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

    A Unified Contextual Bandit Framework for Long- and Short-Term Recommendations

    Tavakol, M. & Brefeld, U., 30.12.2017, Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases: European Conference, ECML PKDD 2017 Skopje, Macedonia, September 18 – 22, 2017; Proceedings, Part II. Ceci, M., Hollmen, J., Todorovski, L., Vens, C. & Dzeroski, S. (eds.). Springer Verlag, Vol. 2. p. 269-284 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 10535 LNAI).

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

  2. Published

    Metaheuristics approach for solving personalized crew rostering problem in public bus transit

    Xie, L., Merschformann, M., Kliewer, N. & Suhl, L., 10.2017, In: Journal of Heuristics. 23, 5, p. 321-347 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Digitalization: Opportunity and Challenge for the Business and Information Systems Engineering Community

    Legner, C., Eymann, T., Hess, T., Matt, C., Böhmann, T., Drews, P., Mädche, A., Urbach, N. & Ahlemann, F., 01.08.2017, In: Business and Information Systems Engineering. 59, 4, p. 301-308 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Family firm identity and capital structure decisions

    Thiele, F. & Wendt, M., 10.07.2017, In: Journal of Family Business Management. 7, 2, p. 221-239 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Simulated annealing approach to nurse rostering benchmark and real-world instances

    Knust, F. & Xie, L., 01.01.2019, In: Annals of Operations Research. 272, 1-2, p. 187-216 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Entwicklung und Stand von Bürgerenergiegesellschaften und Energiegenossenschaften in Deutschland

    Kahla, F., Holstenkamp, L., Müller, J. R. & Degenhart, H., 05.2017, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 35 p. (Arbeitspapierreihe Wirtschaft & Recht; no. 27).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Gründung einer Unternehmensberatung

    Göse, S. & Reihlen, M., 2017, Berlin: Gabler Verlag. 82 p. (Leuphana Case Studies)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsTransfer

  8. Published

    Increasing knowledge through cooperation: How can entrepreneurial universities establish an effective culture of cooperation?

    Pötschke, I., Müller, R. & Horstmann, D., 01.02.2017, Entrepreneurial Universities: Technology and Knowledge Transfer. Cunningham, J., Guerrero, M. & Urbano, D. (eds.). New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, p. 223-264 42 p. (The World Scientific Reference on Entrepreneurship ; vol. 1).

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

  9. Published

    Messstand zur automatisierten Messung der radialen Lagerluft von Wälzlagern vor und nach der Montage auf einer Welle

    Georgiadis, A. & Meier, N., 08.06.2017, IPC No. G01M13/04, Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt, Patent No. DE102015015836A1, 05.12.2015

    Research output: PatentsPatent

  10. Published

    Overcoming resistance against managed care: insights from a bargaining model

    Ehlert, A., Wein, T. & Zweifel, P., 22.05.2017, In: Health Economics Review. 7, 1, 15 p., 19.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review