Prof. Dr. Utz Schäffer
Institut für Management und Controlling
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Research Interests
- Controlling & Strategy Execution
- Roles of CFOs and Controllers
- Digital Transformation of Controlling
Education and Career Progression
| Date | University | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Since 9/2007 | WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany | Chair of Management Accounting & Control, Director of the Institute of Management Accounting and Control (with Marko Reimer & Jürgen Weber) |
| 3/2002 –8/2007 | EBS Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany | Chair of Management Accounting & Control |
| 1998 – 2001 | WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany | Assistant Professor; Habilitation Thesis: "Kontrolle als Lernprozess", Venia Legendi for Business Administration |
| 1989 – 1993 | WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany | Studies in Business Administration with exchange semesters at J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Chicago (USA), and EMLYON Business School, Lyon (France) |
Practical Experience
| Date | University | Position |
|---|---|---|
| since 2009 | International Controller Association (ICV) | Chairman of the Board of Trustees |
| since 2007 | CTcon GmbH, Vallendar and Düsseldorf, Germany | Member of Scientific Advisory Council |
| 2001 – 2002 | Center for Controlling & Management of WHU, Vallendar, Germany | Founding Director |
| 1996 – 1998 | McKinsey & Company, Inc., Munich, Germany | Associate and after 4/1997 Senior Associate, studies in insurance and banking |
| 1993 – 1994 | CTcon GmbH, Düsseldorf and Vallendar, Germany | Consultant |
Memberships and further Interests
| Academic appointments: |
Group Speaker WHU Management Group (2013-2019) Group Speaker WHU Accounting & Control Group (2008–2013) Ombudsperson (since 2009) |
|---|---|
| Editorships: | Controlling & Management Review, Journal of Management Control |
| Visiting professorships: | Visiting Professor at Innsbruck, Austria (2003–2004), and Dalian, China (2012–2015) |
Publications
Our contribution to cutting-edge research –
A selection of refereed publications.
Strategic Management Journal
Bad news for announcers, good news for rivals - Are rivals fully seizing transition-period opportunities following announcers' top management turnovers?
Burchard, C.; Proelss, J.; Schäffer, U.; Schweizer, D. (forthcoming)
Contemporary Accounting Research
The interplay of core and periphal actors in the trajectory of an accounting innovation: Insights from Beyond Budgeting
Becker, S.D., Messner, M., Schäffer, U. (forthcoming)
Accounting, Organizations, and Society. Vol. 61, 36-52
Theorizing and Testing Bidirectional Effects: The Relationship Between Strategy Formation and Involvement of Controllers.
Erhart, R., Mahlendorf, M.D., Reimer, M., Schäffer, U. (2017)
Contemporary Accounting Research, 33(4), 1489-1517
Budgeting in Times of Economic Crisis
Becker, S., Mahlendorf, M.D., Schäffer, U., & Thaten, M. (2016)
Management Accounting Research, 30, 32–46
Fairness Perceptions of Annual Bonus Payments: The Effects of Subjective Performance Measures and the Achievement of Bonus Targets.
Voußem, L., Kramer, S., & Schäffer, U. (2016)
Journal of Management & Governance, 19(3), 709–739
Top Management Turnover under the Influence of Activist Investors.
Voußem, B., Schäffer, U., & Schweizer, D. (2015)
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