F.J. (Fabian) Sting

Fabian Sting is Assistant Professor of Operations Management. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of Operations and Technology Strategy, Supply Chain Management, and Operations Management. He is particularly interested in managing uncertainty and complexity in operations and projects, and in strategy implementation. Fabian Sting's research has been published in international journals such as in European Journal of Operational Research, Naval Research Logistics, and Harvard Business Review, and has received coverage at such media outlets as The Economist. He teaches courses on undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels. For his courses "Operations Management" and "Primaire Processen" Fabian Sting was nominated for and received the "Best Professor Award", respectively. Collaborating with the business schools IESE (Spain), INSEAD (France) and WHU (Germany), he serves as Academic Director of the Industrial Excellence Award in Europe. Before joining RSM Fabian Sting was Postdoctoral Research Fellow at INSEAD. He holds a Doctorate from WHU and graduate degrees in Management Science (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) and Applied Mathematics (FU Hagen).

• Key publications (4)
  • Loch, C.H., Sting, F.J., Huchzermeier, A. & Decker, C. (2012). Finding the Profit in Fairness. Harvard Business Review, 90(10), 111-115.
  • Sting, F.J. & Huchzermeier, A. (2012). Dual Sourcing – Responsive Hedging Against Correlated Supply and Demand Uncertainty. Naval Research Logistics, 59(1), 69-89.
  • Loch, C.H., Sting, F.J., Bauer, N. & Mauermann, H. (2010). How BMW Is Defusing the Demographic Time Bomb. Harvard Business Review, 88(3), 99-102.
  • Sting, F.J. & Huchzermeier, A. (2010). Ensuring Responsive Capacity: How to Contract with Backup Suppliers. European Journal of Operational Research, 207(2), 725-735.

• Articles (9)
  • Loch, C.H., Sting, F.J., Huchzermeier, A. & Decker, C. (2012). Fairness zahlt sich aus. Harvard Business Manager, October.
  • Loch, C.H., Sting, F.J., Huchzermeier, A. & Decker, C. (2012). Finding the Profit in Fairness. Harvard Business Review, 90(10), 111-115.
  • Loch, C.H., Sting, F.J., Stempfhuber, D. & Huchzermeier, A. (2012). Das Prinzip der Roten Karte. Harvard Business Manager, 2011(January), 44-51.
  • Sting, F.J. & Huchzermeier, A. (2012). Dual Sourcing – Responsive Hedging Against Correlated Supply and Demand Uncertainty. Naval Research Logistics, 59(1), 69-89.
  • Loch, C.H., Sting, F.J., Bauer, N. & Mauermann, H. (2010). How BMW Is Defusing the Demographic Time Bomb. Harvard Business Review, 88(3), 99-102.
  • Loch, C.H., Sting, F.J., Bauer, N. & Mauermann, H. (2010). Keine Angst vor der alternden Belegschaft. Harvard Business Manager, 2010(April), 68-74.
  • Sting, F.J. & Huchzermeier, A. (2010). Ensuring Responsive Capacity: How to Contract with Backup Suppliers. European Journal of Operational Research, 207(2), 725-735.
  • Sting, F.J., Braun, M. & Huchzermeier, A. (2009). Simulationsstudie: Exogene Risiken in der Beschaffung - Zusammenspiel von Diversifikation und Flexibilitat. In Supply Management Research: Aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse (pp. 147-171). Wiesbaden: Gabler.
  • Kuhn, H. & Sting, F.J. (2005). Bestimmung von Losgrößen, Transportzyklen und Sicherheitsbeständen in mehrstufigen Wertschopfungsketten. In Operations Research Proceedings 2005. Berlin: Springer.

• Professional publications (2)
  • Sting, F.J. (2009). Flexible Sourcing—Operational Hedging, Diversification and Contracting under Supply and Demand Uncertainty. In BVL 26. Deutscher Logistik-Kongress Berlin. Berlin: DVV Media Group.
  • Loch, C.H. & Sting, F.J. (01-01-2009). A Seismic Shift in the Car Industry: The Management Challenge and Responsibility. Automotive Industries, pp. 70.

• Editorial position (6)

  Journal	Operations Research
  Role	Ad Hoc Reviewer
  Journal	European Journal of Operational Research
  Role	Ad Hoc Reviewer
  Journal	Production and Operations Management
  Role	Ad Hoc Reviewer
  Journal	International Journal of Production Economics
  Role	Ad Hoc Reviewer
  Journal	Decision Sciences
  Role	Ad Hoc Reviewer
  Journal	International Journal of Production Research
  Role	Ad Hoc Reviewer

• Organisation membership (4)

  Organisation	German Operations Research Society
  Role	Member
  URL	http://www.gor-ev.de/
  Organisation	Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
  Role	Member
  URL	http://www.informs.org/
  Organisation	European Operations Management Association
  Role	Member
  URL	http://www.euroma-online.org/
  Organisation	Production and Operations Management Society
  Role	Member
  URL	HTTP://WWW.POMS.ORG/

• Side position (1)

  Name organisation	European Industrial Excellence Award (IEA)
  Role	Academic Director and Jury Member
  Additional information	www.industrial-excellence-award.eu
  Wage earning	nee