Prof. Dr. Florian Überbacher

Associate Professor, Montpellier Business School
Email: f.ueberbacher<at>montpellier-bs.com

Short Bio

since 2021	Associate Professor of Management (with tenure), Montpellier Business School
2015- 2021	Senior Research Fellow: Chair for Foundations of Business Adminstration and Theories of the Firm, University of Zurich
since 2013	Lecturer: School of Management, University of St. Gallen
2012- 2014	Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Lucerne
2013	PhD in Management, University of St. Gallen (summa cum laude) (Peter Werhahn Award 2013 for the University of St. Gallen's best PhD thesis in business administration)
2008- 2012	Research Associate, Institute of Management, University of St. Gallen
2008	M.A. in Business and Social Sciences, University of Innsbruck (with distinction)
2007- 2008	Teaching Assistant, Institute of Organization and Learning, University of Innsbruck

Business and Society
- Business regulation
- Business-government-relations
International Management
- The political environment of international business
- Globalization and global governance
Organization Theory
- Institutional theories of organizations
- Theories of organizational power and influence

Ueberbacher, F., Scherer, A. G. 2019. Indirect Compellence and Institutional Change: U.S. Extraterritorial Law Enforcement and the Erosion of Swiss Banking Secrecy. Administrative Science Quarterly, forthcoming.
Ueberbacher, F., Jacobs, C. D., & Cornelissen, J.P. 2015. How Entrepreneurs become Skilled Cultural Operators. Organization Studies, 36(7): 925-951. (A study about corporate entry into the public sector outsourcing market)
Ueberbacher, F. 2014. Legitimation of New Ventures: A Review and Research Programme. Journal of Management Studies, 51(4): 667-698.

Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre Foundations of Business Administration and Theories of the Firm