Affiliated Researcher
Curriculum Vitae
Christopher Jung was Assistant Professor and Fellow Researcher in the Business Management Group at the University of Münster’s School of Business & Economics, before continuing as Adjunct Research Professor for Strategic Management & Innovation at Western University’s Ivey Business School. He studied at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and Maastricht University, and earned his doctorate at the University of Münster. His research focuses, among other things, on organizational adaptation and competitive dynamics, managerial cognition, open innovation, and the strategic implications of digital transformation and artificial intelligence. His research is published in renowned journals such as the Journal of Management, the Journal of Management Studies, Research Policy, and the Journal of Strategic Information Systems.
Selected Publications:
2026
Jung, C., Mallon, M. R., & Fainshmidt, S. (2026). Ripples in the pond: Product portfolio reconfiguration and dynamism in the competitive environment. Journal of Management Studies, 63(6), 3645-3675.
2025
Jung, C., & Graf-Vlachy, L. (2025). Coming full circle on cash holdings and firm value: A comment on Kim and Bettis (2014), Theissen et al. (2023), and Souder et al. (2024). Journal of Management Scientific Reports, 3(1), 3-10.
2024
Gabel, M., Jung, C., & Nüesch, S. (2024). Tracing non-linearity in the relationship of economic freedom and national health innovation system efficiency. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 201, 122788.
Jung, C., Mallon, M. R., & Wilden, R. (2024). Strategy by doing and product-market performance: A contingency view. Journal of Management, 50(5), 1684-1713.
2023
Schäper, T., Jung, C., Foege, J. N., Bogers, M. L. A. M., Fainshmidt, S., & Nüesch, S. (2023). The S-shaped relationship between open innovation and financial performance: A longitudinal perspective using a novel text-based measure. Research Policy, 52(6), 104764.
Theissen, M. H., Jung, C., Theissen, H. H., & Graf-Vlachy, L. (2023). Cash holdings and firm value: Evidence for increasing marginal returns. Journal of Management Scientific Reports, 1(3-4), 260-300.
2022
Bendig, D., Wagner, R., Jung, C., & Nüesch, S. (2022). When and why technology leadership enters the C-suite: An antecedents perspective on CIO presence. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 31(1), 101705.
2020 Jung, C., Foege, J. N., & Nüesch, S. (2020). Cash for contingencies: How the organizational task environment shapes the cash-performance relationship. Long Range Planning, 53(3), 101885.