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Thomas Straub (born March 28, 1973 in Herrenberg) is a German economist. He is Vice Dean, Professor of International Management and Head of the entire Executive Education of the Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM), University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Career
Thomas completed his studies in 1999 at the University of Konstanz (Germany) and the Institut d'études politiques (IEP) in Grenoble (France). He obtained his doctorate degree (PhD) in 2006 with a dissertation on Reasons for frequent failure in Mergers and Acquisitions at the HEC (now GSEM) at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He was a Professor at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland and founded the competence center Corporate and Business Development, which he also managed. From 2008 to 2015 he was Professor for Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship and elected member of the Research Commission at the HES-SO - University of Applied Sciences Freiburg (HSW). Today he is Vice Dean, Professor of International Management and Director of the entire Executive Education at the GSEM - Geneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Professor Straub is also a permanent Visiting Professor and Chairman of the Scientific Board of the MBA Program at the UNESCO Department of the University of Bucharest. Furthermore, he is a permanent Visiting Professor at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), Switzerland and for many years he was a lecturer at the Swiss Academy of Auditing. He is among others member of the Foundation Board of the Swiss Society for Organization and Management (SGO Foundation), and is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journals International Journal of Entrepreneurship (IJE), Journal of Strategy and Management (JSA), Journal of East European Management Studies (JEEMS) and Entrepreneurial Executive (EE).

Research projects

 * All-inclusive universities: A project for enhancing the accessibility services of universities for students with disabilities. HES-SO in cooperation with GSEM - University of Geneva; Euroregional Center for Democracy. - Swiss-Romanian Cooperation Program - Swiss Federal Council. 2015-2016.
 * Analyzing, sharing and improving good governance practices related to management and child protection policies of Non Profit Organizations in Post-Communist countries. The case of Moldova. HES-SO in cooperation with the University of Geneva, Terre des hommes Foundation - Moldova, Partnership for Every Child – Moldova, UNESCO Department for Intercultural Studies – University of Bucharest. 2015-2016.
 * Implementation of the GEM Project (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) in Burkina Faso and Cameron. HES-SO in cooperation with the Université du Québec, Trois Rivières/Canada; Université Hassan II, Casablanca/ Morocco, - Centre de Recherches pour le Développement International (CRDI), Canada. 2014-2015.
 * The role of Venture Capital to support Entrepreneurship, Swiss National Research Fund (SNF) in cooperation with the Romanian AgencyHigher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI), 2012-2014.
 * Capacity building for local NGOs in Mongolia, Swiss Confederation, represented by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), acting through Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Ulaanbaatar/Mongolia, Bern, Switzerland, 2012_2014.
 * Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), Country report for Switzerland, 2010.
 * IT Management Forum Western Switzerland: Inter-organizational communities of best practices with multinational companies around Geneva - RCSO HES-SO, Merck Serono S.A., Genève; Philip Morris International, Lausanne; Givaudan S.A., Genève.
 * Organizational Development between lack of Specialists and Career Development - KTI: Swiss Federal Innovation Agency.
 * Research Project on Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments - Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), Paris, France.
 * Research Program on Law and Economy - French Ministry of Justice, Paris, France.
 * Research Networks and Intellectual Property: A Model for Supporting Developing Country Researchers in Creating, Owning and Exploiting Health Research Results - GIAN (Geneva International Academic Network) (today – Swiss Network for International Studies) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Publications (selection)

 * Thomas Straub Thorsten Feix, Jan-Philippe Büchler: Mergersw and Acquisitions. Haufe Lexware, Munich, 2017. ISBN 978-3-648-05729-2.
 * Thomas Straub, Stefano Borzillo, Roxana Voicu-Dorobantu: Entrepreneuship and Ecosystems. Growth Publisher, New York 2016, ISBN 978-2-940384-34-1.
 * Thomas Straub: Einfuehrung in die Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre. 2. überarbeitete Auflage. Pearson Studium, München 2015, München 2015, ISBN 978-3-86894-046-6.
 * Thomas Straub, Lea Stadtler, Achim Schmitt, Patricia Klarner: More than Bricks in the Wall: Organizational Perspectives for Sustainable Success - A tribute to Professor Dr. Gilbert Probst. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-8349-2580-0.
 * Thomas Straub: Reasons for frequent failure in Mergers and Acquisitions. Dissertation, University of Geneva, 2006. Gabler Edition Wissenschaft, Deutscher Universitätsverlag, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-8350-0844-1.

Weblinks

 * Thomas Straub - Faculté d'économie et de management - UNIGE. In: https://www.unige.ch/gsem/en/research/faculty/all/thomas-straub/