Prof. F.J. (Fabian) Sting

Fabian Sting
Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Member ERIM
Field: Logistics & Information Systems
Affiliated since 2010

Prof. Dr. Fabian Sting holds the Chair of Supply Chain Management – Strategy and Innovation at University of Cologne, Germany (see www.scm.uni-koeln.de/ ). He is also Associate Professor of Operations Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (part-time). His research and teaching interests are in the areas of Operations and Technology Strategy, Supply Chain Management, and Operations Management. His work revolves around the question of how organizations can reinforce and shape their strategy by innovating their process and project operations. Specific topics include:

  • Innovation and flexibility in complex production systems
  • Collaboration in operational and innovating systems
  • Human behavior in operations and projects
  • Strategy deployment and manufacturing management

This research has been published or is forthcoming in leading academic journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Management Science, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management as well as in premier practitioner journals such as Harvard Business Review, and MIT Sloan Management Review.

He teaches courses on undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels. For his courses "Operations Management" and "Primaire Processen" Fabian Sting received multiple teaching awards.

Collaborating with the business schools IESE (Spain), INSEAD (France) and WHU (Germany), he serves as Academic Director of the Industrial Excellence Award in Europe (see www.industrial-excellence-award.eu ).

Before joining RSM Fabian Sting was Postdoctoral Research Fellow at INSEAD and visiting scholar at Northwestern University. He holds a Doctorate from WHU and graduate degrees in Management Science (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) and Applied Mathematics (FU Hagen).

Publications (24)

Key Publications (14)

Articles (18)

Book Contributions

  • F.J. Sting, M. Braun & A. Huchzermeier (2010). Simulationsstudie: Exogene Risiken in der Beschaffung - Zusammenspiel von Diversifikation und Flexibilitat. In Supply Management Research: Aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse 2009 (pp. 147-171). Wiesbaden: Gabler

Professional Publications (5)

  • F.J. Sting, C. Fuchs, M. Schlickel & O. Alexy (2019). How to Overcome the Bias We Have Toward Our Own Ideas. Harvard Business Review, hbr.org (online). Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2019/05/how-to-overcome-the-bias-we-have-toward-our-own-ideas?
  • F.J. Sting (2016). Shift happens: how to manage changing projects. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 25 (1), 17-19.
  • F.J. Sting (2015). Encouraging help speeds up product development projects. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 21 (1), 16-17.
  • C.H. Loch & F.J. Sting (2009, januari 1). A Seismic Shift in the Car Industry: The Management Challenge and Responsibility. Automotive Industries , pp. 70.
  • F.J. Sting (2009). Flexible Sourcing—Operational Hedging, Diversification and Contracting under Supply and Demand Uncertainty. In BVL 26. Deutscher Logistik-Kongress Berlin . Berlin: DVV Media Group

PhD Tracks (2)

Dynamic Decision Making under Supply Chain Competition
Dynamic Decision Making under Supply Chain Competition
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Xishu Li
  • Time frame: 2013 - 2019
: Challenges of Early Stage Entrepreneurs: The Roles of Vision Communication and Team Membership Change
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Timo van Balen
  • Time frame: 2014 - 2019

Recognitions (13)

Editorial positions (8)

  • Decision Sciences

    Ad Hoc Reviewer

  • European Journal of Operational Research

    Ad Hoc Reviewer

  • IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

    Ad Hoc Reviewer

  • International Journal of Production Research

    Ad Hoc Reviewer

  • Operations Research

    Ad Hoc Reviewer

  • Production and Operations Management

    Ad Hoc Reviewer

  • Production and Operations Management

    Associate Editor

  • International Journal of Production Economics

    Ad Hoc Reviewer

Organization Memberships (4)

Side positions

  • European Industrial Excellence Award (www.industrial-excellence-award.eu)

    Academic Director and Jury Member

Events (6)

2012
February
24
Economic Lot-sizing with Remanufacturing: Complexity and Efficient Formulations
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2012
February
21
Towards a Theory of Service Improvisation Competence: Empirical Evidence from the Hospitality Industry
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2012
February
08
The Impact of Category Captainship on the Breadth and Appeal of Retail Assortment
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2012
January
31
Optimal Policies for Recovering the Value of Consumer Returns
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2012
January
16
Real-Time Delay Prediction in Customer Service Systems
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2010
January
19
How Top-Down and Bottom-Up Strategy Processes are Combined in Manufacturing Organizations
Research Seminar
As: Speaker

Award (1)

  • ERIM Top Article Junior Award (2016)

Address

Visiting address

Office: Mandeville Building T09-43
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

Latest publication

C. Fuchs, F.J. Sting, M. Schlickel & O. Alexy (2019). The Ideator’s Bias: How Identity-induced Self-efficacy Drives Overestimation in Employee-driven Process Innovation. Academy of Management Journal, Accepted. doi: 10.5465/amj.2017.0438 [go to publisher's site]