Dr. Alexander Schaeff

Alexander Schaeff did his doctorate between 2020 and 2022 as an external doctoral student at the Institute of Family Business and Mittelstand.

Research Interests:

• Causes of crises and crisis prevention
• Change management
• Company succession
• Hidden Champions

Career history

• Gebr. Knauf, Iphofen
• Karl Schaeff GmbH, Langenburg
• Schaeff Group, Schwäbisch Hall and Hergiswil

Academia

• FH Aachen (Dipl. Ing.)
• WHU, Vallendar (Dipl. Kaufm.)
• École Supérieure de Commerce de Nice
• University of Southern California, Los Angeles