Johann Peter Murmann is Chair and Professor of Strategic Management at the University of St. Gallen, as well as AGSM Fellow at the UNSW Australia Business School. He received a BA in Philosophy with Honors from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master’s and PhD degree with distinction in Management and Organizations (1998) from Columbia University. Professor Murmann mainly focuses his award-winning research activities on systematic examination of the ways companies gain or lose competitive advantage over long periods of time. He lectures at renowned universities all over the world.