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News from the Department

11/01/2025

Welcome Prof. Dr. Sascha Alavi!

Prof. Dr. Sascha Alavi has held the Professorship of Marketing since November 1, 2025.
Photo Prof. Dr. Sascha Alavi
10/27/2025

Internationalization Award of the TU Dortmund University 2025

Award for Outstanding Service in Administration.
Picture of the award winners (from left): Professor Matthias Faes, Professor Angela Madeo, Dr. Maximilian Hartmann, Dr. Debra Hanning, and Frigga Göckede together with Vice President for International Affairs Professor Tessa Flatten (right).
10/23/2025

New publication in the Journal of Product Innovation Management

Entrepreneurship & Digitalization/Strategic Management and Leadership: Study on social and human capital of supervisory boards and digital innovations
Left side: Journal of Product Innovation Management logo. A publication of the Product Development & Management Association. Right side: Image of a meeting room.
10/06/2025

Awarded the Jürgen Hauschildt Prize for a publication in Strategic Management Journal

Prof. Graf-Vlachy from the Professorship of Strategic Management and Leadership received the award together with his co-authors from the WK TIE.
Photo of a document. Top: VHB logo. Center (in German): Jürgen Hauschildt Prize for the best scientific publication on empirically based innovation management. 2025. Kindred spirits: cognitive frame similarity and good faith provisions in strategic alliance contracts
09/25/2025

New Dean and Vide Dean elected

Professor Christiane Pott will be the new Dean of the Department of Business and Economics from October 1, 2025. The Department Council elected her…
Three photos side by side, showing: Prof. Galina Zudenkova, Ph.D., Prof. Christiane Pott, Prof. Manuel Wiesche
09/25/2025

Best Paper Award at the BIR 2025

Mathis Wilz and Richard Lackes win the Best Paper Award at BIR 2025 with their contribution on storage management.
Two logos for the International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research
09/20/2025

Article in Fortune on key factors for the mental well-being of entrepreneurs

International study on the well-being of entrepreneurs. Funded by the UA Ruhr Future's Fellow Program.
09/16/2025

Interview in the Handelsblatt: The influence of language on the success of start-up pitches

Language determines success: Prof. Graf-Vlachy explains how complex language benefits start-up pitches financially.
Logo Handelsblatt
09/01/2025

Farewell to Prof. Richard Lackes

The department bids farewell to Prof. Dr. Richard Lackes after more than 30 years as holder of the Professorship of Business Informatics
Photo Prof. Dr. Richard Lackes