Marcus Conrad, M.Sc.
Teaching and Research Associate
Department of International Management
- Phone number: +49 911 5302 468
- Fax number: +49 911 5302 470
- Email: marcus.conrad@fau.de
Consultation hours
by appointment
Responsibilities:
- Foundations of International Management I
- Foundations of International Management II
- Research Projects in International Management II
- Advanced Methods of Management Research IV | Seminar zur Managementforschung
Research Focus
Corporate Misconduct, Corporate Scandals,
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Business Ethics,
Linguistic Analysis, Corporate Communication
Curriculum Vitae
| Academic qualifications | |
| since 2016 | PhD Candidate, Department of International Management, School of Business and Economics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 2015 – 2016 | Semester abroad at the Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain |
| 2014 – 2016 | Master in International Business Studies (M.Sc.), School of Business and Economics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 2013 | Semester abroad at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia |
| 2011 – 2014 | Bachelor in International Business (B.A.), University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany |
| Work experience | |
| 2015 – 2016 | Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of International Management, Student assistant, Nürnberg, Germany |
| 2014 | PKF Osnabrück WMS Treuhand GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Consulting and M&A, Intern, Osnabrück, Germany |
| 2013 | Urbanest Australia Pty Ltd, Marketing, Intern, Brisbane, Australia |
| 2010 – 2013 | TSV Artland Dragons Quakenbrück, Project management, Quakenbrück, Germany |
| 2012 | Novis GbR, Wirtschaftsberatungsgesellschaft, Intern, Quakenbrück, Germany |
| 2008 – 2011 | F3 Events, Event management and organization of sports events, owner and founder, Quakenbrück, Germany |
| International experience | |
| Abroad stays in Mexico, Indonesia, Spain, Australia, Russia, Italy, USA and China |
| Scholarships and Awards | |
| 2020 | Supported by Stiftung Prof. Dr. oec. Westerfelhaus for current research project |
| 2019 | European Academy of Management (EURAM) – Best Paper Award |
| 2015 |
Dr. Jutta-Feldmeier-Stiftung – für die Internationalisierung des Fachbereichs der Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 2013 | Dean’s List of University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia |
| 2013 | PROMOS scholarship of Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) |
| Extra-curricular activities |
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| 2017 – 2019 | Formula Student – Strohm + Söhne – Construction and competition of EVs |
| 2014 – 2016 | Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Student representative of the Master in International Business Studies (M.Sc.) |
| 2010 – 2011 | Artland Dragons Basketball Quakenbrück, Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr im Sport, Quakenbrück, Germany |
| International conferences | |
| 2020, 2021 | Jahrestagung der Stiftung Prof. Dr. oec. Westerfelhaus in Bielefeld, Germany |
| 2019 | AIB Western Europe Doctoral Student Workshop in Nürnberg, Germany |
| 2018, 2020 | Sino-German Research Network, Workshop in Nanjing, China |
| 2018 | IVBEC 2018 in New York City, USA |
| 2018 | Schaeffler Motorsport Academy in Herzogenaurach, Germany |
| 2017 | European International Business Academy (EIBA) 2017 in Milan, Italy |
| 2016, 2017, 2018 |
German-Russian Doctoral Colloquium with Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics as well as National Research University Higher School of Economics Moscow in St.Petersburg and Moscow, Russia |
| 2017 | Wissenschaftliche Kommission Organisation (WK ORG) im VHB Workshop 2017 in Hamburg, Germany |
| 2017, 2018 |
Sino-German Research Network, Workshop in Beijing, China and Bayreuth, Germany |
| Publications | |
| 2017 | Can International Defense Companies act socially responsible? The Case of Diehl (book chapter)
Authors: Dirk Holtbrügge & Marcus Conrad in: The Internationalization of Firms: Case Studies from the Nürnberg Metropolitan Region. |
| 2020 | Decoupling in CSR reports: A linguistic content analysis of the Volkswagen ‘Dieselgate’ scandal (international peer-reviewed journal)
Authors: Dirk Holtbrügge & Marcus Conrad in: International Studies of Management & Organization. |
| 2018 |
Pro & Contra: Volkswagen und der Dieselskandal – Ein Versagen unternehmerischer Verantwortung
Authors: Marcus Conrad & Marc Oberhauser in: WiSt – Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium. Zeitschrift für Studium und Forschung. |
| 2020 |
Regaining legitimacy after corporate misconduct. A analysis of crisis communication strategies (in review)
Authors: Marcus Conrad & Marc Oberhauser |
| 2021 | Does it pay off to pay a fair share? The influence of Corporate Tax Strategieson MNC‘s Legitimacy (working paper)
Authors: Marcus Conrad |
| 2020 | Predicting Corporate Misconduct via Linguistic Content Analysis: Decoupling in Sustainability Reporting (in revision)
Authors: Marcus Conrad & Dirk Holtbrügge |
Languages
German (native language)
English (fluent)
Spanish (fluent)
Bulgarian (beginner)