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Sven Gunnar Tilo Kunisch

Sven Gunnar Tilo Kunisch

Sven Gunnar Tilo Kunisch

Prof. Dr.

Executive Director Unternehmensführung

Publications

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Main Focuses

Multi-Market and Diversified Firms

Strategic Management

Strategic Change

Fields of research

Corporate Strategy

Corporate Headquarters

CEO Successions

Headquarter-Subsidiary Relations

Education

Sven Kunisch received in

Master’s degree in „Business Informatics“. He received a Ph.D. in Management

from the University of St.Gallen. His thesis sheds light on several aspects of

“Changes at Corporate Headquarters”. He is currently a Habilitand (equivalent

to Assistant Professor).

Professional Career

Sven Kunisch is the Executive Director of the Master’s program in Business Management (MUG-HSG), which is currently the second largest Master’s program at the University of St.Gallen. He teaches at Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. He serves as a reviewer for various international journals and serves on the Journal of World Business’ Editorial Board. Sven holds/held visiting positions at Harvard Business School, Said Business School (University of Oxford) and the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Previously, he was the editor-in-chief of the M&A REVIEW. Before starting his academic career, he gained work experience in industry and as a management consultant.

Awards
  • Winner of the “Sumantra Goshal Research and Practice Award”, Academy of Management (2014)
  • SNF scholarship for young scholars (2011)
  • Nominee for “Best Conference Paper Award”, Strategic Management Society (2009)
  • Finalist Deutscher Journalistenpreis (djp) in the category “Private Equity and M&A” (2008 and 2009) 

Editorial Board

Sven serves on the Editorial Boards of:

  • Academy of Management Review (since 2017)
  • Journal of World Business (since 2016) 
Additional Information

Sven’s research has been published in various international and domestic journals. He has also co-edited several books and regularly publishes in leading newspapers to disseminate academic insights.

Selected publications in international journals:

  • Kunisch, S., Menz, M., & Cannella, A. A. in press. The CEO as a Key Micro-Foundation of Global Strategy: Task Demands, CEO Origin, and the CEO's International Background. Global Strategy Journal.
  • Kunisch, S., Bartunek, J., Müller, J., & Huy, Q. 2017. Time in Strategic Change Research. Academy of Management Annals, 11(2): 1005–1064.
  • Kunisch, S. 2017. Benchmarking Corporate Headquarters - Instrumental, but Not Strategic? Long Range Planning, 50(1): 30-32.
  • Menz M., Kunisch S., Collis D. J. 2015. The Corporate Headquarters in the Contemporary Corporation: Advancing a Multimarket Firm Perspective. The Academy of Management Annals, 9(1): 633-714.
  • Kunisch S., Menz M., Ambos B. 2015. Changes at Corporate Headquarters: Review, Integration and Future Research. International Journal of Management Reviews, 17(3): 356-381.
  • Kunisch S., Müller-Stewens G., Campbell A. 2014. Why Corporate Functions Stumble. Harvard Business Review, 92(12): 110-117.
  • Boppel M., Kunisch S., Keil T., Lechner C. 2013. Driving Change through Corporate Programs. MIT Sloan Management Review, 55(1): 20-22.
  • Campbell A., Kunisch S., Müller-Stewens G. 2012. Are CEOs Getting the Best from Corporate Functions? MIT Sloan Management Review, 53(3): 12-14.

Selected books:

  • Müller-Stewens G., Kunisch S., Binder A. (Eds.). 2016. Mergers & Acquisitions: Handbuch für Strategen, Analysten, Berater und Juristen. 2nd Ed. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel.
  • Kunisch S., Böhm S., Boppel M. (Eds.) 2011. From Grey to Silver – Managing the Demographic Change Successfully. Berlin: Springer.

Selected newspapers publications:

  • Menz M., Kunisch S. 2016. Die «Konzernzentrale 4.0». Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 23 November 2016: 30.
  • Menz M., Kunisch S., Collis D. J. 2015. Der Mythos Konzernzentrale. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, No. 225, 28 September 2015: 15.
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