Prof. Dr. Christian Schmidkonz is Academic Director of the International Business master's program at Munich Business School. His teaching and research focuses on Conscious Business, Happiness at Work, and Business in China and Taiwan. Christian Schmidkonz holds a degree in Economics from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. He studied Chinese at Fu Jen University in Taiwan and is an alumnus of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). After holding positions at the ifo Institute for Economic Research and at the international management consultancy Capgemini, he won the "Multimedia" start-up competition organized by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology as an entrepreneur in 2008. In 2020, Christian Schmidkonz was awarded the "MBS Teaching Award", which was presented for the first time.
Prof. Dr. Christian Schmidkonz explains why sustainability is no longer enough and why regenerative business is needed instead as the only form of future-oriented economic activity for real change. The limits of sustainable business Sustainability […]
Julian Klaiber, Prof. Dr. Barbara Scheck, Prof. Dr. Christian SchmidkonzSeptember 20, 2019
Impact investing has raised growing interest over the past, and while it was long associated mainly with institutional and high net-worth investors, the investing approach is currently on the verge of breaking into the mainstream […]
When companies plan to contribute to the greater good, they like to refer to their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). When… They then point out that for them doing business is not just about increasing financial […]
Digital nomads: Entrepreneurs, freelancers and, in rare cases, employees who almost exclusively use digital technologies to carry out their work and thus have the opportunity to lead a life anywhere. They work from different places […]
After a short introduction into the topic Transformative Technologies (TransTech), and the presentation of some corresponding TransTech gadgets in the first blog article on the subject, this part is about NeuroTech for increasing the subjective […]
Mindfulness, meditation, and happiness in the sense of subjective well-being are currently the trending topics for employee training, and seminars in companies. Generally, the aim is to become aware of stress-inducing factors, and to learn […]
During these months, the elective course “Success Factor Happiness” in the Master International Business study program at MBS is being conducted for the fifth year in a row. Uncertainty regarding future professional life, the fear […]
Prof. Dr. Christian Schmidkonz, Patrick StützDecember 12, 2017
Despite the abundance of information surrounding us, our intuition plays a central role again and again. Prof. Dr. Christian Schmidkonz and MBS graduate Patrick Stütz give a definition for intuition, discuss the connection between intuition […]
Prof. Dr. Christian Schmidkonz, Felix BehringerAugust 16, 2017
A Study on Understanding Chinese Concepts of Happiness China continues to be one of the most important trading partners for Germany. Branch offices and subsidiary companies in the Middle Kingdom have become an elementary part […]
By the end of the decade, more than half of all people will live, learn and work digitally connected. These people use keywords such as Social Media, mobile, web-based applications, Industry 4.0, digital business models, […]
Prof. Dr. Christian Schmidkonz, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang ZirusMarch 2, 2017
Our first article on the subject of “Impact Investing” (IMPIN) provided a first view of the special characteristics of IMPIN. We showed that the purpose of this new investment field is not only to achieve […]