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In November, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring’s Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models welcomed Junior Professor Dr. Daniela Gimenez Jimenez from TU Dortmund University for a guest lecture in the “Foundations of Entrepreneurship” module. Her lecture, “Opportunity Recognition in Entrepreneurship: How the Institutional Context Influences Entrepreneurial Activities”, provided valuable insights...

The PDMA Global Student Innovation Challenge 2025 offers students the unique opportunity to submit their innovative ideas that they have developed in special innovation or entrepreneurship courses as part of their bachelor’s or master’s degree program. Students can win travel grants to the PDMA conference in the USA, prize money...

Ruhr University Bochum has joined the Cluster for Industrial Biotechnology (CLIB). The network promotes sustainable innovations and supports researchers and startups in translating research results into practice. “This is the only way to achieve economic transformation in North Rhine-Westphalia,” emphasizes Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring, member of the CLIB advisory board....

In summer term 2025, a research semester will take place. Therefore, our chair’s course offer will be adjusted. There will generally be no live lectures in summer term 2025. Below you find more detailed information regarding our courses: Bachelor modules Markets and Firms The lecture materials are offered for self-study....

Im Sommersemester 2025 findet ein Forschungssemester statt. Daher wird das Lehrangebot unseres Lehrstuhls angepasst. Im Sommersemester 2025 finden daher grundsätzlich keine Live-Vorlesungen statt. Folgend finden Sie nähere Informationen zu den einzelnen Modulen: Bachelormodule Märkte und Unternehmungen Die Vorlesungsunterlagen werden zum Selbststudium angeboten. Zusätzlich werden Live-Übungen angeboten. Nähere Informationen dazu finden...

Prof. Busse will be Dean of the Faculty of Management and Economics from October 2023. Therefore, the courses offered at the Chair of International Economics will be fewer than before. The following courses are planned for the winter semester 2024/2025: Foundations of International Trade (Bachelor, Prof. Busse) European Economic Integration...