Prizes & Awards

LMU Munich School of Management is proud to have received numerous prizes and awards in recent years. Our researchers and faculty have been recognized for their outstanding achievements in a wide range of categories as well as for their innovative projects and commitment. The awards are a testament to the fact that the work of our faculty is of the highest international standard and that we are constantly striving to improve our performance to enrich the academic community and society at large.

Some of our awards include the Best Paper Award. It is awarded for outstanding conference papers and the best scientific paper, monograph or original article.

Best Paper Award

The Best Paper Award is given for the best scientific paper, monograph or original article, published or accepted for publication by a publisher or journal in the year prior to the submission deadline. Awards are also given for conference papers.

Quantifying Model Selection Uncertainty via Bootstrapping and Akaike Weights: A Multimodel Inference Approach
05/2023 - Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.. Marko Sarstedt received the William R. Darden Best Research Methodology Paper Award of the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) for his co-authored paper "Quantifying Model Selection Uncertainty via Bootstrapping and Akaike Weights: A Multimodel Inference Approach."

Exploring the differential and interaction effects of contractual and relational governance mechanisms 12/2022 - Prof. Johann Kranz erhielt für seine Studie "Strategic innovation in IT outsourcing: Exploring the differential and interaction effects of contractual and relational governance mechanisms" (to the study) den Best Paper Runners-up Award des Journal of Strategic Information Systems.

Measuring Tax Complexity across Countries – A Survey Based Approach - For their paper Measuring Tax Complexity across Countries - A Survey Based Approach, Prof. Deborah Schanz and Susann Sturm from the Institute for Taxation and Accounting, together with co-authors Professor Sureth-Sloane and Thomas Hoppe from the University of Paderborn, received the award for the best conference paper at the VHB annual conference.

Mobile Advertising: A Framework and Research Agenda- Prof. Spann, along with his co-authors, won the 2016 Best Published Article Award in the Journal of Interactive Marketing for the paper Mobile Advertising: A Framework and Research Agenda.

How do News Media Influence Perception of Corporate Reputation – an Empirical Investigation of Media Topics, their Amount and Valence - The Best Paper Award at the Global Marketing Conference 2016 went to Johanna Eberhardt and Manfred Schwaiger for the contribution How do News Media Influence Perception of Corporate Reputation – an Empirical Investigation of Media Topics, their Amount and Valence.

Social Ties and Quality Signals – Lessons from the Migration of East German Inventors - In 2016, Dietmar Harhoff, together with S. Bender, M. Dorner, T. Hinz aand K. Hoisl, received the Academy of Management TIM Best Paper Award for the contribution Social Ties and Quality Signals – Lessons from the Migration of East German Inventors im Rahmen des Academy of Management Meeting, Anaheim.

Samuel Mühlemanner, together with Harald Pfeifer, received the Swiss Leading House Best Paper Award 2016 for the article The Structure of Hiring Costs in Germany, published in: Industrial Relations, 55(2),193-218.

Best Reviewer Award

Best Reviewer Award der Strategic Management Division (STR) Division for Dr. Constantin Meyer on the 80. Virtual Annual Meeting der Academy of Management (AoM) 2020.

Best Reviewer Award der Strategic Management Division (STR) Division for Dr. Constantin Meyer on the 79. Annual Meeting der Academy of Management (AoM) 2019 in Boston, MA, USA.

Rouven Kanitzof the Institut für Leadership und Organisation, receives the Best Reviewer Award of the Organizational Development and Change (ODC) Division of the 77. Annual Meeting der Academy of Management (AoM) 2017 in Atlanta GA.

Best Reviewer Award of the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of Dr. Anke Schulz on the 76. Annual Meeting der Academy of Management (AoM) 2016 in Anaheim, CA, USA.

Best Reviewer Award, Organizational Behavior Division, for Dr. Rouven Kanitz on the Academy of Management Meeting 2016 in Anaheim.

Awards

• 2023: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Marko Sarstedt was appointed as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate™.
• 2023: Prof. Dr. Johannes Jaspersen receives the Early Career Achievement Award der American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA).
• 2023: Prof. Dr. Helene Tenzer receives the Therese von Bayern Award. Further information in the commemorative brochure.
• 2023: Dr. Camila Back receives for her Dissertation „The Behavioral Economics of Digital Customer-Firm Interactions" at Institute of Electronic Commerce and Digital Markets the Sponsorship Award of the Munich University Society.
• Admission of Prof. Dr. Thomas Hess as a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
• Admission of Prof. Dr. Martin Spann to the National Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
• 2017: Florian El Mouaaouy received the doctoral award of the Forum Münchener Betriebswirte e.V. for outstanding doctoral theses in the field of business administration
• 2016: Silja Hartmann erhält den Dissertation Award 2016 der Organization Development and Change Division der Academy of Management im Rahmen der 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.

#1 in Business Administration

The faculty also regularly receives awards for its study program in business administration. In the latest ranking, it achieved first place among faculties in Germany. LMU also regularly receives awards for its research and teaching and is also at the top level in international comparisons.

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