Professor Martin Hoegl (Ph.D., Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany; Habilitation, Technical University of Berlin, Germany) holds the Chair of Leadership and Human Resource Management at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. Before joining WHU, Professor Hoegl served on the faculties of Washington State University (USA) and Bocconi University (Milan, Italy). Moreover, Professor Hoegl held a visiting professorship at the National Sun Yat-Sen University (Taiwan) and has given guest lectures at various international universities.

He has conducted research projects with major firms in the US and Europe. His main research interests include leadership and collaboration in organizations, management of R&D personnel, knowledge creation in innovation processes, resource-constraint innovation, the management of geographically dispersed and inter-organizational collaboration, as well as the influence of cross-cultural differences on individual and team behaviors in organizations. He has published in leading international journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Decision Sciences, Human Resource Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Product Innovation Management, MIT Sloan Management Review, Organization Science, Research Policy, and others.

Professor Hoegl has received multiple awards for teaching and research, including the Students’ Choice Award for Excellence in Teaching (from Washington State University students) as well as Best Paper Awards at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, the Western Academy of Management, and the International Research Conference of the Product Development and Management Association.