“Strategic Management and Organizational Studies”

The Strategy Subject Area at the University of Vienna and the Institute of Strategy, Technology, and Organization at WU Vienna jointly welcome you to their regular speaker series – focusing on strategic decision-making, organizational design, and technology and innovation. 

The talks are open to academic colleagues, but usually subject to space constraints. Therefore, please do email the office in advance if you want to attend.

Below you can find a table with upcoming as well as previous speakers:

2023

SpeakerInstitutionTitleVenue/time
Tobias Kretschmer
LMU MünchenIs This Really Kneaded? Identifying and Eliminating Potentially Harmful Forms of Workplace Control

Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 3-4.30pm 

Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1190 Wien; Conference Room 4.313 (4th floor)

2022

SpeakerInstitutionTitleVenue/time
Henrich R. GreveINSEAD SingaporeLearning about sudden rare shocks: airline responses to the Covid collapse

Thursday, 16 March 2022, 3-4.30pm 

Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Wien (WU); Seminar Room D5.1.1002

or digital (tbc)

2021

SpeakerInstitutionTitleVenue/time
Martin GancoWisconsin School of BusinessDoes Equity Crowdfunding Facilitate Access to Capital for User Innovators: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Thursday, 21 January 2021, 3.30-5pm (9.30am EST)

Online (Zoom)

Jana GallusUCLA Anderson

Managing crowds with nonmonetary incentives

Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 5-6.30pm

Online (Zoom)

Christina Fang
NYU SternRacial Segregation with Fuzzy and Crisp Identities

Thursday, 10 June 2021, 3-4.30pm (9am EDT)

online

2019

SpeakerInstitutionTitleVenue/time
Andrew ShipilovINSEAD FontainebleauIntegrating Research on Inter-Organizational Networks and Ecosystems

Tuesday, 12 November 2019, 4-5.30pm

Meeting Room 4.313, University of Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna

Philipp Meyer-Doyle
INSEAD SingaporePrior Experiences of Managers and Responsiveness to Performance Feedback:Evidence From Mutual Funds

Thursday, 14 November 2019, 1-2.30pm

WU; TC.5.04, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna

Balázs Kovács
Yale School of ManagementOn Categories and Search: Micro-level evidence from patent examiners

Tuesday, 07 May 2019, 2-3.30pm

Meeting Room 4.313, University of Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna

2018

SpeakerInstitutionTitleVenue/time
Uriel StettnerTel Aviv UniversityWhat Drives Exploration? Convergence of Exploration Tendencies Among Alliance Partners and Competitors

Thursday, 14 June 2018, 12-1.30pm

Meeting Room 4.313, University of Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna

Elisa OpertiESSEC Business SchoolAnalyzing the Systemic Features of Rivalry in Career Mobility

Thursday, 24 May 2018, 2-3.30pm

Meeting Room 4.313, University of Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna

Henning Piezunka
INSEAD Fontainebleau Deterring the New, Motivating the Established—
The Divergent Effect of Platform Competition on Member
Contributions in Digital Mapping Communities

Thursday, 12 April 2018, 12-1.30pm

WU Vienna, Teaching Center, D1.1.074 Seminar Room (30), Welthandelsplatz 1,1020 Vienna

2016

Speaker InstitutionTitleVenue/time
Giada Di Stefano   HEC Paris Making Experience Count: The Role of Reflection in Individual LearningMonday, 21 November 2016, 1.15-2.45pm University of Vienna, Meeting Room 4.313, Oskar Morgenstern Platz 1, 1090 Vienna
Linus DahlanderESMTBenevolent Rejections: The Effect of Rejections on Engagement and Effectiveness in Crowdsourcing

Thursday, 12 May 2016, 12.00-1.30pm WU Vienna, Teaching Center, Seminar Room TC.4.04, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna

Felipe CsaszarUniversity of Michigan's Ross School of BusinessIndividual and Organizational Antecedents of Strategic ForesightThursday, 21 April 2016, 12.15-1.45pm University of Vienna, Meeting Room 4.313, Oskar Morgenstern Platz 1, 1090 Vienna
Markus BeckeSyddansk Universitet/University of Southern DenmarklThe Consequences of Appropriateness: An Empirical Study of Decision-Making According to the Logic of Appropriateness

Thursday, 10 March 2016, 12.00-1.30pm WU Vienna, Teaching Center, Seminar Room TC.4.18, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna

2015

Speaker InstitutionTitleVenue/time
Olivier Bertrand   SKEMA Business SchoolInstitutional Determinants of Acquisition Strategies: Empirical Evidendence on the Effects of Corruption in Russia

Thursday, 3 December 2015, 12.15pm-1.45pm

University of Vienna, Meeting Room 4.313, Oskar Morgenstern Platz 1, 1090 Wien
Donal CrillyLondon Business SchoolTIME, SPACE AND INTERTEMPORAL CHOICE: WHY APPROACHING THE FUTURE MAKES FOR SHORT-TERM THINKING

Thursday, 5 November 2015, 12.15pm-1.45pm

University of Vienna, Meeting Room 4.313, Oskar Morgenstern Platz 1, 1090 Vienna

K. Scott SwanRaymond A. Mason School of Business, College of William & Mary,WilliamsburPresent, Past, and Future: From Philosophical Design Movements to the Pragmatic Rise of Design as Innovation & Entrepreneurial Strategy (and my small contribution to Measurement & Management of a Design Orientation)

Cancelled due to illness


WU Vienna, Teaching Center, Seminar Room TC.3.07,
Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna

Raffaella SadunHarvard Business SchoolManaging the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work

Thursday, 2 July 2015, 1.15pm-2.45pm

University of Vienna, Meeting Room 4.313, Oskar Morgenstern Platz 1, 1090 Vienna

Stefano BrusoniETH ZurichCognitive Flexibility as an Antecedent for Adaptive Decision Making: Evidence from two lab studies

Thursday, 11 June 2015, 12.00-1.30pm

WU Vienna, Teaching Center, Seminar Room TC.5.04,
Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna

Charles SnowPennsylvania State UniversityOrganizing in the Age of Competition, Cooperation, and Collaboration

Thursday, 21 May 2015, 12.00-1.30pm

WU Vienna, Teaching Center, Seminar Room TC.5.04,
Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna

Sendil EthirajLondon Business SchoolInterdependence within and across market positions

Thursday, 16 April 2015, 1.15pm-2.45pm

University of Vienna, Meeting Room 4.313, Oskar Morgenstern Platz 1, 1090 Vienna

Jerker DenrellWarwick UniversityBELOW TOP STATUS INDICATES MEDIOCRITY WHEN SOCIAL INFLUENCE IS STRONG

Thursday, 12 March 2015, 1.30pm-3pm

University of Vienna, Meeting Room 4.313, Oskar Morgenstern Platz 1, 1090 Vienna

 You can find information on our seminars prior to 2015 here.