Qualifications Doctorate in Global Strategy - University of Oklahoma MBA concentration in Finance - University of Baltimore Certified Public Accountant - Maryland, USA Certified Internal Auditor - Maryland, USA Dr. Kiessling has over 15 years of international business experience. He has worked for firms such as PriceWaterhouse/Coopers, Booz Allen & Hamilton, Northrup Grumman, Alcatel, etc. and held management titles such as Controller, Middle East Financial Auditor, up to CFO-Europe, until his career change into academia. He has lived many years outside of the country and worked in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Egypt, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Oman. His wife is from Turkey and they routinely visit the Middle East and Europe.
Articles
Exploring knowledge management to organizational performance outcomes in a transitional economy (with R. Glenn Richey, Juan Meng, and Marina Dabic), Business papers (2009)
The Eastern European Economies offer many major business opportunities but due to the transitional nature...
An exploratory study of innovation in Croatia after independence (with Marina Dabic and Vesna Andrijevic Matovac), Our economy (2009)
One of the main sources of economic growth lies in the successful development and application...
Small and medium-sized firms top management teams' decision-making in global acquisitions (with Michael G. Harvey and Miriam Moeller), Tržište / Market (2009)
The new global marketplace has caused changes in some organizations'/industries' forms and execution of strategy...
Knowledge management in Central and Eastern Europe through network development and boundary spanners (with Michael G. Harvey and Marina Dabic), Business papers (2008)
Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries have become a popular research venue due to their...
Market growth through mergers and acquisitions: The role of the relationship marketing manager in sustaining performance (with R. Glenn Richey, Mert Tokman, and Vivek Dalela), Business papers (2008)
This research suggests that firms considering a merger and acquisition strategy need to pay attention...
Conference Papers
Exploration of firm strategic control in Australia and the United States and implications for global governance structures (with Keith Duncan and Michael Harvey), Business papers (2009)
Our empirical study of 246 Directors, financial executives, accountants and credit/security analysts explore the concept...
Firm strategic control: Direct ownership, indirect ownership, dispersion and board of directors (with Keith Duncan), Business papers (2008)
Our empirical study of 246 Directors, financial executives, accountants and credit/security analysts explore the concept...
New venture growing pains: When being acquired is an appropriate remedy (with Justin B. Craig), 5th AGSE international entrepreneurship research exchange (2008)
Our empirical research explores acquisitions of small entrepreneurial firms with a focus on the entrepreneurial...
One of the greatest influences to modern management: Peter F. Drucker (with R. Glenn Richey), Paper presented at the annual meeting of the southern management association (2004)
This manuscript discusses the contributions of Peter F. Drucker and the seminal influences on his...
Expatriate managers managing in a global ‘timescape’ context (with Michael Harvey and Milorad Novicevic), Paper presented at the 46th annual meeting of the academy of international business: Bridging with the other: The importance of dialogue in international business (2004)
Rapid globalization and the increasing complexity of conducting business in a hypercompetitive marketplace, has some...