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Dr. Giorgi Shuradze

Senior Manager, Digital Business Development and Data Products at BIG PICTURE GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Co-founder
Lecturer at The Berlin School of Economics and Law, Berlin, Germany

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(Research) Interests

  • Data Science and Big Data Analytics
  • Digital Business
  • Venture Financing
  • Strategic Management
  • Organisational Behaviour

Dr. Giorgi Shuradze: Career Overview

since 11/2020
Senior Manager Digital Business Development and Data Products at BIG PICTURE GmbH, Berlin, Germany

09/2019 – 10/2020
Lead Consultant Data Products at BIG PICTURE GmbH, Berlin, Germany

04/2018– 08/2019
Digital Business Consultant at BIG PICTURE GmbH, Berlin, Germany

since 2020
Co-founder of a Stealth Startup, Leading development of a sustainable food-/climate-tech venture, Berlin, Germany

since 04/2017
Visiting Lecturer at The Berlin School of Economics (HWR), Berlin, Germany

04/2014 – 03/2018
Doctoral/Postdoctoral Researcher at European University Viadrina / German Graduate School of Management and Law (GGS) (Dynamic Capabilities and Relationship Program), Frankfurt Oder / Heilbronn, Germany.

03/2013 – 04/2014
Business Development Manager at Gi Anti (Logistics, 100 employees), Georgia

01/2012 – 06/2012
Working Student at Sandvik Coromant, Sweden

12/2009 – 06/2010
Credit Officer for SMEs at ProCredit Bank (Banking and Insurance, 3000 Employees), Tbilisi, Georgia

05/2009 – 11/2009
Retail Sales Manager at IRAO - Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) (Banking and Insurance, 1000 Employees), Tbilisi, Georgia

05/2008 – 05/2009
Credit Officer for SMEs at TBC Bank (Banking and Insurance, 2000 Employees), Tbilisi, Georgia

05/2006 – 04/2008
Corporate and Individual Client’s Consultant at TBC Bank, Tbilisi, Georgia

Dr. Giorgi Shuradze: Education

04/2017 - 
Post-doctoral Researcher, Research Program in “Dynamic Capabilities and Relationships” - European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and the German Graduate School of Management and Law, Heilbronn, Germany

04/2014 - 04/2017
Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. rer. pol.) in Business Administration in the joint doctoral program “Dynamic Capabilities and Relationships” - European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and the German Graduate School of Management and Law, Heilbronn, Germany

  • Dissertation on "Strategic Capabilities for Innovation in the Digital Economy: A Data Analytics Perspective"

07/2016 - 08/2016
Summer School in Quantitative Methods of Social Research - ICPSR  at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

  • Regression Analysis II, Statistics and Data Analysis II, Longitudinal Analysis

07/2014 
8th Jena Summer Academy in ‘The Economics of Innovative Change’, Organized jointly by Max Planck Institute of Economics and Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

01/2011 - 06/2012
Master in Business Administration at the University of  Gävle, Sweden

01/2011 - 06/2011
Business Planning and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries at Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship, Sweden

09/2002 - 06/2006
Bachelor in IT with Economics – Majoring in Economics at Georgian Technical University (scholarship), Georgia

Dr. Giorgi Shuradze: Publications | Conference presentations | Attended Workshops

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles / Papers

  • Shuradze, G, Wagner, H-T. (2016) ‘Governing for Agility and Innovation in Data-Rich Environment: Data Analytics Capabilities Perspective’; Proceedings of the 24th European Conference on Information Systems; (VHB-JOURQUAL 3 Rating: B)
  • Shuradze, G, Wagner, H-T. (2016) ‘Towards a Conceptualization of Data Analytics Capabilities’; Proceedings of the 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, pp. 5052-5064; DOI 10.1109/HICSS.2016.626; (VHB-JOURQUAL 3 Rating: C)
  • Shuradze, G, Wagner, H-T, Wagner, D. (2015) ‘Technological Platforms and Innovation: Review, Integration, and Extension’; Proceedings of the 21st Americas Conference on Information Systems; (VHB-JOURQUAL 3 Rating: D)

Works presented at Conferences

  • Shuradze, G, Stanske, S, Vodosek, M. “From Being to Becoming: Understanding Quality in Qualitative Process Studies”; Professional development workshop to be presented at the 31st annual conference of the British Academy of Management, Coventry, UK; September, 2017
  • Shuradze, G, Stanske, S, Vodosek, M, Wagner, H-T. “Tracing Processes and Change: What Is Quality in Qualitative Research?”; Professional development workshop to be presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA, USA; August, 2017
  • Hartmann, M, Shuradze, G, Vodosek, M. “Forming and Framing Research Ideas: A Primer for New Doctoral Students”; Professional development workshop presented at the 30th annual conference of the British Academy of Management, Newcastle, UK; September, 2016
  • Shuradze, G, Wagner, H-T. ‘Governing for Agility and Innovation in Data-Rich Environment: Data Analytics Capabilities Perspective’; Paper presented at the 24th European Conference on Information Systems, Istanbul, Turkey; June, 2016
  • Shuradze, G, Wagner, H-T. ‘Towards a Conceptualization of Data Analytics Capabilities’; Paper presented (by Wagner, H-T.) at the 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Kauai, Hawaii, USA; January, 2016
  • Vodosek, M, Hartmann, M, Shuradze, G. “How to Write Your First Academic Paper”; Professional development workshop presented at the 75th annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada; August, 2015
  • Shuradze, G, Wagner, H-T, Wagner, D. ‘Technological Platforms and Innovation: Review, Integration, and Extension’; Paper presented at the 21st Americas Conference on Information Systems, Puerto Rico, USA; August, 2015

Selected Workshops

July 2016 - August 2016: R Statistical Computing Environment

  • workshop in R statistical programming language and computing environment with John Fox (McMaster University) attended at the ICPSR summer program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA

June 2016: An Introduction to Big Data Analytics 

  • workshop with Prof. Heshan Sun (Clemson University) attended at the German Graduate School of Management and Law in Heilbronn, Germany

April 2016: Reading, Doing & Publishing Research in Strategy & Management 

  •  workshop with Prof. Ann Langley (HEC Montréal) attended at the German Graduate School of Management and Law in Heilbronn, Germany

November 2015: Publishing workshop

  •  with Richard Priem (Neeley School of Business at TCU) attended at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany 

August 2015: Scale Development and Validation: A Practical Guide

  • professional development workshop attended at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Vancouver, Canada 

Dr. Giorgi Shuradze: Organised Workshops

Professional development workshop on ‘From Being to Becoming: Understanding Quality in Qualitative Process Studies’

  • workshop presented to 30 participating PhD students and junior faculty at the 31st Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management in Coventry, UK (co-organizers: Sarah Stanske and Markus Vodosek) (09/2017)

Professional development workshop on ‘Tracing Processes and Change: What is Quality in Qualitative Research?’ 

  •  workshop presented to 50 participating PhD students and junior faculty at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Atlanta, Georgia, USA (co-organizers: Sarah Stanske, Markus Vodosek, and Heinz-Theo Wagner) (08/2017)

Professional development workshop on ‘Forming and Framing Research Ideas: A Primer for New Doctoral Students’

  • workshop presented to 45 participating PhD students at the 30th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management in Newcastle, UK (co-organizers: Michael Hartmann and Markus Vodosek) (09/2016)

Professional development workshop on ‘How to Write Your First Academic Paper: From Idea to Publication’ 

  • workshop presented to 40 participating PhD students at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Vancouver, Canada (co-organizers: Michael Hartmann and Markus Vodosek) (08/2015)