Burkhard Schrage

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School: The Business School
Department: Management
Position: Associate Professor and Senior Program Manager, MBA and MIB Programs
Location: RMIT Saigon South
Email: burkhard.schrage@rmit.edu.vn
ORCID: 0000-0002-5804-8512

A scholar and practitioner of Strategic Management with previous teaching or research experience at Singapore Management University, Wharton School, Harvard Business School, and Korea Business School.

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Associate Professor Burkhard Schrage is a senior academic, business leader, and former investment banker.

  • PhD, Law and Diplomacy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, MA, USA
  • MALD, Law and Diplomacy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, MA, USA
  • C.E.P., European Politics, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, France
  • BA, Business Administration, International Business School, Germany 

Management

  • Strategy
  • Non-market strategy
  • Public Policy
  • Corporate Governance
  • Privatisation
  • Digital Transformation

Member of the Development Economics & Emerging Markets Research Cluster

  • Walsh J., Schrage B., Nguyen T.Q. (2021) From State to Market: Evolving Ownership and Corporate Governance in Vietnam. In: The Political Economy of Vietnam’s Industrial Transformation. SpringerBriefs in Political Science. Springer, Singapore.  
  • Walsh J., Schrage B., Nguyen T.Q. (2021) Opening of the Vietnamese Economy: Achievements and Challenges. In: The Political Economy of Vietnam’s Industrial Transformation. SpringerBriefs in Political Science. Springer, Singapore.   
  • Walsh J., Schrage B., Nguyen T.Q. (2021) Vietnamese Political Economy in an East Asian and International Perspective. In: The Political Economy of Vietnam’s Industrial Transformation. SpringerBriefs in Political Science. Springer, Singapore.  
  • Nguyen, T. Q., Schrage, B., Kane, V. (2020). State-Owned Enterprises in Vietnam: Challenges Hindering the Privatization Process. In Macdonald (Eds.), Economy and Business Environment of Vietnam. London: Palgrave Macmillan.     
  • “Moving ahead: How to accelerate the SOE privatization process in Vietnam”, a report for the Prime Minister’s advisory council.  Funded by Vinacapital (25,000 USD), presented and published in June 2018 (with Trung Nguyen, Victor Kane et al.) 
  • Schrage, B. (2017). Natural Catastrophes and Sovereign Bond Prices.  In Cohen (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2017 InSITE Conference. USA: Informing Science Institute. https://doi.org/10.28945/3784  

  • 2022: Co-principal investigator. Project: Path dependency and energy transitions.  Australia - Vietnam Collaborative Support Scheme, RMIT.  AUD 5,000.
  • 2021: Co-investigator. Project: Digitally enabled public services.  Thematic Research Grant, RMIT.  USD 25,000. 
  • 2018: Co-investigator. Project: How to accelerate privatizations in Vietnam. Funded by VinaCapital with USD 25,000.

  • Current: 3 PhD students in the domains of governance, higher education performance, and workplace learning,  (RMIT).
  • 1 PhD Completion, Phuong Nguyen (RMIT, co-supervisor)
  • 1 DBA Completion, Le Thi Anh Tram (Singapore Management University, co-supervisor)

  • 2021 Award for Teaching Excellence (Runner-up), Profiled in CoBL’s L&T 2021 Vanguard Magazine, CoBL, RMIT
  • 2020 Award for Research Excellence, Research Impact, CoBL, RMIT
  • 2020 Living RMIT’s Values Award, RMIT Vietnam
  • 2018 Award for Teaching Excellence, RMIT Vietnam

  • Non-executive board director at a variety of organizations, including an investment firm, a protein producing company, and an upscale hospitality company.
  • Senior advisor to Cambrian Futures, a leading global consulting firm in emerging technologies.
  • Frequent contributor to international, regional, and domestic media: Media contributions

  • Singapore Management University, Singapore, Lee Kong Chian School of Business Asst. Professor of Strategy and Organization 
  • University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, The Wharton School, Senior Fellow 
  • Medcenter Solutions Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Director, Business Development 
  • UBS-Pactual Sao Paulo, Brazil, Senior Associate, Corporate Finance  
  • Credit Suisse First Boston Melbourne, Australia, Associate, Global Corporate Finance 
  • HSBC Bank Paris, France, Analyst, Equity Capital Markets