Professor Manfred Krafft has been recently appointed as the first international member of the DSEF fellow program. The DSEF (Direct Selling Education Foundation) pursues the target of uniting science and economy by enabling an exchange among leading academics, students and industry executives. Currently, 75 renowned professors from various disciplines such as business administration, economics and law serve as DSEF fellows.
In recognition of his significant and enduring contributions to the European Marketing Academy (EMAC) and his achievements of high levels of scholarship and as a leader in the field of marketing, Manfred Krafft has been appointed as EMAC fellow. Together with him, Ajay Kohli (Atlanta/USA, previous editor of Journal of Marketing) and Peter Verhoef (Groningen, VP Membership of EMAC) have been appointed as new fellows of EMAC. EMAC represents more than 1,000 European scholars in Marketing. The board of fellows consists of 17 recognized scholars, who stay fellows until their retirement.
The prestigious American Marketing Association holds the annual Summer AMA conference 2017 in San Francisco, California. For this distinguished conference, Dr. An-Kristin Kupfer serves as chair for the “Digital Marketing, Social Media, and Entertainment Marketing” track, together with Professor Dr. Natasha Foutz from the University of Virginia.
Unter dem Titel „Nach den Sternen greifen“ fand am 26. Januar die ProTalent-Stipendienfeier in der Aula des Schosses statt. In seiner Begrüßungsrede gratulierte Professor Dr. Johannes Wessels als Rektor der WWU den 206 ProTalent-Stipendiaten, denen zum Wintersemester 2016/17 eine finanzielle Förderung durch das Stipendium gewährt werden konnte.
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Wiesel ist für den Zeitraum 2017/2018 einstimmig zum Vorsitzenden der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Marketing im Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. gewählt worden.
PD Dr. André Marchand erhielt Rufe an die BI Oslo und Universität zu Köln. Er hat den Ruf an die Universität zu Köln auf eine W2-Professur für „Marketing & Digital Environment“ zum 1. Juni 2017 angenommen. Die Themenschwerpunkte der neuen Marketingprofessur in Forschung und Lehre werden Digitalisierung, neue Medien und Innovationen sein.
Dr. Jan Flemming himself achieved his Diploma as well as his PhD in Business Administration at the University of Münster. Afterwards, he started his career at the Consultancy Roland Berger. While being passionate about developing great ideas and concepts as a consultant, he sought for more influence on the implementation and outcome of strategic concepts. Hence, he decided to apply his expertise and knowledge at REWE Digital.
Prof. Krafft and Dr. Tillmanns have been awarded the 2017 William Davidson Honorable Mention Award. They were runner-ups for the William R. Davidson Award with their article "The Evolution of Marketing Channel Research Domains and Methodologies: An Integrative Review and Future Directions". The award recognizes the best articles published in Journal of Retailing [VHB-Jourqual: A] in 2015.
Von Februar bis März wird die IfM-Mitarbeiterin Mirja Bues einen Forschungsaufenthalt am Marketing Department der Business School der University of Auckland verbringen. An diesem Marketing Department, das zu den führenden in der Asien-PazifikRegion zählt, forscht auch Professor Krafft seit Januar für ein halbes Semester.