Felix Lorenz

Education

Doctoral Studies in Business Administration (Dr. rer. pol.)

EBS University for Business and Law / January 2019 – July 2022

Oestrich-Winkel, Germany

Title: The Birth and Rise of the Chief Digital Officer: Four Essays on the Digital Change Agent / magna cum laude (0.7)

 

Master of Science, General Management

EBS University for Business and Law / September 2016 – June 2018

Average: 2.1 (on a scale from 1 – 6 with 1 being the best)

Focus area: Strategic Management and Managing People & Organizations

Thesis: Transformational Leadership and the Role of Authenticity: A Cross-Generational Analysis (88%)

 

Semester abroad, Business administration

Stockholm University, Sweden / August 2017 – December 2017

 

Bachelor of Science, General Management

EBS University for Business and Law / September 2013– June 2016

Average: 2,7

Thesis: Outcomes of Ethical Leadership - A Review of Evidence (91%)

 

Semester abroad, Business administration

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain / January 2015 – June 2015

 

Abitur (High school diploma)

Diltheyschule Wiesbaden, Germany/ August 2004 – June 2013

Advanced courses: Mathematics and ancient greek, Latinum.

 

Work Experiences

Postdoctoral Researcher

University Witten/Herdecke / February 2023 – Present

 

University Lecturer

EBS University for Business and Law / February 2023 – Present

Teaching the course “Organizational Behavior,” Bachelor of Science, first semester

 

Project Manager/ Advisor

Lorenz Consulting, Germany / August 2020 – Present

Supporting the family business, redesigning the service offering, conceptualization, and executing a cost-saving and coherent business development strategy, performed as measures to survive and thrive in a global pandemic and "the new normal."

 

Research Associate

EBS University for Business and Law / July 2022 – January 2023

Management group/ chair of leadership: research chair work, teaching and researching in the area of leadership, organizational behavior, and digital transformation. Hiring and leading research assistants.

 

Analyst

Korn Ferry GmbH, Germany / October 2019 – July 2020

Working in the advisory business, Korn Ferry is the preeminent organizational consulting firm for analysis, meta-analysis, and interpretation of top executive assessments, driving new initiatives and business opportunities

 

Working Student

Korn Ferry GmbH, Germany / October 2018 – September 2019

Similar scope of responsibilities

 

Intern

Korn Ferry GmbH, Germany / May 2017 – August 2017

Executive Search

 

Intern

ITCL GmbH, Germany/ June 2015 – July 2015

Owned by Mr. Prof. Straube, head of the logistics department of TU Berlin, Logistics consultancy, assistance in a strategy project, analysis, and research

Peer-reviewed publications

Lorenz, F. & Buchwald, A. (forthcoming). A Perfect Match or an Arranged Marriage? How Chief Digital Officers and Chief Information Officers Perceive Their Relationship: A Dyadic Research Design. European Journal of Information Systems. (ABS: 4, VHB: A, Impact factor: 9.011)

 

Conference Proceedings

Lorenz, F., & Diehl, M. R. (2022). The New Kid on the Block: Chief Digital Officers and Three Ways of Political Job Crafting. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 14133). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.

Buchwald, A., & Lorenz, F. (2020). Who is in charge of digital transformation? The birth and rise of the chief digital officer. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 14317). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.14317abstract

 

Conference and Workshop Presentations

Lorenz, F., Diehl, MR. (2022). The New Kid on the Block: Chief Digital Officers and Three Ways of Political Job Crafting. Annual European Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation (SEI) Doctoral Consortium. Rotterdam School of Management

Lorenz, F., Diehl, MR. (2022). The New Kid on the Block: Chief Digital Officers and Three Ways of Political Job Crafting. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management

Lorenz, F., Diehl, MR. (2022). The New Kid on the Block: Chief Digital Officers and Three Ways of Political Job Crafting. 1st Workshop on Organization Studies and Family Firms (OSF). EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht

Lorenz, F., Diehl, MR. (2022). The New Kid on the Block: Chief Digital Officers and Three Ways of Political Job Crafting. Paper development workshop on strategic innovation. Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam

Lorenz, F., Diehl, MR., Buchwald, A. (2022). Putting frames into action: Chief Digital Officers’ social construction of challenges and coping approaches associated with digital transformation in incumbent firms. Networking Seminars Series University of Bergamo

Meurer, M. M., Lorenz, F., & Waldkirch, M. (2021). With a little help from my entrepreneurial peers: unravelling collective sensemaking on business model innovation in online communities. Paper development workshop creative spark Berlin

Organizational Behavior

EBS University for Business and Law / September 2022 – October 2022

Bachelor of Science, first semester (Evaluated with 1,6)

 

Guest Lecture

EBS University for Business and Law / February 2021

“Change Management in Digital Transformation” in Marjo-Riitta Diehl’s course at the chair of OB and HR.