Alfred Reckendrees

Associate professor, dr. phil. at CBS Executive

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  • CBS Executive

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Biography

CBS Executive

Presentation

I have joined CBS as an Associate Professor for Business History in 2008. In 1999, I have earned my PhD (Dr. phil.) at University of Bielefeld (Economic History), from 2000 through 2008 I have been researching and teaching Economic and Social History, at the Department of Economics, University of Cologne.

My current research relates to economic change (project: "The Emergence of a »New Economy« - Industrial and Institutional Revolution in the Rhineland, 1790-1860"), to Entrepreneurship and Innovation (project "Beiersdorf"), and to Corporate Governance (project "Beiersdorf"). I am beginning more comprehensive work into "Stability and Instability of Political Economic Regimes" (see my paper "Weimar Germany: The First Open Access Order that Failed", more work is forthcoming).

I am co-editor of the book series Economic and Social History of Modern Europe (Nomos: Baden-Baden)
Secretary of the Council of the European Business History Association(2015-2019)
Coordinator of the The Alliance of Centres for Business History in Europe.
and member of the editorial advisory board of ‘Scandinavian Economic History Review’

Primary research areas

Business History

  • Organizational Change
  • Corporate Governance
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Economic History

  • Economic Development (Industrial and Institutional Revolutions)
  • Evolution of Social Orders

Courses

Mandatory

  • Introduction to Economic Sociology (Business Administration and Sociology)
  • Strategy and Regulation in European Business (Globe)

Electives

  • From the Financial Crisis 2007/08 to BREXIT and beyond. Crises, contagion, political and corporate response (International Business and Politics)

 

Supervision

I am very much interested in projects dealing with
• Financial/Economic Crises
• Corporate Response to Crises
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Industrial Organization
• Corporate Governance
• Business in Germany

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