Stefan Haefliger

In his research and teaching Stefan focuses on co-creation strategies as well as knowledge reuse, creation, and design in innovation processes. Most recent projects include studies in new product development in pharma, exploring categories of business models in technology firms, and the creation of compliance in large banks. His research has appeared in journals such as Management Science, Research Policy, and MIS Quarterly.

Prior to joining Cass Business School Stefan worked as a researcher at ETH Zurich where he is currently affiliated as a faculty member at the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics. He received a master's degree in financial economics and a PhD in management science from the University of St.Gallen in Switzerland. Stefan held visiting positions at Università degli Studi di Trento, MIT, Hitotsubashi and Politecnico di Milano.

The strategic implications of knowledge reuse across organizational boundaries inform the corporate use of social software, open design processes in IS, learning from outside peers, the economics of distributed innovation processes, as well as new business models. Stefan’s and his co-authors' work on knowledge reuse and private-collective innovation contributed to a deeper understanding of the development strategies and practices of open source software developers as well as the entrepreneurial consequences of user innovation.

The current research agenda focuses on collaborative innovation as a strategy and a social practice centered around technology as material and immaterial artifacts that determine how members in organizations seek and share information, follow or break rules, communicate and build on each others' work, and cultivate motivation to strive for excellence in their work.

Qualifications

PhD.

Memberships of Professional Organisations

• Academic, Strategic Management Society, Jan 2010 – present
• Academic, European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), Jan 2006 – present
• Academic, Academy of Management, Jan 2003 – present

Award

Academy of Management (2013) Best Paper Award, OCIS Division

Languages

French, German and Italian.

Expertise

Primary Topics

• Information Management
• Innovation & Creativity
• Organization Theory
• Strategic Management

Additional Topics

• Business Ethics
• Knowledge & Learning
• Technology Management

Industries/Professions

• artshealth care
• media
• pharmaceuticals
• software

Chapters (4)

• de Vaujany, F., Haefliger, S., Fomin, V. and Lyytinen, K. (2016). Regulation of Information Technology-Based Practices: The Case of a Trading Floor Incident in an Investment Bank. In de Vaujany, F., Lanzara, G.F., Mitev, N. and Mukherjee, A. (Eds.), Materiality, Rules and Regulation: New Trends in Management and Organization Studies (pp. 250–266). Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-55264-8.
• Meisiek, S. and Haefliger, S. (2011). Inviting the unexpected: Entrepreneurship and the arts. In Scherdin, M. and Zander, I. (Eds.), Art Entrepreneurship (pp. 78–97). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84844-369-3.
• von Krogh, G. and Haefliger, S. (2007). Distributed innovation in the education of future entrepreneurs. In Marxt, C. and Hacklin, F. (Eds.), Business Excellence in technologieorientierten Unternehmen Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-73881-7.
• Haefliger, S. and von Krogh, G. (2004). Knowledge creation in open source software development. In Tsoukas, H. and Mylonopoulos, N. (Eds.), Organizations as Knowledge Systems Knowledge, Learning and Dynamic Capabilities (pp. 109–129). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-1140-7.

Journal Articles (23)

• Aversa, P., Haefliger, S. and Reza, D.G. (2017). Building a winning business model portfolio. MIT Sloan Management Review, 58(4), pp. 49–54.
• Bogers, M., Zobel, A.K., Afuah, A., Almirall, E., Brunswicker, S., Dahlander, L., Frederiksen, L., Gawer, A., Gruber, M., Haefliger, S., Hagedoorn, J., Hilgers, D., Laursen, K., Magnusson, M.G., Majchrzak, A., McCarthy, I.P., Moeslein, K.M., Nambisan, S., Piller, F.T., Radziwon, A., Rossi-Lamastra, C., Sims, J. and Ter Wal, A.L.J. (2016). The open innovation research landscape: established perspectives and emerging themes across different levels of analysis. Industry and Innovation pp. 1–33. doi:10.1080/13662716.2016.1240068.
• Geilinger, N., Haefliger, S., von Krogh, G. and Rechsteiner, L. (2016). What makes a social practice? Being, knowing, doing and leading. European Management Journal, 34(4), pp. 319–327. doi:10.1016/j.emj.2016.04.006.
• Aversa, P., Haefliger, S., Rossi, A. and Baden-Fuller, C. (2015). From business model to business modelling: Modularity and manipulation. , 33, pp. 151–185. doi:10.1108/S0742-332220150000033022.
• Aversa, P., Furnari, S. and Haefliger, S. (2015). Business model configurations and performance: A qualitative comparative analysis in Formula One racing, 2005-2013. Industrial and Corporate Change, 24(3), pp. 655–676. doi:10.1093/icc/dtv012.
• Sydler, R., Haefliger, S. and Pruksa, R. (2014). Measuring intellectual capital with financial figures: Can we predict firm profitability? European Management Journal, 32(2), pp. 244–259. doi:10.1016/j.emj.2013.01.008.
• Baden-Fuller, C. and Haefliger, S. (2013). Business Models and Technological Innovation. Long Range Planning, 46(6), pp. 419–426. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2013.08.023.
• Rullani, F. and Haefliger, S. (2013). The periphery on stage: The intra-organizational dynamics in online communities of creation. Research Policy, 42(4), pp. 941–953. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2012.10.008.
• Haefliger, S. (2012). Sustaining motivation among collaborators inside and outside the firm. Management of Innovation and Technology, 2012(3) .
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• von Krogh, G., Rossi-Lamastra, C. and Haefliger, S. (2012). Phenomenon-based research in management and organisation science: When is it rigorous and does it matter? Long Range Planning, 45(4), pp. 277–298. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2012.05.001.
• Von Krogh, G., Haefliger, S., Spaeth, S. and Wallin, M.W. (2012). Carrots and rainbows: Motivation and social practice in open source software development. MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems, 36(2), pp. 649–676.
• Haefliger, S., Monteiro, E., Foray, D. and von Krogh, G. (2011). Social software and strategy. Long Range Planning, 44(5-6), pp. 297–316. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2011.08.001.
• Wolf, P., Späth, S. and Haefliger, S. (2011). Participation in intra-firm communities of practice: A case study from the automotive industry. Journal of Knowledge Management, 15(1), pp. 22–39. doi:10.1108/13673271111108675.
• Von Krogh, G. and Haefliger, S. (2010). Opening up design science: The challenge of designing for reuse and joint development. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 19(4), pp. 232–241. doi:10.1016/j.jsis.2010.09.008.
• Haefliger, S., Jäger, P. and Von Krogh, G. (2010). Under the radar: Industry entry by user entrepreneurs. Research Policy, 39(9), pp. 1198–1213. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2010.07.001.
• Gächter, S., von Krogh, G. and Haefliger, S. (2010). Initiating private-collective innovation: The fragility of knowledge sharing. Research Policy, 39(7), pp. 893–906. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2010.04.010.
• Haefliger, S., Reichen, P., Jäger, P.M. and Von Krogh, G. (2009). Modding as rating behavior in virtual communities: The case of rooster teeth productions. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 5621 LNCS, pp. 197–206. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_22.
• Haefliger, S. (2009). Nutzerinnovation. Stichwortbeitrag. DBW Die Betriebswirtschaft, 69(5), pp. 633–637.
• Spaeth, S., Haefliger, S., Von Krogh, G. and Renzl, B. (2008). Communal resources in open source software development. Information Research, 13(1) .
• Haefliger, S., Von Krogh, G. and Spaeth, S. (2008). Code reuse in open source software. Management Science, 54(1), pp. 180–193. doi:10.1287/mnsc.1070.0748.
• Von Krogh, G. and Haefliger, S. (2007). Nurturing respect for IP in China. Harvard Business Review, 85(4), pp. 23–24.
• Haefliger, S. (2003). Tacit Knowledge in Organisations. Innovation, 5(2-3), pp. 286–287. doi:10.5172/impp.2003.5.2-3.286.
• Aversa, P., Haefliger, S. and Reza, D.G. How to assess the value of a business model portfolio? Mit Sloan Management Review .

Subject/Academic Leadership

• 2003 - present, Centre for New Technologies, Innovation and Enterprise Director, http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/research-and-faculty/centres/centive

Editorial Activities (4)

• Information Systems Research, Special Editor, 2014 – 2015.
• Economia e Politica Industriale, Associate Editor, 2014 – present.
• Long Range Planning, Associate Editor, 2009 – 2015.
• Research Policy, Management Science, MISQ, ISR, JMIS, SMJ, EMR, JSIS, ICC, Org Studies, Referee, 2008 – 2015.