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Prof. Dr. Christian Schmidkonz

Professor for International Business and Managerial Economics
Academic Director Master International Business (Fall Cohort)

Prof. Dr. Christian Schmidkonz studied Economics at LMU Munich and also Chinese language at Fu Jen University in Taiwan. He is an alumnus of DAAD.

From 1998 until 2001, he was employed at the German ifo Institute for Economic Research, where he worked in research and consultancy on Chinese issues, and subsequently acted as Senior Consultant with Capgemini in the telecommunications and internet industry. Since 2005, he has been a partner of THINK!DESK China Research & Consulting. In 2008, he won the start-up competition "Multimedia" of the Federal German Ministry of Economics and Technology.

His current areas of research also include "Success Factor Happiness". Since 2014, he has been successfully running a corresponding course at Munich Business School.

At MBS

Professor for Asian Pacific Business Studies and Managerial Economics, Academic Director Master International Business

Courses

Bachelor International Business, Master International Business, Master Sports Business and Communication, MBA General Management

Focus

Greater China, Happiness in Business and Economics, Conscious Business, Entrepreneurship, Internet, E-Commerce and Social Media

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All articles by Prof. Dr. Christian Schmidkonz on the MBS Business Blog

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2019): Why It’s Hardly Possible That Your Investment Is a True Impact Investment. Munich Business School, 09-20-2019, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2019/why-its-hardly-possible-that-your-investment-is-a-true-impact-investment/

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2019): 5 Reasons Why Conscious Business Beats CSR. Munich Business School, 09-12-2019, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2019/5-reasons-why-conscious-business-beats-csr/

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2019): Living and Working as Digital Nomads in a Digital Working World. Munich Business School, 08-14-2019, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2019/living-and-working-as-digital-nomads-in-a-digital-working-world/

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2019): Transformative Technologies (Transtech) and Their Potential for Increasing Workplace Well-Being (Pt. 2). Munich Business School, 07-30-2019, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2019/transformative-technologies-transtech-and-their-potential-for-increasing-workplace-well-being-pt-2/

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2018): Transformative Technologies (Transtech) and Their Potential for Increasing Workplace Well-Being (Pt. 1). Munich Business, School, 05-29-2018, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2018/transformative-technology/

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2018): 5 Learnings from 5 Years "Success Factor Happiness" at a Business School. Munich Business School, 03-20-2018, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2018/happiness-learnings/

Schmidkonz, Ch. / Stütz, P. (2017): Intuition as a Basis for Business Decisions. Munich Business School, 12-12-2017, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2017/intuition-business-decisions/

Schmidkonz, Ch. / Behringer, F. (2017): The Happiness Potential of Chinese Workers in German Companies in China. Munich Business School, 08-16-2017, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2017/chinese-workers-in-german-companies/ 

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2017): The Individual and the Digitization or: The Pursuit of Happiness in Digitization. Munich Business School, 04-07-2017, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2017/digitization-happiness/

Schmidkonz, Ch. / Zirus, W. (2017): Impact Investing or the Desire for "Doing Good While Doing Well" (Part 2). Munich Business School, 03-02-2017, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2017/impact-investing-part-2/

Schmidkonz, Ch. / Bergfeld, M.-M. (2016): "SU-HA-PA": The New "Succession-Happiness-Paradox" in Business Families. Munich Business School, 12-13-2016, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2016/succession-happiness-paradox-2/

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2016): The Three Faces of China's Internet. Munich Business School, 11-02-2016, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2016/chinas-internet/

Schmidkonz, Ch. / Zirus, W. (2016): Impact Investing or the Desire for "Doing Good While Doing Well" (Part 1). Munich Business School, 08-26-2016, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2016/impact-investing/

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2016): Why There are no More Five Year Plans in China. Munich Business School, 05-27-2016, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2016/five-year-plans-china/

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2016): What Do Students Learn in a "Happiness Course" at a Business School? Munich Business School, 03-18-2016, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2016/success-factor-happiness-2016-2/

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2016): "Why Taiwan Matters": Implications of the Result of Taiwan's Presidential Elections. Munich Business School, 01-19-2016, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2016/why-taiwan-matters-en/

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2015): Why the Future Must Belong to "Conscious Business". Munich Business School, 11-06-2015, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2015/conscious-business-2/

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2015): Happiness Among Chinese Students. Munich Business School, 08-14-2015, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2015/happiness-among-chinese-students/

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2015): Why LINE and WeChat are About to Replace Facebook and WhatsApp. Munich Business School, 01-14-2015, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2015/why-line-and-wechat-are-about-to-replace-facebook-and-whatsapp/

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2014): Spending and Buying Alone Does Not Bring Happiness – Not Even in China. Munich Business School, 10-24-2014, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2014/spending-and-buying-alone-does-not-bring-happiness-not-even-in-china/

Schmidkonz, Ch. (2014): Alibaba's "Journey to the West". Munich Business School, 08-18-2014, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2014/alibabas-journey-to-the-west/