Faculty VII - Economics and Management
Research Projects
Here you learn about some of the faculty's projects from the various transformation fields and key application areas. Further projects and research topics are presented on the chairs' websites.
Digitalisation
| Project | Method | Chair |
|---|---|---|
| Performance reporting and its information processing by professional investors | Behavioural Science | Accounting and Management Control |
| Acceptance of on-the-fly computing markets | Behavioural Science | Digital Markets |
| Service Provider Retention on Matching Platforms | Behavioural Science | Digital Markets |
| Leibniz ScienceCampus: Berlin Centre for Consumer Policies | Economic Policy & Law | Empirical Industrial Economics |
| Development and measurement of the digitization of the economy at the location in Germany | Economic Policy & Law | Empirical Industrial Economics |
| Crowdfunding platforms | Finance and Investment | |
| Hybrid multi-agent system for self-controlling steel production (HyMAS) | Management Science | Production and Operations Management |
| Integrated System for European Digital Learning | Management Science | Production and Operations Management |
| Zero-carbon manufacturing | Management Science | Production and Operations Management |
| Realitaetenlabor | Data & Design Science | Information and Communication Management |
| Service for online fake identification in e-commerce (SOFIE) | Data & Design Science | Information and Communication Management |
| Automated test reports and augmented reality interface for retailers (ATARI) | Data & Design Science | Information and Communication Management |
| Digital Twins | Data & Design Science | Logistics |
| Strategic interactions in online markets: behavior-based price discrimination and online privacy; monetisation mechanisms in the creator economy; reward-based crowdfunding | Behavioural Science | Microeconomics |
| Anchoring bias in (online) markets: anchored strategic reasoning; anchoring in consumer-generated ratings | Behavioural Science | Microeconomics |
| Decision impairments in (online) markets: distractions, time pressure; consumer misperceptions in the provision and interpretation of information with focus on ratings for credence goods; timing of purchase decisions; market design with endogenous preferences | Behavioural Science | Microeconomics |
| Data Portability | Trust in Digital Services | |
| Trust in AI | Trust in Digital Services | |
| Two-sided markets in the Global South | Trust in Digital Services | |
| Legal framework of additive manufacturing | Economic, Policy and Law | Civil, Commercial, Corporate und Innovation Law |
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
| Project | Method | Chair |
|---|---|---|
| The importance of management control systems for startup funding — Empirical evidence from external financiers | Management Science | Accounting and Management Control |
| SROI: Sustainable Return on Investment | Data & Design Science | Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management |
| Female Innovation | Behavioural Science | Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management |
| How an entrepreneur profits from his decision bias | Finance and Investment | |
| Visual Brand Identity - Sales Effects of Consumers’ Ability to Identify a Product’s Brand based on its Aesthetics | Behavioural Science | Marketing |
| Stylistic Ensembles - How the Embedding of Products in Stylistic Ensembles Affects Products’ Attributed Meaning and Perceived Value | Behavioural Science | Marketing |
| Design Styles of Office Spaces - The Effect of Interior Design on Employees' Mindsets and Behavioral Outcomes | Behavioural Science | Marketing / Technology and Innovation Management |
Sustainability
| Projekt | Methode | Fachgebiet |
|---|---|---|
| Pursuing societal aims through corporate participation: Which type of organizational intervention is most effective? | Management Science | Accounting and Management Control |
| Care Consumers in Pursuit of Meaning: Consumption Practices and Tensions in Institutional Care | Behavioural Science | Digital Markets |
| Fairwork: Improving Working Conditions for Platform Workers in Germany | Data & Design Science | Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management |
| Disincentives in financing and economically sustainable solutions | Finance and Investment | |
| BioTOP | Economic Policy & Law | Innovation Economics |
| ConCirMy (Configurator for the Circular Economy) | Economic Policy & Law | Innovation Economics |
| German Standardization Panel | Data & Design Science | Innovation Economics |
| Competence center for international logistics networks (ILNET) | Management Science | Logistics |
| SELECT | Data & Design Science | Logistics |
| How inequality and identity impact global climate solutions -- and what economics can do | Economic Policy & Law | Sustainable Use of Natural Resources |
| Is meat too cheap? Toward optimal meat taxation | Economic Policy & Law | Sustainable Use of Natural Resources |
| Sugar taxation and sugar content | Economic Policy & Law | Public Sector and Health Economics |
| Meat taxation and animal welfare | Economic Policy & Law | Public Sector and Health Economics |
| Measuring internalities | Economic Policy & Law | Public Sector and Health Economics |
| Open-source modeling of the future role of renewable hydrogen in Germany and Europe | Data & Design Science | Economic and Infrastructure Policy |
| TRAJECTS: Transnational Centre for Just Transitions in Energy, Climate and Sustainability | Behavioural Science | Economic and Infrastructure Policy |
| zirkulierBAR: Inter-community acceptance for sustainable value creation from sanitary by-product streams. | Economic Policy & Law | Economic and Infrastructure Policy |
Energy & Resources
| Project | Method | Chair |
|---|---|---|
| Pursuing societal aims through corporate participation: Which type of organizational intervention is most effective? | Management Science | Accounting and Management Control |
| Hybrid multi-agent system for self-controlling steel production (HyMAS) | Management Science | Production and Operations Management |
| Integrated System for European Digital Learning | Management Science | Production and Operations Management |
| Zero-carbon manufacturing | Management Science | Production and Operations Management |
| BioTOP | Economic Policy & Law | Innovation Economics |
| ConCirMy (Configurator for the Circular Economy) | Economic Policy & Law | Innovation Economics |
| Competence center for international logistics networks (ILNET) | Management Science | Logistics |
| How inequality and identity impact global climate solutions -- and what economics can do | Economic Policy & Law | Sustainable Use of Natural Resources |
| Meat taxation and animal welfare | Economic Policy & Law | Public Sector and Health Economics |
| Open-source modeling of the future role of renewable hydrogen in Germany and Europe | Data & Design Science | Economic and Infrastructure Policy |
| TRAJECTS: Transnational Centre for Just Transitions in Energy, Climate and Sustainability | Behavioural Science | Economic and Infrastructure Policy |
| zirkulierBAR: Inter-community acceptance for sustainable value creation from sanitary by-product streams | Economic Policy & Law | Economic and Infrastructure Policy |
Health
| Project | Method | Chair |
|---|---|---|
| Care Consumers in Pursuit of Meaning: Consumption Practices and Tensions in Institutional Care | Behavioural Science | Digital Markets |
| Is meat too cheap? Toward optimal meat taxation | Economic Policy & Law | Sustainable Use of Natural Resources |
| Sugar taxation and sugar content | Economic Policy & Law | Public Sector and Health Economics |
| Measuring internalities | Economic Policy & Law | Public Sector and Health Economics |
| Data protection aspects of the processing of health data | Economic Policy & Law | Civil, Commercial, Corporate und Innovation Law |
Mobility
| Project | Method | Chair |
|---|---|---|
| SELECT | Data & Design Science | Logistics |
| Digital Twins | Data & Design Science | Logistics |
| Supporting climate mitigation instruments at the subnational level | Economic Policy & Law | Sustainable Use of Natural Resources |
| Legal framework for automated and networked traffic systems | Economic, Policy and Law | Business, Company and Technology Law |