From January 25 to 26, 25 members of the Circle of Excellence in Marketing (CEM) took part in the third CEM Porsche-Workshop in Stuttgart. The workshop was hosted by the marketing department of which some members including Dr. Stephan Nass, Alexander Georgoudakis and David Papenheim are also alumni of the CEM.
Word of Mouth im Internet: Professor Hennig-Thurau als Gast im Tagesgespräch bei Bayern 2

Wie objektiv und zuverlässig sind eigentlich Online-Bewertungen? Wie wichtig ist die Meinung anderer für die Kaufentscheidung? Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hennig-Thurau erklärt im einstündigen Tagesgespräch mit Moderatorin Christine Krueger bei Bayern 2 und zahlreichen Live-Anrufern, warum Online-Bewertungen eine so große Bedeutung haben -- und dass wir lernen müssen, mit ihren Schwachstellen umzugehen: „Wir müssen lernen, zu den Bewertungsportalen zu gehen, bei denen wir die aussagekräftigsten Informationen kriegen“, sagt Hennig-Thurau.
Professor Anne Coughlan visits the MCM from January 28 to February 3, 2018
Anne T. Coughlan holds the Polk Brothers Chair in Retailing, and is a Professor of Marketing, at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
Das MCM sucht Doktoranden!

Der Lehrstuhl für Marketing und Medien (LMM), das Institut für Marketing (IfM) und das Institut für Wertbasiertes Marketing (IWM) suchen zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter/innen.
Nähere Informationen zu den Lehrstühlen und Stellen finden Sie hier. Wir freuen uns über Ihre Bewerbung!
Application for the MCM seminars for the summer semester 2018

Dear students,
as of now, you can apply for the following MCM seminars for the summer semester 2018:
MCM Spotlight: 100+ Seconds Münster Food for Thought with Rick Gretz

The next episode of our new video format MCM Spotlight is "live"! In more or less (but rather more) 100 seconds, our interview partners share their fresh perspectives with a large audience of marketing students, scholars, and managers.
To Infinity-- and Beyond! Article by Kupfer & Hennig-Thurau published in JAMS

MCM scholars Ann-Kristin Kupfer and Thorsten Hennig-Thurau –together with co-authors Mark Houston (Texas Christian University) and Martin Spann (LMU Munich)—have published a new article on pre-release consumer buzz in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. The authors explore what we all mean when we say "This movie has a lot of buzz!", offering a look at the concept's core. They employ a theories-in-use approach to conceptualize this important construct and use secondary data to illustrate the performance of the theory-based conceptualization.
Social Media Marketing Scholars, Assemble! Research Group Receives Three-Year DFG Grant

The German Research Foundation DFG has extended its substantial funding of the research group "How Social Media Changes Marketing" for three more years. It consists of renowned scholars from the University of Hamburg (Henrik Sattler, Michel Clement, and Mark Heitmann), the University of Cologne (Fanziska Völckner and Detlef Schoder), and the Kühne Logistics University (Sönke Albers and Christian Barrot), in addition to Münster’s marketing experts Professor Thorsten Hennig-Thurau and Dr. Ann-Kristin Kupfer.
CEM Johnson & Johnson-Workshop: Consumer Marketing meets Pharma Marketing

From November 29 to 30, 2017, members of the Circle of Excellence in Marketing (CEM) spent two exciting days at the headquarters of Johnson & Johnson in Neuss. Carola Griesshaber, member of the talent acquisition team organized the workshop and welcomed the participants from Berlin, Cologne and Münster on their arrival.