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Prof. Dr. Rainer Kühl

Member of the Panel of Experts

Curriculum Vitae

11/1999-03/2022    
Professor of Management in the Food Industry, Institute of Management in the Agricultural and Food Industry, Justus Liebig University (JLU) Giessen 

09/2000-03/2022    
Managing Director of the Institute for Cooperative Studies at Justus Liebig University (JLU) Giessen 

10/1993-09/1999    
Professor of Food Industry Management, Institute of Agricultural Management, University of Bonn 

1993                          
Habilitation, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel 

10/1992-09/1993    
Acting Professor of the Chair of Food Industry Management, Institute of Agricultural Management, University of Bonn 

08/1987-09/1992    
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel 

09/1984-07/1987    
Consultant at Deutscher Raiffeisenverband e.V. (Bonn)

1984                          
Ph.D. (Dr. sc. agr.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel 

1980                          
Diploma in Agricultural Engineering (Dipl.-Ing. agr.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel

Fields of Work
Strategic Management and Competitive Strategies in the Food Industry (Managerial Economics and Strategy)
Industry and Competitive Analyses
Behavioral Economics of Organizational and Individual Decisions
Horizontal and vertical partnerships and cooperatives

Current Publications (Selection)

Mohr, S., R. Kühl (2021): Acceptance of artificial intelligence in German agriculture: an application of the technology acceptance model and the theory of planned behavior, in: Precision Agriculture, Online unter: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11119-021-09814-x. 

Piper, A., R. Kühl (2020): Biased Survey Results as Basis of Political Decision-Making – An Analysis using the Example of Farm Animal Welfare, in: The German Journal of Agricultural Economics (GJAE), 69, No. 1: 64-79. 

Höhler, J., R. Kühl (2019): What strategies do dairy companies realize? Using content analysis to examine strategies in the German dairy market. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, Volume 22, No. 5: 635-650. 

Höhler, J., R. Kühl (2018): “Dimensions of Member Heterogeneity in Cooperatives and Their Impact on Organization – A Literature Review“, in: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 89 (4): 697-712. 

Höhler, J., R. Kühl (2017): “Vertical Coordination in the Meat Supply Chain –The Effects of (Unlabeled) Private Standards for Animal Welfare”, in: German Journal of Agricultural Economics, 66 (3): 149-158. 

Hildenbrand, A., R. Kühl (2016): „Beobachtbare Milchauszahlungspreise: Chance für Milcherzeuger – Risiko für Endverbraucher“, in: German Journal of Agricultural Economics, 65 (1): 65–72. 

Höhler, J. und R. Kühl (2016): “Organisation of German livestock production from the bottom up: a new institutional economic analysis of dairy cattle breeding”. Journal on Chain and Network Science, Volume 16 (1): 7-18. 

Höhler, J. und R. Kühl (2016): “Do Growth Rates Depend On the Initial Firm Size? Evidence for the German Agribusiness”. German Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 65 (4): 231-243. 

Zieseniß, R., R. Kühl (2016): „Relative Performance Entlohnung in Genossenschaften – Ein Vorschlag zur Entlohnung der genossenschaftlichen Unternehmensleitung“, in: Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen (ZögU), Jahrgang 39 (3): 293-316. 

Höhler, J., R. Kühl (2014): “Position and Performance of Farmer Cooperatives in the Food Supply Chain of the EU-27“, in: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Vol. 85 (4): 579-595. 

In addition, he has authored peer-reviewed publications on cooperative topics in peer-reviewed journals, monographs, anthologies, and other journals and periodicals, as well as numerous expert reports for knowledge transfer.