Professor Christian Stadler
Professor of Strategic Management
Research Interests
Christian's research examines how organizations can achieve sustainable competitive advantage. He is particularly interested in questions related to 1) learning and innovation, as well as 2) diversification. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Strategic Management Journal and Strategic Organization.
Teaching in 2017-2018
Doctorate in Business Administration
- WBDB10: Workshop 1 - Strategic Management
Executive MBA
- IB9T10: Strategy and Practice
Executive MBA (London)
- IB9S9L: Strategic Advantage
- IB9T1L: Strategy and Practice
Postgraduate Research Business and Management
- IB9EK0: Advanced Issues in Strategy and International Business
Strategy & International Business
Email: Christian.Stadler@wbs.ac.uk / Tel: 024 761 51877 / Room: 2.221
Biography
Christian Stadler is a Professor in Strategic Management. Prior to joining Warwick Business School he was at University of Bath School of Management, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and Innsbruck University.
Christian is an expert on long-term success. For the past decade he devoted his energy to the investigation of long-living corporations - how they grow, adapt, and consistently beat their competitors. His work has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg Business Week, Fast Company, Fortune/CNN, and the BBC, and has been translated into 11 languages.
Publications
Journal Articles
- Mol, M. J., Stadler, C. and Ariño, A. (2017) "Africa : the new frontier for global strategy scholars", Global Strategy Journal, 7, 1, 3-9
- Mayer, M., Hautz, J., Stadler, C. and Whittington, R. (2017) "Diversification and internationalization in the European single market : the British exception", Business History Review, 1-21
- Stadler, C., Mayer, M. C. J., Hautz, J. and Matzler, K. (2017) "International and product diversification – which strategy suits family managers?", Global Strategy Journal
- Nocker, E., Bowen, H. P., Stadler, C. and Matzler, K. (2016) "Capturing relatedness : comprehensive measures based on secondary data", British Journal of Management, 27, 1, 197-213
- Matzler, K., Veider, V., Hautz, J. and Stadler, C. (2015) "The impact of family ownership, management, and governance on innovation", Journal of Product Innovation Management
- Mayer, M. C. J., Stadler, C. and Hautz, J. (2015) "The relationship between product and international diversification : the role of experience", Strategic Management Journal, 36, 10, 1458-1468
- Klingebiel, R. and Stadler, C. (2015) "Opportunities and challenges for empirical strategy research in Africa", Africa Journal of Management, 1, 2, 194-200
- Stadler, C., Mayer, M. and Hautz, J. (2015) "Few companies actually succeed at going global", Harvard Business Review
- Stadler, C., Rajwani, T. and Karaba, F. (2014) "Solutions to the exploration/exploitation dilemma : networks as a new level of analysis", International Journal of Management Reviews, 16, 2, 172-193
- Hautz, J., Mayer, M. and Stadler, C. (2014) "Macro-competitive context and diversification : the impact of macroeconomic growth and foreign competition", Long Range Planning, 47, 6, 337-352
- Hautz, J., Mayer, M. C. J. and Stadler, C. (2013) "Ownership identity and concentration : a study of their joint impact on corporate diversification", British Journal of Management, 24, 1, 102-126
- Stadler, C., Helfat, C. E. and Verona, G. (2013) "The impact of dynamic capabilities on resource access and development", Organization Science, 1782 -1804
- Stadler, C. and Dyer, D. (2013) "Why good leaders don’t need charisma", MIT Sloan Management Review
- Christian Stadler (2011) "Process innovation and integration in process-oriented settings : the case of the oil industry", Journal of Product Innovation Management, 28, s1, 44-62
- Berchtold, S., Pircher, R. and Stadler, C. (2010) "Global integration versus local adaptation : a case study of Austrian MNCs in Eastern Europe", European Journal of International Management, 4, 5, 524-549
- Christian Stadler (2007) "Four principles of enduring success", Harvard Business Review
- Christian Stadler (2007) "Kultursensible Veränderung - Ein Transformationsansatz bei Unternehmen mit starken Werten", Die Unternehmung, 61, 189-212
- Stadler, C., Verona, G. and Hinterhuber, H. (2007) "Sustained performance in the oil industry : a dynamic resource-based model", Sinergie, 26
- Stadler, C., Matzler, K., Hinterhuber, H. and Renzl, B. (2006) "The CEO’s attitude towards the shareholder value and the stakeholder model : a comparison between european and anglo-saxon perspective", Problems & Perspectives in Management, 3
- Stadler, C. and Hinterhuber, H. H. (2005) "Shell, Siemens and DaimlerChrysler : leading change in companies with strong values", Long Range Planning, 38, 5, 467-484
- Matzler, K., Rier, M., Hinterhuber, H. H., Renzl, B. and Stadler, C. (2005) "Methods and concepts in management : significance, satisfaction and suggestions for further research? Perspectives from Germany, Austria and Switzerland", Strategic Change, 14, 1, 1-13
Book Item
- Christian Stadler (2012) "The genesis of competitive strategy : a historian's view", 45-57, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Cheltenham
Digital Scholarly Resources
- Christian Stadler (2017) "Hard Brexit is dead, here's why"
- Christian Stadler (2017) "Why Wall Street is betting on Ford’s new CEO"
- Klingebiel, R. and Stadler, C. (2017) "3 things driving entrepreneurial growth in Africa"
- Christian Stadler (2016) "What large companies can learn from successful unicorns"
- Christian Stadler (2016) "How to be a great boss"
- Christian Stadler (2015) "3 reasons why conglomerates are back in fashion"
- Christian Stadler (2015) "5 reasons why immigrants make great entrepreneurs to boost an economy"
- Christian Stadler (2015) "Should managers read academic articles? "
- Christian Stadler (2015) "Four lessons firms can learn from family businesses "
- Christian Stadler (2015) "How to become a CEO : these are the steps you should take "
- Christian Stadler (2015) "Back to the future : four lessons from the '90 still relevant today"
- Christian Stadler (2014) "Companies ignore history at their own peril "
- Klingebiel, R. and Stadler, C. (2014) "What western investors want from African entrepreneurs"
Books
- Stadler, C. and Wältermann, P. (2012) "Die Jahrhundert-Champions : Fünf Prinzipien für dauerhaften Unternehmenserfolg oder Was wir aus der Geschichte europäischer Top-Unternehmen lernen können", Schäffer-Poeschel, Stuttgart. 9783791031613
- Christian Stadler (2011) "Enduring success : what we can learn from the history of outstanding corporations", Stanford Business Book, Stanford, California. 9780804772211
