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Dr. Max von Zedtwitz (CV)
  • Professor at Tsinghua University
  • Director of GLOR&D
  • Director of the Executive Program for Management Development for Foreign Companies

Address:

 

Prof. Dr. Max von Zedtwitz

Mailbox B-55 / Weilun North-216

School of Economics and Management

Tsinghua University

Beijing, 100084, PR. China

 

max@post.harvard.edu / zedtwitz@em.tsinghua.edu.cn

Tel: +86 10 6278 9797 / Fax: +86 10 8449 9548

  Current Research Projects:

  • Managing Global R&D and Innovation in China

  • Communication in R&D and Transferring Capacity

  • Organizational Innovation

  CV (download bio / academic CV / speaker profile as PDF) :

  • 2006 Visiting professor for China Business at HSG University of St. Gallen

  • 2003 Professor for Technology and Innovation Management at Tsinghua University

  • 2000 Professor for Technology Management at Institute for Management Development (IMD)

  • 1998-2000 Visiting Fellow, Harvard University

  • 1999 PhD Magna cum laude, HSG University of St. Gallen

  • 1994-1998 Research Associate, Institute for Technology Management (ITEM), University of St. Gallen

  • 1994-1996 MBA studies at the University of St. Gallen

  • 1993-1994 Nucleonics Researcher at the ATR Advanced Research Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan

  • 1989-1993 Studies in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Japanese at ETH Zurich

  • Other practical experiences with Siemens R&D (Florida), Swiss Defense Technology Agency (Switz.)

  Additional Responsibilities:

  • Member of the Editorial Board at R&D Management and five other journals

  • Executive Director, IAMOT International Association for the Management of Technology

  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, GetAbstract Ltd.

  • Teaches in PhD, Graduate, MBA and Executive Education

  Miscellaneous:

  • 2003 Best Paper, Academy of Management Conference

  • 2001 Recipient of the ABB Prize for Best Paper at the IAMOT Conference

  • 1998 Recipient of the RADMA Prize

  • 1998 Best Paper, ISMOT Conference

  • Author and editor of 5 books and more than forty international publications (in five languages)

  • Invited speaker and educator at Cornell, CEIBS, United Nations University, etc.

  Recent Publications:

  • von Zedtwitz, M.; Grimaldi, R. (2006): Are Service Profiles Incubator-Specific? – Results from an empirical investigation in Italy. Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 31, 459-468.

  • Carayannis, E.; von Zedtwitz, M. (2005): Architecting gloCal (Global-Local), real-virtual incubator networks (G-RVINs) as catalysts and accelerators of entrepreneurship in transitioning and developing economies: lessons learned and best practices from current development and business incubation practices. Technovation, Vol. 25, No. 2, 95-110.

  • von Zedtwitz, M. (2004): Managing Foreign R&D Labs in China. R&D Management, Vol. 34, No. 4, 439-452.

  • Fischer, W.A.; von Zedtwitz, M. (2004): Chinese R&D: Naissance, Renaissance, or Mirage? R&D Management, Vol. 34, No. 4, 349-365.

  • Gassmann, O.; Reepmeyer, G.; von Zedtwitz, M. (2004): Leading Pharmaceutical Innovation - Trends and Drivers for Growth in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Berlin, New York, Tokyo: Springer.

  • von Zedtwitz, M.; Gassmann, O., Boutellier, R. (2004): Organizing Global R&D: Challenges and Dilemmas. Journal of International Management, Vol. 10, No. 1, 21-49. (Most frequently requested article in this journal during 2004.)

  Five Preferred Publications:

  • von Zedtwitz, M.; Gassmann, O. (2002): Market versus Technology Drive in R&D Internationalization: Four different patterns of managing research and development. Research Policy, 31, 4, 569-588.

  • Gassmann, O.; von Zedtwitz, M. (1999): New Concepts and Trends in International R&D Organization. Research Policy, Vol. 28, 231-250.

  • von Zedtwitz, M. (2002): Organizational Learning through Post-Project Reviews in R&D. R&D Management 32, 3, 255-268.

  • von Zedtwitz, M. (2004): Managing Foreign R&D Labs in China. R&D Management, Vol. 34, No. 4, 439-452.

  • von Zedtwitz, M. (2003): Initial Directors of International R&D Laboratories. R&D Management, Vol. 33, No. 4, 377-393.