Daniel Corsten

Full Professor of Operations & Technology Management at IE Business School

Biography

IE Business School

Professor Daniel Corsten is the founding academic of the Efficient Consumer Response initiative, where he researched and consulted for retail and consumer goods organizations such as Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Metro Group, and Sainsbury’s to help them lower costs, understand shoppers, reduce out-of-stock, and create overall sustainable supply chains. Prior to his academic career, he worked for Bayer Leverkusen and AGFA in Germany and the United States. His corporate experience includes supply chain management, marketing and finance, and has worked in the automotive and retail software industries. Mr. Corsten has been Member of Board of Advisors for Profitect Inc. since February 2013. Mr. Corsten has also taught and researched at St. Gallen in Switzerland, London Business School and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

  • MSc, University of Cologne
  • DBA/PhD, University of St. Gallen

TEACHING AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

  • Visiting associate professor, London Business School
  • Associate professor, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
  • Vice-Director, University of St Gallen’s Institutes of Technology Management and Logistics
  • Research interests: retailing, fashion and supply chain management
  • Author of several books on supply chain management
  • Co-author of the benchmark study on worldwide retail out of stocks
  • President of the ECR Research Foundation and editor of the ECR Journal
  • Several awards for teaching and case studies in areas that include collaborative management and sustainable supply chains

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

  • International marketing manager, Bayer AG (Leverkusen)
  • Logistics project manager, Agfa AG (New Jersey)

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Corsten, D., Gruen, T. (2019). “Onlie Availability”. In Gallino, S. and Moreno, A. (Eds.). Operations in an Omnichannel World. Springer

Markou, P., Corsten, D., Carduck, C., Koblbauer, M. (2018). “Commodity risk management at BMW: price indices and contracts”. In Wendy L Tate, Lydia Bals and Lisa Ellram (Eds.). Supply Chain Finance. Risk management, resilience and supplier management. Koga

Panos, M., Corsten, D. (2017). “Linking Commodity Price Risk and Operations: Evidence from the Gold Mining Industry”. Foundations and Trends(R) in Technology, Information and Operations Management, Vol. 11 (1-2): 165-185

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