This week, the Department of International Management had the pleasure of welcoming distinguished guest lecturers and guest researchers in Nürnberg for enriching academic and teaching-related exchanges.
We were delighted to host Professor Muriel Durand, PhD (EM Normandie) for the fourth time. She...
On May 22nd and 23rd, 2025, the Department of International Management had the pleasure of welcoming two distinguished guest lecturers, Dr. Carina Friedmann-Schneider (Wavestone) and Dr. Susanne Scherer (Audi AG), for the block seminar Strategic Transformation of European Firms. Sixteen students fro...
We are pleased to congratulate Theresa Bernhard on completing her excellent PhD dissertation. Theresa’s thesis concentrated on “Managing Global Mobility. The Role of Reputation, Cultural Intelligence, and Turnover Intentions”. Two papers have already been published in prestigious international manag...
Professor Dirk Holtbrügge and the team of the Department of International Management warmly welcome Aisha Munir, M.Sc., as a new member of the IM-team. As successor of Dr. Laura Kirste who left the team for new responsibilities, Aisha contributes to our team as a research and teaching associate. If...
The article “Multinational enterprises and sustainable business in emerging markets” by Maoliang Bu (Nanjing University), Faith Hatani (Copenhagen Business School), Dirk Holtbrügge and Ari Van Assche (HEC, Montréal) has been published in the Journal of International Management.
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The question of whether foreign direct investment (FDI) has positive or negative effects on the home and host countries is more relevant than ever in times of growing protectionism. With respect to the environmental impact of FDI, the pollution haven hypothesis argues that multinational corporations...
AI has the potential to transform higher education by offering personalized learning experiences tailored to individual student needs. Classes often consist of a diverse group of students with different cultural and linguistic backgrounds and with different communication and learning styles. This ca...
The article “Apologize or Deny? How Companies Defend Legitimacy of Wall Street, Main Street and Market Street after Corporate Misconduct" by Prof. Dr. Marc Oberhauser (ESCP Madrid), Dr. Marcus Conrad (Schaeffler) and Prof. Dr. Dirk Holtbrügge has been accepted for publication in Corporate Social Res...
Professor Dr. Dirk Holtbrügge, Dean of International Affairs, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on research and teaching with Staffordshire University, School of Business, UK. Staffordshire University is located in Stoke-on-Trent, the twin city of Erlangen. The agreement allows students of ...
Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development” attended the Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business 2024 in Seoul, Korea. We presented our latest research on topics including CSR in established and emerging industries, sustainability in global supply ...
