Generative AI and AI-based business model innovation
Haefner, N. & Gassmann, O. (2023). "Generative AI and AI-based business model innovation." Journal of Business Models, 11(3), 46-50.
CV
Education
- Ph.D in Strategy and Management, University of St. Gallen, 2017
- M.A. in Business Innovation, University of St. Gallen, 2014
- B.A. in Business Administration, University of St. Gallen, 2012
- B.A. in Classical Studies with French minor, Middlebury College, 2007
Work experience
- Assistant Professor of Technology Management
- University of St. Gallen
- Global Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- 2019-present
- Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer in Management
- University of St. Gallen
- Institute of Technology Management
- 2017-2019
- Research Associate
- University of St. Gallen
- Institute of Technology Management
- 2014–2017
- Research Assistant
- University of St. Gallen
- Institute of Technology Management
- 2010–2013
Publications
Implementing and scaling artificial intelligence: A review, framework, and research agenda
Haefner, N., Parida, V., Gassmann, O., & Wincent, J. (2023). "Implementing and scaling artificial intelligence: A review, framework, and research agenda." Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 197, 122878.
With(out) a little help from my friends? Reconciling incongruous findings on stakeholder management, innovation, and firm performance
Haefner, N., Palmié, M., & Leppänen, P. T. (2023). "With(out) a little help from my friends? Reconciling incongruous findings on stakeholder management, innovation, and firm performance." Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 47(1), 142-171.
The dominant logic of Big Tech in healthcare and pharma
Schuhmacher, A., Haefner, N., Honsberg, K., Goldhahn, J., & Gassmann, O. (2022). "The dominant logic of Big Tech in healthcare and pharma." Forthcoming in Drug Discovery Today, 28(2), 103457.
Artificial intelligence and innovation management: A review, framework, and research agenda
Haefner, N., Wincent, J., Parida, V., & Gassmann, O. (2021). "Artificial intelligence and innovation management: A review, framework, and research agenda." Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 162, 120392.
Coordination mechanisms for international innovation in SMEs: Effects on time-to-market and R&D task complexity as a moderator
Palmié, M., Zeschky, M., Winterhalter, S., Sauter, P. W., Haefner, N., & Gassmann, O. (2016). "Coordination mechanisms for international innovation in SMEs: Effects on time-to-market and R&D task complexity as a moderator." Small Business Economics. 46(2).
Talks
PMA Career Talk - How to build an academic career
Panel discussion at University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
The Future of Work: Adapting Leadership and Culture in a Digital-First World
Panel moderation at 1st CEMS Alumni Panel Discussion, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Künstliche Intelligenz als neuer Treiber von Innovation?
Research talk at WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Lunchtime Lecture Series, online
University of the Future
Keynote at Developing HSG: How to find creative solutions for the university's future challenges?, St. Gallen, Switzerland
AI and Innovation
Keynote at Swisscome Private Banking Circle, Zurich, Switzerland
Implementing and scaling artificial intelligence
Research talk at University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Artificial Intelligence and Innovation
Research talk at New Design University Lunchtime Lecture, online
Transformative implications of AI on the landscape of innovation management
Research talk at Berkeley Open Innovation Seminar, online
Re-thinking the future of learning
Workshop moderation at International Symposium on 'Universities in an Age of Uncertainty', St. Gallen, Switzerland
Academic insights on AI
Presentation at BMI Lab Think Tank Focus Group Seminar, Zurich, Switzerland
Future Purpose of Higher Education
Roundtable moderator at 52nd St. Gallen Symposium, St. Gallen, Switzerland
St. Galler Business Model Navigator: Entwicklung von Geschäftsideen
Presentation at Switzerland Innovation Park workshop, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA)
Presentation at SUGAR Research Consortium, online
Collaborative advantage: The role of universities in the future of work and learning
Roundtable moderator at 51st St. Gallen Symposium, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Law in the Age of Digitization
Presentation at Center for Intellectual Property and Competition Law (CIPCO) workshop on artificial intelligence and intellectual property, online
Innobites: What comes after the SUGAR course?
Panelist at SUGAR Expo, online
Management von AI Initiativen
Presentation at Alps Forum, Lenzerheide, Switzerland
Entreprendre
Presentation at Les sciences sociales et l’innovation: Créer le changement at the University of Neuchâtel, online
Das Innovationspotenzial von künstlicher Intelligenz: Chancen und Herausforderungen für Unternehmen
Public lecture at University of St. Gallen Public Lecture Series, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Converting AI Technologies into New Business Value
Presentation at BitKom Big-Data.AI Summit 2019, Berlin, Germany
Teaching
Service and leadership
- Member of Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)/Innosuisse BRIDGE Funding Evaluation Committee
- Reviewer for ZHAW Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH)
- Reviewer for Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Research Policy, California Management Review, Journal of Business Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Technovation
- Reviewer for the Strategic Management Society and the Academy of Management
Languages
- English - native
- German - native
- French - excellent