In addition to research, there are many projects run by the professorships that involve the transfer of scientific knowledge into practice. The Faculty of Business Administration is also home to the SME Research Centre (Forschungzentrum Mittelstand, FZM).

Here you will find an overview of the topics (sorted alphabetically) with contact persons. You can find access to the pages of the professorships here.

 

Nachhaltigkeit und Umwelt 
Corporate Social ResponsibilityUniv.-Prof. Jörn Block
DecarbonizationUniv.-Prof. Jörn Block
GreenwashingUniv.-Prof. Jörn Block
Circular economyUniv.-Prof. Jörn Block
Sustainability in personnel management and organisational designUniv.-Prof. Katrin Mühlfeld-Kerstan,
Univ.-Prof. Thorsten Semrau
Sustainability reportingUniv.-Prof. Matthias Wolz
Ecological sustainabilityUniv.-Prof. Jörn Block
Social EntrepreneurshipUniv.-Prof. Jörn Block
  
Organisation and human resoure management 
Works councilsUniv.-Prof. Laszlo Goerke
Change ManagementUniv.-Prof. Thorsten Semrau
Employer BrandingUniv.-Prof. Katrin Mühlfeld-Kerstan
Expectation gaps in corporate communicationsUniv.-Prof. Matthias Wolz
Family businessUniv.-Prof. Jörn Block
LeadershipUniv.-Prof. Thorsten Semrau
Labour unionsUniv.-Prof. Laszlo Goerke
Creativity in the company and employee innovationUniv.-Prof. Katrin Mühlfeld-Kerstan
Univ.-Prof. Thorsten Semrau
ParticipationUniv.-Prof. Laszlo Goerke
MittelstandUniv.-Prof. Jörn Block
Organisational culture and cultural managementUniv.-Prof. Thorsten Semrau
Language in personnel management and organisational designUniv.-Prof. Katrin Mühlfeld-Kerstan
Start-ups and entrepreneurshipUniv.-Prof. Jörn Block
Univ.-Prof. Thorsten Semrau
  
Digitalisation and new technologies 
Digitisation as part of the annual auditUniv.-Prof. Matthias Wolz
Digitalisation, AI and robotics in HR management and organisational designUniv.-Prof. Katrin Mühlfeld-Kerstan
Intellectual property and patentsUniv.-Prof. Jörn Block
Environmental innovationsUniv.-Prof. Jörn Block
  
Taxes, finances and reporting 
Incentive-compatible regulation of accounting and its auditUniv.-Prof. Matthias Wolz
Banking and financial intermediationUniv.-Prof. Axel Adam-Müller
Behavioral FinanceUniv.-Prof. Marc Oliver Rieger
Taxation of group structuresUniv.-Prof. Lutz Richter
Use of derivativesUniv.-Prof. Axel Adam-Müller
External accountingUniv.-Prof. Axel Adam-Müller
Financial and capital marketsUniv.-Prof. Axel Adam-Müller
Global minimum taxationUniv.-Prof. Lutz Richter
Add-back taxationUniv.-Prof. Lutz Richter
Managerial CompensationUniv.-Prof. Axel Adam-Müller
Accounting and auditing of financial service providers and fundsUniv.-Prof. Matthias Wolz
Determination of taxable profitUniv.-Prof. Lutz Richter
Structured financial productsUniv.-Prof. Marc Oliver Rieger
Company valuationUniv.-Prof. Axel Adam-Müller
Exit taxationUniv.-Prof. Lutz Richter
  
Marketing, trade and international management 
BrandingUniv.-Prof. Bernhard Swoboda
Cultural Economics and FinanceUniv.-Prof. Marc Oliver Rieger
Trade managementUniv.-Prof. Bernhard Swoboda
International BusinessUniv.-Prof. Bernhard Swoboda
International E-CommerceUniv.-Prof. Bernhard Swoboda
Consumer goods marketingUniv.-Prof. Bernhard Swoboda
Cultural differences in economic preferencesUniv.-Prof. Marc Oliver Rieger
Comparison of the German tax system with the Austrian tax systemUniv.-Prof. Lutz Richter