... manage-ment practices. Excellence in research and management go hand in hand. Financial management is a condition for informed, strategic decision-making, in an environ-ment where universities ... European research initiatives. He worked as a Patent Expert for the Swiss federal institute of IPR and joined the Swiss information network for European R & D Euresearch as its Director in autumn ... Vice-Rector for research, and then Vice-Rec-tor for industrial relations and research transfer at Université Joseph Fourier, France. Furthermore, he has served as European Aairs Adviser for the...