PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: Dr. Florian, August, Arthur Becker-Ritterspach

Date of Birth: 28th of March 19

Birthplace: Rome / Italy

Marital Status: Married

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2011
Appointment to Full Professor of International Business at the German University in Cairo (GUC), Cairo, Egypt.

2010
Visiting scholar at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, Denmark.

2007 - 2008
Research Fellow at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Department Internationalization and Organization, Berlin, Germany.

Since 2006
Assistant Professor: Research and teaching activity at the Faculty of Management & Organization, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.

2003-2006
Lecturer: Part-time lecturer and PhD candidate at the Faculty of Management & Organization, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.

2000 - 2002
Researcher: Worked in a research-team funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the Faculty of Social Science, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany
Subject of the project: "Development of Work-System form an Intra- and Inter-organisational Perspective" (ASYS).
Lecturer: Taught in the same period a variety of graduate and undergraduate cources at the Faculty of Social Science, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany (see teaching link for further details)

1999
INNOVA Privat-Akademie GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Writer: Researched and wrote a study on market-opportunities for German railway technology in India

1999
DaimlerChrysler, Dept. Society and Technology, Berlin, Germany
Writer: Researched and wrote an English scenario-study on India's socio-economic situation

1998
DaimlerChrysler, Dept. Society and Technology, Berlin, Germany
Writer: Researched and wrote for an environment-study on India

1997
Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC), New Delhi, India
Three month internship

1996
Keith Sherman & Associates, Public Relations Firm, New York, USA
Three month internship

1995
German Foundation for International Development (DSE), Bonn, Germany
Two month internship

1992 - 1993
Military Service, Paratrooper Battalion, Nagold, Germany

EDUCATION

2007
Certificate Basic Teacher Qualification in Higher Education from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands

September 2006
Doctoral degree in Organization and Management (Bedrijfskunde) from the University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

2003 - 2006
PhD candidate at the Research School SOM (Systems, Organisation and Management), University of Groningen, Netherlands

March 1999
Graduation in Social Science (Diplom-Sozialwissenschaftler) at the Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
Subject of graduation thesis: Socio-Cultural Context and Organization: Case Study on a German Automobile-Producer in India
Grade: Very good (1.1)

1996 - 1999
Humboldt-University, Graduate Studies, Berlin, Germany

1997
BBWL/ABWL III (Business studies) Certificate Technical University Berlin, Germany

1995 - 1996
Exchange Student at the New School for Social Research in New York, USA
Fields of Study: Sociology and Political Science

April 1995
Undergraduate Degree in Social Science at the Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
Fields of Concentration for Qualifying Exams: Organizational Sociology and Statistics
Grade: Very good (1.4)

1993 - 1995
Humboldt-University, Undergraduate Studies, Berlin, Germany

May 1992
High School Degree, Katharineum zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
Grade: Good (2.2)

1983 - 1992
Katharineum zu Lübeck (High School), Lübeck, Germany

1979 - 1983
Marien-Grundschule (German Primary School), Lübeck, Germany

1977 - 1979
British Primary School, Kathmandu, Nepal

AWARDS / GRANTS

2010
Successfully applied for a Standing Working Group on "Multinational Corporations: Social Agency and Institutional Change" at the European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) (with Prof. Dr. Mike Geppert, University of Surrey)

Since 2010
Co-founded and -organized a Special Interest Group on International Management at the European Academy of Management (EURAM) (with Prof. Dr. Niels Noorderhaven, Tilburg University)

2009 - 2011
SOM research fellow at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen

2008
Academy of International Business Best Paper Proceedings 2008 for the Paper "Intra-firm Competition in Multinational Corporations: Towards a Political Framework" (with Christoph Dörrenbächer)

Since 2008
Network coordinator in the Research Network Knowledge, Technology and Innovation of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)

Since 2005
Member of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) selection committee for Doctoral Scholarships (PhDs)

2002 - 2004
Two year Doctoral Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Granted for: Doctoral studies at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands

2000 - 2002
Research grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) Granted for: A two-year research project with Prof. Dr. Karin Lohr at the Humboldt-University zu Berlin, Germany

2001
Conference grant from the Anglo-German Foundation Granted for: Research conference at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany 16-17 November 2001. 2000 - 2002 Research grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) Granted for: A two-year research project with Prof. Dr. Karin Lohr at the Humboldt-University zu Berlin, Germany

1998
Research Grant, DaimlerChrysler
Granted for: Research trip to India in connection with graduation thesis

1995 - 1996
Student Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Granted for: Studies at the New School for Social Research, New York, USA

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING

2010
Convener of sub-theme 55 "Diverse perspectives on innovation, entrepreneurship and strategy in context?" at the 27th EGOS Colloquium, in Gothenburg, Sweden, 1-6 July.

Co-convener of the Special Interest Group "International Management" at the European Academy of Management (EURAM), at the 11th EURAM Conference in Tallinn, Estonia, 1-4 June.

Since 2010
Cofounder and convener of the Special Interest Group "International Management" at the European Academy of Management (EURAM) with Prof. Dr. Niels Noorderhaven, University of Tilburg.

Since 2008
Convener in "Netzwerk F: Knowledge, Technology and Innovation" at the Annual Meetings of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE).

2007
Co-convener of sub-theme "A Critical Perspective on the Contextual Constitution of Conflict in Multinational Corporations: actors and inequalities, political games and strategies of resistance" with Prof. Dr. Christoph Dörrenbächer at the 5th Critical Management Conference in Manchester, UK, 11-13 July.

2001
Organized and co-convened a research conference funded by the Anglo German Foundation on "Management of Change in Multinational Companies: Global Challenges and National Effects" with Prof. Dr. Karin Lohr, Prof. Dr. Mike Geppert and Dr. Knut Lange at the Humboldt University, Germany 16-17 November.

REVIEWING

Review of articles for refereed journals including: Journal of International Management, Organization Studies, Competition & Change, Personnel Review, Asian Business & Management, Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, Euro Asia Journal of Management, Critical Perspectives on International Business.

LANGUAGES

German (native language)
English (Fluent reading, writing and speaking competence )
French (Good reading and speaking competence)
Dutch (Good reading and speaking competence)
Italian (Basic reading and speaking competence)

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Microsoft Office, SPSS, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, HTML (Basic knowledge)

MEMBERSHIPS

Academy of International Business (AIB)
European Academy of Management (EURAM)
European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)
Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (VHB)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP) (until 2008)