Prof. Dr. Stephan M. Wagner

ETH Zurich Prof. Dr. Stephan M. Wagner Chair of Logistics Management SEC F7 Scheuchzerstrasse 7 8092 Zurich Switzerland Phone: +41 44 632 3259 Fax: +41 44 632 1526 E-Mail:

Short Bio

Professor Wagner holds the Chair of Logistics Management at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland. Prior he served on the faculty of WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany, and worked for 10 years as head of supply chain management for a Swiss-based technology group and as senior manager for an international top-management consulting firm. He obtained a MBA from Washington State University and a Ph.D. from the University of St. Gallen.

He has been a part-time lecturer for marketing, logistics, supply chain management and purchasing/supply management on the undergraduate, graduate and executive level at several schools, among others, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Bucerius Law School Hamburg, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Hamburg University of Technology, University of St. Gallen, Bundeswehr University Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, and Krasnoyarsk State University. In addition, he has consulted with and conducted executive training programs for leading companies and business associations.

His research interests include supply chain strategy, purchasing and supply management, interfirm relationships in industrial marketing channels, innovation in supply chains, and the management of logistics service firms. He received the Hans Ovelgönne Research Award for outstanding scholarly research from the German Association of Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics (BME) in 2001, and the Deutsche Post DHL sponsored ProLog Award for cutting-edge research in purchasing, supply management, logistics and supply chain management in 2009. He is author and editor of ten books and over one hundred book chapters and articles. He has published in the Journal of Business Logistics, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Services and Operations Management, Production Planning & Control, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Industrial Marketing Management, European Journal of Marketing, Sociological Methods & Research, and other journals. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Supply Chain Management as well as the Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, and serves as Editorial Board Member and Reviewer for other leading journals.