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. Accepted/In press

    Board gender diversity and corporate social responsibility. A literature review on critical mass theory and research recommendations

    Velte, P., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Sustainable Development.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. 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

  7. Published

    Comparison of different machine control modes during friction extrusion of AA2024

    Rana, H., Chan, C., Suhuddin, U. F. H., Ben Khalifa, N. & Klusemann, B., 2025, 28th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming, ESAFORM 2025. Carlone, P., Filice, L. & Umbrello, D. (eds.). Association of American Publishers, p. 772-779 8 p. (Materials Research Proceedings; vol. 54).

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

  8. Published

    Control Allocation and Controller Tuning for an Over-Actuated Hexacopter Tilt-Rotor Applied for Precision Agriculture

    Libório, L. O., Pimentel, G. O., Dos Santos, M. F., Fernandes, F. M., Lima, J., De Morais, M. H. F., Mercorelli, P. & Pereira, A. I., 2025, Proceedings of the 2025 26th International Carpathian Control Conference, ICCC 2025. Kacur, J., Skovranek, T., Laciak, M. & Mojzisova, A. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (Proceedings of the 2025 26th International Carpathian Control Conference, ICCC 2025).

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

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  10. 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

  11. 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