Simon Grand
Management
University of St. Gallen
Switzerland
Biography
Since 2013: Private Lecturer (Privatdozent) for Strategic Management at the University of St. Gallen. _ 2005-2012: Habilitation: Routines, Strategies and Management: Engaging for recurrent creation ‘at the edge’ (habilitation accepted in summer 2013, University of St. Gallen). _ 1992-1997: PhD studies and research associate in organization theory and epistemology of organization studies at the University of Zurich (Institute of Business Research) / PhD Dissertation: Paradoxical organization of multinational corporations (summa cum laude). _ 1994-1996: Research Project: Organizational issues in multinational companies, based on an in-depth case study in the top management of ABB (Business Segment Industrial and Building Systems), including research activities at ABB in Europe, US, India, Japan, Taiwan. _ 1996-1997: Research Fellow in epistemology and philosophy of the social sciences at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales E.H.E.S.S., Paris. _ 1993-1997: Fellow Schweizerische Studienstiftung, Zürich. _ 1987-1992: Studies in economics, sociology and philosophy at the University of Zurich.
Research Interest
Entrepreneurial Strategizing Strategic Management Management-Innovation Strategy as Process and Practice Strategy Design