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The Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models was represented by Michael Rennings at this year’s EURAM (European Academy of Management) Conference 2025 in Florence, Italy. Michael Rennings presented the Chair’s current research findings on the “Convergence of scientific fields”. In his presentation, he showed how new interdisciplinary fields of...

As part of the BNE@RUB project, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring provides exciting insights into her perspective on Sustainable Development Goal 9 (SDG 9) – “Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure”. In the interview, she talks about the importance of SDG 9 for Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and the Ruhr region, her personal approach...

As part of the BioBricks4Production project within Bio4MatPro, the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models recently hosted the first in a series of Design Thinking workshops. This workshop focused on user requirements for the anti-corrosive functionality of bio-based coating technologies based on bifunctional assemblies. The event brought together experts...

At the International Conference on New Business Models (NBM2025), held at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík on June 25–26, 2025, Dr. Leonie Schlüter presented joint research conducted with Prof. Stefanie Bröring. The contribution, titled “From ‘Evolutionary Myth’ to Reality? A Multiple Case Study of How Single Innovation Projects Can...

The Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models was represented at this year’s ISPIM (The International Society for Professional Innovation Management) Innovation Conference 2025 in Bergen, Norway, by our doctoral students Silvia Oleksakova, Lev Kalishchuk and Malte Stenzel. Silvia Oleksakova presented her research on “Complex Technology Systems”, Lev Kalishchuk presented...

This year, the Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models was once again represented at the Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC), which took place from 11 to 13 June 2025 in Porto, Portugal. Dr. Simon Ohlert presented his research on the role of artificial intelligence as an external...