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. 2025
  2. Accepted/In press

    A path-centric account of action-oriented entrepreneurship training

    Gielnik, M., Blagoev, B. & Melyoki, L. L., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Small Business Economics. 2025

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Automatic Imitation

    Genschow, O. (Editor) & Cracco, E. (Editor), 2025, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG. 355 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  4. Published
  5. Published

    Bridge-Generate: Scholarly Hybrid Question Answering

    Taffa, T. A. & Usbeck, R., 2025, WWW Companion’25: Companion Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2025, April 28-May 2, 2025 Sydney, NSW, Australia. Long, G., Blumestein, M., Chang, Y., Lewin-Eytan, L., Huang, H. & Yom-Tov, E. (eds.). New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 1321-1325 5 p.

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

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  7. Published

    Cultivating green innovation in established organisations and fields

    Reischauer, G., Biscaro, C. & Lefsrud, L., 2025, In: Industry and Innovation. 32, 1, p. 1-11 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  8. Published

    Decoding evidence-based entrepreneurship: A systematic review of meta-analytic choices and reporting

    Rauch, A., Saeed, S. & Frese, M., 2025, In: Journal of Small Business Management. 63, 4, p. 1783-1829 47 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Der Vorschlag der EU-Kommission für ein EU-Omnibus-Paket zur Änderung von CSRD, CSDDD und Taxonomie-Verordnung

    Velte, P., Wulf, I., Weber, S. C. & Fischer, A., 2025, In: Der Betrieb. 78, 14, p. 813-823 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  10. Published

    Development and Implementation of Technical Interventions to Motivate Young Females for STEM Studies

    Guerne, M. G. & Block, B. M., 2025, Futureproofing Engineering Education for Global Responsibility : Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2024. Auer, M. E. & Rüütmann, T. (eds.). Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, p. 149-159 11 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1280 LNNS).

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

  11. Published

    Die Prüfung von Nachhaltigkeitsberichten nach dem internationalen Prüfungsstandard ISSA 5000 - eine kritische Würdigung

    Velte, P., Borcherding, N. & Lackmann, J., 2025, In: Der Betrieb. 78, 17, p. 1025-1031 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer