Lecture: Mo. 12-14h, HZO 40, First session: 10 October 2022 Further information on this course will be provided in the first session.
UPDATE: ENROLLMENT in “Cost-Benefit Analysis” (WiSe 2022/23) STILL POSSIBLE!
Update: Enrollment (full name and matriculation number) is still possible until Monday, 17 October 2022, and takes place via email (ieeadmin@ruhr-uni-bochum.de). The maximum number of course participants is set to 30. You will be informed directly via email whether a seminar place has been assigned to you.
ruhrFOUNDER – Pre-Event ruhrSUMMIT 2022 – Montag, 13. Juni 2022, UFO – Ruhr Universität Bochum
Die Ruhr:HUB GmbH lädt herzlich zum Pre-Event des ruhrSUMMIT - den ruhrFOUNDER - ein. Beim ruhrFOUNDER berichten mehrere Start-up Gründer*innen von ihrem Werdegang vom Studierenden zum „Founder” und erläutern, welche Angebote der Hochschule sie auf diesem Wege begleitet haben. Dabei werden nicht nur Erfolgsstories erzählt, sondern auch die individuellen Hürden der...
PDMA Global Student Innovation Challenge
The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) searches for innovative student ideas for their Global Student Innovation Challenge. Finalist teams will present their concept at the PDMA 2022 Annual Conference in Orlando. More information here.
Innovative ideas in climate, environment, energy or resource conservation wanted
Innovative product, process or service ideas with market potential in the sectors climate, environment, energy or resource conservation are highly appreciated for the KUER.NRW Business plan competition, for which the jury is supported by Prof. Dr. Bröring. Further information here.
RTG Workshop on Ports, Cities, and Borders in International Trade
Organised by : Christiane Hellmanzik (TU Dortmund), Sanne Kruse-Becher (Ruhr-University Bochum) and Jens Wrona (University Duisburg-Essen) Funded by the Research Training Group Regional Disparities and Economic Policy Dates and Location 6th - 7th of September 2022 at the Nikolauskloster Jüchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Speakers Jan Bakker (Bocconi University) Marius Brüllhart...
Dr. Michael Rennings (geb. Wustmans) was appointed as Academic Council
On May 01, 2022, Dr. Michael Rennings (geb. Wustmans) was appointed by Prof. Dr. Michael Roos (left side), Dean of the Faculty, as Academic Council, and thus, is part of the chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models.
Special Issue on The Human Side of Innovation Management in JPIM
CEIT is happy to announce the appearance of a special issue on "The Human Side of Innovation Management" in the current issue of the Journal of Product Innovation Management. The special issue was edited by Matthias Weiss (CEIT), Markus Baer (Washington University St. Louis), and Martin Hoegl (LMU Munich). The...
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring presents the CEIT at Z.Wan 2022
On May 03, 2022 Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring held a keynote on the topic "Start-ups, business models and transformation? - Insights into the O-Werk" at Z.Wan 2022 (Future. Water. Agile. Network.). As part of the event organized by the Competence Center Digital Water Management (KDW), she explained the role of...
New publication on interdisciplinary research in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management published
The paper "Assessing Interdisciplinary Research Within an Emerging Technology Network: A Novel Approach Based on Patents in the Field of Bioplastics" by Laura Borge (University of Bonn), Michael Wustmans (RUB) and Stefanie Bröring (RUB) got published in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. Open Access here.
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring is head of the new chair for Entrepreneurship and innovative Business Models
Here is an interesting article about Stefanie Bröring researching about new technologies and start-ups together with her team.
New publication in the Journal of Organizational Behavior
The Paper "Gender diversity and team performance under time pressure: The role of team withdrawal and information elaboration" by Eric Kearney (University of Potsdam), Stefan Razinskas (FU Berlin), Matthias Weiss (CEIT), and Martin Hoegl (LMU Munich) was accepted for publication in the Journal of Organizational Behavior.
Papers accepted for presentation at the Academy of Management (AOM) 2022 Conference
The CEIT celebrates the acceptance of three papers for this year's AOM Conference: "Stuck in the Middle: A Meta-Analysis on Innovation in Virtual Teams and the Role of Media Richness" by Matthias Sinnemann and Matthias Weiss (both CEIT), "A Meta-Analysis of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and their Effects on Entrepreneurial Activity" by...
Date Resit Exam Foundations of Entrepreneurship
The Resit Exam for the course Foundations of Entrepreneurship will take place on June 15, 14-16h. To participate, registration on FlexNow during the registration period is required.
Auswahl von Bürger:innen für das Nationale Begleitgremium (2018-2020)
Die CURE-Mitglieder Julia Reinermann und Jan-Hendrik Kamlage veröffentlichten jüngst die Studie Weiterentwicklung des Konzepts zur Auswahl von Bürger:innen für das Nationale Begleitgremium und dessen Durchführung im Zeitraum 2018 – 2020. Die Studie stammt aus der Förderzeit am Kulturwissenschaftlichen Institut Essen (KWI) und wurde von den beiden damals dort beschäftigen Autor:innen...
New publication in the Journal of Product Innovation Management
The Paper "Illuminating Opposing Performance Effects of Stressors in Innovation Teams" by Stefan Razinskas (FU Berlin), Matthias Weiss (CEIT), Martin Hoegl (LMU Munich), and Markus Baer (Washington Univ. St. Louis) was accepted for publication in the Journal of Product Innovation Management and will appear in the coming May issue of...
Paper accepted for presentation at the EURAM 2022 Conference
The Paper "Stuck in the Middle: A Meta-Analysis on Innovation in Virtual Teams and the Role of Media Richness" by Matthias Sinnemann and Matthias Weiss (both CEIT) has been accepted for presentation at the European Academy of Management Conference 2022, which will take place in Winterthur/ Zurich.
Chief Innovation Manager II
The “Chief Innovation Manager” certificate with a focus on innovation management – an important step for your professional success The certificate course is aimed at innovation managers and prospective executives, who are responsible for the development and implementation of product and process innovations. In addition, to managers and senior staff...
Online teaching due to pandemic.
Dear Students, please note that all of our teaching offerings, except for "Introduction to Data Analysis using Stata", have to be moved online again, due to the current state of the pandemic. You receive all further information in the respective Moodle courses.
Is the German Mittelstand more resistant to crises? – New Publication by Vera Jahn
On 24th November the publication “Is the German Mittelstand more resistant to crises? Empirical evidence from the Great Recession” by Vera Jahn, Michael Berlemann and Robert Lehmann was published. The publication is available here as a PDF for download or can be read here online on the SpringerLink website.
Podcast “Paul am Puls” – Neue Folge verfügbar
Paul am Puls – Dialoge zur Transformation der Wirtschaft 25 Christian Winter ⸺ General Partner, CUSP Capital Der profilierte Venture Capitalist über seine hypothesengestütze, proaktive Suche nach Investment Cases, die Fusion von Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit, die «Höhle der Löwen» als «Erklärstück für die eigene Familie», Timing für Ein- und Ausstiege, Renditeansprüche...
Anmeldezeitraum für Prüfungen im Wintersemester 2021/22
Der reguläre Anmeldezeitraum für Prüfungen im Wintersemester 2021/2022 via FlexNow geht von Montag, den 13. Dezember 2021 bis Freitag, den 07. Januar 2022. Der Abmeldezeitraum für Prüfungen via FlexNow endet jeweils eine Woche vor der entsprechenden Prüfung. Je nach Modul können gesonderte An- und Abmeldezeiten gelten. Details finden Sie unter „Wintersemester...
Escape Room Experiment: Participants wanted!
Dear Students, Are you interested in playing a free Escape Room? For 2 weeks (8.11-19.11) the room "4 Morde eine Chance" at Viktoriastraße 18-20 is booked at Locked Adventures in Bochum. The background is a current study on teamwork at the RUB. If you feel like preventing the serial...
dormciety – digital dormitory
The Bochum-based start-up dormciety has developed an app that connects students with each other within their dormitory with innovative features. Students can introduce themselves in the app, share their concerns, create events and, thanks to the fifteen status symbols, which can be set for a limited period of time, find...
New publication in Journal of Economic Surveys
The typical gambler loses money and yet continues to gamble. Research in orthodox and behavioral economics, psychology, sociology, and medicine offers a wide range of possible explanations. In their new article "How Rational is Gambling?" (recently published in the Journal of Economic Surveys), Prof. Dr. Stefan Winter and Robin...
Date and Registration for Resit Exam “The People Side of Innovation”
The resit exam for "The People Side of Management" will take place online on November 23, at 14h. Registration for the exam on FlexNow is open from November 2 to November 16.
Chair of Human Resource Management wins the RUB eLearning competition “5×5000”
The HRM chair has won the RUB eLearning competition "5x5000" on the topic "Good space for teaching - eLearning tools used in a varied way" in the 27th round of the winter semester 20/21! Together Robin, Melissa and Elka developed the project "Im Ra(h)men des Möglichen - ein digitales Lehrkonzept...
Herausragende Doktorarbeit prämiert
02.09.2021 Herrn Dr. Sebastian Wagener wurde für seine herausragende Doktorarbeit im Fachgebiet Controlling der diesjährige Ernst-Zander-Preis verliehen. Durch den von Prof. Dr. Ernst Zander gestifteten Preis werden alljährlich hervorragende wissenschaftliche Leistungen (vorrangig Dissertationen) aus allen Fakultäten der Ruhr-Universität, insbesondere aus den Fakultäten für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Rechtswissenschaft und Ingenieurwissenschaft ausgezeichnet. Die Auswahl...
Evaluating shift patterns considering heterogeneous skills and uncertain workforce availability
In shift planning, short-term uncertainties in the availability of workers with different skills often lead to deviations. The strategic calculations based on expected values do not match the actual workforce present. In practice, attempts are then made to fill the different operational positions in the best possible way in each...
Zander Prize for Dr. Steenweg
On September 17, 2020, Dr. Pia Steenweg and Dr. Lisa Grandjean were awarded this year's Ernst Zander Prize for their outstanding dissertations. Pia Steenweg developed optimization methods to adapt duty rosters in shift work as well as possible to the preferences of employees. In addition to working time organization, Pia...
Becker, Bruns, Lier, Werners (2020): Decentralized modular production to increase supply chain efficiency in chemical markets – An example of polymer production
To achieve greater flexibility, innovative production systems have been developed in the chemical industry that provide for decentralized, modular production using standardized apparatus modules in transport containers. The resulting flexibility places high demands on the configuration of the production network and has various implications for economic efficiency, including the fact...
Rachuba, Sebastian; Imhoff, Lisa; Werners, Brigitte (2021): Tactical blueprints for surgical weeks –An integrated approach for operating rooms and intensive care units, European Journal of Operational Research
Decisions about the operations to be performed usually affect the occupancy of downstream resources such as intensive care units (ICU), recovery rooms or regular patient wards. Since the capacity of e.g. ICUs is severely limited, bottlenecks may occur here, leading to cancellations of planned surgeries. Our research results provide action...
Bruns, Bastian; Becker, Tristan; Riese, Julia; Lier, Stefan; Werners, Brigitte (2021): Efficient Production of Specialized Polymers with Highly Flexible Small-Scale Plants, Chemical Engineering & Technology, 44(6), 1148–1152
Modular small-scale chemical plants can be installed in transport containers and offer high flexibility. This paper shows how a mathematical optimization model is used to optimize the economic benefits of small-scale plants for the production of specialty chemicals. Different scenarios created from real data of a chemical company show that...
Information about the chair operation in SS 21
On-site activities of the chair are also limited in SS 21. The planned events will take place in a modified form. You will receive information about the course "Introduction Management Science" at the beginning of the semester in the corresponding Moodle course. The password can be obtained via the password...
Dr.-Herbert-B.-Schmidt-Competition
The Ludwig Erhard Foundation is holding a competition in honor of its founder and honorary member Dr. Herbert B. Schmidt. The competition is aimed at graduates of economics and history faculties in German-speaking countries. The prize is awarded to bachelor's and master's theses that deal with current issues with reference...
CEIT Symposium: Economy and Corona – Emerging from the crisis fit for the future
The symposium about success factors of economic transformation in times of Corona took place on Friday, October 16 as a zoom conference. Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze and Minister of Economics, Innovation, Digitization and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart attended the event, following the invitation of...
Cooptation of Prof. Bertsch – Chair of Energy Systems and Energy Economics
The Faculty is very pleased to announce the cooptation of Prof. Valentin Bertsch, holder of the Chair of Energy Systems and Energy Economics (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering). The graduate technomathematician received his doctorate at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Karlsruhe in 2008. Afterwards he was...
SHK / WHB wanted at the chair of Prof. Saam
At the chair of Prof. Saam, a position as a student assistant (7h /week) week is to be filled as soon as possible. The application deadline ends on September 14th, 2020. Please send your application including a curriculum vitae and the transcript of records to: Sabrina Ackermann, ceit@rub.de. For more...
EU Green Deal requires a doubling of the effort achieved since 2005
Graham Weale, honorary professor in the Faculty of Economics and at the RUB's Center for Environmental Management, Resources and Energy (CURE) undertook a study: EU 2030 Emission Targets – A Reality Check “The results are very disturbing”, says Weale, "and show how much the total effort must be increased in...
DFG is promoting Research at CEIT
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved funding for the Chair of Innovation Management for a research project to investigate the role of rewards for creativity in teams.