Josef Windsperger Nationality: Austrian Marital status: Married Four children Phone: 00431-427738180 University of Vienna Fax: 00431-427738174 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 E-mail: [email protected] A-1090 Vienna http://im.univie.ac.at Austria Education: Study of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (1976 – 1980) and University of Vienna. Postgraduate Study in Economics at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Vienna (1980 – 1982). Doctoral Study in Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (1982 – 1986). Postdoctoral Fellow at the Yale School of Organization and Management (Oliver Williamson), Yale University (1988 – 1989), New Haven, USA. ‘Habilitation’: Institutional Economic Studies in Franchising Networks and Other Contractual Relations, Center of Business Studies, University of Vienna (June 2004). Professional Experience: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics (1980-81). Lecturer and Research Assistant, Department of Management, University of Vienna (1985 – 1995) Lecturer in different Universities of Applied Sciences: FH Kufstein, Joanneum Graz; FH Styria, Graz, FH BFI Vienna. Assistant Professor of Organization and Management, Department of Management, University of Vienna (1996 – 2004). Associate Professor of Organization and Management, Department of Management, University of Vienna (October 2004 - ). Professor Honoris Causa, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (May 2013) Visiting Professor at the ESC (Graduate School of Management), Clermont, France (March 2005). Visiting Professor at the Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania (November-January 2006; February- March 2007, March 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017). Visiting Professor at the Université de Rennes 1, CREM UMR CNRS (2006, 2011). Visiting Professor at the University of Sarajevo (April 2007, June 2015). Visiting Professor at the Frederick University, Cyprus (November 2008). Visiting Professor at the University of Czernowitz, Ukraine (Oktober 2007, 2010). Visiting Professor at the Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France (May 2013) Research: My research fields are Economics and Management of Networks and Theory of the Firm. Professional Activities: Founder and organizer of EMNET-conferences (http://emnet.univie.ac.at/) Coordinator of Central and South Eastern European Network (CESEENET- http://ceseenet.org) .