Nahuel Depino-Besada and Timo Sohl presented their new research at the SMS Special Conference, “Stakeholder Governance: New Implications for Organizations and Society.” Their paper employs a difference-in-differences model to study how stakeholder pressures regarding non-financial performance affect firms through their supply chain linkages. At the conference, Edward Freeman—the founder of stakeholder theory—delivered a keynote speech. We will incorporate the insights and recent debates from the event into our teaching for the Bachelor course Corporate Sustainability Strategy (B370).

We are happy to announce that Dr. Nahuel Depino-Besada has joined our team as a Postdoctoral Researcher! Dr. Depino's research examines topics around Sustainability & Strategy and has been featured in journals like Group and Organization Management. Starting this Summer Semester 2026, he will be teaching the Corporate Sustainability Strategy (B.Sc.) tutorials.

The review of the retake exam for “B290 Global Strategy” and “B470 Corporate Strategy: M&A and Divestitures” takes place on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in FSR Ground Floor, Nauklerstr. 47.

Registration

• Monday, April 27, 2026, until Sunday, May 3, 2026.
• Please sign up once the registration period starts by following the instructions for Registration.

The exam review for “B290 Global Strategy” and “B470 Corporate Strategy: M&A and Divestitures” takes place on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in FSR Ground Floor, Nauklerstr. 47.

Registration

• Monday, March 2, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. (noon) until Friday, March 6, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. (noon).
• Please sign up once the registration period starts by following the instructions for Registration. 

Master course “Corporate Strategy: M&A and Divestitures”

• January 15, 2026, Gunnar Müller-Henneberg, Partner at Luther.
• Topic: “Distressed M&A and Corporate Restructuring - A Lawyer´s Perspective”

Students seeking practical M&A experience - here are some internship opportunities:

• M&A and post-merger integration at Deloitte.
• National and cross-boarder M&A at PwC.
• Transactions and M&A at KPMG.
• Strategy & restructuring at EY-Parthenon.
• M&A consulting at Steinbeis.

Media coverage of our recent article on the transmission of economic shocks in multidivisional organizations: “How HQ crises disrupt global retail operations”, in IESE Business School Insight magazine No. 170 (Sept.-Dec. 2025).