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14NOV 2025
Research
Congratulation, Dr. Michael Mertel!
On November 13th, our colleague Michael Mertel successfully defended his doctoral thesis. In an outstanding presentation, he proved once more his eager interest in blockchain technologies. Entitled “Understanding the adoption and socioeconomic impact of blockchain technology: An empirical perspective “, his doctoral dissertation examines the socioeconomic impact of blockchain technologies and NFT adoption. It […]On November 13th, our colleague Michael Mertel successfully defended his doctoral thesis. In an outstanding presentation, he proved once more his eager interest in blockchain technologies. Entitled “Understanding the adoption and socioeconomic impact of blockchain technology: An empirical perspective “, his doctoral dissertation examines the socioeconomic impact of blockchain technologies and NFT adoption. It […]
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12NOV 2025
Teaching
Top ranking for “BWL für Ingenieure“: Teaching Evaluation Summer Term 2025
We are happy to announce that our course “BWL für Ingenieure“ by Prof. Kai-Ingo Voigt and Dr. Lothar Czaja has once again been evaluated as one of the best lectures in Bachelor programs of FAU´s Technical Faculty. This is why we are appearing in the top group of the recently published „Bestenliste“. A heartfelt thank […]
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24OCT 2025
Teaching
Great start to our Seminar with Dr. Roland Busch, President and CEO Siemens AG
For the eleventh time in a row, Prof. Dr. Kai-Ingo Voigt kicked-off our Master-Seminar “Strategies of technology-based Industry Firms” together with Dr. Roland Busch, President and CEO of Siemens AG, on October 24th, 2025. With twelve students of our Master programs “Master of Management” and “Master of Industrial Engineering”, we now start to examine the […]
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23OCT 2025
International
Successful Kickoff: Innovation & Entrepreneurship – First Lecture!
On October 23, Prof. Kai-Ingo Voigt, Michael Mertel and Paul Klaußner officially launched this winter’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship course. Together with a group of highly motivated international students, we set the stage for a semester of exploring the latest concepts and real-world practices in entrepreneurship and innovation! A big welcome to our bachelor students from […]
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21OCT 2025
Research
New Research on Digital M&A published in the European Management Journal
We are proud to share our latest article Digital Mergers and Acquisitions: Creating or Destructing Value? is now published in European Management Journal. Authored by Fabian Maisenhelder, Christian Baccarella, Lukas Maier, Julian Müller & Kai-Ingo Voigt, we bring fresh evidence to a long-running debate: when companies acquire digital capabilities through M&A, does the stock market […]
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17OCT 2025
Teaching
Stimulating Kick-off of the MBA “Digital Business & AI” Class 2025-2027 at FAU WiSo
On October 10th, Prof. Kai-Ingo Voigt, Dean of Executive Education and Head of FAU WiSo Executive School, and Prof. Dr. Björn Eskofier welcomed the new DMBA cohort of 2025–2027 to FAU WiSo in Nuremberg. Prof. Eskofier launched the program with the module “Digital Technologies & Applications”. This new cohort marks the 22nd year of FAU’s […]
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