Prof. Dr. Fabian J. Sting

Forschungs- und Interessengebiete

Supply-Chain-Strategie
Technologie- und Innovationsstrategie
Projektmanagement
Strategieimplementierung
Produktionsmanagement
Prozessinnovation

Curriculum Vitae

seit 2016	Professor und Seminardirektor für Supply Chain Management - Strategie und Innovation, Universität zu Köln
Seit 2019	Chaired Professor of Digital Supply Chain Innovation (part-time), Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus Universität Rotterdam, Niederlande
2014-2019	Associate Professor (tenured) of Operations Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus Universität Rotterdam, Niederlande
2010-2014	Assistant Professor of Operations Management (Auszeichnung early tenure), Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus Universität Rotterdam, Niederlande
2008-2010	Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Technology and Operations Management, INSEAD, Technology and Operations Management Department, Fontainebleau, Frankreich
2005-2008	Promotion in Produktionsmanagement (Dr. rer. pol. summa cum laude), WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar
2006 (Frühjahr)	Promotionsstudium als Visiting Scholar, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA Kellog School of Management and McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
2005-2007	M.Sc. in Mathematik - Methoden und Modelle Fernuniversität Hagen, Hagen
2004 (Frühjahr)	Masterstudium als Austauschstudent University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australien
2002-2005	Studium zum Diplom-Kaufmann mit Studienausrichtung Management Science, Katholische Universität Eichstatt-Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt

Ausgewählte Publikationen

Mosner, F. L., Sting, F. J., & Chandrasekaran, A. (2025). How Middle Managers Affect Frontline Idea Generation: Evidence From Healthcare Operations. Journal of Operations Management, 72(1), 21-41. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/joom.70018

Sting, F. J., Tarakci, M., & Recker, J. (2024). Performance Implications of Digital Disruption in Strategic Competition. MIS Quarterly, 48(3), 1263-1278. https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2024/17999

Tarakci, M., Sting, F. J., Recker, J., & Kane, G. C. (2024). Three Questions to Ask About Your Digital Strategy. MIT Sloan Management Review. https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/three-questions-to-ask-about-your-digital-strategy/

Salvador, F., & Sting, F. (2022). How Your Company Can Encourage Innovation from All Employees. Harvard Business Review (digital). https://hbr.org/2022/09/how-your-company-can-encourage-innovation-from-all-employees

Cornelius, P., Gokpinar, B., & Sting, F. (2021). Sparking Manufacturing Innovation: How Temporary Interplant Assignments Increase Employee Idea Values. Management Science, 67(4), 2231-2250. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2020.3673

CORNELIUS, PHILIPP. B., GOKPINAR, BILAL., & STING, FABIAN. J. (2021). How temporary assignments boost innovation: When front-line manufacturing employees are exchanged between company sites, they contribute more valuable ideas. MIT Sloan Management Review, 62(3), 9-11. https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-temporary-assignments-boost-innovation/

Alle Publikationen

Mosner, F. L., Sting, F. J., & Chandrasekaran, A. (2025). How Middle Managers Affect Frontline Idea Generation: Evidence From Healthcare Operations. Journal of Operations Management, 72(1), 21-41. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/joom.70018

Sting, F. J., Tarakci, M., & Recker, J. (2024). Performance Implications of Digital Disruption in Strategic Competition. MIS Quarterly, 48(3), 1263-1278. https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2024/17999

Tarakci, M., Sting, F. J., Recker, J., & Kane, G. C. (2024). Three Questions to Ask About Your Digital Strategy. MIT Sloan Management Review. https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/three-questions-to-ask-about-your-digital-strategy/

Salvador, F., & Sting, F. (2022). How Your Company Can Encourage Innovation from All Employees. Harvard Business Review (digital). https://hbr.org/2022/09/how-your-company-can-encourage-innovation-from-all-employees

Cornelius, P., Gokpinar, B., & Sting, F. (2021). Sparking Manufacturing Innovation: How Temporary Interplant Assignments Increase Employee Idea Values. Management Science, 67(4), 2231-2250. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2020.3673

CORNELIUS, PHILIPP. B., GOKPINAR, BILAL., & STING, FABIAN. J. (2021). How temporary assignments boost innovation: When front-line manufacturing employees are exchanged between company sites, they contribute more valuable ideas. MIT Sloan Management Review, 62(3), 9-11. https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-temporary-assignments-boost-innovation/

Schneider, P., & Sting, F. (2020). Employees’ Perspectives on Digitalization-Induced Change: Exploring Frames of Industry 4.0. Academy of Management Discoveries, 6(3). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.5465/amd.2019.0012

Fuchs, C., Sting, F., Schlickel, M., & Alexy, O. (2019). The Ideator’s Bias: How Identity-induced Self-efficacy Drives Overestimation in Employee-driven Process Innovation. Academy of Management Journal, 62(5). https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2017.0438

Sting, F., Stevens, M., & Tarakci, M. (2019). Temporary deembedding buyer-supplier relationships: A Complexity Perspective. Journal of Operations Management, 65(2), 114-135. https://doi.org/10.1002/joom.1008

Crama, P., Sting, F., & Wu, Y. (2018). Encouraging Help across Projects. Management Science, 65(3), 955-1453. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2988

Chandrasekaran, A., Linderman, K., & Sting, F. (2018). Avoiding epistemological silos and empirical elephants in OM: How to combine empirical and simulation methods? Journal of Operations Management, 63(November), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2018.11.003

Sting, F., & Loch, C. H. (2016). Implementing Operations Strategy: How Vertical and Horizontal Coordination Interact. Production and Operations Management, 25(7), 1177-1193. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.12537

Chandrasekaran, A., Linderman, K., Sting, F., & Benner, M. J. (2016). Managing R&D Project Shifts in High-Tech Organizations: A Multi-Method Study. Production and Operations Management, 25(3), 390-416. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.12410

Mihm, J., Sting, F., & Wang, T. (2015). On the Effectiveness of Patenting Strategies in Innovation Races. Management Science, 61(11), 2662-2684. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.2128

Sting, F., Loch, CH., & Stempfhuber, D. (2015). Accelerating Projects by Encouraging Help. MIT Sloan Management Review, 56(3), 1-9. https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/accelerating-projects-by-encouraging-help/

Kim, YH., Sting, F., & Loch, CH. (2014). Top-Down, Bottom-Up, or Both? Toward an Integrative Perspective on Operations Strategy Formation. Journal of Operations Management, 32(7-8), 462-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2014.09.005

Sting, F., & Huchzermeier, A. (2014). Operational Hedging and Diversification under Correlated Supply and Demand Uncertainty. Production and Operations Management, 23(7), 1212-1226. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.12196

Sting, F., & Huchzermeier, A. (2012). Dual Sourcing – Responsive Hedging Against Correlated Supply and Demand Uncertainty. Naval Research Logistics, 59(1), 69-89. https://doi.org/10.1002/nav.21473

Loch, CH., Sting, F., Stempfhuber, D., & Huchzermeier, A. (2012). Das Prinzip der Roten Karte. Harvard Business Manager, 2011(January), 44-51. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/35007

Loch, CH., Sting, F., Huchzermeier, A., & Decker, C. (2012). Finding the Profit in Fairness. Harvard Business Review, 90(10), 111-115. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/38069

Loch, CH., Sting, F., Huchzermeier, A., & Decker, C. (2012). Fairness zahlt sich aus. Harvard Business Manager, October(Oktober), 1-8. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/38110

Loch, C., & Sting, F. (2010). A seismic shift in the car industry: The management challenge and responsibility. Automotive Industries AI, 190(3).

Loch, CH., Sting, F., Bauer, N., & Mauermann, H. (2010). How BMW Is Defusing the Demographic Time Bomb. Harvard Business Review, 88(3), 99-102. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/20802

Sting, F., & Huchzermeier, A. (2010). Ensuring Responsive Capacity: How to Contract with Backup Suppliers. European Journal of Operational Research, 207(2), 725-735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2010.05.044

Loch, CH., Sting, F., Bauer, N., & Mauermann, H. (2010). Keine Angst vor der alternden Belegschaft. Harvard Business Manager, 2010(April), 68-74.

Loch, CH., & Sting, F. (2010). Think tank: just the job to help the older hands stay in work. Unknown.

Sting, F., Fuchs, C., Schlickel, M., & Alexy, O. (2019). How to Overcome the Bias We Have Toward Our Own Ideas. Harvard Business Review, hbr.org(online). http://hdl.handle.net/1765/116472

Schneider, P., & Sting, F. (2019). Die Sicht der Mitarbeiter. Harvard Business Manager, 2019(April). http://hdl.handle.net/1765/121657

Sting, F. (2016). Shift happens: how to manage changing projects. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 25(1), 17-19. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/80182

Sting, F. (2015). Encouraging help speeds up product development projects. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 21(1), 16-17. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/77987

Sting, F., & Huchzermeier, A. (2012). Hedge Risks Appropriately With Backup Suppliers. Inside Supply Management. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/119852

Loch, CH., & Sting, F. (2009). A Seismic Shift in the Car Industry: The Management Challenge and Responsibility. Unknown, 70.

Sting, F., Braun, M., & Huchzermeier, A. (2010). Simulationsstudie: Exogene Risiken in der Beschaffung - Zusammenspiel von Diversifikation und Flexibilitat. In Supply Management Research: Aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse 2009 (pp. 147-171). Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-8833-1_6

Huchzermeier, A., Hoehn, M., & Sting, F. (2007). Impact Study of RFID Adoption in Manufacturer-Retailer Supply Chains: Results from a European Industry Survey. Excerpt of the EU-Project SMART.

Kuhn, H., & Sting, F. (2005). Bestimmung von Losgrößen, Transportzyklen und Sicherheitsbeständen in mehrstufigen Wertschopfungsketten. In Operations Research Proceedings 2005 Springer-Verlag.

Sting, F. (2009). Flexible Sourcing—Operational Hedging, Diversification and Contracting under Supply and Demand Uncertainty. In BVL 26. Deutscher Logistik-Kongress Berlin DVV Media Group.

Huchzermeier, A., Hoehn, M., & Sting, F. (2007). Impact Study of RFID Adoption in Manufacturer-Retailer Supply Chains: Results from a European Industry Survey. Excerpt of the EU-Project SMART.

Postanschrift:
Universität zu Köln
Department Corporate Development
Supply Chain Management
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 Köln

Besuchsanschrift:
Raum 7.23
Universitätsstraße 24 (WiSo-Hochhaus)
50931 Köln

Telefon: +49 (0) 221 470 91245

E-Mail: sting(at)wiso.uni-koeln(dot)de

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