Ronald Klingebiel
Professor of Strategy • Professor
Professor of Strategy
Ronald Klingebiel is Professor of Strategy at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. He has held previous positions at Warwick, Duke, MIT, Columbia, and Cambridge.
Ronald researches decision-making problems under uncertainty, particularly as regards resource allocation in innovation and strategy. Building on a background in strategy consulting, Ronald works predominantly with technology firms, including device manufacturers as well as software and service providers, delivering research projects, academic advisory, and executive education. His research on managing innovation as a portfolio of options has been supported by grants from the UK Economic and Social Research Council and the European SEEK Programme.
You can find Ronald’s writing on technology strategy at Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and The Conversation. He has also featured on the BBC, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Bloomberg, Le Monde, El Pais, Handelsblatt, and other media outlets.
Ronald researches decision-making problems under uncertainty, particularly as regards resource allocation in innovation and strategy. Building on a background in strategy consulting, Ronald works predominantly with technology firms, including device manufacturers as well as software and service providers, delivering research projects, academic advisory, and executive education. His research on managing innovation as a portfolio of options has been supported by grants from the UK Economic and Social Research Council and the European SEEK Programme.
You can find Ronald’s writing on technology strategy at Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and The Conversation. He has also featured on the BBC, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Bloomberg, Le Monde, El Pais, Handelsblatt, and other media outlets.
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- Faculty
PUBLICATIONS
Wu, Z., Klingebiel, R., 2025. A behavioral theory of leviathan Inc.: State-firm responses to performance shortfalls, Strategic Organization. (forthcoming)
Böttcher, L., Klingebiel, R., 2025. Organizational selection of innovation, Organization Science Vol. 36(1), pp. 387-410.
Klingebiel, R., Zhu, F., 2023. Ambiguity aversion and the degree of ambiguity, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty Vol. 67(3), pp. 299-324.
Klingebiel, R., 2022. Motivating Innovation: Tunnels vs. Funnels, Strategy Science Vol. 7(4), pp. 300-316.
Klingebiel, R., Zhu, F., 2022. Sample decisions with description and experience, Judgment and Decision Making Vol. 17(5), pp. 1146-1175.
Klingebiel, R., Joseph, J., Machoba, V., 2022. Sequencing innovation rollout: Learning opportunity versus entry speed, Strategic Management Journal Vol. 43(9), pp. 1763-1792.
Klingebiel, R., Rammer, C., 2021. Optionality and selectiveness in innovation, Academy of Management Discoveries Vol. 7(3), pp. 328-342.
Klingebiel, R., Esser, P., 2020. Stage-Gate Escalation, Strategy Science Vol. 5(4), pp. 311-329.
Klingebiel, R., 2018. Risk-type preference shifts in response to performance feedback, Strategic Organization Vol. 16(2), pp. 141-166.
Klingebiel, R., Joseph, J., 2017. Reflections on entry timing and innovation strategy: commentary, Strategic Management Journal Vol. 38(9), pp. 1948-1949.
Klingebiel, R., Joseph, J., 2016. Entry timing and innovation strategy in feature phones, Strategic Management Journal Vol. 37(6), pp. 1002-1020.
Joseph, J., Klingebiel, R., Wilson, A., 2016. Organizational structure and performance feedback: centralization, aspirations, and termination decisions, Organization Science Vol. 27(5), pp. 1065-1083.
Klingebiel, R., Adner, R., 2015. Real options logic revisited: the performance effects of alternative resource allocation regimes, Academy of Management Journal Vol. 58(1), pp. 221-242.
Klingebiel, R., Rammer, C., 2014. Resource allocation strategy for innovation portfolio management, Strategic Management Journal Vol. 35(2), pp. 246-268.
Klingebiel, R., de Meyer, A., 2013. Becoming aware of the unknown: decision making during the implementation of a strategic initiative, Organization Science Vol. 24(1), pp. 133-153.
Klingebiel, R., 2012. Options in the implementation plan of entrepreneurial initiatives: examining firms' attainment of flexibility benefit, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Vol. 6(4), pp. 307-334.
Böttcher, L., Klingebiel, R., 2025. Organizational selection of innovation, Organization Science Vol. 36(1), pp. 387-410.
Klingebiel, R., Zhu, F., 2023. Ambiguity aversion and the degree of ambiguity, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty Vol. 67(3), pp. 299-324.
Klingebiel, R., 2022. Motivating Innovation: Tunnels vs. Funnels, Strategy Science Vol. 7(4), pp. 300-316.
Klingebiel, R., Zhu, F., 2022. Sample decisions with description and experience, Judgment and Decision Making Vol. 17(5), pp. 1146-1175.
Klingebiel, R., Joseph, J., Machoba, V., 2022. Sequencing innovation rollout: Learning opportunity versus entry speed, Strategic Management Journal Vol. 43(9), pp. 1763-1792.
Klingebiel, R., Rammer, C., 2021. Optionality and selectiveness in innovation, Academy of Management Discoveries Vol. 7(3), pp. 328-342.
Klingebiel, R., Esser, P., 2020. Stage-Gate Escalation, Strategy Science Vol. 5(4), pp. 311-329.
Klingebiel, R., 2018. Risk-type preference shifts in response to performance feedback, Strategic Organization Vol. 16(2), pp. 141-166.
Klingebiel, R., Joseph, J., 2017. Reflections on entry timing and innovation strategy: commentary, Strategic Management Journal Vol. 38(9), pp. 1948-1949.
Klingebiel, R., Joseph, J., 2016. Entry timing and innovation strategy in feature phones, Strategic Management Journal Vol. 37(6), pp. 1002-1020.
Joseph, J., Klingebiel, R., Wilson, A., 2016. Organizational structure and performance feedback: centralization, aspirations, and termination decisions, Organization Science Vol. 27(5), pp. 1065-1083.
Klingebiel, R., Adner, R., 2015. Real options logic revisited: the performance effects of alternative resource allocation regimes, Academy of Management Journal Vol. 58(1), pp. 221-242.
Klingebiel, R., Rammer, C., 2014. Resource allocation strategy for innovation portfolio management, Strategic Management Journal Vol. 35(2), pp. 246-268.
Klingebiel, R., de Meyer, A., 2013. Becoming aware of the unknown: decision making during the implementation of a strategic initiative, Organization Science Vol. 24(1), pp. 133-153.
Klingebiel, R., 2012. Options in the implementation plan of entrepreneurial initiatives: examining firms' attainment of flexibility benefit, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Vol. 6(4), pp. 307-334.
Stuart Wall, Carsten Zimmermann, Ronald Klingebiel, Dieter Lange (eds), 2010. Strategic Reconfigurations: building dynamic capabilities in rapid innovation-based industries, Cheltenham: Elgar.
Klingebiel, R., 2010, Deploying strategic initiatives: further consideration of the flexibility-stability balance, in: Stuart Wall, Carsten Zimmermann, Ronald Klingebiel, Dieter Lange (eds): Strategic Reconfigurations, Cheltenham: Elgar, pp. 192-222.
Klingebiel, R., Lange, D., 2010, Strategic value chain redefinitions: operationalising the dynamic capability view, in: Stuart Wall, Carsten Zimmermann, Ronald Klingebiel, Dieter Lange (eds): Strategic Reconfigurations, Cheltenham: Elgar, pp. 270-286.
Griffiths, A., Wall, S., Zimmermann, C., Klingebiel, R., 2007, Doing business: the nature of global trading, in: Lester Lloyd-Reason, Leigh Sear (eds): Trading Places - SMEs in the Global Economy, Cheltenham: Elgar, pp. 11-38.
Zimmermann, C., Klingebiel, R., Wall, S., 2006, Export determinants for small- and medium-sized enterprises: implications for the transformation needs of government assistance, in: Structural reform and the transformation of organizations and businesses, Waterloo: North Waterloo Academic Press.
Klingebiel, R., Lange, D., 2010, Strategic value chain redefinitions: operationalising the dynamic capability view, in: Stuart Wall, Carsten Zimmermann, Ronald Klingebiel, Dieter Lange (eds): Strategic Reconfigurations, Cheltenham: Elgar, pp. 270-286.
Griffiths, A., Wall, S., Zimmermann, C., Klingebiel, R., 2007, Doing business: the nature of global trading, in: Lester Lloyd-Reason, Leigh Sear (eds): Trading Places - SMEs in the Global Economy, Cheltenham: Elgar, pp. 11-38.
Zimmermann, C., Klingebiel, R., Wall, S., 2006, Export determinants for small- and medium-sized enterprises: implications for the transformation needs of government assistance, in: Structural reform and the transformation of organizations and businesses, Waterloo: North Waterloo Academic Press.
Klingebiel, R., Böttcher, L., 2024. How to Decide Which Innovation Projects to Greenlight, Harvard Business Review.
Klingebiel, R., Stadler, C., 2015. Opportunities and challenges for empirical strategy research in Africa, Africa Journal of Management Vol. 1(2), pp. 194-200.
Klingebiel, R., Lange, D., Metscher, S., 2009. Flexible Innovation Management: Increasing the Return on New Product Portfolios, Insights Vol. 6(Winter/Spring), pp. 66-74.
Lange, D., Klingebiel, R., Zimmermann, C., Zimmermann, P., 2004. The wireline renaissance in Europe, Executive Agenda Vol. 7(1), pp. 67-75.
Klingebiel, R., Stadler, C., 2015. Opportunities and challenges for empirical strategy research in Africa, Africa Journal of Management Vol. 1(2), pp. 194-200.
Klingebiel, R., Lange, D., Metscher, S., 2009. Flexible Innovation Management: Increasing the Return on New Product Portfolios, Insights Vol. 6(Winter/Spring), pp. 66-74.
Lange, D., Klingebiel, R., Zimmermann, C., Zimmermann, P., 2004. The wireline renaissance in Europe, Executive Agenda Vol. 7(1), pp. 67-75.
OFFICE HOURS
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Room
C4.49
OFFICE HOURS
During the lecture period
per email arrangement
Room
C4.49