Hermann Simon
| Hermann Simon | |
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| Born |
February 10, 1947 Hasborn, Germany |
| Alma mater |
University of Cologne University of Bonn |
| Occupation | author |
| Website | www |
Hermann Simon (born 10 February 1947) is a German author and business leader. He is chairman of Simon-Kucher & Partners, Strategy & Marketing Consultants. Simon is an expert in strategy, marketing and pricing. An ongoing online survey (in German language countries) vote him the most influential management thinker after Peter Drucker. Simon has authored numerous books and writes articles for international newspapers and business magazines.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hermann Simon’s career has followed three paths: as a management consultant, as an author and as a business professor. His books have been translated into 25 languages and are widely read among managers. An ongoing online survey votes him the most influential management thinker after Peter Drucker.
Hermann Simon is also a professor of business and has worked extensively in the field of marketing. Until 1995 he was a professor of business administration and marketing at the Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. Simon’s academic career began very early: After completing his studies, he started his Ph.D. under the supervision of Horst Albach. Professor Albach significantly influenced his professional development, especially regarding the bridge between theory and practice. Between 1978 and 1980 Simon received a post-doctoral scholarship from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) and was also a visiting fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) during that time. Since then he has been a regular contributor to journals like "Management Science", "Harvard Business Review", "MIT Sloan Management Review" and Journal of Marketing Research. His academic career led him to numerous guest professorships at international universities: Simon was a visiting professor at the Vienna Institute for Advanced Studies in 1979, at the Keio University in Tokyo in 1983 and at Stanford University in 1984. He also taught at INSEAD in Fontainebleau (1980–1985), at Harvard Business School (1988–1989) and London Business School (1991–2002). Between 1984 and 1986, Professor Simon was the head of the European Marketing Academy (EMAC), and between 1985 and 1988 he was the research director of the European School of Management and Technology (formerly the Universitätsseminar der Wirtschaft, or USW) at the Schloss Gracht in Cologne.
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