Prof. Dr. Kai Förstl PERSONAL DETAILS Assistant Professor of Global Sourcing EBS Universität für Wirtschaft & Recht EBS Business School Institute for Supply Chain Management Procurement and Logistics (ISCM) Konrad-Adenauer-Ring 15 65187 Wiesbaden Phone: +49 611 7102 2170 Fax: +49 611 7102 10 2170 Email: Kai.Foerstl@ebs.edu Date of birth: 16.01.1984 ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Since 10/11 Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, EBS Business School Assistant Professor of Global Sourcing 10/07-03/10 Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, EBS Business School, Supply Chain Management Institute (SMI), Research Associate and Doctoral Student, Dr. rer. pol. Research interests Global Supply Management, Sustainability in the Supply Chain, Supply Chain Risk Management, Functional Coordination and Alignment, PSM involvement in (Service) innovation management Teaching Case Study Research - Seminar within the Doctoral Program at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Operations and Supply Chain Management within the B.Sc. Program at EBS Business School BUSINESS EXPERIENCE 05/10-09/11 Business Unit Manager»Service Factory«at the Fraunhofer IIS, Center for Applied Research on Supply Chain Services SCS, Nuremberg, Germany
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS 09/03-07/07 Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, EBS Business School International Management Studies (Dipl.-Kfm; equivalent to a M.Sc.degree) 01/06-06/06 Euromed Marseille, Marseille, France Major in International Management (M.Sc. Program) 08/05-12/05 BI Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, Norway Major in Finance and Economics (M.Sc. Program) PUBLICATIONS Publications in refereed journals Reuter, C., Goebel, P., & Foerstl, K. (forthcoming). The impact of stakeholder orientation on sustainability and cost prevalence in supplier selection decisions. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. Leppelt, T., Foerstl, K., Reuter, C., & Hartmann, E. (forthcoming). Sustainability management beyond organizational boundaries - sustainable supplier relationship management in the chemical industry. Journal of Cleaner Production. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.10.011. Hollos, D., Blome C., & Foerstl, K. (2012). Does sustainable supplier cooperation affect performance? Examining implications for the triple bottom line. International Journal of Production Research, 50(11), 2968-2986. Pohl, M., & Foerstl, K. (2011). Achieving purchasing competence through purchasing performance measurement system design a multiple-case study analysis. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 17(4), 231-245. Reuter, C., Foerstl, K., Hartmann, E., & Blome, C. (2010). Sustainable global supplier management: The role of dynamic capabilities in achieving competitive advantage. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 46(2), 45-63. Foerstl, K., Reuter, C., Hartmann, E., & Blome, C. (2010). Managing supplier sustainability risks in a dynamically changing environment sustainable supplier management in the chemical industry. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 16(2), 118-130. Publications in non-refereed journals Jahns, C., Hartmann, E., & Foerstl, K. (2009). Internal networking: The hidden success factor. Supply Chain Management Review, 13(1), 44-49. Foerstl, K. Reuter, C., & Hartmann, E. (2009). Nur das Echte zählt! Grün und sozial Einkaufen: Nur so tun, als ob? Beschaffung aktuell, 9, 22-24. 2
Working papers Foerstl, K., Hartmann, E., Wynstra, F., & Moser, R. (2012). Cross-functional integration and functional coordination in purchasing and supply management: Antecedents and effects on purchasing and firm performance. Submitted to International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 2 nd review cycle. Wuttke, D.A., Blome, C., Foerstl, K., & Henke, M. (2012). Managing the innovation adoption of supply chain finance empirical evidence from six European cases. Submitted to Journal of Business Logistics, 2nd review cycle. Foerstl, K., Leppelt, T., & Hartmann, E. (2012). The effect of buyer power and buyer uncertainty on sustainability-related supply and marketing management practices of suppliers. Submitted to Journal of Supply Chain Management. Hartmann, E., Leppelt, T., Foerstl, K., & Reuter, C. (2012). Market-focused sustainability in the supply chain: The coherence between marketing and supply management practices in industrial markets. Foerstl, K., & Blome, C. (2012). Proactive greening of the supply chain as opposed to greenwashing: Assessing the impact of ethical culture, leadership styles and their interrelationships on supplier selection decisions. Foerstl, K., Leppelt, T., & Hartmann, E. (2012). CSR in buyer-supplier relationships: Is it beneficial for top-tier suppliers to market their capability to ensure a responsible supply chain? Foerstl, K., & Stanczyk, A. (2012). The interrelationships between process and behavioral attributes of cross-functional global sourcing decision making. Conference contributions Foerstl, K, Reuter C., & Goebel, P. (2012, August). The effects of stakeholder orientation on sustainability and cost prevalence in supplier selection. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, Massachusetts. Wuttke, D.W., Foerstl, K., Blome, C., & Henke, M. (2012, July). An model for the introduction of supply chain finance between buyers and suppliers. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting 4th World P&OM Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Wuttke, D.W., Foerstl, K., Blome, C., & Henke, M. (2012, April). Managing the innovation adoption of supply chain finance empirical evidence from six European case studies. CSCMP European Research Seminar, Frankfurt, Germany. Foerstl, K, & Reuter C. (2011, August). Journal of Supply Chain Management Best Paper. Session: Crafting a High Quality Research Paper, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Leppelt, T., Foerstl, K., & Reuter C. (2011, April). The supplier response on varying CSR pressure from buying firms an empirical study in the B2B context. Proceedings of the 20. Annual IPSERA Conference, Maastricht, Netherlands. Hollos, D., Blome, C., Foerstl, K., & Henke, M. (2010, June). Antecedence and performance implications of supplier coordination for sustainable business practices Proceedings of the 17. International Annual EurOMA Conference, paper No. CCS3, Porto, Portugal. Foerstl, K., Blome, C., & Henke, M. (2010, March). Process-oriented supply risk management: An analysis of what constitutes excellence in supply risk management. Proceedings of the 20. NARTS Conference, Tempe, Arizona, USA. 3
Blome, C., Reuter, C., Foerstl, K., & Hartmann, E. (2009, November), Sustainable global supplier management The role of dynamic capabilities in achieving competitive advantage. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Decision Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Foerstl, K., Hartmann, E., & Moser, R. (2009, June). Integration and coordination in purchasing and aupply management: Their antecedents and effects on purchasing and firm performance. Proceedings of the Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung des Verbandes der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.v., Nürnberg, Germany. Foerstl, K., Hartmann, E., & Wynstra, F. (2009, August). Cross-Functional Integration and International Coordination in Purchasing and Supply Management: Antecedents and Effects on Purchasing and Firm Performance. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, Michigan, USA. Reuter C., Foerstl, K., & Hartmann E. (2009, April). Purchasing Social Responsibility The Role of Supplier Development in the Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry. Proceedings of the 18. Annual IPSERA Conference, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany. Foerstl, K., Hartmann, E., & Moser, R. (2008, September). Investigating the Purchasing and Supply Management Practice-Performance Link. Proceedings of the 6. Annual International Symposium on Supply Chain Management, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Contribution to edited volume Foerstl, K., Blome, C., & Henke, M. (2011). Towards a supply risk management capability process model: An analysis of what constitutes excellence in supply risk management across different industry sectors. In D.D. Wu, D.L. Olson, J.R. Birge (Eds.), Computational Risk Management (pp.265-280). Springer Verlag. PRESENT AND PAST REFEREEING ACTIVITIES Co-editing of the Special Issue of Best Papers of the 18th Annual IPSERA Conference 2009, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 16(2), 72-150. Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of Operations and Production Management MEMBERSHIPS Academy of Management (AOM), Operations Management (OM) and International Management (IM) Division since 2009 International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) since 2009. 4
HONOURS AND AWARDS Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award 2010 of the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Awarded at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2011, San Antonio, Texas, USA. CAPS Research grant for the North American Research Symposium on Supply Chain Management 2010. ADDITIONAL Languages: German (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (advanced skills), Norwegian (basic skills) Int. experience: Great Britain (2years), Norway (5 months), France (5 months), The Netherlands (2 months), 5