Logistics Management Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Scheuchzerstrasse 7
Zurich
8092
Christoph Bode is a full professor at the Business School of the University of Mannheim and holds the Endowed Chair of Procurement. He obtained his Ph.D. from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany) and his Habilitation from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. He holds a master’s degree in business engineering (Dipl.-Wi.-Ing.) from the University of Karlsruhe (TH) (Germany) and master’s degrees in industrial engineering (ingénieur génie industriel) and in management (master de recherche) from the Grenoble Institute of Technology (INPG) (France).
Prior to joining the faculty in Mannheim, he served at the Department of Organization and Strategy and at the Center for Economic Research (CentER) at Tilburg University (The Netherlands) and at the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. He is still affiliated with these institutions as an extramural research fellow.
Prof. Bode’s teaching and research interests lie in the areas of procurement, supply chain, logistics, and operations management with a special focus on risk and disruptions, interfirm relationships, innovation and entrepreneurship, sustainability, and strategies and performance. His research in these areas has been published in multi-disciplinary management journals, such as the Academy of Management Journal,Decision Sciences, Organization Studies, or Organizational Research Methods, as well as in leading operations management journals, such as the European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Business Logistics, Journal of Operations Management, or Journal of Supply Chain Management. Several studies have received awards such as the Best Paper Award at the European Decision Sciences Institute (EDSI) Annual Meeting (2011) or the Best Paper Award at the International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) Annual Meeting (2014).
Prof. Bode serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Supply Chain Management (best reviewer award 2011) and the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, on the editorial review board of the Journal of Operations Management (best reviewer awards 2012 and 2013), and as a frequent ad-hoc reviewer for other leading journals and conferences.