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Johannes Kern (* November 8 1985 in Augsburg) is a german Economist and Professor at Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (German: Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg, DHBW) in Lörrach. Since 2023 he is prorector and dean of the business faculty of the university.

Life and work
Johannes Kern completed his abitur at the Maristenkolleg in Mindelheim. From 2005 to 2007 he did his military service with the Mountain Telecommunications Battalion in Murnau am Staffelsee and was part of EUFOR Operation Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He then studied at the University of Bayreuth, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in business administration. His further education included a trinational master's program with degrees from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany, Emlyon Business School in France and Aston University in the UK. He received his doctorate at the Technische Universität Darmstadt with a dissertation on the selection of logistics service providers in China taking Guanxi into account.

In industry, Kern worked as a project manager, logistics manager and senior purchasing manager at Bosch (company) in Asia, where he led teams and strategic projects in China, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and India. He then founded Xiezhi Supply Chain Consulting in Suzhou, which specialized in advising foreign companies in China.

Main research areas
Johannes Kern is Professor of Digital Business Management at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University. His research focuses on Digital Transformation, Entrepreneurship and Supply Chain Management. His practice-oriented research has been published by Harvard Business Publishing, the OECD , the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society and in books by Springer , Elsevier und Wiley.