Departmental clusters & interdisciplinary topics and Research Centers
The clusters form the framework for cross-institutional cooperation in teaching and research at LMU Munich.
The LMU Munich School of Management is structured in terms of content into clusters and cross-sectional topics. The bundling of competencies in research and teaching guarantee networked communication and professional exchange at a top level. In total, there are five clusters at the School of Management with different research foci. The clusters work closely with the Centers of Excellenceand other scientific institutions.
Clusters
The cluster Finance & Insurance is based on the following institutes and professorships:
- Institute for Finance & Banking
Prof. Dr. Ralf Elsas - Institute for Capital Markets and Corporate Finance
Prof. Dr. Markus Glaser - Institute for Risk Management and Insurance
Prof. Dr. Andreas Richter - Institut für Financial Innovation and Technology
Prof. Dr. Ryan Riordan - Professorship for Behavioral Risk Management and Insurance
Prof. Dr. Johannes Jaspersen
More about the Finance & Insurance Cluster
The cluster works closely with the Centers of Excellence LMU-ifo Economics & Business Data Center (EBDC) and the Munich Risk and Insurance Center (MRIC).
The cluster focuses on accounting and auditing (Accounting), corporate accounting and controlling (Controlling), and business taxation (Taxation).
The cluster Marketing & Innovation Management is based on the following institutes and professorships:
- Institute for Marketing
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Marko Sarstedt - Institute for Market-based Management
Prof. Dr. Manfred Schwaiger - Professor of Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Sustainability
Prof. Dr. Ali Aslan Gümüşay - Institute for Innovation Management
Prof. Dr. Jelena Spanjol - Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D.
(Full-time director at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition)
The cluster Information Systems & Digital Business is based on the following institutes, professorships and Research Centers:
- Institute of Electronic Commerce and Digital Markets
Prof. Dr. Martin Spann - Institute for Digital Management and New Media
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hess - Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Management
Prof. Dr. Stefan Feuerriegel - Professorship for Digital Services and Sustainability
Prof. Dr. Johann Kranz - Forschungsstelle für Information, Organisation und Management
Operative Leitung Dr. Rahild Neuburger
The cluster works closely with the Centers of Excellence Center for Digital Technology and Management.
The cluster Management & Strategy is based on the following institutes and professorships:
- Institute for Strategy, Technology and Organization
Prof. Dr. Jörg Claussen - Institute for Leadership and Organization
Prof. Dr. Martin Högl - Institute for Strategy, Technology and Organization
Prof. Dr. Tobias Kretschmer - Professorship for International Management
Prof. Dr. Helene Tenzer - Institute of Strategic Management
Prof. Dr. Anja Tuschke - Institute for Human Capital Management
Prof. Dr. Ingo Weller
The area of Human Resource Education & Management is assigned to the Management & Strategy cluster. The following institutes belong to this area:
Cross-cutting topics
Legitimacy & Responsibility
Businesses need legitimacy in order to compete in the marketplace and engage with all stakeholders. The cross-cutting subject area of researching legitimacy and responsibility examines how corporate activities affect the environment and society.
Digital Transformation
Social and economic challenges such as demographic change, urbanization and climate change cannot be solved without digital technologies. The cross-cutting topic Digital Transformation explores the use of digital technologies and their impact on companies' strategies, business models, organizational structures and operations.
Information on the cross-cutting topics Legitimacy & Responsibility and Digital Transformation
Research Centers
- Higher education research and governance
- Prof. Dr. Yvette Hofmann
- Information, Organisation and Management
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Dr. Rahild Neuburger
Forschungsstelle - Research Center
- Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D.