Research News

Overly Self-Confident CEOs Avoid Strategic Change in Organizations
A new study from the University of Mannheim’s Business School finds that CEOs with exaggerated self-confidence show a preference for steadiness within organizations.
Top rankings for Mannheim business professors
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult Christian Homburg and Senior Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Martin Weber receive top rankings in WirtschaftsWoche research ranking, lifetime achievement category
GBP Monitor December
In times of crisis, managers continue to focus primarily on balance sheet profits.
University of Applied Sciences Mannheim and University of Mannheim to Receive EUR 12 Million for Joint Project on Technology and Knowledge Transfer
The University of Applied Sciences Mannheim and the University of Mannheim have been successful with a joint application to the “Innovative Hochschule” funding initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF): starting in January 2023, both Mannheim higher education institutions ...
Dr. Dieter Thoma Recognized for Research on Plurilingualism
The researcher at the Department of English has been awarded the 2022 Paul Pimsleur Award.
Research Project Generates New Findings on War Games
For the past two years, Dr. Daniela Kuschel, academic staff member in the department of Romance Literatures and Media Studies, has analyzed how wars in Romance language countries are represented in analog and digital games.
GBP Monitor: Companies in Germany Are Reluctant to Adapt to the Digital Age
More than 40 percent of the companies in Germany are affected by the property tax reform and have to provide information on real estate property. However, less than half of them use the reform as a reason to digitize the underlying business processes. This is documented in the November report of ...
Beate Kohler hat graue Haare und eine rot umrandete Brille. Im Hintergrund sieht man lilanen Flieder.
ECPR Honors Beate Kohler for Lifetime Achievement
The European academic association ECPR acknowledges the political scientist from Mannheim as a pioneer with strong influence on the field.