Prof. Dr. David Wuttke
Academic Career and Research Areas
Prof. Wuttke's (*1984) research focuses on supply chain management, in particular supply chain finance and digital transformation. Prof. Wuttke applies both empirical and quantitative methods. In addition to his research, he is known for innovations in teaching, in particular the extensive use of virtual reality (VR).
After graduating from Paderborn University and Dublin City University in 2009, Prof. Wuttke completed his doctorate at EBS University of Business and Law in 2013 on the topic of supply chain finance. He subsequently completed his habilitation there in 2019 with publications in the areas of supply chain finance and supply chain risk management, among others. Parallel to his doctorate, Prof. Wuttke studied mathematics (Bachelor) at the University of Hagen. Prof. Wuttke was a junior professor at EBS University from 2016 to 2019 before being appointed Assistant Professor at the TUM School of Management at the Heilbronn campus in 2020 and Associate Professor in 2025.
Awards
- Best Reviewer Award of the International Journal of Operations & Productions Management (2020)
- Outstanding Reviewer Award of the International Journal of Production Economics (2020)
- EBS Junior Research Award (2016 & 2017)
- Decision Sciences Journal – Outstanding Reviewer (2014)
- Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award: Logistics and SCM (2013)
Key Publications
Wuttke, D (2025) “Empirical Evidence About Payment Term Extensions in the Reverse Factoring Context”. Production and Operations Management, Online first.
AbstractGernert, AK, Wuttke, D, & Heese, HS (2023). „Sourcing and pricing decisions under upstream competition with a financially distressed supplier, endogenous bankruptcy risk, and a backup supply option.” Production and Operations Management, 32(8), 2475-2490.
AbstractWuttke, D, Upadhyay A, Siemsen E, and Wuttke-Linnemann A (2022), “Seeing the Bigger Picture? Ramping up Production with the Use of Augmented Reality “, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 24:4, 2349-2366.
AbstractSchmidt, CG, Wuttke D, Ball GP, Heese HS. „Does social media elevate supply chain importance? An empirical examination of supply chain glitches, Twitter reactions, and stock market returns”. Journal of Operations Management 2020; 66: 646–669.
AbstractWuttke D, Rosenzweig ED, Heese HS (2019). “An empirical analysis of supply chain finance adoption”. Journal of Operations Management, 65: 242–261.
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