Markus Venzin

SDA Professor of Strategic and Entrepreneurial Management

markus.venzin@sdabocconi.it

Via Roentgen 1, room 4-B2-03 20136 MILANO

Tel +39 02-5836.2648/.6882

Fax +39 02-5836.6893

Curriculum Vitae

Degree in Economics, University of Konstanz, Germany, 1991
Lic. oec. HSG (equivalent to MBA), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland,1994
Dr. oec. HSG, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland,1997
Director of the Senior Executive Program, SDA Bocconi, Milan

Academic position and/or Professional activities
Full Professor, Department of Management and Technology, Bocconi University, Milan
Director of the Master of Science Program in International Management, Bocconi University, Milan

Research Interests

• Internationalization processes of retail banks 
• Innovation and cross-border commercialization of financial service products 
• Logic and process of cross-border mergers and acquisitions of banks

 

PUBLICATIONS

Books

• “Building an International Financial Services Firm: How to design and execute cross-border strategies”, Oxford University Press, January, 2009.
• “Designing integrated knowledge management systems in the multinational corporation”, (con Volker Mahnke), in Bukh et. (eds.): “Knowledge management and intellectual capital”, palgrave Macmillan: New York, 2005, pp. 173 – 194.
• “Specificità e linee guida della crescita internazionale delle aziende familiari”, (with Carlo Alberto Carnevale Maffè), in Corbetta G. (ed.): “Capaci di crescere: L’impresa italiana e la sfida della dimensione”, Egea 2005, pp. 169 – 190.
• “The strategy process“, traduzione inglese del libro “Der Strategieprozess: Analyse – Planung - Umsetzung”, (con Carsten Rasner e Volker Mahnke), CyanCampus, Aprile 2005.
• “La gestione strategica delle aziende multinazionali”, EGEA, 2004.
• “L’internazionalizzazione dei Beni Digitali“, in: Dematté, Perretti, “Strategie di Internazionalizzazione“, EGEA, 2003, pp. 145 – 161 (con Carlo Alberto Carnevale-Maffè e Volker Mahnke)
• “Der Strategieprozess: Analyse – Planung - Umsetzung”, (con Carsten Rasner e Volker Mahnke), Campus Verlag, Primavera 2003.
• “Communities of Strategic Practice: How Managers Create and Share Intuition in Strategic Processes”, in: Beerli, Diemers, Falk “Knowledge Management in Practice”, New York: AMACOM, 2002, pp. 137 - 155.
• “The concept of knowledge in strategic management: assumptions, appearances and applications“, (con Georg von Krogh e Johan Roos), in: von Krogh, G., Roos, J. and Kleine, D. (eds.) „The Epistemological Challenge: Understanding and Measuring Organizational Knowledge“, Sage Publications, 1998, pp. 26 - 67.
• “Knowledge Management“, (con Georg von Krogh e Johan Roos) in: Tschirky, Frauenfelder, Koruna (eds.): „Technologiemanagement in Theorie und Praxis“, 1998
• “Ledelse av kjernekompetanse“, (con Georg von Krogh) in: Hilde Doksrod (ed.): “Kunnskap I Arbeid – Status og fremtidsbilder”, Tano Aschehoug, 1998, pp. 91 – 101.
• “Crafting the Future: Strategic Conversations in the Knowledge Economy”, 1997, Difo-Druck, Bamberg.

Articles

• Ram Mudambi and Markus Venzin, “The strategic nexus of offshoring and outsourcing decisions”, Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 47, Number 8, December 2010, pp. 1510-1533
• Robert M. Grant and Markus Venzin, “Strategic and organisational challenges of internationalization in financial services”, Long Range Planning, 2009, Vol. 42, pp. 561-587
• Volker Mahnke, Torben Pedersen and Markus Venzin, “Does Knowledge Sharing Pay? An MNC Subsidiary Perspective on Knowledge Outflows”, Advances in International Management (Elsevier), 2009, pp.123-149. “
• “Does Knowledge Sharing Pay? An MNC Subsidiary Perspective on Knowledge Outflows”, with Volker Mahnke and Torben Pedersen, Advances in International Management (Elsevier), accepted for publication in 2008.
• “Internationalization of Retail Banks: A Micro-Level Study of the Multinationality-Performance Relationship”, with Vikas Kumar and Jens Kleine, Management International Review, Vol . 48, pp. 463-485.
• “Governing entrepreneurial opportunity recognition in the MNE: Aligning interests and cognition under uncertainty” with Volker Mahnke and Shaker Zahra, Journal of Management Studies, 44:7 November 2007, pp. 1278-1298.“Finanzkonzerne: Welche Werte schaffen Zentralen?” con Jens Kleine e Volker Mahnke, Die Bank, No. 1, Gennaio 2006, pp.48 – 53.
• “The impact of knowledge management on MNC subsidiary performance: the role of absorptive capacity” con Volker Mahnke e Torben Petersen, Management International Review, 2005, pp. 101 - 119.
• “Sfide e linee guida per la crescita internazionale delle imprese familiari” con Carlo Alberto Carnevale Maffè, Economia & Management, 5, 2005, pp. 6 – 7.
• “The internationalization process of digital good providers”, Management International Review, 2003/1, pp. 115 – 142 (with Volker Mahnke).
• “Governance of Knowledge-teams in MNC: The Case of HeidelbergCement”, Management International Review, 2003/3, pp. 47 – 67 (con Volker Mahnke).
• “Processi di creazione e di sviluppo delle conoscenze nei distretti turistici”, Conference Proceedings AIDEA, 2003 (con Ruggero Sainaghi).
• “The Concept of Foresight in Times of Uncertainty and Ambiguity”, Studies in Communication Sciences, No. 1, 2000, pp. 193 – 220.
• “Wie wird aus einem Internet-Start-up ein profitables Unternehmen?“, Mediareport Internet, 6/2000, p. 53.
• “Knowledge Management”, Cems Business Review, 2, 1998, pp. 205 - 210. „Anhaltende Wettbewerbsvorteile durch Wissensmanagement“, (con Georg von Krogh) Die Unternehmung, No. 6, 1995, pp. 417 - 436.
• “Strategisches Marketing: Die Suche nach verborgenen Potentialen“, (con Georg von Krogh) Schrittmacher, No. 2, 1995, pp. 1 - 3.
• “Strategische Allianzen in der Chemie- und Pharmabranche“, M&A-Review, No. 3, pp. 117-120, 1994.
• “M&A in Germany: A Review of 1993 - Chemicals; Pharmaceuticals“, M&A-Review Coopers & Lybrand, 1993, pp. 9 - 10.
• “Branchenanalyse Pharmaindustrie“, (con Carsten Witthüser) M&A-Review, No. 12, pp. 523-532, 1993.