Dr. Stefan Reichelstein

Biography

Stefan Reichelstein is known internationally for his research at the interface of management accounting and economics. His work has addressed issues related to cost and profitability analysis, decentralization, internal pricing, and performance measurement. His research projects have included analytical models, empirical work, and field studies. Reichelstein’s papers have been published consistently in leading management and economic journals, and his insights have been applied across a range of corporations and government agencies. In recent years, he has studied cost competitiveness in low-carbon energy solutions, with a particular focus on solar PV and carbon capture technology in fossil fuel power plants. Reichelstein received his Ph.D. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1984, and prior to that completed his undergraduate studies in economics at the University of Bonn in Germany. Over the past 30 years, he has held faculty positions at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, University of Vienna in Austria, and Stanford Graduate School of Business. His teaching has spanned financial and managerial accounting courses offered to undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral students. Recently, he has introduced new courses on Sustainability and Clean Energy at Stanford Business School. Reichelstein’s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and a range of private foundations, and his papers have received several “Best-Paper” awards. He serves on the editorial boards of various journals and is currently the editor of Review of Accounting Studies. In 2010, he served as Department Editor for Accounting Management Science. He also consults for select companies and non-profit organizations and has received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Fribourg (2008) and Mannheim (2011). In 2007, he was appointed Honorar-Professor at the University of Vienna.

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