The Chair of Corporate Management regularly acquires third-party funding. The spectrum of third-party funded projects is broad and ranges from basic research to application-oriented research and knowledge transfer. A total of approximately 2.2 million euros in third-party funding has been raised since the professorship was founded (as of 2023).
Below you will find an overview of successfully acquired (and implemented) third-party funding, transfer and cooperation projects. Please note that some of the outcomes (e.g., reports) are only available in German.
| Project sponsors/cooperation partners | Project period | Topic | Outcomes of the projects (Reports in German) |
| EQUA-Stiftung | 2023-2024 | Women in the management of family businesses | (Ongoing) |
| Montan-Innovation-Lab Saar GmbH | 2023 | The road to a CO2-neutral steel industry | (Ongoing) |
| Nikolaus Koch Stiftung | 2022-2023 | Researching and designing learning for the use of (humanoid) robots - A preparation for the labor market of the future | Project webseite |
| Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) | 2022 | Opportunities and challenges of patent data analysis in the era of Big Data and machine learning. | |
| Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr, Landwirtschaft und Weinbau des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz | 2021-2022 | Innovation cooperations of the innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in Rhineland-Palatinate | Projektbericht |
| Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Innovation, Digitalisierung und Energie des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen | 2021 | Hidden Champions in North Rhine-Westphalia | Project report |
| Stiftung für die Wissenschaft der Sparkassenfinanzgruppe und Stifterverband für die Wissenschaft | 2020-2022 | SMEs and the transformation of their business models towards digitization | Project report |
| Stiftung für die Wissenschaft der Sparkassenfinanzgruppe und Stifterverband für die Wissenschaft | 2020-2022 | SMEs and the transformation of their business models towards sustainability | Project report Dissertation |
| Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie | 2020-2023 | EXIST application "SPIRIT: Development of entrepreneurial competencies in the humanities and social sciences at the University of Trier". | Project website |
| Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr, Landwirtschaft und Weinbau des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz | 2020 | Hidden Champions in Rhineland-Palatinate | Project report |
| Initiative Region Trier | 2018, 2020 | Innovation and innovative companies in the Trier region | Project report |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | 2018-2021 | Decision criteria of venture capitalists in late-stage financing of growth companies | |
| Jackstädt Stiftung | 2017-2019 | Best practices and rules of good corporate governance in foundation companies | Edited volume Dissertation |
| Initiative Region Trier | 2016 | Trier Region as Reflected by Company Opinions (Location Survey) | Project report |
| Wissenschaftsförderung der Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe | 2016 | Financing of European SMEs: Patterns, Determinants and Dynamics over Time | Dissertation |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Luxemburg | 2015-2018 | Internationalization of SMEs | |
| European Commission (Erasmus+) | 2015-2017 | Making Family Business Transfers successful through Education and Training | Project webseite |
| European Investment Bank | 2015 | Financing of European SMEs | Dissertation |
| Jackstädt Stiftung | 2013-2016 | Corporate characteristics and strategy of foundation companies. | |
| EQUA-Stiftung | 2013-2014 | Social responsibility in family businesses | Publikation |
| Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie | 2012 | Motivations and success factors for sideline start-ups | Dissertation |