Oliver GOTTSCHALG

Professeur

Stratégie et Politique d'Entreprise

gottschalg@hec.fr
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Biographie

Oliver Gottschalg holds a Wirtschaftsingenieur Diploma from the University of Karlsruhe, an MBA from Georgia State University and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree from INSEAD.

His current research focuses on the strategic logic and the performance determinants of private equity investments. His work has been published in leading academic journals in strategy and finance and in various publications for practitioners and was featured over 500 times in the business press. He regularly presents his research at academic conferences and private equity symposia and serves as an advisor to leading investors in the private equity industry. He has been involved as expert advisor in the ongoing debate about a possible need for regulation of the Private Equity industry in Europe at the national and European level.

At HEC, he teaches electives on Management Buyouts and Private Equity Strategies and directs the HEC Private Equity Certificate.

Articles scientifiques

Ouvrages

Chapitres d'ouvrages

Cahiers de recherche

Strategic Objectives as Contingencies for the Performance Impact of Top Management Team Characteristics

Mimeo , 2025

Towards a Motivation-Based Theory of the Firm: Integrating Governance and Competence-Based Approaches

Mimeo , 2025

When Experience Hurts - Experiential learning, perceived task homogeneity and the confidence trap

Working Paper of the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance , 2025

Articles scientifiques

Do Politics Shape Buyout Performance?

Harvard Business Review, novembre 2008, vol. 86, n° 11, pp 26-27, (in coll. with A. Pe'er)

La vérité sur les performances dans le capital-investissement

Revue d'Économie Financière, 21 novembre 2008, n° 93, pp 201-211, (in coll. with L. Phalippou)

Measuring Idiosyncratic Risks in Leveraged Buyout Transactions

Quarterly Journal of Finance and Accounting, automne 2008, vol. 47, n° 4, pp 5-24, (in coll. with R. Baule, A. Groh)

Interest Alignment and Competitive Advantage

Academy of Management Review, avril 2007, vol. 32, n° 2, pp 418-437, (in coll. with M. Zollo)

Ouvrages

Chapitres d'ouvrages

Cahiers de recherche

Money Chasing Deals and Deals Chasing Money - The Impact of Supply and Demand on Buyout Performance

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2006

Motivation and the Theory of the Firm

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2006

Nature and Sources of Sustainable Competitive Advantage

Mimeo , 2006

The Performance of Private Equity Funds

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2006

Formation

  • Ph.D. in Management, INSEAD - France
  • Visiting Doctoral Student, University of Pennsylvania - Etats-Unis
  • Master of Science in Management, INSEAD - France
  • Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur, Universität Karlsruhe - Allemagne
  • Master of Business Administration, Georgia State University - Etats-Unis

Nominations académiques

Responsabilités académiques à HEC

  • 2022- Professeur, Stratégie et Politique d'Entreprise HEC Paris

Activités scientifiques

Adhésion à l'organisation académique ou professionnelle

  • Membre, Academy of Management

Activités scientifiques

  • Member of the Editorial Board of the book series "Academic Readings in Private Equity" in cooperation with the European Venture Capital Association
  • Ad-Hoc Rapporteur for the Journal of Restructuring Finance, the Strategic Management Journal, Research Policy, the Journal of Management Studies, the Journal of Finance
  • Rapporteur, Academy of Management Conference (BPS Division)
  • Rapporteur, Academy of International Business

    • Conference organisation

  • 2011-2011 Co-organizer of the Paris Private Equity Forum (joint initiative HEC-Sciences Po)
  • 2003-2003 Academy of management Conference, Seattle: Initiator and Co-Chair of the Symposium New Strategic Challenges for Management Buyouts and their Financiers: International Perspectives
  • The INSEAD Private Equity Conference, Fontainebleau, France, mai 2004. Co-initiator, co-organizer, presenter at the event which gathered 130 professionals from the private equity industry, 60 speakers and over 150 alumni and MBAs

    • Prix ​​& honneurs

    • 2012 2012 Best Elective Award across the CEMS Program
    • 2010 2010 BNP Paribas Pierre Vernimmen Teaching Award