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Current news from Department

07/11/2025

New Publication in Information Systems Journal

How does "regulatory sandbox membership" affect the financing of FinTechs?
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07/11/2025

West Energy Manager Cup 2025 goes to "The Smarties"

The interdisciplinary TU team came out on top in the final of the business simulation game in Essen.
Three students sit at a table and cheer.
07/09/2025

New Publication in Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice

Cognitively complex language leads to higher investments in start-ups.
Two-part image. Left: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice logo. Right: Man giving a lecture, behind him a large picture with inscriptions such as Tech Crunch Disrupt.
07/01/2025

Congratulations Prof. Dr. Max Pflitsch!

Prof. Pflitsch will take up the professorship “International Business Taxation” on 01.07.2025.
Photo Prof. Dr. Max Pflitsch
06/30/2025

NEXT.IN.NRW project "flowAR" launched

New project at Professorship of Digital Transformation on immersive art installations. How can physical and digital communities design and use them to…
06/04/2025

New Publication in the Journal of Business Venturing

Study on the impact of angel financing on the well-being of entrepreneurs in terms of autonomy, competence and connectedness.
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05/28/2025

SchnupperUni 2025

Lectures and workshops offer students a practical insight into different areas of economics.
The text "SchnupperUni" written in green chalk on a not quite cleanly wiped blackboard, next to it a painted magnifying glass and a half-filled test tube
05/23/2025

Department congratulates graduates!

On 23.05.2025, the department celebrated the successful completion of their studies together with graduates.
Foto von Abschlussfeier - Bachelorabsolvent*innen
05/06/2025

Article in Business Insider on part-time CEOs

Prof. Graf-Vlachy is quoted on the subject of multi-CEOs.
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04/28/2025

Teaching Innovation Award 2024/2025

Awards were given to coruses in the categories "Practical Relevance", "Internationalization" and "E-Learning".
Photomontage Prof. Dr. Andreas Hoffjan and Prof. Dr. Steffen Strese
04/09/2025

Honorary doctorate for Prof. Shaker A. Zahra from the University of Minnesota

TU Dortmund University honors the economist for his research on entrepreneurship and corporate management.
Photo Prof. Shaker A. Zahra with his honorary doctorate award certificate framed by Dean Prof. Dr. Steffen Strese and Rector Prof. Dr. Manfred Bayer
03/27/2025

New Publication in the Journal of Management Information Systems

Study on the joint value creation of developers and platform owners in Generative AI platform ecosystems.
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