Since October 2020, Dr. Milan Frederik Klus is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair for Business Administration, in particular Financial Services and Financial Technology, University of Bremen: Profile link. 

Curriculum Vitae:

• since 10/2020: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair for Business Administration, in particular Financial Services and Financial Technology, University of Bremen
• 07/2020: Dr. rer. pol. in Business Economics, School of Business and Economics, University of Münster
• since 02/2019: Affiliate Researcher and member of the "Analyst Observatory" research group at the University of Edinburgh Business School
• 10/2016 – 09/2020: Research Associate at the Institute for Organisational Economics (Prof. Dr. Alexander Dilger), University of Münster
• 03/2016 – 08/2016: Working Student at the Dr. Schwerdtfeger Personalberatung GmbH & Co. KG
• 11/2015 – 08/2016: Junior Consultant with a focus on management consulting and mergers & acquisitions at the Prospecting Partners GmbH
• 10/2015 – 02/2016: Tutor for corporate strategies at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
• 03/2015 – 10/2016: Founder and Consultant at Business Circle – Studentische Managementberatung e.V.
• 09/2014 – 08/2016: Studies of Management Consulting at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer, Degree: Master of Arts
• 07/2011 – 07/2014: Studies of Health Management at the German University of Prevention and Health Management, Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Topic of the doctoral thesis:

Success Factors, Business Alliances, and Leadership Skills in the Digital Age

Research interests:

• Digital Change
• (Digital) Leadership
• Entrepreneurship
• FinTech

Publications:

Articles in refereed journals:

• "The Digital Leader: What One Needs to Master Today's Organisational Challenges", with Julia Müller, Journal of Business Economics, Vol. 91 (8), 2021, pp. 1189-1223.
• "How Do Banks Interact with Fintech Startups?", with Lars Hornuf, Todor Stefan Lohwasser and Armin Schwienbacher, Small Business Economics, Vol. 57 (3), 2021, pp. 1505-1526.
• "Success Factors of Academic Journals in the Digital Age", with Alexander Dilger, Business Research (BuR), Vol. 13, 2020, pp. 1115-1143.
• "Strategic Alliances between Banks and Fintechs for Digital Innovation: Motives to Collaborate and Types of Interaction", with Todor Stefan Lohwasser, Friedrich Holotiuk and Jürgen Moormann,  Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, Vol. 21 (1), 2019, pp. 1-23.

Articles in books:

• „Digital Leadership – Status quo der digitalen Führung“, with Florian Dorozalla, in: Matthias Groß, Matthias Müller-Wiegand and Daniel F. Pinnow (eds.): "Zukunftsfähige Unternehmensführung: Ideen, Konzepte und Praxisbeispiele", Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden 2019, pp. 89-101.

Discussion papers:

• "Identifying Leadership Skills Required in the Digital Age", together with Julia Müller, CESifo Working Paper No. 8180, Munich, 2020.
• "From Signalling to Endorsement: The Valorisation of Fledgling Digital Ventures", Discussion Paper of the Institute for Organisational Economics 3/2020, University of Münster, 2020.
• "How Do Banks Interact with Fintech Startups?", together with Lars Hornuf, Todor Stefan Lohwasser and Armin Schwienbacher, CESifo Working Paper No. 7170 1/2020, Munich, 2020.
• "The Digital Leader - What One Needs to Master Today's Organisational Challenges", together with Julia Müller, Discussion Paper of the Institute for Organisational Economics 11/2019, University of Münster, 2019.
• "Success Factors of Academic Journals in the Digital Age", together with Alexander Dilger, Discussion Paper of the Institute for Organisational Economics 6/2019, University of Münster, 2019.

Conferences:

• EURAM Annual Conference 2019, ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, 26.06.-27.06.2019: Milan Frederik Klus/ Julia Müller: Identifying Leadership Skills Required in the Digital Age
• 16. Jahrestagung des AKempor, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, 22.11.-23.11.2018: Milan Frederik Klus/ Julia Müller: Identifying Leadership Skill Requirements in the Digital Age: A Multi-Level Analysis
• 1st International FinTech, InsurTech & Blockchain Forum, University of Zurich, 24.10.2018:
  Lars Hornuf/ Milan Frederik Klus/ Todor Stefan Lohwasser/ Armin Schwienbacher: How Do Banks Interact with Fintechs? Forms of Alliances and their Impact on Bank Value - Winner of the Best Paper Award
• 4th International Conference on the Dynamics of Entrepreneurship, Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, 18.06.-19.06.2018: Lars Hornuf/Milan Frederik Klus/Todor  Stefan Lohwasser/Armin Schwienbacher: How do banks interact with fintechs? Forms of strategic alliance and their economic impact
• 5th Crowdinvesting Symposium: The Regulation of FinTechs, Humboldt University of Berlin, 06.10.2017: 
  Lars Hornuf/Milan Frederik Klus/Todor Stefan Lohwasser: How banks interact with FinTechs: Forms of cooperation and their economic impact

Awards:

• 2018: Best Paper Award at the 1st International FinTech, InsurTech & Blockchain Forum Zurich, University of Zurich
• 2016: Best Graduate of the Management Consulting Program in 2016
• 2014: Top of Class Graduate of the Health Management Program in 2014 (Best 10%)

Research stays:

• 03/2019 - 03/2019: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
• 02/2019 - 02/2019: University of Edinburgh Business School

Extracurricular activities:

• Member of the Committee for Research of the School of Business and Economics at the University of Münster

Courses:

• Behavioral Economics
• Business Management
• International Management
• Seminar Corporate Governance
• Seminar Digitalisation in Companies
• Seminar Organisational Theory
• Seminar Personnel Selection
• Strategic Human Resources

Refereeing for:

Academy of Management (AOM); European Academy of Management (EURAM); SN Business & Economics;  Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money; Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)