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View from the Top: Peter Loscher: Additional Reading

 

Peter Loscher worked as a ski instructor to pay his way through university. The tall, loose-limbed Austrian, brought in as chief executive of Siemens in July 2007, could hardly be more squeaky clean. Even the decor in his office above Wittelsbacherplatz in Munich is spartan, which seems fitting for the man who lead one of the biggest corporate clean-ups in history. More

Selected Articles

Additional reading material has been selected by the Library Staff. Due to contractual arrangements, remote access is only available to the current Stanford community and the subscribers of the "Library Databases" offered through the GSB Alumni's Lifelong Learning Program. Other access is limited to onsite at the Library. Inclusion below does not imply University endorsement of ideas expressed.

 

A Q&A With Siemens CEO Peter Löscher. BusinessWeek, 9/30/10
Shaking off disgrace and a $1.6 billion fine, the German conglomerate aims to build the world's infrastructure, especially in emerging markets.
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Peter Loscher believes green technology is key to Siemens' future. Telegraph, 6/20/10
Löscher is far too guarded to say it, but green technology companies will be waiting with keen expectation to see the results of the Deepwater Horizon spill. As the backlash against big oil builds, there will be winners.
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Diversity Does Matter. Forbes, 7/21/09
Siemens' first chief diversity officer, Jill Lee, says inclusion is not just about equal opportunities for individuals. It's a bottom-line necessity.
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Siemens CEO Peter Löscher: A Company Is Only as Good as Its Values. Knowledge@Wharton, 3/5/08
It would be hard enough under any circumstances to become the first outsider named to lead a 161-year-old global conglomerate, but Peter Löscher faced a unique challenge last summer when he assumed the reins at Siemens AG -- the German-based engineering and healthcare giant.
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Peter Löscher, an Outsider, Named New CEO. Spiegel Online, 5/21/07
Scandal-ridden German engineering giant Siemens is breaking with 160 years of tradition and appointing its new CEO from outside the company. Peter Löscher now faces the tough twin challenges of running a global company while dealing with a number of corruption investigations in both Germany and the US.
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Selected Books & Cases

	Global pressure, national system : how German corporate governance is changing by Alexander Börsch Cornell University Press, 2007 HD2741 .B65 2007
	GSB Case: Siemens: Building a Structure to Drive Performance and Responsibility by Jesper Sorensen, Sara Leslie, 2010

Selected Website

Siemens

Selected Videos

Siemens Returns to Growth - CNBC.com

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