Burkhard Schrage

Dr. Burkhard Schrage

Associate Head of Department, Learning and Teaching
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Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

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.

Awards & recognition

2025 Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence, MBA Reimagined, RMIT University

2024 Award for Teaching Excellence, MBA Transformation Team, RMIT University Vietnam
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 University Vietnam
2018 Award for Teaching Excellence, RMIT University Vietnam

Employment

  • 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

Industry experience

  • 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 (www.cambrian.ai, a leading global consulting firm in emerging technologies.

Frequent contributor to international, regional, and domestic media: Media contributions (https://rmitvietnam.coveragebook.com/b/afcc502b361e09df)

Media

Supervisor projects

  • SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES IN ASEAN: LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATION THROUGH THE TRIPLE HELIX FRAMEWORK
  • 23 Jan 2026
  • Human Capital Beyond Founders: Exploring the pivotal role of top managers in startup-firm success at the early stage, a mixed-method study in Vietnam.
  • 7 Jan 2025
  • An Exploration of Leadership Perceptions and Their Relationship With Organisational Characteristics in Vietnamese Higher Education Institutions
  • 1 Jul 2023
  • Mapping the Pathways from Growth Mindset to Workplace Learning – a mixed-method study in Vietnam’s banking and retail industries
  • 18 Mar 2021
  • Consumer Trust Influenced by Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategies During Crisis: A Study of the Processed Food and Beverage Industry in Vietnam
  • 28 Aug 2020
  • An Integrated Model for Examining Factors of Governance Mechanisms That Influence Performance of Higher Education Institutions in Vietnam
  • 18 Feb 2019

Teaching interests

  • Strategic management
  • International business
  • Non-market strategies
  • Emerging markets
  • Sovereign credit ratings
  • Corporate governance
  • Financial market regulation
  • Public vs private ownership

Research interests

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