Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft

Business Research Seminar at the School of Business and Economics

Covering the entire spectrum of research in business and management and different backgrounds and career stages, the Business Research Seminar invites scholars from institutions around the globe to present their work in Tübingen. The Business Research Seminar is hosted by Prof. Dr. Jörg-Markus Hitz.

Talks take place on campus (Fakultätssitzungsraum, Nauklerstr. 47 ground floor) and they usually start on Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. (local time). 

Program Summer Winter Term 2026/27

 

November 11

Mischa Seiter, Professor of Interorganizational Management & Control (Ulm University)

Title: The Effects of Mandatory and Voluntary Relative Performance Information on Employee Performance in Skill Development - A Field Experiment  

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November 18

Doron Reichmann, Assistant Professor of Economics and Business (Goethe University Frankfurt)

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Previous Guest Speakers

2026 Summer Term:

Christian Schulze, Associate Professor of Marketing (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)

Hideo Owan, Professor of Political Science and Economics (Waseda University, Tokyo)

Martin Schneider, Professor of Human Resources (University of Paderborn)

 

2025/26 Winter Term:

Christina Kühnl, Professor of Marketing (University of Stuttgart)

Maximilian Muhn, Professor of Accounting and Sustainability Reporting (Goethe University Frankfurt)

Kay Blaufus, Professor of Cluster Accounting & Taxation (Leibniz University Hannover)

Olaf Korn, Professor of Finance (Georg-August University Göttingen)

 

2025 Summer Term:

Charlene Chen, Senior Lecturer (Macquarie University)

Maurizio Daniele, PostDoc (KOF Swiss Economic Institut, ETH Zürich)

Sebastian Mielke, Specialist solicitor in insolvency and restructuring law (Menold Bezler)

Martin Jacob, Professor of Accounting and Control (IESE Business School, University of Navarra)

Harm Schütt, Professor of Accounting (WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management) 

Sebastian Gehricke, Senior Lecturer (University of Otago)

Marlene Koch, Assistant Professor of Finance (University of Maastricht)

 

2024 Summer Term:

Simone Wies, Ph.D. Professor of Marketing Strategy & Performance (Goethe University Frankfurt)

Max Braun, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management (LMU München)

Felix Vetter, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Accounting & Taxation (University of Mannheim)

Robert Simmons, Professor of Organizational Economics (Lancaster University Management School, England) 

Lucas Stich, Professor of Marketing Analytics (University of Würzburg)

 

2023/24 Winter Term

Patricia Breuer, Assistant Professor of Accounting (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Reeyarn Li, PostDoc (University of Paderborn)

Sebastian Reiche, Professor of the Department of Managing People in Organizations (IESE Business School University of Navarra)

Wladislaw Mill, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Economics (University of Mannheim)

Timo Vogelsang, Associate Professor of Controlling & Managerial Accounting (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)

 

2023 Summer Term

Gopal Krishnan, Professor of Accounting, Trustee Professor (Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts)

Sebastian Tideman, Assistant Professor in Accounting (Syracuse University)

Max Pachali, Assistant Professor, (Tilburg School of Economics and Management, Department of Marketing)

Ignacio Palacios-Huerta, Professor of Management, (London School of Economics)

 

2022/23 Winter Term 

Christoph Schneider, Professor of Finance (WWU Münster)

Thomas Keusch, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Accounting and Control (INSEAD, France)

Klaus Schaeck, Ph.D. Professor of Banking and Finance (University of Bristol, UK)

Dr. Thomas TLPR Peeters, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics of the Erasmus School of Economics ESE, (Erasmus University Rotterdam) 

 

2022 Summer Term

Alex Krumer, Ph.D. Professor of Sports Economics (Molde University College, Norway) 

Philipp Klein, Assistant Professor Chair of Banking (WWU Münster)

Michael Lechner, Professor of Econometrics (Swiss Institute of Empirical Economic Research at the University of St. Gallen)

Katrin Talke, Professor of Marketing (TU Berlin)

 

2021/22 Winter Term:

Nicole Gillespie, Ph.D. KPMG Chair in Organizational Trust and Professor of Management (University of Queensland Business School)

Lara Lobschat, Assistant Professor for Marketing & Supply Chain Management (School of Business and Economics Maastricht University)

Vanessa Flagmeier, Assistant Professor for Business Administration with a focus on Accounting (University of Passau) 

 

2021 Summer Term

Sönke Sievers, Professor for International Accounting (University of Paderborn)

Bradley L. Kirkman, Distinguished Professor of Leadership (Poole College of Management North Carolina State University)

Daniel Blaseg, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship (ESADE Business School)

 

2020 Summer Term

Matthias Heinz, Professor of Strategy (University of Köln)

Martin Jacob, Professor of Business Taxation (WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management)

Alexander Bleier, Assistant Professor of Marketing (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)

Paolo Saona, Ph.D. Professor in Finance (Saint Louis University Madrid)

 

2019 Winter Term

Anja Iseke, Professor of Human Resources Management (Technische Hochschule OWL)

Maximilian Todtenhaupt, Ph.D. Assistant Professor (Norwegian School of Economics NHH)

Max Bruche, Professor of Finance (Humboldt-University of Berlin)

Klaus Miller, Assistant Professor of Quantitative Marketing (Goethe University of Frankfurt)

 

2019 Summer Term

Daniel Saavedra, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Accounting (UCLA Anderson School of Management, California)

Ana-Maria Fuertes, Ph.D. Professor of Finance and Econometrics (Cass Business School, University of London)

Andreas Walter, Professor of Financial Services (Justus-Liebig-University Giessen)

Jan Hendrik Fisch, Professor of International Business (Vienna University of Economics & Business )

Mark Heitmann, Professor of Marketing & Customer Insight (University of Hamburg)

Andrew Smith, Ph.D. Professor of Consumer Behaviour (Nottingham University Business School)

Martin Thomas Hibbeln, Professor of Finance (University of Duisburg-Essen)

Frank Germann, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Marketing (Mendoza College of Business, Notre Dame, Indiana); 

 

2018/19 Winter Term

Sebastien Bradley, Associate Professor of Economics (LeBow College of Business, Drexel University)

Corinna Woyand, Associate Manager (Deloitte)

Christoph Sextroh, Professor of Accounting & Corporate Governance (University of Oldenburg)

Florian Kunze, Professor of Organizational Behaviour (University of Konstanz)

Konstantin Wagner, Junior Research Affiliate (Halle Institute for Econonmic Research); 

 

2018 Summer Term

Markus Nagler, Professor of Labour Market and Innovation Economics (LMU München)

Leslie Robinson, Associate Professor of Business Administration (Tuck School of Business Darthmouth)

Linh T.Tô, Assistant Professor of Economics (Boston University)

Kay Blaufus, Professor of Business Taxation (Leibniz University Hannover)

Bernd Frick, Professor of Organisational, Media and Sports Economics (University of Paderborn)

Nicola Breugst, Professor of Entrepreneurial Behavior (TUM Entrepreneurship Research Institute)

Patrick Buchmüller, Professor of Economics and Business Administration: Banking and Finance (DHBW Villingen-Schwenningen) 

 

2017/18 Winter Term 

Patrick Herbst, Senior Lecturer of Accounting and Finance (University of Stirling)

Christoph Merkle, Associate Professor of Economics and Business Economics (Aarhus University)

Ulf Brüggemann, Professor of Accounting  (Humboldt-University of Berlin)

Julia Müller, Professor of Organisational Economics (Universität Münster)

Martin Spann, Director of the Insitute of E-Commerce and Digital Markets (LMU München)

Sebastian Müller, Professor of Finance (TMU School of Management München)

 

2017 Summer Term

Andreas Pfingsten, Professor of Banking (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster)

Nathan Seegert, Professor of Economics (University of Utah)

Edlira Shehu, Associate Professor of Marketing (University of Denmark, SDU)

 

2016 Summer Term

Peter Zweifel, Associate Professor of Economic Policy (University of Zürich)

Steffen Rapp, Professor of Business Administration (Philipps-Universität Marburg)

Pooyan Khashabi, Associate Professor of Strategy  (ESSEC Business School)

Nina Smith, Professor Emerita of Economics and Business Economics (Aarhus University)

Jana Thiel, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship  (Maastricht University)

Johannes Jaspersen, Professor of Behavioral Risk Management and Insurance (LMU)

Zacharias Sautner, Professor of Sustainable Finance (University of Zürich)

Christopher Bleibtreu, Professor of Accounting and Operations Managament (University of Konstanz)

Simona Mutu, Associate Professor of Finance (Babes-Bolyai University, Romania)

 

2015/16 Winter Term

Harm Schütt, Professor of Accounting (WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management)

Daniel Saavedra, Assistant Professor of Accounting (UCLA Anderson School of Management, USA)

 

2015 Summer Term

Vijaya Bhaskar Marisetty, Professor of Indian Institute of Management (RMIT University)

Franziska Völckner, Professor of Marketing (University of Köln)

Ulrike Stefani, Professor of Accounting (University of Konstanz)

Sebastien Bradley, Associate Professor of Economics (Drexel University Philadelphia, USA)

 

2015

Michael Ebert, Professor of Business Administration/ Management Accounting (University of Paderborn)

Werner Güth, Professor Emeritus of Experimental Economics (Max-Planck-Institut for Economics, Jena)

Dirk Schindler, Professor of International Taxation (NHH Bergen)

Deborah Schanz, Professor of Business Taxation (LMU München)

 

2014

Alexandra Hess, Ph.D. (Waikato Management School, Hamilton Neuseeland)

Dirk Sliwka, Professor of Management (University of Köln)

Martin Jacob, Professor of Accounting and Control Department (University of Navarra)

Hendrik Vrijburg, Assistant Professor of Economics (Leiden University)

Johannes Voget, Professor of Taxation and Finance (University of Mannheim)

 

2013

Lars Helge Haß, Professor of Accounting & Finance (University of Strathclyde)

Frank Germann, Professor of Marketing (University of Notre Dame Indiana, USA)

Christian Leuz, Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting & Finance  (University of Chigaco Booth School of Business)

Valentyna Melnyk, Professor of Marketing (Tillburg University, Netherlands)

Harald van Heerde, Professor of Marketing (University of New South Wales, Sydney) 

Carsten Bienz, Assistant Professor of Economics (Norwegian School of Economics NHH Bergen)