Honorary Doctor of Economics 2022
Prof. Eileen Fischer, PhD
The honorary doctorate was arwarded at the Dies Academicus of 21 May 2022.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2021
Prof. Richard Whittington, PhD
The honorary doctorate was arwarded virtually at the Dies Academicus of 29 May 2021.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2020
Prof. Ann Langley, PhD
The honorary doctorate was awarded virtually on 14 September 2020, due to the cancellation of the Dies Academicus because of the COVID-19 situation.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2019
Prof. Ann Tarca, Ph.D.
University St. Gallen / Picture Hannes Thalmann
The University of St. Gallen, hereby, awards Prof. Ann Tarca, Ph.D. an honorary doctorate in economics for outstanding scientific achievements in the fields of international accounting and standard setting.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2018
Prof. Gerry George, Ph.D.
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The University of St. Gallen, hereby, awards Prof. Gerry George, Ph.D. an honorary doctorate in economics for outstanding scientific achievements in the fields of strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2017
Prof. Robert A. Burgelman, Ph.D.
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The University of St. Gallen, hereby, honours Prof. Robert A. Burgelman, Ph.D. for his remarkable contributions in the field of strategic management, with a specific focus on strategy processes an strategic renewal.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2016
Prof. Ajay K. Kohli, PhD
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The University of St. Gallen, hereby, honours Prof. Dr. Ajay K. Kohli for his remarkable contributions in the area of marketing management, particularly those concerning the market orientation of companies.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2015
Prof. Anne Tsui, PhD
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The University of St. Gallen, hereby, honours Prof. Anne Tsui's outstanding work in the management field as well as her great commitment to Business Schools accepting an active role with regard to matters of responsibility and sustainability.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2014
Prof. Martha S. Feldman, PhD
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The University of St.Gallen honours with Prof. Martha S. Feldman, PhD an impressive scholar who has rendered particular services to a process-oriented, dynamic and open-development conception of organization. Martha S. Feldman’s publications have had a great deal of resonance both in academia and in practice. Martha S. Feldman
embodies the interdisciplinary orientation of the School of Management. Furthermore, Martha S. Feldman is the first woman to be honoured with an Honorary Doctorate in Economic Sciences at the HSG on application of the School of Management.
Link: Faculty Martha S. Feldman:
http://socialecology.uci.edu/faculty/feldmanm
Link: Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Feldman
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2013
Prof. Dr. Günther Gebhardt
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The University of St.Gallen hereby honours Prof. Dr. Günther Gebhardt for his outstanding research in the field of capital market oriented accounting, consolidated accounting and international accounting, particularly with regard to financial instruments, as well as his contributions for the development and regulation of accounting in theory and practice. The University of St. Gallen hereby honours his outstanding research in the field of capital market oriented accounting, consolidated accounting and international accounting, particularly with regard to financial instruments, as well as his contributions for the development and regulation of accounting in theory and practice.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2012
Prof. Dr. Friedemann Schulz von Thun
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In Prof. Dr. Friedemann Schulz von Thun, the University of St.Gallen is honouring an excellent communication researcher, an author of books which have sold in their millions, and a personality who has rendered particular services to the transfer of scientific findings into practice. His vivid models, concepts and methods enable people in organisations to communicate more clearly with each other and to understand each other better. Through his writings, Prof. Schulz von Thun has also enriched management theory from a communication perspective.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2011
Prof Dr. Boas Shamir
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The University of St.Gallen is awarding an Honorary Doctorate in Economic Sciences to Prof. Boas Shamir for his outstanding research in the field of leadership. In the past 30 years, he has worked on subjects areas such as charismatic leadership, life stories of executives, social distance and leadership, and followership, has introduced defining concepts in these areas and published his findings in more than 60 articles.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2010
Prof Dr. Hermann Diller
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The University of St.Gallen is awarding an Honorary Doctorate in Economic Sciences to Prof. Dr. Hermann Diller, a leading marketing expert in the German-speaking area, for his outstanding services to the development of the discipline of marketing, particularly his innovative contributions towards an empirical reorientation of the discipline and its receptiveness to new findings from the behavioural sciences.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2009
Prof. Dr. Michael Power
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The University of St. Gallen is pleased to bestow the degree of Dr. oec. HSG honoris causae upon Michael Power for his outstanding contributions in the field of accounting, auditing and risk management. Michael Power has managed to combine academic research and the practical development of accounting together with subsections of economics, politics and social sciences and always participated as an active contributor to the academic and practical discourse.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2008
Prof. Dr. Eric Johnson
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It is all leading economists' and psychologists' unanimous view that Professor Eric Johnson is one of the world's best behavioral psychologists. His research in the field of individual decision-making has influenced many economists', psychologists' and marketing scientists' ways of thinking. His numerous contributions about the decision-making behavior of purchasers are particularly noteworthy as they provided the central marketing discipline of "consumer behavior" with important and trail-blazing pointers.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2007
Prof. Dr. Wolffried Stucky
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In Prof. Dr. Wolffried Stucky, the University of St.Gallen is honouring an internationally leading researcher in the field of business IT. His research focuses on databases, business information systems, business process and workflow management, mobile business applications and e-learning. His achievements in the field of Petri nets for the purposes of modelling and controlling business processes have attracted particular attention; they have had a crucial impact on developments in this field of business IT.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2006
Prof. Dr. Michael J. Brennan
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With Prof. Michael Brennan the University of St. Gallen honours undoubtedly one of the leading pioneers of modern finance. His research on the analysis of contingent claims and option markets, on information on financial markets as well as his work on corporate finance have had a great influence on the development of finance.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2005
Prof. Dr. Klaus Backhaus
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By awarding an honorary doctorate to Prof. Dr. Klaus Backhaus, the University of St.Gallen is honouring him for his outstanding and innovative academic achievements in the development of industrial goods management and international marketing, as well as for his effective involvement in the distribution and application of modern, empirical research methods in business administration.
Honorary Doctor of Economics 2004
Prof. Dr. Karl E. Weick
The University of St.Gallen honors Prof. Dr. Karl E. Weick for his outstanding academic achievements in the field of psychology and organizational theory as a crucial contribution to the theoretical and practical understanding of organizing and sensemaking processes.