Research at the Faculty
"The economy is not an island in society - and in this spirit we carry out basic and transfer-oriented research that places economic issues in the context of society as a whole and brings them into exchange with practice." - translated from the original in German
Prof. Dr. Jörg Freiling, Prodekan
Unsere Forschung in Zahlen
22
Working groups
1,5
Int. Publications/Professor
20
International Visiting Researchers
1,5
Doctorates/Professor
150
Active Researchers
120.000
Euro Third-party Funding/Professor
Our Topics
Finance, Accounting and Taxes
The topics range from fiscal issues and governance mechanisms to new technological forms of financial services and corporate decision-making. These include, in particular, accounting, asset and risk management and the taxation and auditing of companies.
Innovation Economics
Innovation processes are examined in micro- and macroeconomic models, with reference to development and innovation potentials of the regional economy and in operational decision processes with traditional and modern, for example evolutionary methods.
Logistics
Logistics deals with economic, technical and formal-analytical topics. A special focus is the maritime economy. Here, the development, evaluation and communication of innovative techno-economic measures for the design and control of processes are in focus.
Management and Entrepreneurship
The topic area comprises management and governance of (multi)national companies. The research interest is focused on start-ups as well as the interaction of different actors of multinational companies. It is supplemented by questions of personnel management, sustainable corporate management and the organisation of companies.
Marketing
Marketing questions in the age of big data, e-commerce and artificial intelligence are the focus of the topic area. Particular attention is paid to current technological developments, in particular digitalisation. On the basis of current scientific findings, innovative methods are developed for use in practice.
Statistics und Econometrics
The topic area aims to answer current questions in business and economics with modern quantitative methods. A special focus is on the development and application of time series models in finance and risk management.
Our Graduate Research Group „Diginomics - Digitalisation, Economy &Society"
The graduate research group "Diginomics - Digitalisation, Economy & Society" examines entrepreneurial, ethical, socio-political and industrial psychological questions for the newly emerging or newly forming digital markets, value chains and organizations. The content of the paper includes questions related to blockchain, digital finance, artificial intelligence and platform economics. The development of innovative methods such as self-learning algorithms is also being worked on.