Professional Positions Held
- Professor of Business Administration, especially Finance, Gutenberg University, Mainz, 1990-2016.
- Professor of Business Administration, especially Finance, University of Stuttgart, 1988-1990.
- Professor of Business Administration, University of Bonn, 1987-1988.
Visiting Positions at
- Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS), Vienna.
- Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA, Los Angeles.
- Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, Ithaca.
- Center of Economics (WWZ), University of Basel.
Professional Activities
- Chair of the "Ausschuss für Unternehmenstheorie und -politik" and member of the Executive Committee of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), 2009-2012.
- President of the German Finance Association (DGF Deutsche Gesellschaft für Finanzwirtschaft), 2004.
- Vice President of the German Finance Association (DGF Deutsche Gesellschaft für Finanzwirtschaft), 2003.
- Director of CoFaR Center of Finance and Risk Management, Gutenberg University Mainz, 2000-present.
- Member of the Executive Committee of the European Finance Association (EFA), 1990-1993 and 2000-2003.
- Member of the "Ausschuss für Unternehmenstheorie und -politik" in the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), 1990-present.
Education
- Habilitation for Betriebswirtschaftslehre (Business Administration) at University of Karlsruhe, 1986.
- Dr. rer. pol. (Ph. D. in Business Administration) from University of Karlsruhe, 1979.
- Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur (M.S. in Industrial Engineering) from University of Karlsruhe, 1974.