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Department of Strategy and Innovation

Dr. Wolfgang Sofka is Professor for Strategic and International Management at the Department of Strategy and Innovation at Copenhagen Business School. He obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Hamburg and Master degrees from Wayne State University Detroit (Economics) as well as the University of Augsburg (Business Administration). He currently also holds a professorial appointment as Chair in International Business (part time, permanent) at the University of Liverpool Management School. Wolfgang coordinates the Master program concentration Finance and Strategic Management (FSM) at CBS.
Wolfgang’s research focuses on topics in international and innovation strategy. He investigates how firms search for innovative ideas and commercialize them successfully. This includes the strategic choices of multinational companies (MNCs), the hiring of strategic human capital as well as value capturing strategies. Wolfgang’s research has appeared in leading journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy or the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. He provides regular research inputs to international organizations such as the European Commission or the International Monetary Fund.
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Strategic Human Capital
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Innovation
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Knowledge search
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Knowledge protection
- Olsen, Anders Ørding, Wolfgang Sofka and Christoph Grimpe (2016), Coordinated Exploration for Grand Challenges: The Role of Advocacy Groups in Search Consortia, Academy of Management Journal 59(6), 2232-2255.
- Grimpe, Christoph, Ulrich Kaiser and Wolfgang Sofka (2019), Signaling Valuable Human Capital: Advocacy Group Work Experience and its Effect on Employee Pay in Innovative Firms, Strategic Management Journal, 40(4), 685-710.
- Sofka, Wolfgang, Christoph Grimpe and Ulrich Kaiser (2021), Understanding the Unwritten Rules of the Game – Government Work Experience and Salary Premiums in Foreign MNC Subsidiaries, Journal of International Business Studies, forthcoming.
- Distel, Andreas, Wolfgang Sofka, Pedro de Faria, António Ribeiro and Miguel Preto (2019), Dynamic Capabilities for Hire – How Former Host Country Entrepreneurs as MNC Subsidiary Managers Affect Performance, Journal of International Business Studies, forthcoming.
- Grimpe, Christoph, Martin Murmann and Wolfgang Sofka (2019), Organizational Design Choices of High-Tech Startups - How Middle Management Drives Innovation Performance, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, forthcoming.
In: Research Policy, Vol. 50, No. 5, 6.2021
In: Journal of International Business Studies, 6.4.2021
In: Proceedings of the Eightieth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Guclu Atinc. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2020 (Academy of Management Proceedings)
In: Proceedings of the Eightieth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Guclu Atinc. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2020, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
In: Journal of World Business, Vol. 55, No. 4, 6.2020
In: Proceedings of the Seventy-ninth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Guclu Atinc. Briar Cliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2019, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
In: Journal of International Business Studies, 20.11.2019
Paper presented at DRUID19 Conference, 2019
Paper presented at DRUID19 Conference, 2019
Mannheim : ZEW 2019, 41 p. (ZEW Discussion Papers, No. 19-043)
In: Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3, 9.2019, p. 359-378
In: Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 40, No. 4, 4.2019, p. 685-710
Paper presented at DRUID18 Conference, 2018
Paper presented at DRUID18 Conference, 2018
Paper presented at SMS Special Conference Oslo, 2018
Bonn : IZA 2018, 43 p. (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 11649)
In: Research Policy, Vol. 47, No. 3, 4.2018, p. 558-572
Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union 2018, 34 p. (JCR Science for Policy Report)
Mannheim : ZEW 2018, 42 p. (ZEW Discussion Papers, No. 17-074)
In: Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 34, No. 3, 5.2017, p. 360-383
Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union 2017, 24 p. (JCR Science for Policy Report)
In: Long Range Planning, Vol. 50, No. 6, 12.2017, p. 726-740
Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union 2017, 43 p.
Paper presented at The DRUID 20th Anniversary Conference 2016, 2016
In: Research Policy, Vol. 45, No. 10, 12.2016, p. 2036-2053
In: Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 59, No. 6, 12.2016, p. 2232-2255
Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union 2016, 122 p. (JCR Science for Policy Report)
Paper presented at The DRUID Society Conference 2015, 2015
Paper presented at The DRUID Society Conference 2015, 2015
In: Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Global Networks: Organizations and People. . ed. /Ram Mudambi; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business 2015, 1 p., p. 183 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 57)
Paper presented at AIB 2015 Annual Meeting, 2015
Paper presented at The DRUID Society Conference 2015, 2015
In: R & D Management, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2015, p. 60-75
In: Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business. . ed. /Klaus Meyer; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business 2014, p. 200-201 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 56)
Paper presented at The DRUID Society Conference 2014, 2014
In: Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 45, No. 6, 2014, p. 723-750
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2014, 2014
Paper presented at The DRUID Society Conference 2014, 2014
In: Research Policy, Vol. 43, No. 8, 2014, p. 1320–1333
Paper presented at The DRUID Society Conference 2014, 2014
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2014, 2014
In: Academy of Management Proceedings 2014. ed. /Leslie Toombs. Briar Cliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2014, p. 514-519
In: Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business. . ed. /Klaus Meyer; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business 2014, p. 230 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 56)
Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union 2013, 9 p. (Policy Brief / European Commission, Joint Research Centre - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies)
In: Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business. ed. /Patricia McDougall-Covin; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business 2013, p. 168-169 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 55)
In: Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business. ed. /Patricia McDougall-Covin; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business 2013, p. 120 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 55)
Paper presented at The 35th DRUID Celebration Conference 2013: Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, 2013
Mannheim : Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) 2006, 27 p. (ZEW Discussion Papers, No. 06-070)
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2015, 13 p.
No outside activities reported.