Prof. Dr. Thomas Hutzschenreuter

Academic Career and Research Areas

Professor Hutzschenreuter’s (*1971) research focuses on Strategic and International Management, Ownership, Corporate Governance and Corporate transformation, as well as the theory of the firm.

Professor Hutzschenreuter completed his first degree in Business Administration at Gießen University. In 1997, he received his first doctoral degree from Leipzig Graduate School of Management where he also received his second doctoral degree (Habilitation) in 2001. He was Visiting Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign, Professor of International Management at Boston University, and Guest Professor at Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Bucerius Law School, Florida International University, University of Calgary – Haskayne School of Business, University of Granada, University of Queensland, and University of Wellington, among others. From 2002 to 2015 he held the Chair of Corporate Strategy and Governance at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. Professor Hutzschenreuter joined TUM in 2016.

Awards

• TUM Executive Education Award for Teaching Excellence (2023 and 2018)
• Best Annual Paper 2009 Award, Journal of Management Studies (2010)
• Best Paper Award, Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft  - VHB (2010)
• Haynes Prize for the Most Promising Scholar in International Business, Academy of International Business Foundation and Eldridge Haynes Memorial Trust (2009)
• Best Teacher Award, Master of Law and Business (MLB) Programm der Bucerius Law School (2009)