David Sauer
Profile
David Sauer Externe Fachperson
Contact
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Address
Berner Fachhochschule
Business School
Wirtschaft
Brückenstrasse 73
3005 Bern
Activities
Responsibilities
Lecturer
Focus areas
Family Business and SME Research
Organisational Development and Transformation
Process Management
Organisational Identification
Ethical Decision-Making
Teaching
Degree programmes
Master of Business Administration
Bachelor Betriebsökonomie
Subjects
BHRM - Human Resource Management (Bachelor)
ORWA - Organisatorischer Wandel & Führung (Master)
Research
Specialisations
Family Business and SME Research
Organisational Identification
Business Ethics
Focus areas
Innovation in Family Firms
Business Incubators
Unethical Pro-Organisational Behaviour
CV
Professional experience
- 2011–2014 Trainee tegut… gute Lebensmittel
- 2014–2016 Project Manager, Process Optimisation tegut… gute Lebensmittel
- 2015–2016 / 2018 Lecturer Fulda University of Applied Sciences
- 2018–2022 Consultant / Senior Consultant KOPFSPRINGER GmbH
- 2022–2024 Head of Consulting KOPFSPRINGER GmbH
- 2023 / 2024 Visiting Lecturer University of St Andrews
- 2025 Chief Operating Officer (Co-Founder) Bliks.io
Education
- 2011–2014 Bachelor of Arts in Logistics Management Fulda University of Applied Sciences
- 2016–2017 Master of Letters in International Business University of St Andrews, UK
- 2017–2018 Master of Science in Psychology (Conversion) University of St Andrews, UK
- 2020–2025 PhD Candidate WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Awards
Best Research Video Award
Best Research Video Award at the Family Enterprise Research Conference (FERC), 2021.
University of St Andrews Deans’ List for Academic Excellence 2016/17
Awarded by the University of St Andrews for outstanding academic achievement in the 2016/17 academic year (Deans’ List).
University of St Andrews Deans’ List for Academic Excellence 2017/18
Awarded by the University of St Andrews for outstanding academic achievement in the 2016/17 academic year (Deans’ List).
Language skills and intercultural knowledge
Language skills
- German - Native or bilingual proficiency
- English - Full professional proficiency
Intercultural knowledge
- Germany
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland