New Study: How CEO Competencies Shape Digital Product Innovations





Dr. Colin Schulz (l.), Prof. Dr. David Bendig (m.l.), Dr. Kathrin Haubner (m.), Prof. Dr. Johannes Kriebel (m.r.) and Prof. Dr. Stav Fainshmidt (r.)





Dr. Colin Schulz (l.), Prof. Dr. David Bendig (m.l.), Dr. Kathrin Haubner (m.), Prof. Dr. Johannes Kriebel (m.r.) and Prof. Dr. Stav Fainshmidt (r.)
Dear students,
With the winter semester 2025/26, the following changes apply in the Business Development programme. Please review your examination regulations carefully.
What is changing?
Within the module “Go-to-Market and Business Development”, you can enrol in the module “Start-up Management”, which comprises:
Lecture “Founding and Scaling Ventures”
Tutorial “Applied Business Growth”
Entrepreneurship is a key driver of the transition to sustainable energy. This new review article in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews synthesizes 142 scientific articles to show how start-ups shape the renewable energy sector. It distinguishes three types of entrepreneurship—technology-driven, community-based, and rural—and analyzes the factors that enable their success and the hurdles they encounter.
Key insights include:
Dear students,
with the introduction of the new examination regulations PO 2025 in the Master's program Business Administration (admission to the first semester from winter semester 2025/26), the following changes will be made to the Minor Entrepreneurship. Please check your examination regulations carefully.
What is changing?
Dr. Colin Schulz has been awarded the Teaching Prize by the student body (Fachschaft) for his course Technology and Innovation Strategy in the Master’s program in Business Administration. The award honors instructors who demonstrate outstanding didactic quality, academic depth, and a high level of commitment to teaching. He was supported in delivering the course by Moritz Sickert, research associate at the Institute. The award ceremony took place on June 27, 2025, during the official graduation event of the Master’s program.
Dr. Florian Degen, external lecturer at the Institute for Entrepreneurship, has been awarded the Teaching Award of the Student Council of the School of Business and Economics for the summer semester 2025. He received the award in the Bachelor of Business Administration program for his highly rated seminar “Leadership in Technology-Related Organizations.”
From 0 to start-up in 6 weeks!
Would you like to develop your own business idea, design innovative solutions for future industries and get started with a strong team? Then the Ideation Lab 2025 is just right for you!
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