Professor Dr. Tassilo Schuster

Work Experience

• 01/2024 – today 
  Research Professor
  for Sustainable Business Models and Global Value Networks at the University of Applied Sciences Neu-Ulm (HNU)
• 01/2024 – today 
  Scientific Advisor
  at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Department “Innovation and Transformation”
• 03/2022 – 08/2023 
  Guest Lecturer
  at the Department for Business Administration, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg
• 08/2020 – 06/2023 
  Senior Project Manager/ Chief Scientist
  at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Department “Innovation and Transformation”
• 10/2019 – 06/2020 
  Senior Teaching and Research Associate (Private Lecturer)
  at the Department of International Management, School of Business & Economics Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
• 10/2017 – 09/2019 
  Interim Professorship
  for Business Administration, Faculty of Business Administration,
  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• 10/2017 – 03/2018 
  Visiting Lecturer
  at the Department of International Management, School of Business & Economics
  Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
• 07/2012 – 10/2017 
  Assistant Professor (Akademischer Rat)
  at the Department of International Management, School of Business & Economics
  Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
• 10/2015 – 10/2015 
  Visiting Professor
  at the Faculty of Economics and Business
• 10/2014 – 11/2014 
  Administration,
• 10/2013 – 11/2013 
  Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 02/2012 – 03/2012 
  Lecturer for Leadership
  at the School of Business, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW)
• 12/2007 – 06/2012 
  Teaching and Research Associate
  at the Department of International Management, School of Business & Economics
  Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
• 09/2004 – today 
  Self-employed Consultant
  at Schuster Consulting,
  Consultancy services and participation in science-oriented consulting projects

Education

• 11/2017 
  Habilitation and venia legendi for Business Administration
  Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
• 11/2011 
  Graduation: Dr. rer. pol. Management and Business Administration
  Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
• 12/2007 – 11/2011 
  Doctoral Studies at the Department of International Management,
  Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
   PhD-Thesis: “Business Strategies at the Bottom of the Pyramid” (summa cum laude)
• 11/2007 
  Graduation: Diplom-Kaufmann
  Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
• 09/2005 – 05/2006 
  Semesters Abroad
  Faculté des Sciences Économiques de Montpellier, France
• 09/2002 – 11/2007 
  Studies in Business Administration 
  Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
  Diploma-Thesis: The effect of human and social capital on the internationalization and corporate success – Evidence from professional service firms
• 06/2001 
  Abitur

• Business Ethics

Sustainability and digitalization

1. Using digital technologies to realize a circular economy
2.  An ecosystem analysis of circular businesses
3.  Drivers and framework conditions for a circular economy: an international comparison
4.  Business model innovations for the realization of a smart circular economy

Coordination of international companies and the future of work

1. Effects of digitalization on psychological contracts in the work context: A literature review on coping strategies
2. Multiple psychological contracts in the world of work: An empirical analysis in alternative forms of employment (international assignments, gig economy, etc.)
3. Ethics and responsibility in the digital age: An analysis of the ethical challenges associated with the use of technology in the workplace and possible solutions.
4. Purposeful Work: The impact of focusing on sustainable business models on employee motivation and satisfaction in sustainable companies.
5.  Shaping organizational culture in sustainable companies: Influencing factors, challenges and strategy for success