Prof. Dr. Adrian W. Müller
Prof. Dr. Adrian W. Müller
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Theaterstrasse 17
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Professor for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Education and Continuing education
Focus
- Entrepreneurial Innovation
- Disruptive Technologies & Business Innovation
- Entrepreneurial Leadership
Experience
- Founder / Board Member
Noocleus AG
01 / 2008 - today - Senior Lecturer for Business Innovation
ETH Zürich
01 / 2017 - today - Advisory Board Member KMU.ZH
ZKB Zürcher Kantonalbank
01 / 2019 - today - Member of the Innovation Panel
DIZH
01 / 2020 - today - Professor for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
ZHAW School of Management and Law
06 / 2023 - today - Co-Initiator, Start-Up Trainer & Member of the Advisory Board
Startup Campus Switzerland
01 / 2013 - 12 / 2023 - Head of Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
ZHAW School of Management and Law
01 / 2012 - 04 / 2023 - Head of ZHAW Runway Startup Incubation Program, Start-up Coach
ZHAW Runway Startup Incubator
01 / 2014 - 12 / 2020 - Board Member
PRfact AG
01 / 2010 - 12 / 2019 - Board Member
Müller Property AG
01 / 2001 - 12 / 2017 - Head of Competence Field Foresight, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
ZHAW
01 / 2011 - 12 / 2013 - Lecturer for Strategic Innovation / Head Master Program "Trends"
ZHdK Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Departement Design
02 / 2007 - 04 / 2011 - Lecturer for Strategic Management
ZHAW
01 / 2009 - 01 / 2011 - Lecturer for Scientific Work Methods
University of Zurich (CH)
01 / 2006 - 12 / 2010 - Co-Founder
Müller Corporate Clothing AG
01 / 2004 - 12 / 2006 - Management Consultant
PIT AG
01 / 2002 - 12 / 2004 - Project Assistant
IMG, Information Management Group (Schweiz)
01 / 2000 - 12 / 2002 - Trainee
Arthur D. Little (Schweiz) AG
01 / 2001 - 06 / 2001 - Trainee
HUGO BOSS AG
01 / 1998 - 12 / 1999 - Trainee
Accenture (Andersen Consulting)
06 / 1999 - 08 / 1999
Education
- Dr.oec.HSG / Chair for Strategic Management, Institute of Management and Strategy
University of St.Gallen (HSG)
01 / 2004 - 12 / 2008 - Lic.oec.HSG / Finance & Accounting
University of St.Gallen (HSG)
01 / 1996 - 12 / 2002
Continuing Education
- PERMA Lead - Positive Leadership Coaching & Assessment
ebner-team Training Coaching Forschung GmbH, Vienna
12 / 2023 - PERMA Lead - Positive Leadership Coaching & Assessment
ebner-team Training Coaching Forschung GmbH, Vienna
12 / 2023 - Certified Team Coach
Solutionsurfers Switzerland
01 / 2022 - Executive Program Corporate Innovation: Strategies for Leveraging Ecosystems
MIT Sloan School of Management
06 / 2020 - Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
International Coaching Federation
01 / 2020 - Solution-oriented Coaching - Certified Coach
Solutionsurfers Switzerland
01 / 2019 - Wingwave Coaching - Certified Wingwave Coach
Besser-Siegmund-Institut GmbH
01 / 2018 - Startup Board Academy
EPFL Innovation Park, Lausanne
12 / 2016 - CAS Didactics for Higher Education
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
12 / 2013
Awards
- Member of Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Gamma Sigma - The International Business Honor SocietyMember of Beta Gamma Sigma - The International Business Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma
01 / 2020 - Best Performing Team 2018 (Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship)
ZHAW School of Management and Law
01 / 2018 - ZHAW Best Teaching Award
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
01 / 2012
Social media
Projects
- Corporate Innovation R&D Project / Project co-leader / Project completed
- Future Study - Banking Specialists 2030 / Team member / Project completed
Publications
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Müller, Adrian W.; Beckenbauer, Angela; Cometta, Claudio,
2023.
Das PERMA-Modell für Innovation : mit Positivität die Innovationsarbeit stärken.
Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation.
92(3), pp. 162-165.
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Filser, Matthias; Tiberius, Victor; Kraus, Sascha; Zeitlhofer, Tanita; Kailer, Norbert; Müller, Adrian W.,
2020.
Opportunity recognition : conversational foundations and pathways ahead.
Entrepreneurship Research Journal.
pp. 20200124.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/erj-2020-0124
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Müller, Adrian W.; Shwarz, Jan Oliver,
2016.
Assessing the functions and dimensions of visualizations in foresight.
Foresight.
18(1), pp. 76-90.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/FS-04-2014-0027
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Brunetti, Aymo, ed.,
2017.
Grundkenntnisse Wirtschaft und Recht : Betriebswirtschaft, Volkswirtschaft, Recht.
2. Auflage.
Bern:
hep-Verlag.
ISBN 978-3-0355-0648-8.
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Müller-Stewens, Günter; Müller, Adrian W.,
2009.
Stuttgart:
Schäffer-Poeschel.
ISBN 978-3-7910-2868-2.
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Müller, Adrian W.,
2008.
Strategic Foresight : Prozesse strategischer Trend- und Zukunftsforschung in Unternehmen.
St.Gallen:
Universität St.Gallen.
Available from: http://www1.unisg.ch/www/edis.nsf/SysLkpByIdentifier/3521/$FILE/dis3521.pdf
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Müller-Stewens, Günther; Müller, Adrian W.; Lüders, Veronika,
2012.
The management of strategic-foresight activities : evidence from large european multinationals
.
In:
Grösser, Stefan N.; Zeier, René, eds.,
Systemic management for intelligent organizations : concepts, models-based approaches and applications.
Heidelberg:
Springer.
pp. 63-82.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29244-6_4
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Müller-Stewens, Günter; Müller, Adrian,
2009.
Strategic foresight : Trend- und Zukunftsforschung als Strategieinstrument
.
In:
Reimer, Marko; Fiege, Stefanie, eds.,
Perspektiven des strategischen Controllings : Festschrift für Professor Dr. Ulrich Krystek.
Wiesbaden:
Gabler.
pp. 238-257.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-8805-8_15
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Müller, Adrian W.,
2006.
Terrorismus als strategisches Issue : Forderung eines neuen Praxisverständnisses
.
In:
Juchli, Phillip; Würml, Marcel, eds.,
Auswirkungen des Terrorismus auf Recht, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.
Bern:
Stämpfli.
pp. 237-252.
Schriften der Assistierenden der Universität St. Gallen (HSG) ; 1.
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Müller, Adrian W.; Schwarz, Jan Oliver,
2013.
Assessing the functions and dimensions of visualizations in foresight [paper].
In:
European IFA Academic Seminar, Winterthur, 16.-19. September 2013.
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Lüders, Christoph; Müller, Adrian W.; Juchli, Philipp, eds.,
2007.
Wachstum durch Innovation : Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Erschliessung neuer Märkte.
4. DocNet Management Symposium, St. Gallen, 10. November 2006.
Bern:
Haupt.
Tagungsband zum DocNet Management Symposium an der Universität St. Gallen ; 4.
ISBN 978-3-258-07208-1.
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Juchli, Philipp; Müller, Adrian W.; Ulmer, Marion,
2006.
Wertorientierte Unternehmensführung : Management im Spannungsfeld von Kapitalmarkt und Gesellschaft [paper].
In:
Ulmer, Marion; Ernst, Edgar; Juchli, Philipp; Müller, Adrian W.; Vater, Hendrik, eds.,
Tagungsband zum 3. DocNet Management Symposium.
3. DocNet-Management-Symposium, St. Gallen, 9. November 2005.
Bern:
Haupt.
pp. 11-20.
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Müller, Adrian W.,
2020.
Positive Entrepreneurial Leadership.
Competence.
2020, pp. 44-47.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21268
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Müller, Adrian; Filser, Matthias; Graziano, Benjamin,
2019.
The big leap from science to business
.
In:
Birkholz, Christoph; Letzing, Katka; Molnar, Zsofia, eds.,
Ecosystem innovation : how to create successful partnerships between high-growth startups and established organizations.
Zürich:
Kickstart Innovation.
pp. 143-146.
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Müller, Adrian W.; Loretan, Stephan,
2018.
Digital Leadership : Führen im digitalen Zeitalter.
Competence.
2018, pp. 43-45.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3167
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Eschenauer, Ursula; Braunreiter, Lukas; Kuehn, Tobias; Yildirim, Onur; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Spiess, Harry; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Müller, Adrian W.,
2017.
Smart Cities in Theorie und Praxis : Szenarien, Strategien und Umsetzungsbeispiele.
Energy Governance Working Paper
; 12.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1237
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Cometta, Claudio; Kobe, Carmen, eds.,
2017.
Umsetzung der Energiestrategie 2050 - Band II : Neue Ansätze für Staat und Wirtschaft.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1233
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Müller, Adrian W.; Müller, Frithjof,
2017.
Digital leadership : best practice in leadership - von KMU für KMU.
Faszination Leadership.
2016/2017.
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Müller, Adrian W.,
2016.
Geschäftsmodelle statt Produkte entwickeln.
KMU-Ratgeber.
Available from: https://ratgeber.moneyhouse.ch/strategie-recht/geschaeftsmodelle-statt-produkte-entwickeln/
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Braunreiter, Lukas; Wemyss, Devon; Kobe, Carmen; Müller, Adrian W.; Krause, Thilo; Blumer, Yann,
2016.
Understandig the Role of Scenarios in Swiss Energy Research.
SML Working Paper
; 13.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1137
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Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Weiss Sampietro, Theresia; Eschenauer, Ursula; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Braunreiter, Lukas; Müller, Adrian W.,
2016.
Treiber und Barrieren auf dem Weg zu einer Smart City : Erkenntnisse aus Theorie und Praxis.
Energy Governance Working Paper
; 7.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1052
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Cometta, Claudio; Kobe, Carmen; Benz, Astrid, eds.,
2016.
Umsetzung der Energiestrategie 2050: Herausforderungen und Chancen für Staat und Wirtschaft.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
ISBN 978-3-03870-001-2.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1053
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Müller, Adrian W.; Ayanoglu, Yasemin,
2016.
European startup monitor : country report Switzerland 2016.
Winterthur:
European Startup Monitor ESM.
Available from: https://www.startupticker.ch/uploads/File/Attachments/ESM_Swiss_Country_Report.pdf
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Ledergerber, Kuno; Müller, Adrian W.,
2016.
Wie Innovation und Leadership nahtlos ineinandergreifen.
KMU Magazin.
2016(4), pp. 88-90.
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Müller, Adrian W.; Kobe, Carmen,
2015.
Anschub für Innovation : Energie Startups.
Unternehmer Zeitung.
2015(12), pp. 26.
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Graziano, Benjamin; Müller, Adrian W.,
2015.
Geschäftsmodelle statt Produkte entwickeln.
Competence.
2015(6), pp. 36-37.
Available from: https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/sml/ueber-uns/zhaw-broschuere-competence-nr6.pdf
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Müller, Adrian W.; Cometta, Claudio; von Siebenthal, Alex,
2013.
Zukunftsstudie : Elektromobilität Schweiz 2030.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-977
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Müller, Adrian W.; Müller-Stewens, G.,
2012.
Strategic foresight : effective decision-support systems.
United Nations Global Compact International Yearbook.
pp. 187-191.
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Müller, Adrian W.; Müller, Francis,
2011.
Ein Bild sagt mehr als tausend Worte : Visualisierungen in der Trend- und Zukunftsforschung.
IO Management Zeitschrift.
2011(1-2), pp. 22-26.
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Müller, Adrian W.,
2006.
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Müller, Adrian W.; Meierhofer, Peter,
2005.
Planen in Szenarien : effizient zur soliden Strategie.
Organisator.
2005(4), pp. 20-22.
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Müller, Adrian W.; Summermatter, Lukas,
2004.
.
In:
Maas, Peter; Ackermann, Walter, eds.,
Financial Services in Transition : Paradigmenwechsel oder "back to the roots"?.
St.Gallen:
Universität St.Gallen.
pp. 13-50.
IVW HSG Schriftenreihe ; 45.
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Müller, Adrian W.; Braunreiter, Lukas,
2017.
Service innovation in mobility : neue Geschäftsmodelle in der städtischen Mobilität.
In:
5. Swiss Green Economy Symposium, Winterthur, 30. Oktober 2017.
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Müller, Adrian W.; Hefti, Jacques,
2014.
Collaborative research : learning through participatory scenarios.
In:
13th Science-to-Business Marketing Conference, Winterthur, 2-4 July 2014.
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Müller, Adrian W.,
2013.
Social media driven business models in print.
In:
Veranstaltung ZHAW School of Management and Law in Zusammenarbeit mit Denkfabrik Visuelle Kommunikation, Derendingen, 20. November 2013.