Chair of Management and Control









Dr. Max Holst








Short Biography




  • Since 2021

    Consultant at Simon Kucher



  • 2018 - 2021

    Research Associate at the Chair of Management and Control



  • 2014 - 2017

    Internships during studies at Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg), Deloitte Corporate Finance GmbH (Munich), MAN Diesel & Turbo SE (Augsburg)



  • 2015 - 2016

    Teaching Assistant at the Chair of Management and Control



  • 2016

    Study abroad at Savitribai Phule Pune University, India



  • 2015 - 2018

    Master's program in Corporate Management, University of Göttingen



  • 2013

    Study abroad at the National University of Ireland, Galway



  • 2011 - 2015

    Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, University of Göttingen, focus on Corporate Management















Research and Interest Areas




  • Strategic Transformation

  • Compensation Systems

  • Managerial Behavior





Courses Taught




  • Management Accounting and Control

  • Cost and Management Accounting

  • Empirical Research in Management





Publications




  • Firk S.; Holst M.; Wolff M. (2020): "The Effect of Clawback Provisions" in: Der Aufsichtsrat Vol. October pp.144-145

  • Firk S.; Holst M.; Wolff M. (2020): "Clawback Provisions as a Strategic Handicap? Examining the Effect of Clawback Provisions on Corporate Strategy"

  • Firk S.; Holst M.; Wolff M. (2019): "Clawback Provisions: A Double-Edged Sword" in: Controlling - Zeitschrift für erfolgsorientierte Unternehmenssteuerung Vol. 31 No. 2 pp. 34-40





Conference Contributions




  • 2019 - Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AoM) Boston (USA) - "The Dark Side of Clawbacks: Clawback Provisions and a Firm’s Strategic Repertoire" (Firk S.; Holst M.; Wolff M.)

  • 2018 - Accounting Research Seminar of the Universities of Bern and Fribourg, Fribourg (Switzerland) - "The Dark Side of Clawbacks: Clawback Provisions and a Firm’s Strategic Repertoire" (Firk S.; Holst M.; Wolff M.)













Portrait photo of Dr. Max Holst