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

    Where Are the Organizations? Accounting for the Fluidity and Ambiguity of Organizing in the Arts

    Cnossen, B., 07.04.2022, The Routledge Handbook of the Communicative Constitution of Organization. Basque, J., Bencherki, N. & Kuhn, T. (eds.). New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 453-465 13 p. (Routledge studies in communication, organization, and organizing).

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

  2. Published

    'You are angels': understanding the entanglement of family and enterprise in an early-stage family-run coworking space

    Cnossen, B. & Winter, J. D., 04.07.2022, Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice. Thompson, N. A., Byrne, O., Jenkins, A. & Teague, B. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 314-327 14 p. (Handbooks of Business and Management Research as Practice).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  3. Published

    Robustness and disturbances in public transport

    Ge, L., Voss, S. & Xie, L., 04.03.2022, In: Public Transport. 14, 1, p. 191-261 71 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Comparison on Hot Tearing Behavior of Binary Mg–Al, Mg–Y, Mg–Gd, Mg–Zn, and Mg–Ca Alloys

    Song, J., Zhao, H., Liao, J., Jiang, B., Zhang, A., Huang, Y., Kainer, K. U., Hort, N. & Pan, F., 08.2022, In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science. 53, 8, p. 2986-3001 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Solar-powered radiotherapy

    Müller-Polyzou, R. & Wirtz, H., 01.06.2022, Approaching Global Oncology: The win-win model. Elzawawy, A. & Ngwa, W. (eds.). Bristol: IOP Publishing Ltd, p. 1-8 8 p. (IOP series in global health and radiation oncology).

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

  6. Published

    Does sustainable board governance drive corporate social responsibility? A structured literature review on European archival research

    Velte, P., 06.01.2023, In: Journal of Global Responsibility. 14, 1, p. 46-88 43 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Towards a spatial understanding of identity play: coworking spaces as playgrounds for identity

    Cnossen, B. & Stephenson, K., 03.09.2022, In: Culture and Organization. 28, 5, p. 448-470 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Lukewarm or Hot? Comparing Investor Tie Formation of Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and Berlin

    Scheidgen, K. & Brattström, A., 01.08.2021, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2021, 1

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearch

  9. Published

    European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2020

    Bungenberg, M. (Editor), Krajewski, M. (Editor), Tams, C. J. (Editor), Terhechte, J. (Editor) & Ziegler, A. R. (Editor), 2022, Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 448 p. (European Yearbook of International Economic Law; vol. 11)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    Clustering design science research based on the nature of the designed artifact

    Laine, J., Zimmer, M. P., Minkkinen, M., Salmela, H. & Mäntymäki, M., 01.01.2022, The Role of Digital Technologies in Shaping the Post Pandemic World: 21st IFIP WG 6.11 Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society, I3E 2022, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, September 13–14, 2022, Proceedings. Papagiannidis, S., Alamanos, E., Gupta, S., Dwivedi, Y. K., Mäntymäki, M. & Pappas, I. O. (eds.). Cham: Springer Schweiz, p. 254–266 13 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 13454).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review