Organisation profile

EMPOWERING MINDS. INSPIRING INNOVATIONS. SHAPING TRANSFORMATIONS.

As part of Leuphana University, the School of Management and Technology is a dynamic and innovative community of students and faculty with high-level expertise in the fields of organization studies, responsible management, entrepreneurship, product development process, digital transformation and data science, and psychology and societal transformation. Our core aspiration is driving innovation in management and technology to shape responsible and sustainable transformations. In our research, we pioneer understandings of and solutions to the core challenges of our time, such as digitalization and sustainable production. In our teaching, we challenge conventional wisdom and inspire entrepreneurial thinking and responsible action. In business and society, we team up with local and international partners to contribute to the regional development of northern Germany. We value the interrelationships between disciplines, which is reflected in our interdisciplinary degree programs and collaboration in research.

 

The School of Management and Technology is home to the disciplines of Accounting and Finance, Business Psychology, Business Information Systems, Engineering, Management and Marketing. We support the respective identities and profile development of the disciplines, while also promoting interdisciplinary research and teaching in the shape of programs of study and research centers. This interdisciplinary approach is characterized by a commitment to responsibility and helping meet societal challenges.

Main research areas

The School of Management and Technology is the academic and professional home to 1,500 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral students, more than 50 professors, more than 70 research associates and research assistants, 36 professional staff members.

The main themes of the school are reflected in its study programs: The 3 major and 7 minor programs at the College, 5 master's programs and 4 doctoral programs at the Graduate School provide academic training. The doctoral programs focus on (1.) Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation (EMI), (2.) Information Systems and Data Science, (3.) Engineering and (4.) Management, Finance and Accounting.

In total, we offer 16 programs of study in the disciplines of Business Administration (in particular Accounting and Finance), Business Information Systems, Business Psychology, Engineering and Management.  

  1. 2019
  2. Published

    The effect of chief financial officers’ expert power on tax avoidance – Empirical evidence from Germany

    Röttger, P., Spee, K. & Wobst, J., 2019, In: Management Studies. 9, 1, p. 8 - 22 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The Influence of Electrical Properties of Wood on Dielectric Barrier Discharge plasma treatments at atmospheric conditions

    Mahdavipour, B., Dahle, S. & Oberrath, J., 2019, DPG-Frühjahrstagung der Sektion Materie und Kosmos (SMuK): mit den Fachverbänden (sektionszugehörig) Extraterrestrische Physik, Gravitation und Relativitätstheorie, Physik der Hadronen und Kerne, Theoretische und Mathematische Grundlagen der Physik sowie weiteren Fachverbänden Geschichte der Physik, Kurzzeit- und angewandte Laserphysik, Plasmaphysik, Umweltphysik und den Arbeitskreisen bzw. der Arbeitsgruppe Beschleunigerphysik, Chancengleichheit, Junge DPG, Philosophie der Physik : 17.-22. März 2019, Technische Universität München. Nunner, B. (ed.). Bad Honnef: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V., p. 182 1 p. P18.36. (Verhandlung der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, Reihe 6; vol. 54,2).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Topic Embeddings – A New Approach to Classify Very Short Documents Based on Predefined Topics

    Lommel, L., Riebeling, M., Funk, B. & Junginger, C., 2019, Human Practice. Digital Ecologies. Our Future: 14. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI 2019), Tagungsband . Ludwig, T. & Pipek, V. (eds.). Siegen: Universitätsverlag Siegen, p. 453-467 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Towards a European Natural Ressources Law?

    Terhechte, J. P., 2019, European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2018. Bungenberg, M., Krajewski, M., Tams, C., Terhechte, J. P. & Ziegler, A. R. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 203-228 26 p. (European Yearbook of International Economic Law; vol. 9).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    Up, up and away: An update on the UK's latest plans for space activities

    Smith, L. J. & Leishman, R. J. M., 2019, In: Air and Space Law. 44, 1, p. 1-26 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Value-based management in banking: The effects on shareholder returns

    Schmaltz, C., Lueg, R., Agerholm, J. & Wittrup, K., 2019, In: International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management. 14, 1, p. 35-50 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Vertical Dynamics Description and its Control in the Presence of Nonlinear Friction

    Ferch, T. & Mercorelli, P., 2019, In: WSEAS Transactions on Systems. 18, p. 198-212 15 p., 26.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. In preparation

    Vertrag über den Austritt des Vereinigten Königreichs von Großbritannien und Nordirlands über den Austritt aus der Europäischen Union - Einführung und Vertragstext

    Terhechte, J. P., 2019, (In preparation) Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 500 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer

  10. Published

    Vorbemerkungen zu den § 15 ff. Vor §§ 15 - 19

    Schall, A., 2019, Kommentar zum Aktiengesetz: §§ 1 - 149, IntGesR, SpruchG, SE-VO. Spindler, G. & Stilz, E. (eds.). 4. ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag, Vol. 1. p. Rn. 1 - 39

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  11. Published

    Warum Unternehmen scheitern: Pfade des Niedergangs frühzeitig erkennen

    Habersang, S., Küberling-Jost, J. A., Reihlen, M. & Seckler, C., 2019, In: Zeitschrift für Führung und Organisation. 88, 4, p. 216-220 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review