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. Published

    Preventive Emergency Detection Based on the Probabilistic Evaluation of Distributed, Embedded Sensor Networks

    Busch, B.-H., Kujath, A., Witthöft, H. & Welge, R., 2011, Ambient Assisted Living: 4. AAL-Kongress 2011 in Berlin. Wichert, R. & Eberhardt, B. (eds.). Springer, p. 159-179 21 p. (Advanced Technologies and Societal Change).

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

  2. Published

    Price Gouging at the Pump? The Lerner Index and the German Fuel Market

    Neukirch, A. & Wein, T., 18.09.2019, In: Review of Economics. 70, 2, p. 157 -192 36 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Pricing effects when competitors arrive: The case of discount certificates in Germany

    Schertler, A., 01.07.2016, In: Journal of Banking and Finance. 68, p. 84-99 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Primär- und Sekundärwirkungen von rechnungslegungspolitischen Maßnahmen

    Döring, U. & Obermann, O., 2008, Controlling und Rechnungslegung: aktuelle Entwicklungen in Wissenschaft und Praxis ; Laurenz Lachnit zum 65. Geburtstag . Freidank, C.-C., Baetge, J., Müller, S. & Wulf, I. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Dr. Gabler Verlag, p. 413-437 25 p.

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

  5. Published

    Primed Goals and Primed Actions: A Commentary from an Action Theory Point of View

    Frese, M., 01.2021, In: Applied Psychology. 70, 1, p. 262-267 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Principled Interpolation in Normalizing Flows

    Fadel, S., Mair, S., da Silva Torres, R. & Brefeld, U., 09.2021, Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases. Research Track: European Conference, ECML PKDD 2021, Bilbao, Spain, September 13–17, 2021, Proceedings, Part II. Oliver, N., Pérez-Cruz, F., Kramer, S., Read, J. & Lozano, J. A. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature AG, p. 116-131 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 12976 LNAI).

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

  7. Accepted/In press

    Principles of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship: Concepts and cases

    Wenzel, M. (Editor), 2021, (Accepted/In press) Kindle Direct Publishing.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Privacy-Preserving Localization and Social Distance Monitoring with Low-Resolution Thermal Imaging and Deep Learning

    Perov, A. & Heger, J., 01.01.2024, In: Procedia CIRP. 130, p. 355-361 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Private Equity als volkswirtschaftlicher Katalysator: Ökonomische Analyse des Einflusses von Private Equity auf den Strukturwandel der deutschen Volkswirtschaft

    Priesing, T., 2007, Forum Unternehmenskauf 2006: Aus dem Münsteraner Studiengang "Mergers & Acquisitions". Birk, D., Pöllath, R. & Saenger, I. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 207-236 30 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Private Equity and Venture Capital: Heuschrecken oder Rettung des deutschen Mittelstands?, I

    Schöning, S. & Gatzka, M., 2006, In: Das Wirtschaftsstudium. 35, 11, p. 1399-1404 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch