School of Management and Technology
Organisational unit: Research School
- Institute for Auditing & Tax
- Institute for production technology and systems
- Institute of Experimental Industrial Psychology
- Institute of Information Systems
- Institute of Knowledge and Information Management
- Institute of Management, Accounting & Finance
- Institute of Management and Organization
- Institute of Marketing
- Institute of New Venture Management
- Institute of Performance Management
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.
- 2025
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A psychological framework for social skill acquisition in immersive VR environments: Conceptualization, application, and empirical evaluation
Escher, Y. A., Petrowsky, H. M., Knabbe, F., Kuhl, P. & Loschelder, D. D., 12.08.2025, In: Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 19, 15 p., 100765.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Optimizing counteroffers: How timing and magnitude shape sale prices and impasses in 26 million asynchronous online negotiations
Teichmann, L., Petrowsky, H. M., Escher, Y. A., Lee, A. J. & Loschelder, D. D., 08.2025, In: Group Decision and Negotiation. 34, 4, p. 823-848 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Techniques of Control for Energy Optimization in Actuators, Motors, and Power Generation Systems
Mercorelli, P., 08.2025, In: Energies. 18, 15, 4 p., 4036.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Unemployment’s Life-Satisfaction Cost and Loneliness
Friehe, T. & Pfeifer, C., 08.2025, In: Journal of Happiness Studies. 26, 6, 27 p., 102.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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DBLPLink 2.0 - An Entity Linker for the DBLP Scholarly Knowledge Graph
Banerjee, D., Taffa, T. A. & Usbeck, R., 30.07.2025, Industry, Doctoral Consortium, Posters and Demos at ISWC 2025: Joint Proceedings of Industry, Doctoral Consortium, Posters and Demos of the 24th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC-C 2025) Nara, Japan, November 2-6, 2025.. Celino, I., Hassanzadeh, O., Bernstein, A., Noy, N., Cheng, G., Wang, S., Ferrada, S., Kozaki, T., Takeda, H. & Gentile, A. L. (eds.). Aachen: Sun Site Central Europe (RWTH Aachen University), Vol. 4085. p. 435-440 6 p. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; vol. 4085).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Overcoming poverty and unemployment: The transfer dynamics of entrepreneurship training
Peschmann, J., Gielnik, M., Frese, M. & Bischoff, K. M., 28.07.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Applied Psychology. 2025Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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From the lab to the field and closer to the market: Production of the biopolymer cyanophycin in plants
Huckauf, J., Weisenfeld, U. & Broer, I., 25.07.2025, In: New Biotechnology. 87, p. 29-38 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Kafka and Organization Studies
Lohmeyer, N. & Schüßler, E. S., 20.07.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Organization Studies. 15 p., 01708406251362926.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Policy document 4: AGE AND DIGITALIZATION IN WORK: COST Action CA21107 “Work inequalities in later life redefined by digitalization” (DIGI-net), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)
Genkova, P., Rašticová, M., Tometten, L., Langmann, E., Deller, J., Wehage, M., Mosene, K., Kater, M., Stratmann, L., Gehring, L., Lang, F., von Redwitz, A. & Walwei, U., 18.07.2025, 20 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Strategiepapier 4: ALTER UND DIGITALISIERUNG IM ARBEITSKONTEXT: COST Action CA21107 “Work inequalities in later life redefined by digitalization” (DIGI-net), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)
Genkova, P., Rašticová, M., Tometten, L., Langmann, E., Deller, J., Wehage, M., Mosene, K., Kater, M., Stratmann, L., Gehring, L., von Redwitz, A. & Walwei, U., 18.07.2025, 20 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Automating SPARQL Query Translations between DBpedia and Wikidata
Bartels, M. C., Banerjee, D. & Usbeck, R., 14.07.2025, Linking Meaning: Semantic Technologies Shaping the Future of AI: Cover 74617 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.). IOS Press BV, p. 176-193 18 p. (Studies on the Semantic Web; vol. 62).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Development and validation of the short form of the Later Life Workplace Index: a study across 10 countries
Finsel, J., Axelrad, H., Choi, S. J., Derous, E., Gu, X., Guandalini, P., Ha, J., Kim, E. S., Marzec, I., Mykletun, R. J., Oliveira, E., Pajic, S., Schellaert, M., van der Heijden, B. I. J. M., Vignoli, M., Wöhrmann, A. M. & Deller, J., 12.07.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Work, Aging and Retirement. 20 p., waaf006.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Market Valuation of Biodiversity Risk: Evidence from the EU Nature Restoration Law
Bornhöft, S. C., 01.07.2025, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2025, 1, 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review
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Navigating (In)Visibility: Exploring Political Dynamics in Future-Making
Düsterbeck, J., Habersang, S. & Reihlen, M., 01.07.2025, In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings. 2025, 1Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review
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ShortPathQA: A Dataset for Controllable Fusion of Large Language Models with Knowledge Graphs
Salnikov, M., Sakhovskiy, A., Nikishina, I., Usmanova, A., Kraft, A., Möller, C., Banerjee, D., Huang, J., Jiang, L., Abdullah, R., Yan, X., Tutubalina, E., Usbeck, R. & Panchenko, A., 2026, Natural Language Processing and Information Systems: 30th International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems, NLDB 2025, Proceedings. Ichise, R. (ed.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, p. 95-110 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15836 LNCS).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
