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Publication of a study on trust repair strategies following privacy breaches in smart home systems

The professorship Digital Transformation published a new study on privacy breaches of smart home providers.

The illustration depicts an abstract concept of networking within a smart home. On a simple white shelf attached to a light gray wall sit four different smart home devices, arranged from left to right: a glowing lightbulb, a white security camera with a black lens, a square white control module or thermostat with a digital display showing "0.0" and a small red button, and a cylindrical black smart speaker. Hovering centrally directly below the shelf is a large, red warning triangle. In the center of this triangle is a white padlock that is cracked vertically down the middle, symbolizing a security breach or vulnerability. In the lower area of the image, there are four blue cloud symbols representing cloud networks. Each cloud contains a dark, stylized house icon. A network of lines connects all these elements: solid blue lines with round nodes lead downwards from the devices on the shelf to the warning triangle. Dotted blue lines also lead from the clouds at the bottom up to this central triangle. A key detail is visible on the right side near the black smart speaker: the connection lines originating from this device feature red nodes instead of blue ones in certain spots, highlighting an acute threat, data leak, or a compromised connection specifically linked to that device. Additionally, partial views of empty white picture frames can be seen on the far left and right edges of the image.

Exam Review Winter Semester 25/26: Entrepreneurial Mindset

The exam review will take place in person in Dortmund on May 5, 2026.

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New master's thesis topic: AI-enabled evaluation of the quality of content on information platforms

In cooperation with Tür an Tür - Digitalfabrik gGmbH, an LLM-supported prototype is to be developed.

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Marketing analytics in practice: guest lecture by Dr. David Jütte

Exciting insights into customer segmentation and the application of analytical methods in everyday business life

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Kick-off Meeting for New MERCUR Research Project on Fairness in Human-Robot Teams

The professorship Digital Transformation kicked off a new project on fairness in human-robot teams at Ruhr University Bochum.

The image shows a group of six people in a bright office standing side by side behind two identical, white, humanoid robots. The two robots in the foreground feature a rounded base that widens at the bottom, slender bodies, articulated arms, and heads with large, pink-glowing eyes, along with a landscape-oriented tablet mounted on each of their chests. Behind them, standing from left to right, are four men and two women: a man in a light blue shirt and dark jeans, a man wearing glasses in a light blue shirt and dark pants, a woman with crossed arms in a black top and wide, light grey pants, a woman in a light beige jacket and white pants, a man in a dark shirt, and a man in a grey sweater. The group is standing in front of a large window with partially closed vertical blinds and a radiator underneath. The room has white walls and a dark, slightly speckled floor, with some cables visible on the ground in the right background.

New publication in the Review of Accounting Studies!

New publication "Earnings management around the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017" by Prof. Dr. Max Pflitsch

Participation in the 34th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2026) in Milan, Italy

The professorship Digital Transformation presents three research papers at the ECIS 2026 in Milan this June.

Participation in the UKAIS Conference 2026

The chair participated in the UKAIS Conference 2026 and presented a paper on collaboration in generative AI communities.

A man with short-cropped light hair and a mustache stands in a bright room, likely a seminar room or office at the University of Sheffield. He is wearing a light blue, finely striped button-down shirt tucked into dark trousers with a brown leather belt. Around his neck, he wears a blue lanyard printed with "The University of Sheffield" holding an ID badge. The man has his hands loosely clasped in front of him and is looking attentively to the right, as if watching a presentation or listening to someone. In front of him is a white mobile lectern featuring the blue and gold crest of the University of Sheffield on its front panel. On top of the lectern are an open black laptop, a black computer keyboard, a mouse, a black desk phone, and a Dell monitor. The monitor displays a university login screen with a reference to "Windows 11." In the background, to the left, there is a light wood door with a narrow vertical glass pane revealing a glimpse of trees outside. A notice with technical instructions is taped to the white wall behind the laptop.

Guest Lecture: From Socio-Technical to Anthro-Digital Systems – Updating our Terminological and Conceptual Toolkit for the Digital (and GenAI) Age

Guest lecture by Andreas Drechsler on April 14. Subject: anthro-digital systems and new perspectives on human–AI interaction in the GenAI age.

A detailed, illustrative composition split into two distinct, interconnected halves, depicting the evolution from traditional IT networking to advanced, virtualized artificial intelligence. The left half, set against a light, cream-colored background, portrays a physical, networked office environment. Five human professionals are engaged in various tasks at a central table cluttered with cables and equipment. On the left, a man stands, typing on a laptop, while a woman sits working on another laptop. In the center and on the right, other professionals work on laptops and desktop computers. The table is filled with routers, servers, switches, and a chaotic array of cables, forming the tangible network infrastructure. Three illustrative diagrams float above them: a computer network diagram on the left, a hierarchical organizational chart in the center, and another detailed flowchart on the right. A man in the background works on a large rack-mounted server cabinet. A wide, flowing stream of blue, intertwined data lines and digital binary code moves from the network switch on this side across the center of the image to the right. The right half, set against a light blue background, displays a futuristic, virtualized work environment. This half is characterized by virtual holographic displays, advanced visualizations, and artificial intelligence. Five figures inhabit this space, of which four are human experts and two are humanoid robots. The humans are all wearing virtual reality (VR) headsets. A woman on the right and a man in the foreground gesture to manipulate virtual 3D holograms of complex neural networks, data streams, and wave patterns. One humanoid robot stands, looking up and gesturing with a raised hand towards a floating display showing code and data. Another, more detailed humanoid robot stands in the foreground left, observing a woman programming code on a virtual console. The displays show complex graphs, programming code, and abstract mathematical representations. The stream of data flows into the central holographic neural network, representing the transformation and processing of data by AI. The entire scene is rendered in a clean, precise graphical illustration style, with a limited color palette of blues, grays, and creams, and a high level of detail in all technical elements and the interactions of the figures.

Invitation to the cbs Foreign Trade Forum

The company cbs invites students to the Foreign Trade Forum on June 17, 2026, in Dortmund.

This digital promotional banner in landscape orientation announces a professional event against an atmospheric backdrop showing the Earth's surface during a brilliant sunrise. In the left foreground, a prominent, metallic compass rests on a graphical grid of golden lines reminiscent of a globe. At the top left edge of the image are the cbs and Materna corporate logos in pure white, while the phrase Career Pathfinder @ is placed in contrasting orange at the top right. The center of the right half of the image is occupied by the title Foreign Trade Forum, which appears in bold white capital letters inside two delicate, interlocking square frames. The bottom right corner features the event details, consisting of the date 17.06.2026 and the location Materna HQ Dortmund, also in a white, legible font. The entire composition uses warm orange and brown tones to convey a sense of new beginnings and global vision.

Welcome to the summer semester 2026

In the summer semester, we are once again offering students many events.

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Professorship for Strategic Management and Leadership is vacant

Professorship for Strategic Management and Leadership is vacant

Dr. Sertan Eravci on WDR Servicezeit

High protein is the trend: from yogurt to frozen pizza, numerous products advertise an increased protein content. For food manufacturers, this trend…

Dr. Sertan Eravci

A Python Primer on the Basics of Econometrics

An Introduction to Python

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Exam results follow-up-date Winter Term 2025/2026

Dates for viewing 20.04.2026

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Exam review: Digital Entrepreneurship WS25/26 (Post Date)

We would like to inform you that the examination inspection for the subject Digital Entrepreneurship of the winter semester 2025/26 (Post Date) will…

Economics Seminar

Economics Seminar summer term 2026

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Research article accepted for publication in the Journal of Retailing

A joint research paper by Prof. Dr. Ryan Mullins (Clemson University), Prof. Dr. Sascha Alavi (TU Dortmund University), Prof. Dr. Johannes Habel…

Journal of Retailing

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