Dr. Helge Klapper

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Helge Jan Dirk Klapper is an Assistant Professor at Purdue Business University specializing in Strategic Management. He has a background in Management Engineering, holding both MSc and BSc degrees from the Technical University of Dresden, completed in 2011. He also obtained his PhD in Strategy from the University of Vienna in 2016. His research interests focus on organizational decision making and novel forms of organizing, particularly how technology, including blockchain and artificial intelligence, influences effective decision-making within organizations. Klapper's work also explores how hierarchies and their absence affect organizational decisions. His areas of expertise encompass organization design, behavioral strategy, new forms of organizing, open source software communities, and blockchain governance.

Research Interests

Strategic Management Organizational Decision Making Blockchain Artificial Intelligence Behavioral Strategy Organization Design

Experience

Assistant Professor

2022-01-01 — Present

Purdue Business University • West Lafayette, IN

Teaching and researching in the field of Strategic Management.

Requirements for Purdue University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:135
Overall
Required:135
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in CS or related field Foundational concepts of computer science Data structures Computer architecture Operating systems Mathematics through differential equations Linear and matrix algebra
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

GRE is not required.