Ulf Henning Richter
Doctorate from University of Lausanne. Assistant Professor for Political Economy at the International University of Grand Bassam, Founder & CEO of Kachile, Grand Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire since 2009.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.ulfrichter.com/ |
| Skills: | Business, Chinese, Editing, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, French, German, Guerrilla marketing, Languages, Law, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Portuguese, Public Relations, Public speaking, Spanish, Viral marketing, Writing |
| Location: | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire |
| Groups: | Social Entrepreneurship and Education Consortium |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Creating a group, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company |
| Schools: | University of Lausanne |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | International University of Grand Bassam |
| Position: | Assistant Professor for Political Economy |
| Time period: | August 2008 - Present |
| Employer: | Global Demos (www.global-demos.org) |
| Position: | Executive Director & Co-Founder |
| Time period: | December 2006 - November 2007 |
| Description: | Global Demos is the first comprehensive arena for information and dialogue on the (social and environmental) impact of global business. Combining research and technology, Global Demos is creating a world-wide community for corporate social responsibility using Web 2.0 technologies, establishing regional chapters and powerful partnerships. Milestones: raised 540,000 CHF, developed prototype, established local chapters, team building, foundation in Lausanne (CH), partnership with UNDP Sudan, among others |
| Employer: | HEC Lausanne |
| Position: | Research Assistant |
| Time period: | November 2004 - December 2006 |
| Description: | Organized the Swiss Master Class in Corporate Responsibility (www.hec.unil.ch/csr) with Prof. Guido Palazzo, including creation of concept, fundraising of 80,000 CHF, promotion in the research and the business community, essay competition for doctoral students, and organization of travel and accommodation for participants; acquired sponsors for the 20th Swiss Math Competition for Prof. Suzanne de Treville; supported the Neuromanagement group of Prof. Elizabeth Koestner |
| Employer: | Morgan Stanley Capital International |
| Position: | Equity Research Intern |
| Time period: | February 2004 - December 2004 |
| Description: | Analyzed and processed company and country data, assisted in preparing monthly reports. |
| Employer: | Kachile, Grand Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire. |
| Position: | Founder & CEO |
| Time period: | December 2009 |
| Description: | Concept development: conceptual development of an e-commerce in a post-conflict environment, programming of first prototype (www.kachile.com)
Project management & fundraising: Founded Kachile as Swiss association and Ivorian limited company; developed product database and catalogue; organized logistics; set up partnerships with local stakeholders |
| Employer: | 3Pontes AG, Basel, Switzerland. |
| Position: | Co-founder and Member of Supervisory Board. |
| Time period: | December 2009 |
| Description: | Advising: Identifying potential investments for 3Pontes, a social venture capital company for
Africa, Asia and Latin America |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Lausanne |
| Time period: | 2008 |
| Degree: | Doctor of Economic Sciences |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | - Palazzo, G., & Richter, U. 2005. CSR Business as Usual? The Case of the Tobacco Industry. Journal of Business Ethics, 61(4): 387 - 401.
- Ählstrom J., Marquet M., & Richter, U. A Critical Look on Research in Environmental Management - The questionable focus on marginal adjustments, Business Strategy and the Environment, forthcoming. |
| Papers: | International Conference Papers (referred)
- Corporate Legitimation Strategies – A Multiple Case Study, presented at the 23rd EGOS Colloquium in Vienna, Austria, 2007 - Corporate Legitimation Strategies and Global Governance - A Multiple-Case Study, accepted for 27th Annual International Conference of the Strategic Management Society, San Diego, 2007 - Global Governance and Responsible Resource Management, accepted in essay competition for presentation at the 11th WBD, Cologne, Germany, 2007 - Global Governance and Human Rights, accepted for the 5th International Critical Management Studies Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2007 - CSR and Deliberative Democracy – A Multiple Case Study, presented at the Global Business Ethics Conference at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara, CA/USA, 2007 - Internationalization and Deliberative Democracy, co-authored with Patrick Schüffel, presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Atlanta, USA, 2006 - A Habermasian Perspective of Stakeholder Theory, presented at the 22nd EGOS Colloquium in Bergen, Norway, 2006 - Attempt for an Alternative Grounding of Stakeholder Theory, accepted for presentation at EURAM, Oslo, Norway, 2006 - Ursachen der Korruption aus wirtschaftsethischer Sicht, presented at the Theorie-Praxis-Dialog Korruptionsprävention - Diagnosen und Therapien, Wittenberg, Germany 2006 - A Critical Look on Research in Environmental Management - The questionable focus on marginal adjustments, coauthored with Jenny Ählstrom and Monica Marquet, presented at the GIN Conference in Enschede, The Netherlands, 2005 - Corporate Responsibility – A Strategic Imperative?, accepted in essay competition for the 10th World Business Dialogue Conference in Cologne, Germany, 2005 - Internationalization and Deliberative Democracy, co-authored with Patrick Schüffel, accepted for the 14th Annual World Business Congress, Granada, Spain, 2005 - E-learning as catalyst for deliberative democracy, presented at the 2nd EWB Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2005 - CSR Business as Usual? The Case of the Tobacco Industry, co-authored with Guido Palazzo, presented at the 3rd EABIS Colloquium in Gent, Belgium, 2004 |
| Books: | Richter, U. (2009): “Corporate Responsibility in the Postnational Constellation – A Multiple Case Study”, SVH-Verlag, Saarbrücken.
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INFORMATION
| Sports: | Sailing, badminton, cycling |
| Hobbies: | literature, traveling, music |
| Memberships: | - Academic: Academy of Management, EGOS, PhD-Net
- Professional: Exebs, Net Impact, TIE Boston - Other: UNIL Sailing Team, ProVelo |
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Stefanie Vandendriessche
Co Founder of Replayful.com. A web applications and software development company (Uruguay-Los Angeles)
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Dan Steketee
Entrepeneur with 13+ years of strategic and tactical consulting experience in the financial services, start-up and technology industries (BPM, Business Intelligence, KPI's,, Vendor Management, etc) .
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Sam Feuer
Award winning web design, flash, animation, 3d, maya, post production, audio, television, commericals, iphone applications, android development
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Rade Glomazic
Currently a Doctoral candidate in Political science at the European Center for Peace and Development of the UN University of Peace. Have over ten years of professional experience working in socio-economic development activities and int. cooperation