Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kurt Bott unterrichtet an der Fachhochschule Kaiserslautern. Er lehrt und forscht auch an ausländischen Universitäten und Business Schools wie z. B. zur Autónoma de Madrid und der IESE in Barcelona (Gastprofessur).

Nach dem Studium der Betriebswirtschaftslehre in Würzburg sowie Statistik und
Operations Research an der Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) war er bei J. P. Morgan, bei der Deutschen Bundesbank und bei McKinsey & Company beschäftigt.

Damit seine Arbeit wissenschaftlich korrekt und gleichzeitig praxisnah bleibt, pflegt er als Mitglied in Aufsichts- und Beiräten engen Kontakt zur Wirtschaft.

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Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bott teaches at the University of Applied Sciences in Kaiserslautern. As visiting scholar and guest lecturer he cultivates relations with several other Universities, i. e. IESE in Barcelona or UAM in Madrid.

He studied business administration at the University of Würzburg as well as Statistics and Operations Research at the Cornell University (New York).

Before he started his academic career, he gained working experience with J. P. Morgan (New York and Frankfurt), the Deutsche Bundesbank and McKinsey & Company.

As professor of a University of Applied Sciences and his working relationships to Business Schools, his work has to be rigor and relevant. Therefore, he keeps close contact with the financial industry as a member of advisory and supervisory boards. Internationally he was / is enrolled e. g. in projects of the International Monetary Funds (IMF) and the EU-Commission.

His research work combines academic findings with industry needs. He focuses on optimisation of financial processes, new means of payments as well as settlement processes for securities and derivative financial products. His work includes methodologies and financial products to improve the operational risk situation of financial institutions and their customers.