ORGANIZATION
Direction
The Center for Competitiveness is directed by Prof. Philippe Gugler, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Fribourg. Prof. Philippe Gugler has been affiliated to the ISC of the Harvard Business School since 2004.
Advisory Board
The members of the Advisory Board, on the basis of their experience and of their international prestige, are an outstanding asset for the Center for Competitiveness' activities. Advisory Board members may at any time advise the Competitiveness Center regarding research and teaching. They may also advise them concerning national and international relations with other research institutions, public authorities and private enterprises and associations. The Advisory Board comprises the following distinguished specialists in the field of Economic Policy and Competitiveness:
Prof. Joseph Deiss, Current President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Former President of Switzerland and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Economy.
Prof. Christian Ketels, Principal Associate, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School
Prof. Orjan Sölvell, Director of the Center for Strategy and Competitiveness, Stockholm School of Economics
Members
Research Team
Michael Keller, research assistant, University of Fribourg
Xavier Tinguely, research assistant, University of Fribourg
Laura Vanoli, research assistant SNF, University of Fribourg
Affiliates
Jacques Bersier, co-director of EIA Fribourg
Dr. Marc Fetscherin, Assistant Professor Crummer Graduate School of Business (United States), Visiting Professor East China University of Science and Technology (China), Asia Programs Visiting Scholar Harvard University (United States)
Dr. Marc Laperrouza, Senior Research Associate, La Poste Chair in Network industry Management and e-governance, EPFL.
Noelia Garcia Nebra, Project Officer, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD Geneva
