Michael König

Senior Lecturer | Department of Strategy and Innovation at WU Executive Academy Vienna

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  • WU Executive Academy Vienna

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Biography

WU Executive Academy Vienna

I am a tenured Senior Lecturer at the Department of Strategy and Innovation, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). From 1997-2009, I served in several management practice functions, including C-suite positions in the luxury goods industry, before switching back to Academia in 2010. This makes me one of those rather exotic persons at a university, who are experienced in both worlds, practice and theory. I earned a PhD in Economics and Social Sciences from the University of Vienna and received an MBA in General and Strategic Management from the Cass Business School, City University of London. I am alumnus of the Oxford Scenarios Programme, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. My enthusiasm and passion for teaching is recognized by the WU Excellence in Teaching Award in 2015 and in 2016. In 2018, I was nominee for the Global Teacher Prize. I am an experienced strategist and foresighter, and I am fascinated to work together with seasoned executives, post-grads and first-year students alike. I love to have an interdisciplinary view reaching out to other arenas of science as well as to arts and humanities.

CV

since 2014 Senior Lecturer (tenured) at WU

2010-2013 Subject Leader Strategy and Management Control at another University

2006-2009 Managing Director of Julius Meinl am Graben, Austria's flagship luxury retailer and first address for gourmets, located in the heart of Vienna

2004-2006 CFO with Moёt Hennessy Austria, of French stock-listed luxury conglomerate LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moёt Hennessy)

2000-2003 Group Controller with Europapier AG, formerly MONDI group

1997-2000

  • Auditor with KPMG
  • Researcher Identifier
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-7776-539X
  • Scopus Author Identification: 57191974020

Awards and Honors

2018

  • Certificate of Outstanding Contribution to Reviewing - IATSS Research, Elsevier
  • Certificate of Outstanding Contribution to Reviewing - Transportation Research Part F, Elsevier
  • Nominee Global Teacher Prize

2017-2019 Nominee WU Excellent Teaching Award

2016 WU Excellent Teaching Award

2015 WU Excellent Teaching Award

Publications

Journal article

  • 2018 König, Michael, Ludescher, Michael. 2018. Zur Rolle des Aufsichtsrats bei der Sicherstellung der Zukunftsorientierung einer börsenotierten AG. Aufsichtsrat aktuell, (4), 6-12. (Details)
  • 2017 König, Michael, Neumayr, Lambert. 2017. Users’ resistance towards radical innovations: The case of the self-driving car. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 44, 42-52. (Details)
  • 2016 Austerer, Michael, König, Michael. 2016. Inside Research: Forecasten Sie noch oder Foresighten Sie schon? CFO aktuell - Zeitschrift für Finance & Controlling, 10 (3), 105-109. (Details)
  • 2014 König, Michael, Sedlatschek, Elisabeth, Wallner, Natalie. 2014. Strategic Foresight. Oder: Hic sunt dracones!. CFO aktuell - Zeitschrift für Finance & Controlling (4): 139-141. (Details)
  • 2012 Baumüller, Josef, König, Michael. 2012. Kennzahlen der strategischen Frühaufklärung im Rahmen der Lageberichterstattung. Steuer- und Wirtschaftskartei (SWK) 87 (25): 1096-1101. (Details)
  • Baumüller, Josef, König, Michael. 2012. Kennzahlen der strategischen Frühaufklärung im Rahmen der Lageberichterstattung. Steuer- und Wirtschaftskartei (SWK). 87 (25), 1096-1101. (Details)
  • 1998 Reiter, Robert, König, Michael. 1998. Die Bewertung von Pensionsrückstellungen. RWZ - Zeitschrift für Recht und Rechnungswesen (früher: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Recht und Rechnungswesen RWZ), (9), 257-262. (Details)

Chapter in edited volume

  • 2017 König, Michael. 2017. Innovations in Business Administration. In: Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Hrsg. Carayannis (ed.), 1-7. New York: Springer. (Details)
  • König, Michael. 2017. Vertriebs-Controlling: Umsetzung und Steuerung der Vertriebsstrategie. In: Controlling: 21-mal Bindestrich-Controlling für die Praxis, Hrsg. Eschenbach Rolf, Baumüller Josef, Siller Helmut, 523-542. Wien: LexisNexis. (Details)
  • 2012 König, Michael. 2012. Strategische Regentänze? Wildes Denken im Strategischen Management. In: Strategie, Personal, Organisation, Führung, Hrsg. Heimerl Peter, Sichler Ralph, 117-159. Wien, Stuttgart: UTB. (Details)
  • 2001 König, Michael. 2001. Personalrückstellungen. In: Praxisleitfaden zur Internationalen Rechnungslegung, Hrsg. Hassler Rainer, Kerschbaumer Helmut, 79-90. Wien: Linde Verlag. (Details)

Contribution to conference proceedings

  • 2012 König, Michael. 2012. Strategische Frühaufklärungssysteme zur Krisenantizipation in komplexen und hochvolatilen Märkten. In 6. Forschungsforum der österreichischen Fachhochschulen, 11.-12. April 2012, Tagungsband 3: Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Beiträge gegen die Krise, Hrsg. FH Joanneum Graz, 51-54. Graz: FH Joanneum. (Details)

Paper presented at an academic conference or symposium

  • 2018 König, Michael, Ludescher, Michael. 2018. Future Orientation of Supervisory Boards. Scenario Planning and Foresight 2018: Advancing Theory and improving Practice, Conference of the British Academy of Management , Warwick Business School, Großbritannien, 10.12.-11.12. (Details)
  • König, Michael. 2018. Was ist "neu"? Über die unterschiedlichen Facetten von Neuheit und über Feral Futures. Wiener Strategiekonferenz 2018, Landesverteidigungsakademie Wien, Österreich, 27.06.-27.06. Invited Talk (Details)
  • 2017 König, Michael. 2017. Beyond Turing? The notion of economic performance in the new normal. Futures of a Complex World 2017, Turku, Finnland, 12.06.-13.06. (Details)
  • König, Michael, Marquart, Stefan. 2017. The Capability of Strategic Foresight - A Cultural approach. Futures of a Complex World 2017, Turku, Finnland, 12.06.-13.06. (Details)
  • König, Michael. 2017. The Power of Elpis. Oxford Futures Forum 2017, Said Business School, University of Oxford, Großbritannien, 02.06-03.06. (Details)
  • 2011 König, Michael. 2011. Strategic Futuring - Managing Strategic Uncertainty in Turbulent Times. International Conference "Shifting Environments, Innovative Strategies", University of Sopron, Faculty of Economics, Sopron, Ungarn, 02.11.-02.11.. (Details)

Teaching materials

  • 2018 König, Michael. 2018. Materials for Business Planning and Performance Management (Intergrative Modules version). (Details)
  • König, Michael. 2018. Materials for Understanding Business / Business Planning. (Details)
  • 2015 König, Michael. 2015. Materials for Business Planning and Performance Management (Business Gaming version). (Details)
  • König, Michael. 2015. Materials for Fundamentals of Management Control. (Details)
  • 2014 König, Michael. 2014. Unterrichtsmaterialien für Einführung in die Betriebswirtschaftslehre (STEOP, Case Study). (Details)

Magazine/newspaper article

  • 2015 König, Michael. 2015. Strategic Foresight - Die Unternehmenszukunft aktiv gestalten. WU Alumni News, 01.03. (Details)

Unpublished lecture

  • 2018 König, Michael. 2018. Tapir Fridolin und der neue Kaufmannsladen. Kinderuni 2018, WU Wien, 11.07.18 (Details)
  • König, Michael. 2018. Der letzte Dodo und sein Museum. Vorlesung zum Pressetermin Eröffnung der Kinderuni 2018, Wien, 05.06.18 (Details)
  • König, Michael. 2018. Unternehmensführung: Was sollten zukünftige Unternehmer/innen und Führungskräfte können? Tag der Offenen Tür - Schnuppervorlesung, WU, 02.03.18 (Details)
  • König, Michael. 2018. About Giordano Bruno's Cantus Circaeus: The magic box of Cost of Equity. SIMC Mid-Term Lecture, WU Wien, 18.01. (Details)
  • 2017 König, Michael. 2017. Tapir Fridolin und der neue Kaufmannsladen. Kinderuni 2017, WU Wien, 12.07.17 (Details)
  • König, Michael. 2017. Spooky Action at a Distance: Entanglement in Data Analysis. SIMC Mid-Term Lecture, WU Wien, 09.03. (Details)
  • 2016 König, Michael. 2016. The Past is a Foreign Country: Making Sense of Yesterday, Today, and the Future of an Enterprise. SIMC Kick-Off Lecture, WU Wien, 03.10. (Details)
  • König, Michael. 2016. The Phenomenon of Abnormal Returns and Longevity in Bespoke Services. SIMC Mid-Term Lecture, WU Wien, 26.04. (Details)
  • 2015 König, Michael. 2015. The Last Voyage of Ulysses. To See the Unpeopled World and Travel the Untraveled Seas. SIMC Mid-Term Lecture, WU Wien, 05.05. (Details)
  • 2014 König, Michael. 2014. Hic Rhodos, Hic Salta! Managing the Knowns, the Known Unknowns, and Exploring the Unknown Unknowns in Postnormal Times. SIMC Mid-Term Lecture, WU Wien, 06.05. (Details)
  • 2011 König, Michael. 2011. Strategisch planen - strategisch managen - strategisch basteln?. Öffentliche Podiumsdiskussion, Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, 25.05. (Details)

Miscellaneous

  • 2014 König, Michael. 2014. Only 2,4 percent of firms have integrated strategic foresight systems. futureorientation.net, 1.09.2014.

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