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.
Corporate governance and CSR/IR reporting
Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.14 → …
Project: Research
Financial Decisions in Family Firms.Private Equity Investors, Capital Structure and Firm Identity
Thiele, F. (Partner), Velte, P. (Project manager, academic) & Prigge, S. (Partner)
01.10.14 → 30.09.17
Project: Dissertation project
Financial Penalties and Restructurings - Empirical Studies of the Impact on Bank Performance and Risk
Baxmann, U. (Project manager, academic) & Köster, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.14 → 01.08.18
Project: Dissertation project
Regulatory delevopment in Accounting, Auditing & Corporate Governance
Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.14 → …
Project: Research
Integratives Logistikmodell zur Verknüpfung von Planungs- und Steuerungsaufgaben mitlogistischen Ziel- und Steuergrößen der unternehmensinternen Lieferkette
Schmidt, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.14 → 30.06.16
Project: Research
Responsible University - soziale und gesellschaftliche Wertschöpfung sicht- und messbar machen
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic) & Japsen, A. (Coordination)
05.11.14 → 16.09.19
Project: Other
B 08 - Subjective Well-Being, Parental Child Care Time and Income – A Multidimensional Polarization Approach
Merz, J. (Project manager, academic) & Peters, N. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.15 → …
Project: Research
Effect Sizes and Substantive Significance in Corporate Governance Research
Hasso, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.15 → …
Project: Research
Publication Bias and Selective Reporting in Corporate Governance Research
Hasso, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.15 → …
Project: Research
Scientific Network for Expatriate Management
Bader, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.15 → 31.01.17
Project: Research
SaM: Die Stadt als Möglichkeitsraum
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), Kagan, S. (Project manager, academic), Weisenfeld, U. (Project manager, academic), Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Holz, V. (Project staff), Hauerwaas, A. (Project staff), Grigoleit, A. (Project staff) & Wedler, P. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.02.15 → 31.01.18
Project: Research
Rohstoffgewinnung im Kontext wachsender Nutzungsansprüche an den Untergrund – Anforderungen an die unterrägige Raumordnung und das Bergrecht für einen umwelt- und ressourcenschonenden Bergbau, Lösung von Nutzungskonflikten und Steuerung einer nachhaltigen Nutzung des Untergrunds (Instrumente zur umweltverträglchen Rohstoffgewinnung – INSTRO
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic) & Sanden, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.15 → 30.11.17
Project: Research
SaM: Stadt als Möglichkeitsraum
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Weisenfeld, U. (Project manager, academic), Kagan, S. (Project manager, academic), Holz, V. (Project staff) & Hauerwaas, A. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.02.15 → 31.01.19
Project: Research
LivingCare: Ein autonom lernendes Automatisierungssystem für nachhaltiges und altersgerechtes Wohnen
Welge, R. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, S. M. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.03.15 → 31.12.18
Project: Research
Factors Preventing Intra-Family Succession in Family Businesses: A Multimethod Longitudinal Study
Hasso, T. (Project manager, academic) & Barbera, F. (Partner)
01.03.15 → 01.03.20
Project: Research
Steuerungsmöglichkeiten des Produkt- und Abfallrechts im Hinblick auf die vermeidbare Obsoleszenz von Elektrogeräten
Dickenhorst, C. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
19.03.15 → …
Project: Dissertation project
DWoC 2: Design-Driven Value Chains in the World of Cellulose
Farny, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.15 → 31.12.18
Project: Research
EXIST-Gründungskultur - Die Gründerhochschule: Leuphana 2020 - Humboldt plus Schumpeter - Projektphase II
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.15 → 31.03.16
Project: Other
Green Travel Transformation. Ein Modell für integrierte Transformationsprozesse zum nachhaltigen Wirtschaften im Tourismus
Kreilkamp, E. (Project manager, academic), Carstensen, I. (Project staff) & Maas-Deipenbrock, R. M. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.05.15 → 31.07.18
Project: Research
CDS-LTD risk: Modellierung von Abhängigkeitsstrukturen
Pelster, M. (Project manager, academic)
15.05.15 → 15.06.16
Project: Research
Analyse Mittelständischer Unternehmen
Martin, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.15 → 15.02.18
Project: Other
Gaming Law & Culture
Terhechte (✝), J. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.15 → 24.01.20
Project: Scientific event
LR-LWU-EE-Kredit: Auswirkungen von Investitionen in Erneuerbare Energien auf Rentabilität und Risiko von Landwirtschaftsunternehmen aus kreditwirtschaftlicher Perspektive
Degenhart, H. (Project manager, academic), Holstenkamp, L. (Coordination) & Kowallik, J. (Project staff)
01.08.15 → 31.12.16
Project: Other
Battery Storage Bordesholm
Degenhart, H. (Project manager, academic) & Holstenkamp, L. (Coordination)
01.08.15 → 30.11.16
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Determinants and consequences of goodwill impairments - Literature review and empirical evidence from Germany
Lazar, L. (Partner) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.15 → 30.09.19
Project: Dissertation project
Eine Simulationsstudie zur Krankenhausplanung in Deutschland
Pelster, M. (Project manager, academic), Hagemann, V. (Project manager, academic), Wolf, S. (Partner) & Laporte Uribe, F. (Partner)
01.10.15 → 31.03.16
Project: Research
International Spring School for Logistics and Supply Chain Management (ESC Rennes - Leuphana)
Heger, J. (Project manager, academic) & Koch, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.15 → 31.12.18
Project: Teaching
Modellierung u. Simulation technischer Systeme und Prozesse
Heger, J. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.15 → 31.12.19
Project: Other
Online-CSR-Kommunikation börsennotierter Unternehmen in der DACH-Region
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Bögel, P. M. (Project manager, academic), Hetze, K. (Project manager, academic) & Glock, Y. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.15 → 31.01.19
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Proof of a kinetic influence on the resonance broadening in the spectrum of an active plasma resonance spectroscopic probe
Oberrath, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.15 → 14.01.17
Project: Research
Strategic Corporate Hedging
Pelster, M. (Project manager, academic), Karam, A. (Partner) & Cox, C. (Partner)
01.10.15 → 30.09.16
Project: Research
Sustainable CEO compensation: Conceptual remarks, literature review and empirical analysis with a focus on climaterelated aspects
Winschel, J. (Partner) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.15 → 07.02.22
Project: Dissertation project
DSM Stade: Demand-Side-Managment, Stadtwerke Stade
Degenhart, H. (Project manager, academic), Bettinger, C. (Coordination) & Holstenkamp, L. (Coordination)
15.10.15 → 31.12.16
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Planerische, technische und ökologische Anforderungen an das Freileitungsrecht
Lauer, J. J. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
02.11.15 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Support vector machines-based control of robot manipulators with actuator saturation
Mercorelli, P. (Project manager, academic) & Zheng, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.15 → 30.11.16
Project: Other
Novellierungsbedürftigkeit und -fähigkeit des Entsorgungsfachbetriebes nach §§ 56, 57 KrWG im Systemvergleich mit den Umweltmanagamentsystemen ISO 14001, EMAS und der österreichischen RAEF
Strohmeyer, A. C. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
08.12.15 → 08.12.19
Project: Dissertation project
Capital Structure and Tax Policies in German Family Firms: Empirical Focus on Bank Debt and Tax Avoidance
Wendt, M. (Partner), Velte, P. (Project manager, academic) & Prigge, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.16 → 31.01.19
Project: Dissertation project
Changes in the Governance of Garment Global Production Networks: Lead Firm, Supplier and Policy Responses to the Rana Plaza Disaster
Schüßler, E. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.16 → 01.06.19
Project: Research
DYNAMIK 4.0: Ein dynamisches System zur Erfassung und Prävention psychischer Arbeitsbelastungen in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen der Industrie 4.0; Teilvorhaben Usability engineering und technische Implementierung des Web-Tools zur Erfassung psychischer Arbeitsbelastungen
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Lehr, D. (Coordination) & Bürckner, D. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.16 → 31.12.19
Project: Research
Financial penalties and the banking sector
Pelster, M. (Partner) & Köster, H. (Partner)
01.01.16 → 01.01.18
Project: Research
The Impact of audit committees on corporate governance quality
Weber, L. (Partner) & Velte, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.16 → 17.07.20
Project: Dissertation project
The role of mental effort in ego depletion
Friese, M. (Project manager, academic), Loschelder, D. (Project manager, academic) & Job, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.16 → 01.01.19
Project: Research
STEP Mexico
Gielnik, M. (Project manager, academic) & Eller, F.-J. (Project staff)
01.02.16 → 31.05.17
Project: Research
Learning from errors and error management in organizations: antecedents, processes, and outcomes
Frese, M. (Project manager, academic), Keith, N. (Project staff) & Klamar, A. (Project staff)
01.03.16 → 30.01.21
Project: Research
Optimierung der Zusammenarbeit von autonomen logistik-Fahrzeugen in einem autonomen cyber-physischem System.
Papadoudis, J. (Project staff), Meier, N. (Project staff) & Georgiadis, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.16 → 31.03.17
Project: Research
Verfassungsrechtliche Schutzpflichten zur Bekämpfung des Bienensterbens
Böttinger, J. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
02.03.16 → 30.09.20
Project: Dissertation project
Social trading and the wisdom of crowds
Pelster, M. (Project manager, academic) & Kapraun, J. (Project manager, academic)
16.03.16 → 31.12.17
Project: Research
Aquiferspeicher: Development of Areas of Application of Middle Deep Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage in Northern Germany from Economic, Geological-Technical, Environmental Chemistry and Legal/Subsidy Policy Perspectives; work packages: Economic, Environmental Chemistry and Legal Analysis of Aquifer Storage
Degenhart, H. (Project manager, academic), Holstenkamp, L. (Coordination), Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic), Opel, O. (Project staff), Strodel, N. (Project staff) & Neidig, P. (Project staff)
01.04.16 → 30.06.19
Project: Research