Ulrich Hommel

Ulrich Hommel is an internationally recognized expert of accreditation, quality management, risk management and strategic leadership in higher education, and a prolific writer on business school topics. He has served in various leadership capacities at EFMD Global over a period of more than 12 years, including Director of Quality Services, Director of Business School Development and Director of Research & Surveys. He continues to be involved in EFMD activities as Senior Advisor and Director of the Quality Assurance Academy.

Ulrich has completed more than 20 years of service as Professor of Finance at EBS University & Law in Wiesbaden (Germany), which included appointments as Dean, Rector and Managing Director. His academic research focuses on risk management, restructuring and entrepreneurial financing, all topics that mirror his interests in higher education. Ulrich holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and has been awarded a Dr. Habil in Business Administration by WHU.

Ulrich is Founding Partner and Managing Director of XOLAS GmbH, an advisory company for higher education institutions. Ulrich contributes particularly to the creation of knowledge and intelligence solutions and helps business schools to enhance their risk management capabilities and quality management; he develops restructuring solutions for clients and spearheads the development of XOLAS’ financial advisory capabilities.

Ulrich is a member of six international advisory boards of business schools located on 4 continents.

AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Risk Management
• Financing of Privately Held Companies (Family Business Financing Venture Capital & Private Equity)
• Higher Education Financing and Restructuring

Education

• Dr. habil WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (1994 — 2001)
• Ph.D. University of Michigan (1986 — 1994)
• M.A. University of Michigan (1986 — 1988)
• B.A. Equivalent Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau (1984 — 1986)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Squeezing the Middle: The Consequences of Quality Oversight in Management Education, 2018, in: Journal of the Knowledge Economy, DOI: 10.1007/s13132-018-0559-4 (with B. Woods).

• Transport Infrastructure Equities in a Mixed Asset Portfolio: Estimating Risk with a Garch-Copula CVaR Mode«, in: Journal of Property Research, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2018, pp. 117-138 (with L. Chakkalakal, W. Li).

• Network Topology and Systemic Risk: Empirical Evidence from the Euro Stoxx Marke«, in: Finance Research Letters, DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2018.02.016 (with W. Li, S. Paterlini).

• Mitigation of Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection in Venture Capital Financing: The Influence of the Country’s Institutional Setting, in: Journal of Small Business Management, DOI:10.1111/jsbm.12391 (with C. Bellavitis, D. S. Kamuriwo).

• Mitigating Agency Risk Between Investors and Ventures’ Managers, in: Journal of General Management, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2017, pp. 33-43 (with C. Bellavitis, D. S. Kamuriwo).

• Testing Weighting Approaches for Forecasting in a Group Wisdom Support System Environment in: Journal of Business Research, Vol. 69, No. 10, 2016, pp. 4081-4094 (with H. A. v. d. Gracht, T. Prokesch, H. Wohlenberg).

• Determinants of Liquidity (Re-)Allocation and the Decision to Cross-List or Cross-Delist, in: International Journal of Finance & Economics, Vol. 21, No. 4, 2016, pp. 447-471 (with R. Füss, J.-C. Plagge).

• The State of Risk Management in Business Schools, in: Journal of Management Development, Vol. 35, No. 5, 2016, pp. 606-622 (with W. Li, A. Pastwa).

• Venture Capital Contracting in Theory and Practice: Implications for Entrepreneurship Research, in: Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Vol. 40, No. 1, 2016, pp. 25-48 (with C. Billitteri, J. Burchardt, D. S. Kamuriwo).

• Moving Beyond the Rhetoric of Responsible Management Education, in: Journal of Management Development, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2015, pp. 2-15 (with E. Cornuel).

• Mitigating Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection in the Venture Capital Industry, in: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2015, p. 10526 (with D. S. Kamuriwo, C. Bellavitis).