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Current news from Department

07/15/2024

New Deans elected

The department will have new Deans from 10/01/2024. The only change: Prof. Dr. Manuel Wiesche will then be the Vice Dean Studies.

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07/02/2024

Reports in the Financial Times and Handelsblatt on multi-CEOs

Research by the Professorship of Strategic Management and Leadership in Academy of Management Discoveries shared in Financial Times and Handelsblatt.

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06/19/2024

SchnupperUni 2024

Lectures and workshops offer students a practical insight into different areas of economics.

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06/12/2024

Publication in Academy of Management Discoveries

It is hard to imagine that a CEO can manage more than one company well at the same time - so how do "multi-CEOs" explain themselves to their…

Picture of "Multi-CEOs: A Legitimacy Perspective on Executives Leading Multiple Firms" in the journal Academy of Management Discoveries (AMD)
06/05/2024

Modeling the Transition of Energy and Transport

The professorship of Applied Economics takes part in the new Collaborative Research Center/Transregio granted to TU Dortmund University and Ruhr…

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06/04/2024

Microdata for Scientific Research

Hybrid event at the Professorship of Finance on research data centers on June 11, 2024.

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05/28/2024

Teaching Innovation Award 2023/2024

Awards were given to coruses in the categories "Practical Relevance", "Internationalization" and "E-Learning".

 

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05/24/2024

Congratulations to All Graduates!

On 22.05.2024, the department celebrated recent graduates successfully completing their studies.

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04/24/2024

Professorship of Strategic Management and Leadership in the Journal of Management

Narcissistic CEOs appoint further narcissistic board members and thus generate higher turnover on the board

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04/15/2024

Publication in the Journal of Management Information Systems

Professorship Digitale Transformation: „The Impact of Social Comparison on Turnover Among Information Technology Professionals”

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04/02/2024

Information on the forthcoming Information Systems study program

We are set to start in the winter semester 2024/2025!

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03/26/2024

Teaching Awards 2023/24

Award-winning events "Controlling instruments" and "OR in operational application"

Photomontage Prof. Dr. Anja Fischer, Laura Packheiser and Prof. Dr. Andreas Hoffjan
03/19/2024

Farewell to Professor Hartmut Holzmüller

Prof. Dr. Hartmut H. Holzmüller is stepping down from the Chair of Marketing after 26 years. The department thanks him for his active commitment.

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02/29/2024

Publication in Information Systems Journal

Professorship Digital Transformation - Study on the careers of freelancers on digital work platforms in the gig economy.

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02/29/2024

BMBF Project "Opt-IN" launched

Project of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) "Opt-IN" on information sovereignty for citizens in data ecosystems launched.

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02/28/2024

Publication in European Journal of Information Systems

Professorship Digital Transformation - "Digital Desire Paths: Exploring the Role of Computer Workarounds in Emergent Information Systems Design".

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01/31/2024

Best theses honored

In January, TMC Turnaround Management Consult honored the best theses at the Department of Business and Economics.

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12/07/2023

Joint projects of the University Alliance Ruhr

Prof. Böhm (TU Dortmund University) and Prof. Wrona (University of Duisburg-Essen) are researching structural change in the German labor market.

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11/17/2023

Five Decades of Business and Economics at TU Dortmund University

Looking back and great plans for the future.

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11/15/2023

Current episode of WorkFORCE podcast: "Why are they paid so much?"

In the current Work FORCE podcast episode, Prof. Michael Böhm discusses the role of skill versus luck for individuals' earnings and success.

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