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Dr. Mathias Beck

Dr. oec. Dipl. Wi.-Ing.

Lecturer

Swiss Institute for Entrepreneurship (SIFE), Department of Entrepreneurial Management

Phone

+41 81 286 37 96

E-mail

Subjects

Digital transformation, digitalization, innovation, Artificial Intelligence, strategic management

Mathias Beck is a tenured Lecturer at the Department of Entrepreneurial Management of the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons and a Research Fellow at the KOF Swiss Economic Institute of ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Before joining SIFE, Mathias Beck served as a Senior Researcher at the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich and as a Lecturer at the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC) at ETH Zurich. His empirical research primarily focuses on innovation, digitalization, and strategic management.

He is Principal Investigator of the project “Digital Transformation: How It Changes Organisations, Performance, and Markets” within the framework of the Swiss National Research Programme “Digital Transformation” (NRP 77).

Dr. Beck holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, and also studied at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome. He earned his PhD in Management and Economics at the University of Zurich, where he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Entrepreneurship (Prof. Ulrich Kaiser), Technology and Innovation Management (Prof. Anja Schulze), and as a Research Associate at the Chair of Performance Management (Prof. Andrea Schenker-Wicki).

Curriculum Vitae

Mathias Beck is a tenured Lecturer at the Department of Entrepreneurial Management of the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons and a Research Fellow at the KOF Swiss Economic Institute of ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Before joining SIFE, Mathias Beck served as a Senior Researcher at the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich and as a Lecturer at the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC) at ETH Zurich. His empirical research primarily focuses on innovation, digitalization, and strategic management.

He is Principal Investigator of the project “Digital Transformation: How It Changes Organisations, Performance, and Markets” within the framework of the Swiss National Research Programme “Digital Transformation” (NRP 77).

Dr. Beck holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, and also studied at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome. He earned his PhD in Management and Economics at the University of Zurich, where he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Entrepreneurship (Prof. Ulrich Kaiser), Technology and Innovation Management (Prof. Anja Schulze), and as a Research Associate at the Chair of Performance Management (Prof. Andrea Schenker-Wicki).

Field

Innovation
Digital Strategies

Significant achievements

Strategic Management Society: Chicago, Illinois, US (Strategic Management Society SMS London conference 2020): Nomination for Best Conference Paper Prize
Strategic Management Society: Chicago, Illinois, US (Strategic Management Society SMS London conference 2020): Finalist for the Corporate Strategy Interest Group Best Paper Award
Academy of Management: Benedictine University Scholar-Practitioner Collaboration Award 2026 (Management Consulting Division)
Kartenansicht Standort E an der Comercialstrasse 22 in 7000 Chur.
Kartenansicht Standort E an der Comercialstrasse 22 in 7000 Chur.

Location E

Comercialstrasse 22
7000 Chur Google Maps