Prof. Dr. Leonhard Khazraei

Professor of International Management

Short Profile

Leonhard Khazraei has been Professor of International Management at HSBA since October 2023.

Professor Khazraei has an interdisciplinary educational background with a BSc in Aerospace Engineering and an MSc in Production Engineering and Logistics (summa cum laude). This was followed by a Doctorate in Industrial Engineering from Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Technische Universität Dortmund (Magna cum laude) During his doctorate, he worked as a researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute. His education has been further diversified with multiple Business Administration add-ons in Management, Sales and Finance from renowned academic institutions including LSE, MIT, and Cornell University.

Prof. Khazraei has over 20 years of cross-functional working experience across a range of sectors including Aerospace, Automotive, Chemicals, Energy and Healthcare in industry so as through management consulting. Most of his experience is stringed with leadership, best-practice development and innovation topics in global management, strategic planning, new market entries, business administration, commercial transformations, turnarounds, and digitalization. This is enriched by being exposed to diverse cultures, people, and company setups in more than 10 countries across Europe, Middle East, and North America.

In addition to his tenure at the university, Professor Khazraei advises companies around Corporate Development, Commercial Excellence and Digital Transformation on an international scale through own consulting company INSVIRON. Besides, he provides niche startups with raising capital, commercial expertise, and entrepreneurial leadership.

Lectures

  • International Trade
  • International Management
  • Country and Regional Studies
  • Digital Business Strategy
  • Digital Process Innovation
  • Global Digital Innovation and Ecosystems

Focus of Research

  • International Market Development
  • Business Transformation and Turnarounds
  • Commercial Excellence and Enterprise Agility
  • Sustainable Digitalization Strategy and Execution
  • Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship and Ecosystems
  • International Corporate Development, M&As and PMI

Publications

Other publications

Sarshar, K. 2008. "Domänenspezifische Methodenkonstruktion: Konzeption einer Metamethode zur Konstruktion von Methoden der Prozessmodellierung."

Sarshar, K., and P. Loos. 2005. "A Normative Language Approach Application Petri Nets Healthcare." Workshop im Rahmen der INFORMATIK. 35. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik, Bonn.

Sarshar, K., P. Loos, and P. Dominitzki. 2005. "Comparing Control-Flow EPC Petri Nets from End-User Perspective - Statistical Results Laboratory Experiment." ISYM-Arbeitsbericht Bericht Nr. 25, Universität Mainz.

Book chapters

Sarshar, K., and P. Loos. 2006. "Control-Flow Representation Business Processes - Empirical Comparison Connectors Vs. Token Game." In Modellierung, edited by H. C. Mayr and R. Breu. Innsbruck, Austria.

Sarshar, K., M. Weber, and P. Loos. 2006. "Einsatz der Informationsmodellierung bei der Einführung betrieblicher Standardsoftware - Eine empirische Untersuchung bei Energieversorgerunternehmen." In Wirtschaftsinformatik 48, 120-127.

Sarshar, K., T. Theling, and P. Loos. 2006. "Integrated Business Process Modelling Simulation: Case from Construction Industry." In European Conference Product Process Modelling (ECPPM) - e-Business e-work Architecture, Engineering Construction, edited by M. Martinez and R. Scherer, 57-64. Valencia, Spanien.

Sarshar, Kamyar, and Peter Loos. 2005. "Modellierung überbetrieblicher Behandlungsprozesse durch Objekt-Petrinetze." In Wirtschaftsinformatik, 203-210. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03254901.

link to Publication

Sarshar, K., and P. Loos. 2004. "Klassifikation von Sprachen zur Modellierung medizinischer Behandlungspfade." In Modellierung betrieblicher Informationssysteme (MobIS), edited by M. Rebstock, 43-59. Essen.

Conference presentations

Sarshar, K., T. Theling, P. Loos, and M. Jerrentrup. 2006. "Integrating Process Organization Models Collaborations through Object Petri Nets." Presented at Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI), Teilkonferenz XML4BPM, Passau.

Journal articles (peer-reviewed)

Sarshar, Kamyar, and Peter Loos. 2005. "Comparing the Control-flow of EPC and Petri Net from the End-user Perspective." Lecture Notes in Computer Science: 434-439. https://doi.org/10.1007/11538394_36.

link to Publication

Sarshar, K., P. Dominitzki, and P. Loos. 2005. "Einsatz von Ereignisgesteuerten Prozessketten zur Modellierung von Prozessen der Krankenhausdomäne - Eine empirische Methodenevaluation." EPK - Geschäftsprozessmanagement mit Ereignisgesteuerten Prozessketten : Workshop der Gesellschaft für Informatik e. V. (WI-EPK).

Sarshar, K., P. Dominitzki, C. Reichel, and P. Loos. 2005. "Krankenhausprozesse - Dokumentation erhobener Daten einer Feldstudie einem Universitäts-Klinikum." ISYM-Working Papers 24.