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David Schröder

Chair for Production Management

CFO
Zalando
Berlin, Germany

Abbreviated CV

  • CFO, Zalando, Berlin, Germany, since 2019
  • Zalando Logistics, Industrial Excellence Award Germany 2016 (1st place)
  • Visiting Scholar, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA, 2010
  • Doctoral Student, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany, since 2009
  • Dipl.-Kfm., WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany, 2007

Research Areas

  • Returns Management for Online Fashion Retailing
  • Refurbishment, Secondary Markets, Smart Shopping
  • Application in the European Fashion Industry

Publications

  • Seeberger, Dominic; Huchzermeier, Arnd; Schröder, David (2019): Returns Policies and Smart Salvaging: Benefiting From a Multi-Channel World. In: Gallino, Santiago; Moreno, Antonio (Eds.): Operations in an Omni-channel World (Series in Supply Chain Management)Springer, 87-112
  • Difrancesco, Rita M.; Huchzermeier, Arnd; Schröder, David (2018): Optimizing the Return Window for Online Fashion Retailers with Closed-Loop Refurbishment. Omega, 78, 205-221
  • Röllecke, Felix; Huchzermeier, Arnd; Schröder, David (2018): Returning Customers: The Hidden Strategic Opportunity of Returns Management. California Management Review, 60(2), 176-203
  • Seeberger, Dominic; Huchzermeier, Arnd; Schroeder, David (2017): Competitive Returns Management: Why Higher Salvage Values are Not Necessarily Better. SSRN, 23 p.
  • Huchzermeier, Arnd; Flath, Christoph; Schröder, David (2011a): Making Six Packs Green. Case Study, The Case Center (formerly European Case Clearing House), Vereinigtes Königsreich, 13 p. 
  • Huchzermeier, Arnd; Flath, Christoph; Schröder, David (2011b): Making Six Packs Green. Teaching Note, The Case Center (formerly European Case Clearing House), Vereinigtes Königsreich, 7 p.
  • Schröder, David; Huchzermeier, Arnd (2010): Optimal Customer Return Policy under Buy- and Sellside Uncertainty. Unpublished Working Paper, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany, 34 p.
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