Marc-Michael Bergfeld

Prof. Dr. Marc-Michael Bergfeld is Professor for Family Businesses at MBS. He studied business administration in Ingolstadt, Washington D.C. and Buenos Aires and global strategy and innovation (PhD) at the University of Manchester, U.K. and Tsinghua University, Beijing, before receiving executive education in venture capital and private equity at Harvard Business School.

He heads the research, education and advisory boutique Courage Partners Group. Courage educates and advises leading Business Families globally, in particular in Emerging Markets, to protect and progress their families and enterprises, and supports them in defining and implementing strategies that shape legacies beyond one lifetime.

Professor Bergfeld also founded the Courage Center of Global Family Business as a dedicated think-tank and research center, assuring that Next Generation Family Business leaders can access cutting-edge research on Global Family Business & Wealth.

Professor Bergfeld is a regular moderator, facilitator and speaker at Family Business and Wealth conferences and seminars globally, as well as host of exclusive Family Business gatherings. His achievements include receiving a Best Poster Award at the Family Enterprise Research Conference for his work on Innovation in Family Businesses, being the Speaker of the Young Global Leaders of the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, and a Rotary Scholar. He worked for a large German family-controlled security technology conglomerate, founded in 1852, prior to joining MBS, and was Senior Advisor in the CTO Office and New Business Division. He is a Board Member in various family-controlled businesses.

Publications

Books & Editorships

Bergfeld, M.-M. (2014): Reference for the International Partnership and Mobility Scheme of the British Academy.

Bergfeld, M.-M. (2014): Book Review “The Strategic Development of Multinationals: Subsidiaries and Innovation” für R & D Management Journal.

Bergfeld, M.-M.: Reviewer für R & D Management Journal.

Bergfeld, M.-M.: Reviewer für Technology Analysis & Strategic Management.

Articles

Bergfeld, M.-M. / Spitz, S. (2011): Privacy and identity management on Mobile Devices: Emerging Technologies and Future Directions for Innovation. In: Camenisch, J. / Fischer-Huebner, C. / Rannenberg, K. (2011, Eds.), Springer.

Bergfeld, M.-M. (2011): Dynamic Dynasties: How Germany’s high performance family firms pursue pan-generational entrepreneurship along technology lifecycles. In: Wacker (2011, Ed.).

Papers and Conference Contributions

Ritz J., Bergfeld M.-M. (2015): An exploratory approach to the internationalization of German Family Firms to Latin America: Current Situation and Future Opportunities. AIB-LAT Conference 2015, Santiago de Chile, January 22-24, 2015.

Bergfeld, M.-M. / Malik, K. (2014): A conceptual framework for intra-company technology transfer: Cases of leveraging production process innovations across MNEs, Manuscript submitted for publication in TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS & STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT.

Bergfeld M.-M. / Ritz J. (2013): Internationalization of German Family Firms to Latin America: Current Situation and Future Opportunities. Family Enterprise Research Conference 2013, Viña del Mar, Chile.

Bergfeld M.-M. (2013): El CEO de una empresa familiar. Revista Ekos - Jun 2013, Quito, Ecuador.

Ritz J. / Bergfeld M.-M. (2013): Profesionalizar la empresa – Lecciones de las dinastías europeas. Revista Ökonomía tercera edición 2013, Quito, Ecuador.

Bergfeld, M.-M. (2012): Expertenbeitrag im Artikel: Gerhard May: „Ich sorge dafür, dass Firmen wachsen können.“, in private wealth, April 2012, 16-24.

Bergfeld, M.-M. (2011): Dynamic Dynasties: How Germany’s high-performance family firms cultivate pan-generational entrepreneurship and innovation, in Spring News, Singapore, December 2011, 18-19.

Bergfeld, M.-M. / Weber, F.-M. (2011): Dynasties of innovation: highly performing German family firms and the owners’ role for innovation, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 15, 1, 80-94.

Bergfeld, M.-M. / Döpfer, B. C. / Martínez Cañas (2011): Connected Dynasties: Social capital of Germany’s high performance family firms and its role for continued pan-generational entrepreneurship. G-Forum Zürich 2011.

Bergfeld, M.-M. (2010): How to build an advisory and venture incubation company. A report from experience. At: startin''up: Gründertag der KU Eichstätt – Ingolstadt. For Prof. Dr. Pechlaner, Zentrum für Entrepreneurship, Katholische Universität Eichstätt.

WORKING PAPERS

Bergfeld, M.-M. / Malik, K. (2010): A conceptual framework for intra-company technology transfers: Cases of leveraging production process innovations across MNCs.