Prof. Dr. Benjamin Kern

Vita

Professional Experience

Since September 2022
Dean of Studies / Program Director for the Bachelor’s degree programs International Management and Business Administration
Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (HKA), Germany

Since September 2019
Professor of Economics and Business Administration
Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (HKA), Germany

2012 – 2019
Lecturer in the Bachelor’s degree programs International Business and Retail Management
Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW), Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, Germany

2016 – 2019
Manager Transfer Pricing
SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co KG, Bruchsal, Germany

2014 – 2016
International Transfer Pricing Consulting
KPMG and PwC (Big Four professional services firms), Frankfurt am Main and Karlsruhe, Germany

2015
Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) in Economics and Business Administration
Department of Business Administration and Economics, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany

2012
Research Fellow / Visiting Researcher
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Munich, Germany

2008 – 2014
Research Associate at the Chair of Economic Policy
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany

Education

2008
Diploma in Economics (Dipl.-Ökonom)
Studies in Economics at Heidelberg University, University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart) and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Teaching

• International Value Creation and Supply Chains, Transfer Pricing and Corporate Performance Management
• Introduction to International Transfer Pricing
• Business Case Studies
• Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis
• General Management and Business Administration
• Economics (particularly Microeconomic Theory and Applications)

Research

• International Transfer Pricing
• Economic Policy, with a focus on Competition Policy
• Innovation Economics and Entrepreneurship

Publications

Selected Publications

Kern, Benjamin R., Dewenter, Ralf & Kerber, Wolfgang (2016). Empirical Analysis of the Assessment of Innovation Effects in U.S. Merger Cases. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 16(3), 373–402.

Renz, Martin & Kern, Benjamin R. (2015). Verrechenbarkeit einer Konzernmarke dem Grunde nach. Internationales Steuerrecht (IStR), 24(4), 132–137.

Kern, Benjamin R. (2014). Innovation Markets, Future Markets, or Potential Competition: How Should Competition Authorities Account for Innovation Competition in Merger Reviews? World Competition: Law and Economics Review, 37(2), 173–206.

Kern, Benjamin R. & Ackermann, Malte (2014). Shedding Some Light on the Dark Matter of Competition: Insights from the Strategic Management and Organizational Science Literature for the Consideration of Diversity Aspects in Merger Review. MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics, No. 05-2014.

Kern, Benjamin R. & Mantilla Contreras, Juan Manuel (2014). Mergers and the Incentives to Undertake Product Innovation-Oriented R&D: First Steps Towards an Assessment Approach. MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics, No. 17-2014.

Kerber, Wolfgang & Kern, Benjamin R. (2014). Assessing Innovation Effects in U.S. Merger Policy. Working Paper.

Ackermann, Malte & Kern, Benjamin R. (2013). Why Do Corporate Entrepreneurship Efforts Fail So Often? Evaluating the Decisive Factors. Proceedings of the Multidisciplinary Academic Conference, 1–13.

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