Prof. Dr. Michael Kopel

University of Graz, Institute of Organisation and Institutions, Universitätsstraße 15, A-8010 Graz

Tel: +43 316 380 7187

email: michael.kopel(at)uni-graz.at

Research interests

Organizational design, performance measurement and market interaction. Economics of strategy. Application of information economics and game theory to study this topic, including strategic interaction, incentives, contracts, and institutions.

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Education

1997Habilitation, Business Economics and Management Science, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
1993Doctorate of Management Science, Vienna University of Technology, Austria  (with honours)
1989Diploma in Management Science, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
1987Diploma in Actuarial Mathematics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria


Present and past positions

Since 2009Full professor at Institute for Organization and Institutions, University of Graz
2003/2004Head of the Department of Managerial Economics and Industrial Organization, Vienna University of Technology
1997-2009

Associate Professor for Managerial Economics and Management Science, Vienna University of Technology

Selected publications

  • Dawid, H.; M. Kopel (2003): A comparison of exit and voice relationships under common uncertainty, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Vol. 12 (4), 531-555.
  • M. Kopel; C. Riegler (2006): R&D in a Strategic Delegation Game Revisited: A Note, Managerial and Decision Economics, 27(7), 605-612.
  • Kopel, M., C. Löffler (2008): Commitment, first-mover, and second-mover advantage, Journal of Economics, 94(2), 143-166.
  • Dawid, H., M. Kopel, P. Kort (2010), Innovation Threats and Strategic Responses in Oligopoly Markets, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 75, 203-222.
  • Kopel, M., C. Löffler (2012): Organizational governance, leadership, and the influence of competition, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 168(3), 362--392.
  • Kopel, M. and B. Brand (2012), Socially Responsible Firms and Endogenous Choice of Strategic Incentives, Economic Modeling, 29, 982-989.
  • Kopel, M., and L. Lambertini (2013): On price competition with market share delegation contracts, Managerial and Decision Economics, 34(1), 40-43.
  • Dawid, H., M. Kopel, P. Kort (2013), New product introduction and capacity investment by incumbents: effects of size on strategy, European Journal of Operational Research, 230, 133-142.
  • Dawid, H., M. Kopel, P. Kort (2013), R&D Competition versus R&D Cooperation in Oligopolistic Markets with Evolving Structure, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 31, 527-537.
  • Kopel, M. and M. Marini (2014), Strategic Delegation in Consumer Cooperatives under Mixed Oligopoly, Journal of Economics, forthcoming.

 

 

Contact

DART – Doctoral Program in Accounting, Reporting, and Taxation
Universitätsstraße 15/E4 A-8010 Graz
University of Graz, Center for Accounting Research Phone:+43 (0)316 380 - 7255