Prof. Dr. Olaf N. Rank
| Since May 2011 | Director of the Chair of Corporate Management, Organization, and HRM (W3), University of Freiburg |
| 2008 – 2011 | Director of the Chair of Organisation and Management (W3), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
| 2008 | Habilitation and authorisation to teach (“venia docendi”) in business administration, University of Bern |
| 2005 – 2008 | Assistant Professor of International Management, University of Bern |
| 2003 – 2005 | Senior Assistant at the Institute for Marketing and Corporate Management, Department of Corporate Management, University of Bern |
| 2000 – 2004 | Lecturer at the Universitätsseminar der Wirtschaft (USW), Schloss Gracht, Erftstadt |
| 2003 | Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) at the University of Mannheim (summa cum laude) – Topic: „Formale und informelle Organisationsstrukturen: Eine Netzwerkanalyse des strategischen Planungs- und Entscheidungsprozesses multinationaler Unternehmen“ |
| 1999 – 2003 | Research assistant at the Chair of International Management, University of Mannheim and lecturer at the Staatliche Berufsakademie Mannheim in the fields of management and personnel management |
| 1996 – 1999 | Studies in business administration at the University of Mannheim with a focus on international management, organisation and psychology for economists |
| 1994 – 1996 | Studies in economics at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart (Vordiplom) |
Books:
- Rank, Olaf N. (2015): Unternehmensnetzwerke: Erfassung, Analyse und erfolgreiche Nutzung, Wiesbaden: Springer-Gabler.
- Rank, Olaf N. (2003): Formale und informelle Organisationsstrukturen: Eine Netzwerkanalyse des strategischen Plaungs- und Entscheidungsprozesses multinationaler Unternehmen, Wiesbaden: Gaber.
- Rank, Olaf N. (2000): Rollentypologien von Tochtergesellschaften: Ansätze und Implakationen für das internationale Management, Stuttgart: Döbler & Rössler.
Essays:
- Rank, Olaf N./Strenge, Michael (2018): Entrepreneurial orientation as a driver of brokerage in external networks: Exploring the effects of risk taking, proactivity, and innovativeness, in: Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 12(4): 482-503.
- Brennecke, Julia/Rank, Olaf N. (2016): Knowledge networks in high-tech clusters: A multilevel perspective on interpersonal and inter-organizational collaboration, in: Lazega E./ Snijders T. (eds) Multilevel Network Analysis for the Social Sciences. Methodos Series (Methodological Prospects in the Social Sciences), vol 12. Springer, Cham.
- Rank, Olaf N. (2014): The effect of structural embeddedness on start-up survival: A case study in the German biotech industry, in: Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneuship, 27:3, 275-299.
- Zhao, Yu/Rank, Olaf N. (2013): Interdependencies between different types of working relations: The case of advice and satisfaction, in: Lusher, Dean/Koskinen, Johan/Robins, Garry (Hrsg.): Exponential random graph models for social networks: Theory, methods, and applications, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 213-225.
- Rank, Olaf N./Robins, Garry/Pattison, Philippa E. (2010): Structural logic of network organizations, in: Organization Science, 21(3): 745-764.
- Rank, Olaf N./Tuschke, Anja (2010): Perceived influence and friendship as antecedents of cooperation in top management teams: A network approach, in: Business Research, 3(2): 151-171.
- Rank, Olaf N. (2008): Formal structures and informal networks: Structural analysis in organizations, in: Scandinavian Journal of Management, 24(2): 145-161.