Urs Fueglistaller
Urs Fueglistaller
Full Professor of Corporate Management with special focus on Small Dynamic Enterprises
Büro 1-329
Dufourstrasse 40a
9000 St. Gallen
Member of the Executive Committee
Professor
Directorships in the Following Firms
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in particular SME management and consistent customer orientation as well as structures of SMEs
Consistent Customer Orientation in SMEs
SME Management
Asthetics in Entrepreneurship
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), the Structure and Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Service Competence in SMEs and Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management, Corporate Management in SMEs
s. Working Experience
short-CV: s. Further Information
Career at the University of St.Gallen:
since 2002: Professor
2001: Habilitated Lecturer
1994: Full-Time Lecturer
1993: Lecturer
1992: Teaching Assistant
Further functions at the University of St.Gallen:
since 2021: Vice-President "Institutes & Executive Education"
Past functions at the University of St.Gallen:
2009 - 2022: Accompanying professor of the isc-Team, St.Gallen Symposium
2020 - 2021: Member of the Dean's Committee SoM
2007 - 2013: Chairman of the Scholarship and Loan Commission
2010 - 2014: Vice Dean of the SoM
2010 - 2018: Academic Co-Administration of the master's programme in Marketing, Services and Communication Management
2009 - 2019: Member of the Appeals Commission
Career at the KMU-HSG:
since 2012: Director
2002 - 2012: Managing Director
2002 - 2008: Director of the SME Intensive Study Programme
1997 - 2002: Deputy Director and Head of the Practice Division
1987 - 1997: Project Leader
IfM Bonn, Germany:
2014 - 2022: Member of the Academic Advisory Board, delegate of the University of St-Gallen
Career at the Steinbeis University, Berlin, Germany:
1999 - 2016: Member of the University Council
1999 - 2001: Professor of Management (Full-Professorship for lifetime)
Further academic activities at the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland:
1999 - 2010: Start-up work / Main Lecturer: Service Management
1997 - 2000: Start-up work and director of a lecture course: Management for Engineers
Career as a working Student (for financing my study):
1982 - 1987: Credit Suisse, subsidiary in St.Gallen: Student Member of Staff
1982 - 1986: Lecturer at the Interpreters’ School, St.Gallen,
1982 - 1987: Waiter (& bouncer:-) in the “National” Restaurant, St.Gallen - best part… how to act in difficult situations.
Director of the Swiss Research Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (KMU-HSG)
Chairman of the Advisory Board at the Center for Family Business and member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence
Professor of Management with special focus on Small Dynamic Companies at the University of St.Gallen
1998 - 2016: Member of the University Council of Steinbeis University Berlin, Germany
2002 - 2015: Co-editor of the Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship (ZfKE)
St.Gallen Rotary Club St.Gallen (since 2004)
St.Gallen Appenzell Chamber of Industry and Commerce IHK (since 2004, board member)
see short CV below
born 1961, swiss, married with Gabriela Manser (Goba), two adult children (born 1991, 1993)
Activities as a member of the board / foundation in the following firms:
- Mary & Max Steinmann-Foundation (2021, Rotary-Club St. Gallen)
- Hof Weissbad (since 2014),
- IBG AG, St.Gallen (since 2012),
- Schällibaum AG, Wattwil (since 2012),
- Genossenschaft Migros-Ostschweiz (since 2011),
- Optiprint AG, Berneck (since 2004).
Education, schools:
1997 - 2001: Habilitation at the University of St.Gallen
1990 - 1993: Doctoral thesis at the Cottbus University of Technology, Germany
1982 - 1987: Studies at the University of St.Gallen, majoring in Management
1968 - 1981: Elementary schools in Herisau, final school leaving examinations in Trogen, Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Stays abroad:
2011: Short-Sabbatical at the University of Otago, NZ (5 weeks)
2003 - 2004: Six-month sabbatical at the University of Otago, NZ
1999 - 2001: Various stays in Japan with the Steinbeis University
1986: Six-month stay in Canada - in the bush - was awful
Languages:
German (native language), English, French
Hobbies:
e-bike, sports, reading
Back office: Gaby Preisig
Urs Fueglistaller graduated in business and economics from the University of St.Gallen in 1987. Since that time, he has been involved with the Swiss Institute for SMEs and Entrepreneurship (KMU-HSG, then (1946 - 2001) «Swiss Institute for Commercial Economics»), first as project manager and later as head of the institute's practice area. Fueglistaller earned his doctoral degree at the TU Cottbus and habilitated at the HSG in 2001 on the topic of service competence in SMEs. In 2002, he became a full professor and has since been director of the KMU-HSG, which he has successfully led as a member of the board of directors for 20 years. He was also a member and president of the Scholarship and Loan Commission, a member of the Appeal Committee for ten years, deputy dean of the School of Management at the University of St.Gallen and co-director of a master's program in marketing at the HSG. He also holds the role of responsible lecturer for the isc team (St.Gallen Symposium). Since 2021, he has also served as vice president for «Institutes and Executive Education» at the University of St.Gallen and is thus responsible for that area of HSG activities that contributes the largest share to the HSG's self-financing level. His main research interests are «Management and Leadership in SMEs» and «Service Excellence in SMEs», his most recent publications are dedicated to consistent customer orientation and the importance of aesthetics in corporate management – all with an SME focus. Prof. Dr. Urs Fueglistaller is convinced that a connecting discourse between theory and practice is fruitful and meaningful. Thanks to his close-knit network of contacts, especially in the business community of Eastern Switzerland, he is known as the voice of the HSG for SMEs. He is also the founder and former host of the Swiss SME Day, an event that is popularly attended by well over 1,500 SME executives from the German speaking region each year. In his teaching at the HSG, he knows how to get students excited about the world of SMEs and the manifestations of entrepreneurship. In the executive education courses, his practical relevance and his commitment to SME are being highly appreciated.