Research areas

Research area	Name	Research fields	Subject groups
Innovative services	Prof. Thomas Bahlinger	Digital consultancy, Bank/customer interaction, Robo Advice, Applied IT	Organization and Information Systems and Management
Innovative services	Prof. Ralph Blum	Innovation management, Brand management in the capital goods business, Anticipative market research & usability testing, Scenario and trend research	Marketing
Transport and logistics	Prof. Ralf Bogdanski	Sustainable urban logistics, Green logistics, Life cycle assessment	Logistics, Sustainable Corporate Governance
Innovative services	Prof. Gabriele Brambach	Marketing, customer relationship management/relationship marketing, price management, behavioural pricing	Marketing
Information and communication	Prof. Alexander Brigola	The approximation of laws in the internal market of the EU in industrial age 4.0. The dogmatic structure of the free movement of goods in the EU on the basis of its leading cases	Business Law
Energy and environment	Prof. Frank Ebinger	Sustainability-oriented innovation and transformation management, Smart cities, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainability in international collaboration	Sustainable Corporate Governance
Energy and environment	Prof. Birgit Eitel	Energy & (regional) development	International management
Innovative services	Prof. Werner Fees	Innovation management, China management, Industry 4.0	International Management
Innovative services	Prof. German Figlin	IFRS, M&A accounting and evaluation, financial reporting, accounting regulation	Accounting and Controlling
Innovative services	Prof. Matthias Fischer	Strategic challenges for banks, Robo advisory and automated asset management, Mergers & acquisitions, Equity analysis in banks, Financial regulation for the banking sector, Value management in banks, Fintechs, Client-centric banking, Digital strategy for banks, Online KPIs for banks, Touch point management for banks, Insurtechs	Finance
Innovative services	Prof. Dr Hans-Dieter Gerner	Empirical labour market and human resources economics, in particular operational adjustment and operational productivity	Mathematics and Statistics, quantitative methods
Information and communication	Prof. Irmgard Gleußner	Civil procedure law, Insolvency law	Business Law
Innovative services	Prof. Alexander Hahn	Affective computing, Conversational interfaces, in particular ChatBots, Rapid digital prototyping	Marketing
Medicine and health	Prof. Martin Heckelmann	Health and care (legal and operational), Mergers & acquisitions, Corporate housekeeping, HR & employment	Business Law
Transport and logistics	Prof. Gerhard Heß	Strategic procurement and procurement management, in particular supply strategies and procurement strategies, material group management and product group strategies, supplier management and supplier strategies, procurement controlling, maturity stage management in procurement, risk management in procurement, sustainability management in procurement	Logistics
Innovative services	Prof. Laila Maija Hofmann	Employer branding, International management development, Diversity management	Human Resources Management
Information and communication	Prof. Michael Hofmann	Company taxation, National and international tax law	Company Taxation
Innovative services	Prof. Dirk Honold	Financing of innovation and growth, in particular with economic analysis of the drafting of contracts for the provision of risk capital, equity financing: evaluation, value drivers and exit, investor relations and capital markets: How does value become a price?, Value-oriented management and control, Corporate governance and role of the supervisory board	Finance
Energy and environment	Prof. Bernd Hümmer	Strategic management, Sustainability management, Entrepreneurship, Business ethics and CSR	Sustainable Corporate Governance
Innovative services	Prof. Johannes Igl	Logistics and supply chain management, IT systems in supply chain management and logistics, Digitization, Industry 4.0, Design of logistics networks, Supply chain management in the consumer goods industry	Logistics, Mathematics and Statistics
Innovative services	Prof. Robert Jäckle	Empirical education, Labour market and behavioural economics, Survey methodology	Economics
Innovative services	Prof. Christian Langenbach	Digitization, Digital business, E-business, E-commerce, E-services, Social media, Social commerce, E-learning, Learning management, Service management, Project management, IT consulting	Organization and Information Systems and Management
Innovative services	Prof. Walter Lösel	Economic planning games	Organization and Information Systems and Management
Innovative services	Prof. Michael Maier	Controlling in the service sector, business intelligence and controlling in public administrations	Accounting and Controlling
Innovative services	Prof. Anja Morawietz	International and national accounting, Group accounting and consolidation, Auditing, Supervisory law	Accounting and Controlling
Transport and logistics	Prof. Stefanie Müller	Transport management, in particular transport calculation	Logistics
Innovative services	Prof. Uwe Mummert	Development Economics and Policy	Economics, quantitative methods
Energy and environment	Prof. Jan Niessen	Strategic market development in organic business, market research and marketing in organic business, stakeholder behaviour and sustainable management, transformation processes in the economy and society	Sustainable Corporate Governance
Innovative services	Prof. Kai Nobach	Harmonization of accounting and controlling systems, International corporate management, Effects of current IFRS matters on the controlling, analysis and implementation of business partnering in controlling	Accounting and Controlling
Innovative services	Prof. Gerald Preißler	Implications of international accounting standards on controlling instruments, Indicator systems/KPIs, Interfaces and harmonization of internal and external accounting (“balance sheet controlling”), Operational analyses and evaluations of small and medium-sized enterprises and freelance practices, Cost and performance accounting for small and medium-sized enterprises and freelance practices, Business planning, Internal and external benchmarking	Accounting and Controlling
Innovative services	Prof. Florian Riedmüller	Sponsorship management, Sports marketing, Technical market research, Identity-oriented brand management	Marketing
Information and communication	Prof. Helen Rogers	The impact of additive manufacturing technologies/3D printing on global supply chains, Business models for 3DP printing, Negotiating successful buyer-supplier relationships, Practical implications of cross-cultural business negotiations	International Management
Information and communication	Prof. Karlheinz Ruckriegel	Behavioural economics in financial policy and the implementation of happiness research findings in politics, society, and the economy	Economics
Information and communication	Prof. Peter Schlieper	Income tax, choice of legal form and taxation, inheritance tax	Company Taxation
Information and communication	Prof. Susanne Schmidt-Pfeiffer	Tax-related succession consultancy / foundation law, business succession / foundations	Company Taxation
Information and communication	Prof. Renate Schüller	German and international employment and business law	Business Law
Innovative services	Prof. Klaus Stemmermann	International controlling, price management & controlling, performance enhancement programmes, corporate management in growth and crisis phases, reporting systems	Accounting and Controlling
Innovative services	Prof. Felix Streitferdt	Company valuation, derivative financial instruments, company financing and contract theory	Finance, Mathematics and Statistics
Traffic and mobility	Prof. Christoph Tripp	Digitization of trade, in particular distance/online trade/e-commerce, Trade logistics, in particular online and multi-/omni-/cross-channel logistics, Logistics networks, in particular distribution systems	Logistics
Innovative services	Prof. Raphael Verstege	Recruiting and (occupational) aptitude diagnostics, Human resources management, including management development, Professional development (in particular competence management)	Human Resources Management
Innovative services	Prof. Andreas Weese	Share analysis and evaluation, investor relations and external value driver communication, investment banking and capital markets	Finance
Innovative services	Prof. Naiming Wei	Internationalization strategy, Development and implementation, Foreign direct investment of Chinese companies, Operation of international enterprises in China, Sino-German economic relationship	International Management
Information and communication	Prof. Yasmin Weiß	The future of work in the wake of digital transformation, digital leadership, digital competencies: What are the future hot skills?, Strategic human resources work in China, Female career management: How do women in leadership positions reconcile their private and professional lives?	Human Resources Management
Innovative services	Prof. Kai-Uwe Wellner	International management, Area studies, Cross cultural management, International business, Internationalization of mid-size companies, International M&As, International marketing	International Management
Innovative services	Prof. Heiko Wrobel	Wholesaling, Digital Services in wholesaling, Contract logistics	Logistics
Innovative services	Prof. Roland Zimmermann	Business analytics, in particular data warehouse architectures, Business intelligence applications and information design and AI technologies, in particular NLP (natural language processing) and semantic technologies	Organization and Information Systems and Management, Mathematics and Statistics