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. Published

    Soziale Farbe (III): Blau machen

    Beyes, T., 09.2025, In: Merkur. 79, 916, p. 50-60 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Taking Digital Responsibility for Data: Toward a Governance Model for User-Generated Data

    Christ, A. S., Carl, K. V., Kurtz, C., Lobschat, L., Mueller, B. & Zimmer, M. P., 09.2025, In: Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research. 77, 3, p. 527-556 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    HySQA: Hybrid Scholarly Question Answering

    Taffa, T., Banerjee, D., Assabie, Y. & Usbeck, R., 26.08.2025, Linking Meaning: Semantic Technologies Shaping the Future of AI: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Semantic Systems, 3-5 September 2025, Vienna, Austria. Spahiu, B., Vahdati, S., Salatino, A., Pellegrini, T. & Havur, G. (eds.). Amsterdam: IOS Press BV, p. 247-263 17 p. (Studies on the Semantic Web; vol. 62).

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

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    Concession patterns in dyadic negotiations: Empirically contrasting sunk cost, loss aversion, and rationality predictions

    Escher, Y. A., Petrowsky, H. M., Boecker, L., Stöckli, P. L. & Loschelder, D. D., 22.08.2025, In: Negotiation and Conflict Management Research. 18, 3, p. 165–203 39 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Machine learning pipeline for Structure–Property modeling in Mg-alloys using microstructure and texture descriptors

    Guru, M. K., Bohlen, J., Aydin, R. C. & Khalifa, N. B., 15.08.2025, In: Acta Materialia. 295, 121132.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published
  8. E-pub ahead of print

    Unpacking olfactory marketing: initial evidence for the positive effects of scented parcels on post-order consumer responses in e-commerce

    Oberwegner, N., Cantner, F., Imschloss, M. & Zürn, M. K., 06.08.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Marketing Letters. 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    RL4CO: An Extensive Reinforcement Learning for Combinatorial Optimization Benchmark

    Berto, F., Hua, C., Park, J., Luttmann, L., Ma, Y., Bu, F., Wang, J., Ye, H., Kim, M., Choi, S., Zepeda, N. G., Hottung, A., Zhou, J., Bi, J., Hu, Y., Liu, F., Kim, H., Son, J., Kim, H., Angioni, D., Kool, W., Cao, Z., Zhang, Q., Kim, J., Zhang, J., Shin, K., Wu, C., Ahn, S., Song, G., Kwon, C., Tierney, K., Xie, L. & Park, J., 03.08.2025, KDD 2025 - Proceedings of the 31st ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. Antonie, L., Pei, J. & Yu, X. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, p. 5278-5289 12 p. (Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining; vol. 2).

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

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    A path-centric account of action-oriented entrepreneurship training

    Gielnik, M., Blagoev, B. & Melyoki, L. L., 08.2025, In: Small Business Economics. 65, 2, p. 1241-1282 42 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Navigating the dimensions of criticality: exploring reflective processes in critical entrepreneurship education

    Bohlayer, C., Timm, J. M. & Halberstadt, J., 08.2025, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. 31, 8, p. 2072-2093 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review