German, born on June 17th 1959 in Cologne, married, three children (12, 14, 15)
| Address (private): | Buchholzer Landstrasse 49a, D-21 244 Buchholz Tel./Fax: 0049 (0)4187 312 767 |
| Address (office): | Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) Institute for Technology/Innovation Management (TIM) Schwarzenbergstr. 95, D-21073 Hamburg Tel./Fax: 0049 40 428 78 3778/2867 E-Mail: c.herstatt@tu-harburg.de Internet: www.tu-harburg.de/tim; www.eitim.org; www.global-innovation.net |
| 2000 | Founding Partner, European Institute for Technology and Innovation Management (EITIM), www.eitim.org |
| 1998 (actual position) | Managing Director and professor (tenure), Institute for Technology- and Innovation Management (TIM), Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Hamburg (Germany), www.tuhh.de/tim |
| 1996-1998 | Vice President, Wärtsilä NSD AG, Winterthur (Switzerland) |
| 1993-1996 | Senior Manager, Arthur D. Little AG, Zurich (Switzerland) |
| 1991-1993 | Manager (since 1992) and Consultant, Arthur D. Little International Inc. (Wiesbaden/Germany) |
| 1987-1991 | Research Assistant, Swiss Federal Institute for Technology (ETH), Zurich (Switzerland) |
| 1998 | Advanced Senior Management Program (AMP), Templeton College, Oxford (UK); |
| 1987-1991 | PH.D. Program, University of Zurich (Switzerland) |
| 1984-1987 | Licentiate, University of Zurich (Switzerland) |
| 1981-1984 | “Vordiplom” (equivalent to BA), University of Cologne (Germany); |
| 1979-1981 | Apprenticeship, Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG, Cologne (Germany) and London (UK); |
| 1971-1979 | “Abitur” (School Leaving Certificate), Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium, Cologne (Germany) |
| 2007 | East West Centre, Honolulu/Hawaii (USA), Visiting Fellow |
| 2006 | Tohoku University, Sendai (Japan), Management of Science and Technology Department, Visiting Professor (JSPS Fellowship) |
| 2005 | Cape Town University UCT (South Africa), Chair of Technology and Innovation Management, Visiting Professor |
| 2004 | Federal Institute for Technology ETH, Zurich (Switzerland), Centre for Enterprise Research, Visiting Professor, |
| 2003 | University of New South Wales (Australia), Department for Marketing, Visiting Professor |
| 2003 | Tohoku University, Sendai (Japan), Management of Science and Technology Department, Visiting Professor, JSPS Fellowship |
| 2003 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, Cambridge (USA), Visiting Professor |
| 2002 | Tohoku University, Sendai (Japan), Management of Science and Technology Department, Visiting Professor (JSPS Fellowship) |
| 2001 | Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi (Japan), Visiting Professor |
| 2001 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, Cambridge (USA), Visiting Professor |
| 2000 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, Cambridge (USA), Visiting Professor |
| 1999 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, Cambridge (USA), Visiting Professor |
| 1991 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, Cambridge (USA), Visiting Scholar |
Finished Dissertations: 8
Current Dissertation Projects: 12
Finished Habilitations: 2
Current Habilitations: 3
| 2007 | Fellowship East West Centre (Washington/Honolulu); research project “Innovation Off shoring” |
| 2006 | Research Fellow, Japanese Society for Promoting Science (JSPS), Short Visit Program Grant, research project “The CTO in the Japanese Industry” |
| 2004 | Research Fellow, Japanese Society for Promoting Science (JSPS), Short Visit Program Grant, research project “Front End of Innovation II” |
| 2002 | Research Fellow, Japanese Society for Promoting Science (JSPS), Short Visit Program Grant, research project “Front End of Innovation I” |
| 1991 | Visiting Scholar, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (USA) |