Philipp Bubenzer

Philipp Bubenzer has dealt with innovation for the past fifteen years - in research and practice. He teaches and researches innovation management and organizational behavior at the Fribourg School of Management, at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) and at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland.

Philipp received the "Best Teacher Award" from EPFL in 2016.

Academic experience

Before becoming professor of innovation management, he was co-founder and acting director of the Biopharma Management Center at WHU – Beisheim School of Management and a visiting scholar at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Evanston.

Academic training

Philipp received his doctorate in innovation management from the WHU – Beisheim School of Management with highest distinction ('summa cum laude'). Before, he completed graduate studies in business administration at the European Business School (ebs) and also pursued a shorter executive program in corporate strategy at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Education

• Visiting Scholar Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (2005 — 2006)
• MIT Sloan School of Management
• Diplom-Kaufmann EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht

Companies

• Senior Research Fellow, Technology & Innovation Management ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (2015)
• Professor of Innovation Management / Head Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation School of Management Fribourg (HEG-FR) (2015)
• Lecturer & Board Member, EMBA and MSc EPFL, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (2015 — 2020)
• Head of Business Development (initial startup team) PatentSight GmbH - A LexisNexis Company (2010 — 2014)
• Part-time Lecturer Innovation / Organizational Behavior School of Management Fribourg (HEG-FR) (2010 — 2014)
• Founder and Acting Director, Biopharma Management Center WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (2004 — 2009)
• Head of Finance & Corporate Development (initial mgmt team) Axaron Bioscience (BASF group) (1999 — 2003)
• Analyst (Intern), FIG M&A Goldman Sachs (1997 — 1997)