Prof. Dr Thomas Clauss has been the chairholder of the WIFU-endowed chair for Corporate Entrepreneurship and Digitalisation in Family Businesses since 2020. In 2019, Prof. Clauss accepted an appointment as the associate professor for new product development at the University of Southern Denmark. From 2013 to 2019, as a junior professor, he headed the working group for business administration, specifically corporate management, with a focus on innovative value-creation concepts at the Philipps University in Marburg. He studied industrial engineering and economics at the University of Kassel and completed his doctorate on the subject of the governance of supplier cooperation at the University of Hamburg.

Main areas of work, research and interest

• Digital transformation and digital business models in family businesses
• Corporate entrepreneurship in family businesses
• Innovations in family businesses
• Cooperation and networks in family businesses

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