Univ.Ass. Dr. Matthias Fink
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Ass.Prof. Dr. Matthias Fink Fax: +43/1/31336-904483 CV of Matthias Fink (Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship) |
Matthias Fink (1978) is an Assistant Professor at the Department for Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship at the Vienna University of Economics and Business where he has also received university degrees in Business Administration and International Management as well as a Ph.D. in SME Management and Entrepreneurship. He was scholar (APART - Austrian Program for Advanced Research and Technology) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Professor at Vaasa University (Finland) and EECPCL Participating Professor at Harvard Business School (USA). Furthermore he is Senior Researcher at the RiCC - Research Institute for Co-operation and Co-operatives, Visiting Professor at the Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona; vice-chairman of the IMFK - Institut für Managementforschung Köln e.V. and second country vice president of the European Council of Small Business (ECSB). This fall his work is being assessed by an international board regarding the qualification for full professorship (Habilitation at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business).
RESEARCH FOCUS
- entrepreneurship und SME management
- the role of SME in regional development and economic transition processes
- cooperative strategies of company growth and internationalisation
- trust and self-commitment as coordination mechanisms in economic exchange
- methods of empirical social science
HONORS
- Invitation and Scholarship for Participation Professorship at the EECPCL at the Harvard Business School (Summer 2008)
- Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department for Cross Boarder Business (2007, 2008): Award for Excellence in Publishing
- Vienna University of Economics and Business (2008, 2007 and 2006): Award for Excellence in Research (Research Projects) & (2008) Award for Excellence in Research (Publications)
- Erste Bank (2006): Grant for Research on Central and Eastern Europe
- Austrian Academy of Sciences (2005): APART CEE [Austrian Program for Advanced Research and Technology – Central and Eastern Europe] Habilitation Scholarship.
- Erste-Bank (2005): Erste-Bank-Prize for Research on Central and Eastern Europe
- Austrian Chamber of Commerce (2004): Rudolf-Sallinger-Preis
- Vienna University of Economics and Business (2004): Invitation to publish in the series “Forschungsergebnisse der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien”
ACTIVITIES IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
- Editor of Inter-RENT 2010
- Track Chair: 5TH Workshop on trust in and between organizations 2010, Madrid, Spain (together with Teemu Kautonen), Track: “Cooperation and Trust in Small and new Enterprises”
- Track Chair: Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Management 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia (together with Teemu Kautonen and Andreas Kuckertz), Track: “Cooperative Strategies and Trust in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises”
- Track Chair: International Council of Small Business 2007 Conference, Turku, Finland (together with Kraus, S.), Track: "Management in SMEs and New Ventures"
- Session Chair: Academy of Management 2006 Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (USA) Session: "Networks: Conflict and Complementarity in Alliance Portfolios"
- Executive Vice-President IMFK – Institut für Managementforschung Köln e.V.
- Austrian member of the ECSB Country Vice-Presidents Board – Europ. Council for Small Business
- Member of the Department Conference at the Vienna University of Economics and Business
- Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing (IJEV)
CURRICULUM VITAE
- since 1/2009 Assistant Professor (habilitation track) & Lecturer at the Institute for Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship, Vienna University of Economies and Business (Austria)
- since 1/2009 Visiting Professor, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, European Doctoral Programme in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
- 9-12/2008 Visiting Professor at the Department of Management, University of Vaasa (Finland)
- summer 2008 EECPCL Participating Professor at the Harvard Business School, Boston (USA)
- 9/2005-8/2008 APART [Austrian Programme for Advanced Research and Technology] Scholarship Track: AAS-CEE [Central and Eastern European Scholarship] granted by the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
- since 10/2005 Senior Researcher & Lecturer at the Research Institute for Cooperation and Co-operatives, Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria)
- 9/2004-8/2008 Assistant Professor & Lecturer at the Department of Small Business Management, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
- 4/2003-8/2004 Junior Researcher at the Department of Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
- 9/2002-4/2004 Doctoral Programme at the Vienna University of Economics and Business / Department of Small Business Management, Thesis on “Self Commitment as a Factor for Success in Trust Based Cooperation Relationships – With an Empirical Evaluation among Austrian SMEs”
- 4/2001-9/2001 Research Fellow at the “Institut für Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht” / University of Vienna, Research Focus: Analysis of the Structure of the Austrian Chambers – from an Economic Point of View
- 1997-2004 Master at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Branch of Study: Business Administration, Focus on Business Organization and Supply Management (o.Univ.Prof. O. Grün) and on Small Business Management (o.Univ.Prof. J. Mugler)
- 1997-2002 Master at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Branch of Study: International Business Administration, Master Thesis on “EU-Enlargement – Evaluation of the Positions of selected Austrian Interest Groups” at the Academic Unit for Public Economics, Monetary and Fiscal Policy (VW1)
EXTERNAL TEACHING
- since 3/2009 lecturer at the Universidad Autonoma de Bacelona (Spain), International Doctoral Programme in Entrepreneurship and Management (IDEM) / Topics: (1) Holistic Theories in Management Research and (2, together with Rainer Harms) Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Formation
- since 1/2008 lecturer at the Vienna University of Technology (Austria) / Topic: Cooperative Entrepreneurship and Internationalization
- since 7/2008 lecturer at the University of Vaasa (Finland) / Topic: Small Enterprise Growth – A European Perspective
- since 3/2008 lecturer at the University of Viadrina, MBA Programme: Management in Central and Eastern Europe (Campus Frankfurth a.O., Germany/Poland)
- 2006 lecturer at the University of Oldenburg (Germany), Institute for Business Administration and Business Education, Department of Entrepreneurship / Topic: Cooperation and Innovation
- Univ.of AS associate lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences of bfi Vienna (Master Programme: The European Economy and Management as well as Banking and Finance), at the FHW (Master Programme: Executive Management), at the Pedagogical Institute Vienna (Master Programme: Entrepreneurship Education), at the Wr. Neustadt University of Applied Science for Business and Engineering (Master Programme: SME Management) and at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences & Technologies (Master Programme: Business & Information Management).
OTHER AFFILIATIONS
- Executive Vice-President IFMK - Institut für Managementforschung Köln e.V.
- Member of the Editorial Board - International Journal of Opportunity, Growth and Value Creation
- Track Chair at the International Council of Small Business 2007 Conference, Turku, Finland (together with Kraus, S.); Track: " Management in SMEs and New Ventures"
- Session Chair at the Academy of Management 2006 Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (USA); Session: "Networks: Conflict and Complementarity in Allicnace Portfolios"
- Member of the European Council for Small Business
- Member of the Academy of Management
PRACTICAL EXPERIANCE
- 2004-2005: Consulting (Business Plan) for CLC – Center of Legal Competence
- 2002-2003: Design and Implementation of a Data-based Marketing and Security Information System at Ashland Austria
- 2001-2002: Editing (Content) Articles for the FinEcon (Database with a Focus on Economic and Legal Issues) at the Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
- 1997-2001: Various Internships (e.g. IVECO Austria, Zepra – Zentrum für Praxisinformation, Minerol, BEBEflex.GmbH)
SELECTION OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Fink, M. & Keßler, A. (2009). Cooperation, Trust and Performance: Empirical Results from Three Countries. British Journal of Management (preprint online).
Fink, M., Harms, R., Kraus, S. & Schulz, A. 2009. Wirkung und Erfolgsbeitrag der Selbstverpflichtung bei nationalen und internationalen Kooperationen junger KMU. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft (ZfB) 79(1): 107-132.
Bögenhold, D., Fink, M. & Kraus, S. 2009. Integrative Entrepreneurshipforschung - Identifikation von Schnittstellen zwischen soziologischer und ökonomischer Perspektive. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie (ÖZS) 34(3): 22-42.
Fink, M. & Kraus, S. (Eds) 2009. The Management of Small and Medium Enterprises, London: Routledge.
Fink, M., Harms, R. & Kraus, S. 2008. Cooperative Internationalization of SMEs: Self-commitment as a Success Factor for International Entrepreneurship. European Management Journal 26(6): 429-440.
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