Studied Business Administration at the Universities of Augsburg, Bochum and Dortmund. Research associate at the Universitätsseminar der Wirtschaft (USW) and the University of Augsburg. Doctoral thesis on strategic controlling, University of Augsburg. Accountancy examination. Head of executive department at BHS AG, Munich. Managing Director of the IHK for Augsburg and Swabia. Director (executive) of the BlfA Environmental Institute, Augsburg. Since 1992 Professor of Business Administration at Fulda University of Applied Sciences
Ecology and resource management Economic aspects of waste and environmental management Strategic management