Georg von Krogh is a Professor at ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich or ETH Zürich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics and management university in the City of Zurich, Switzerland....

 and holds the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation. He was also the Head of ETH Zurich's Department of Management, Technology, and Economics during the period 2008 - 2011.

Von Krogh specializes in competitive strategy, technological innovation

Innovation

Innovation is the creation of better or more effective products, processes, technologies, or ideas that are accepted by markets, governments, and society...

, and knowledge management

Knowledge management

Knowledge management comprises a range of strategies and practices used in an organization to identify, create, represent, distribute, and enable adoption of insights and experiences...

. He has conducted research in various industries including financial services, media, computer software and hardware, life -sciences, and consumer goods. He teaches courses on Entrepreneurial Leadership, Strategic Management

Strategic management

Strategic management is a field that deals with the major intended and emergent initiatives taken by general managers on behalf of owners, involving utilization of resources, to enhance the performance of firms in their external environments...

, and Innovation

Innovation

Innovation is the creation of better or more effective products, processes, technologies, or ideas that are accepted by markets, governments, and society...

 Theory and Research.

Von Krogh has published articles in journals such as the Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership among academics, executives,...

, Management Science,Organization Science, Research Policy, and Strategic Management Journal. He is a Senior Editor of Organization Studies, and an Editorial Board member of various journals including the European Management Journal, European Management Review', MIT Sloan Management Review

MIT Sloan Management Review

MIT Sloan Management Review is a web site and magazine focused on the management of innovation. Published at the MIT Sloan School of Management, MIT Sloan Management Review’s mission is to lead the conversation among thinkers, professors, and managers about the coming sea changes in management...

 and Long Range Planning.

Previous positions and degrees

• University of St. Gallen
  University of St. Gallen
  The University of St. Gallen is a public research university located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is specialized in the fields of business administration, economics, law, and international affairs. The University of St. Gallen is also known as HSG, which is an abbreviation of its former German...
  
   in Switzerland, Director of the Institute of Management
• University of St. Gallen
  University of St. Gallen
  The University of St. Gallen is a public research university located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is specialized in the fields of business administration, economics, law, and international affairs. The University of St. Gallen is also known as HSG, which is an abbreviation of its former German...
  
   in Switzerland, Professor of Management
• MIT Sloan School of Management
  MIT Sloan School of Management
  The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
  
  , Visiting Professor
• Hitotsubashi University
  Hitotsubashi University
  is a national university specialised in the social sciences in Tokyo, Japan. The University has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Kanda.Hitotsubashi is considered as one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. It is ranked 25th in the world in 2011 by École des Mines de Paris.Hitotsubashi...
  
   in Japan, Visiting Professor
• Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Visiting Professor
• London School of Economics and Political Science, Visiting Professor
• Norwegian School of Management
  Norwegian School of Management
  BI Norwegian Business School former name BI Norwegian School of Management is the largest business school in Norway and the second largest in all of Europe. BI has in total 6 campuses with the main one located in Oslo.-History:...
  
  , Associate Professor of Strategy
• Bocconi University
  Bocconi University
  Bocconi University is a private university located in central Milan, beside Parco Ravizza. Bocconi provides undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate education, in addition to a range of double degree programs, in the fields of economics, management, finance and law. According to many university...
  
   in Italy, Assistant Professor of Business Policy
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  The Norwegian University of Science and Technology , commonly known as NTNU, is located in Trondheim. NTNU is the second largest of the eight universities in Norway, and, as its name suggests, has the main national responsibility for higher education in engineering and technology...
  
  , Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Ph.D.
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  The Norwegian University of Science and Technology , commonly known as NTNU, is located in Trondheim. NTNU is the second largest of the eight universities in Norway, and, as its name suggests, has the main national responsibility for higher education in engineering and technology...
  
  , MSc

Board or advisory board member

• European Academy of Management (EURAM)
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
  PricewaterhouseCoopers
  PricewaterhouseCoopers is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest professional services firm measured by revenues and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms....
  
   in Switzerland
• Swiss Bank Corporation
  Swiss Bank Corporation
  Swiss Bank Corporation was a large integrated financial services company located in Switzerland...
  
  
• SKAT Foundation
• Member of the Chapter Board at the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
• Academic fellow and faculty member of the World Economic Forum
  World Economic Forum
  The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
  
   (2002–2007)

Selected journal articles

• G. von Krogh, S. Haefliger, S. Spaeth, and M. Wallin. "Carrots and Rainbows: Motivation and Social Practice in Open Source Software Development", MIS Quarterly. Forthcoming 2011
• I. Nonaka and G. von Krogh. "Tacit Knowledge and Knowledge Conversion: Controversy and Advancement in Organizational Knowledge Creation Theory" Organization Science, 20 (3), 2009, pp. 635–652
• S. Haefliger, G. von Krogh, and S. Spaeth. "Code reuse in Open Source Software", Management Science, 54(1), 2008, pp. 180–193
• G. von Krogh and E. von Hippel "The promise of research on open source software", Management Science, 52(7), 2006, pp. 975–983
• E. von Hippel and G. von Krogh "Open source software development and the private-collective innovation model
  Private-collective model of innovation
  The term private-collective model of innovation was coined by Eric von Hippel and Georg von Krogh in their 2003 publication in Organization Science...
  
  : Issues for organization science", Organization Science, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2003, pp. 208–223
• von Krogh, G. and Roos, J. "A Tale of the Unfinished", Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 17, No. 9, 1996, pp. 729–739
• von Krogh, G., Roos, J. and Slocum, K.: "An Essay on Corporate Epistemology", Strategic Management Journal, Special Issue on "The Search for a New Strategy Paradigm", Vol. 15, Summer 1994, pp. 53–73

Selected books

• Enabling Knowledge Creation with Professors Nonaka and Ichijo, focused on how firms can build an organization culture and infrastructure that support product and process innovation
• Strategizing in Emerging Industries with Professor Roos, investigated strategies employed by traditional media firms to manage the transition to innovative forms of electronic media.
• Managing Corporate Acquisitions with Professors Singh and Sinatra, presented research on factors that impact on the performance of merger- and acquisition strategies

Awards and recognitions

• The Association of American Publishers' "Best Professional Business Book Award"
• The Organization and Management Theory Division's "Best Symposium Award" at the Academy of Management
• Harvard Business Review's "Breakthrough Idea"
• ETH Teaching Award "Goldene Eule"

External links

• Georg von Krogh at ETH Zurich
• Department of Strategic Management and Innovation at ETH Zurich
• Department of Management, Technology, and Economics at ETH Zurich