Faculty of Business and Economics

Dissertations in 2023


  • Boyao Zhang
    Extending the Boosting Framework based on Bayesian Methodology
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Bergherr, Chair of Spatial Data Science and Statistical Learning
    Examination date: 24 January 2023

  • Thilo Ketschau
    "Konstruktbasierte Bestimmung domänenorientierter komplexer Problemlösefähigkeit mit Komplexen Standardisierten Itemsequenzen - Testkonstruktion und Fähigkeitsdispositionen in der Domäne Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften" (Construct-based determination of domain-oriented complex problem-solving ability with complex standardised item sequences - Test construction and ability dispositions in the domain of sustainable management)
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Susan Seeber, Chair of Business Education and Human Resource Development
    Examination date: 22 February 2023

  • Tore Dubbert
    Designing fiscal policy - On the trade-off between macroeconomic stabilization and government debt sustainability
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tino Berger, Chair of Empirical International Economics
    Examination date: 24 March 2023

  • Fabian Reinkemeier
    Designing Conversational Agents for Humans: Empirical Studies on Chatbots and Voice Assistants
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Waldemar Toporowski, Chair of Marketing and Retail Management
    Examination date: 6 April 2023

  • David Siepelmeyer
    Development of Material Flow Cost Accounting and Value Added Statements as Planning Instruments for Sustainability Management
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dierkes, Chair of Finance and Control
    Examination date: 14 April 2023

  • Wiebke Vorpahl
    "Förderung von Belastungs-Beanspruchungs-Bewältigung bei Auszubildenden in der Pflege: Eine Interventionsstudie im Rahmen der schulischen Pflegeausbildung" (Promoting stress-strain coping in nursing trainees: an intervention study in the context of school-based nursing education)
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Julia Warwas, Chair of Business Education, especially Theory and Didactics of Vocational Education, University of Hohenheim
    Examination date: 19 April 2023

  • Thore Sören Bischoff
    SME innovation in Regional Innovation Systems
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kilian Bizer, Chair of Economic Policy and SME Research
    Examination date: 21 April 2023

  • Tobias Nießner
    Reflections on Text Mining Approaches in Corporate Failure Prediction based on German Financial Statements
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Matthias Schumann, Chair of Application Systems and E-Business
    Examination date: 25 April 2023

  • Jan René Judek
    Algorithm Decision-Making, Economic Behavior and Predictability in Financial Markets
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kilian Bizer, Chair of Economic Policy and SME Research
    Examination date: 28 April 2023

  • Shu Wang
    Essays on Selected Modem Approaches to Causal Inference in Structural Vector Autoregressions
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Helmut Herwartz, Chair of Econometrics
    Examination date: 10 May 2023

  • Dr. Hauke Meyer
    Socio-cognitive dynamics in directors'evaluations of the CEO: An empirical analysis of CEO dismissal and compensation
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Wolff, Chair of Management and Control
    Examination date: 12 May 2023
    Abstract

  • Christoph Prinz
    Leverage Data Streams for Better Operational Decision-Making: The Case of Smart Sustainable Mobility Environments
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lutz M. Kolbe, Chair of Information Management
    Examination date: 22 May 2023

  • Eike Matthies
    The influence of vocational education and training on innovation. The case of Germany.
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kilian Bizer, Chair of Economic Policy and SME Research
    Examination date: 7 June 2023

  • Hannes Riebl
    Semi-Parametric Distributional Regression in Forestry and Ecology: Software, Models and Applications
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Kneib, Chair of Statistics
    Examination date: 13 June 2023

  • Tatiana Orozco García
    Decision Making in Fragile Settings
    Supervisor: Prof. Marcela Ibañez Diaz, PhD, Chair of Development Economics
    Examination date: 3 July 2023

  • René-Marcel Kruse
    Estimating and evaluating mixed and semiparametric models with statistical and deep learning methods
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Kneib, Chair of Statistics
    Examination date: 4 July 2023

  • Imke de Maeyer
    Corporate valuation with mixed financing strategies and cross-border relations
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dierkes, Chair of Finance and Control
    Examination date: 5 July 2023

  • Niklas Trappe
    On the Determinants of Premiums in Financial Markets
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Olaf Korn, Chair of Finance
    Examination date: 16 August 2023

  • Gesa Stremmel
    It’s not that easy: When marketing of climate-friendly food leads to unintended consequences
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yasemin Boztuğ, Chair of Marketing and Consumer Behavior
    Examination date: 18 August 2023

  • Ann-Marie Sommerfeld
    Empirical Studies on Migration - From Language Learning to Integration Processes
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Schwager, Chair of Public Economics
    Examination date: 23 August 2023

  • Lennart Reiners
    Local Dimensions of Development
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Krisztina Kis-Katos, Chair of International Economic Policy
    Examination date: 25 August 2023

  • Dr. Philipp Hartmann
    Digitization of High-Stakes Exams - Empirical Insights and Design Recommendations for the Digital Execution and Scoring of Exams
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Matthias Schumann, Chair of Application Systems and E-Business
    Examination date: 29 August 2023
    Abstract

  • Lin-Ya Hong
    Recruitment and Employment of Chinese Vocational Students
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. Fabian J. Froese, Chair of Human Resources Management and Asian Business
    Examination date: 5 September 2023

  • Markus Heemann
    Essays in Development Economics and Global Health
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Vollmer, Chair of Development Economics/ Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS)
    Examination date: 14 September 2023

  • Sophie Ochmann
    Addressing Barriers to Human Capital Accumulation: Essays in Development and Health Economics
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Vollmer, Chair of Development Economics/ Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS)
    Examination date: 28 September 2023

  • Matthias Beulmann
    Essays on Technological Change, Economic Growth and the Environment
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Holger Strulik, Chair of Macroeconomics and Development
    Examination date: 5 October 2023

  • Laura Schulze
    Algorithmic Management: Conceptualization and Empirical Investigation of Consequences for Platform Complementors
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manuel Trenz, Chair of Interorganizational Information Systems
    Examination date: 1 November 2023

  • Leonard Seeger
    Towards a low-carbon economy: Factors increasing the focus of institutional investors and corporates on the climate change agenda
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Wolff, Chair of Management and Control
    Examination date: 6 November 2023

  • Utz Johann Pape
    Well-Being and Shocks: Challenges in Poverty Measurement and Analysis
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Vollmer, Professur für Entwicklungsökonomie/ Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS)
    Examination date: 8 November 2023

  • Julian Meier
    Digital transformation of incumbent firms - Empirical insights on antecedents, drivers, and contingency factors
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Wolff, Chair of Management and Control
    Examination date: 10 November 2023

  • Helena Schirmacher
    Through the Jungle of Naturalness: On the Effect of Naturalness in Marketing
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yasemin Boztuğ, Chair of Marketing and Consumer Behavior
    Examination date: 10 November 2023

  • Lukas Wellner
    The Impact and Implementation of International Development Finance
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs, Chair of Development Economics
    Examination date: 14 November 2023

  • Jennifer Klutt
    Business Models in the Sharing Economy: Value proposition and value creation in different types of business models
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Indre Maurer, Chair of Organization and Corporate Development
    Examination date: 28 November 2023

  • Marten von der Heide
    Reporting by Non-Listed Companies on Corporate Social Responsibility
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jörg-Markus Hitz, Chair of Financial Accounting and Financial Analysis, University of Tübingen
    Examination date: 6 December 2023

  • Richard Haarburger
    Essays in quantitative economics: Improvements in measurements and macroeconomic analysis
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tatyana Krivobokova, Chair of Statistics with applications in Economics, University of Vienna
    Examination date: 7 December 2023

  • Jorge Alexis Rincón Barajas
    Current Issues on Rural Development: Land Tenure, Land Use Change and Climate Change
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jann Lay, Head of Research Programme "Globalisation and Development", GIGA - German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien
    Examination date: 15 December 2023