Research

The faculty members of the College of Management of Technology are nationally and internationally recognized for their research in the field of management, policy and finance. They publish broadly in important academic and public journals and regularly receive honors and awards.

INSTITUTES & CENTER

RESEARCH IMPACT

The College’s faculty members conduct highly relevant research addressing important questions in management, finance and policy.

FACULTY AWARDS

2024

Pierre Collin Dufresne, Julien Hugonnier & Elena Perazzi: EFA (European Finance Association) 2024 Best Conference Paper Prize

Daniel Kuhn: 2024 Farkas Prize of the INFORMS Optimization Society

Marc Gruber: Foundational Paper Award at the Academy of Management

Marc Gruber: ICBS International Council for Small Business 2024 Entrepreneurial Educator Excellence Award

2023

Andreas Fuster: Brattle Group Prize for his paper published in the Journal of Finance entitled “Predictably Unequal? The Effects of Machine Learning on Credit Markets”.

Paula Cacault: Swiss Education Research Prize

2022

Daniel Kuhn: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

2021

Erwan Morellec: ACA-Award for outstanding academic performance in Accounting, Corporate Finance, Controlling, or Auditing, University of St. Gallen.

2020

Daniel Kuhn: 2020 Frederick W. Lanchester Prize for his paper entitled “Data-driven Distributionally Robust Optimization using the Wasserstein Metric: Performance Guarantees and Tractable Reformulations” published in Mathematical Programming in 2018.

2019

Gaétan de Rassenfosse: International Geneva (IG) Award by the Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) for his paper entitled “Are foreigners equally treated under TRIPS?”.

Marc Gruber: Mentor Award from the Academy of Management.

Christopher Tucci: inaugural AMR (Academy of Management Review) Practice Implication Award for the article “Crowdsourcing as a Solution to Distant Search”.

2018

Ralf Seifert: Case writing award for the “Supply Chain Management” category of the EFMD Case Writing Competition

Orion Penner: Eugene Garfield Award for Innovation in Citation Analysis at the 23rd Science and Technology Indicators Conference in Leiden, Netherlands.

2017

Dominique Foray: Doctor Honoris Causa from the Technicial University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Semyon Malamud: Best discussant award at the 14th Annual Conference in Financial Economic Research.

 

2016

Pierre Collin-Dufresne: Inquire Europe award for his presentation “Do prices reveal the presence of informed trading?” at the Inquire Autumn seminar in Athens.

Pierre Collin-Dufresne: Amundi Smith Breeden Prizes for the  paper “Do Prices Reveal the Presence of Informed Trading?” published in 2015 in The Journal of Finance.

Damir Filipovic: Louis Bachelier Prize for his contributions to stochastic modelling in finance and Insurance.

2015

Dominique Foray: Outstanding Paper Award for his article «From smart specialisation to smart specialisation policy» published in the European Journal of Innovation Management.

Semyon Malamud: 2015 INQUIRE JOINT SEMINAR prize for his
presentation on 17th March 2015 at Inquire Coombe Abbey seminar of his paper on Portfolio Selection with Options.

2014

Pierre Collin-Dufresne: Amundi Smith Breeden Prize for the article “On the Relative Pricing of Long-Maturity Index Options and Collateralized Debt Obligations” (with R.S. Goldstein and F. Yang)

Marc Gruber: Gerald E. Hills Best Paper Award, American Marketing Association, Entrepreneurial Marketing Special Interest Group (AMA EMSIG)

2013

Pierre Collin-Dufresne: Best Paper Award, International French Finance Association (AFFI)

Pierre Collin-Dufresne: Best Paper Award, China International Conference in Finance

Christopher Tucci: Best Paper Award, Academy of Management

2012

Pierre Collin-Dufresne: Best Paper Award, International French Finance Association (AFFI)

Rüdiger Fahlenbrach: Distinguished Referee Award, Review of Financial Studies

Marc Gruber: Thought Leader Award, Academy of Management, Entrepreneurship Division

Marc Gruber: Jürgen Hauschildt Best Paper Award in Innovation Management, German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB)

Marc Gruber: Stephan Schrader Best Paper Award in Entrepreneurship Research, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)

Marc Gruber: TUM Research Excellence Award, Peter Pribilla Foundation

Ralf Seifert: Case Writing Award in Supply Chain Management, European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)

2011

Dominique Foray: Prix FutuRIS, Association nationale de la recherche et de la technologie (ANRT)

Marc Gruber: Jürgen Hauschildt Best Paper Award in Innovation Management, German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB)

Marc Gruber: Best Paper Award Innovation Management (3rd prize), European Business School

Ralf Seifert: ECCH Case Award in Production and Operations Management, The Case Center (ECCH)

Anu Wadhwa: Past Presidents Best Paper Award, Western Academy of Management Conference

2010

Rüdiger Fahlenbrach: Swiss Finance Institute and Banque Privée Espírito Santo Research Award, Swiss Finance Institute and Banque Privée Espírito Santo

Damir Filipovic: AXA-EGRIE Prize, European Group for Risk and Insurance Economics

Marc Gruber: Thought Leader Award, Academy of Management, Entrepreneurship Division

Julien Hugonnier: Meritorious Service Award, Operations Research Editorial Board

Loriano Mancini: Outstanding Paper in International Finance Award, Eastern Finance Association (EFA)

2009

Marc Gruber: Thought Leader Award, Academy of Management, Entrepreneurship Division

Marc Gruber: Best Paper Award in Innovation Management, European Business School

Marc Gruber: Irene M. McCarthy Award for the Best Paper on the Topic of High Technology, Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference

Julien Hugonnier: Meritorious Service Award, Operations Research Editorial Board

Ralf Seifert: Case Writing Award in Supply Chain Management, European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)