Ansgar Richter

Dean of Faculty • Professor

Dean of Faculty

Ansgar Richter is Dean of Faculty and Professor of Corporate Strategy, Organisation and Governance at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. His research interests are at the interface of strategy, organisation and governance: dynamic capabilities, organisational design, incentives, ownership and justice in organisations, and the strategy and structure of professional service firms. Professor Richter studied Philosophy and Economics in Frankfurt and Bochum (Germany), before continuing his studies at London School of Economics (LSE), where he earned an MSc in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, and a PhD in Management. Following his studies, he worked for over three years as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, advising international clients on matters of strategy and organisation, before moving on to EBS Business School, University of Liverpool Management School and Surrey Business School. At various points in his academic career, Ansgar Richter was a visiting scholar at Berkeley, Stanford, and INSEAD. He has also taught at several major institutions internationally. In addition, he has provided a wide range of executive education programmes for companies in the automotive, chemical, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, and professional service sectors. Prior to joining Frankfurt School, he was the Dean of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and before that Dean of Surrey Business School. He has published extensively in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Leadership Quarterly, and many others. Five of his papers have been included in the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of Journal of Management, Long-Range Planning, and serves as a reviewer for many other journals on a regular basis. He has also served as Chair of the Management Consulting Division of the Academy of Management. He also works closely with major accreditation and quality assurance organisations such as EFMD and AACSB, and serves as peer reviewer and mentor of business schools worldwide.

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PUBLICATIONS

Sarnecki, A., Diehl, M., Richter, A., 2024. Organizational injustice and employee affective health: The moderating effects of labor market conditions, European Management Journal Vol. 42(6), pp. 883-893.

Edacherian, S., Richter, A., Karna, A., Gopalakrishnan, B., 2023. Connecting the right knots: The impact of board committee interlocks on the performance of Indian firms, Corporate Governance.

Karna, A., Mavrovitis (Mavis), C., Richter, A., 2022. Disentangling reciprocal relationships between R&D intensity, profitability and capital market performance: A panel VAR analysis, Long Range Planning Vol. 55(5,Art. 102247).

Pidun, U., Richter, A., Schommer, M., Karna, A., 2019. A New Playbook for Diversified Companies: Here's How Strong Performers Are Defying Expectations about the Demise of Multi-Business Enterprise, MIT Sloan Management Review Vol. 60(2), pp. 56-62.

Heirati, N., Henneberg, S., Richter, A., Harste, R., 2019. Differential importance of social and economic determinants of relationship performance in professional services, Industrial Marketing Management Vol. 76(1), pp. 23-25.

Schommer, M., Richter, A., Karna, A., 2019. Does the Diversification - Firm Performance Relationship Change Over Time? A Meta-Analytical Review, Journal of Management Studies Vol. 56(1), pp. 270-298.

Mavrovitis (Mavis), C., Richter, A., Landau, C., Schmidt, S., Simons, T., Steinbock, K., 2019. What Happens when Companies (don't) Do What they Said they would? Stock Market Reactions to Strategic Integrity, European Management Review Vol. 16(3), pp. 815-831.

Richter, A., 2021. The evolving role of the "professions", Global Focus Vol. 15(1), pp. 120-123.