In Hollywood, the buzz for a new film is usually considered a good predictor of its success at the box office.

But Prof. Thorsten Hennig-Thurau from the MCM's Chair of Marketing & Media along with a team of marketing scholars from Toulouse and Karlsruhe now provide empirical evidence that buzz is actually so much more than just an indicator -- it's also infectious. The authors show that the buzz for a new product causes success by:

In a world where effective negotiation is a key differentiator, our students recently participated in a highly engaging two-day workshop designed to elevate their skills and confidence in any negotiation setting. Led by Tobias Frank, Sales Director DE & AT at Engelhard Arzneimittel, the workshop provided invaluable real-world perspectives and practical strategies.

In a new article published in the Journal of Retailing (rated “A” by VHB), Professor Thorsten Hennig-Thurau from the Chair of Marketing & Media together with former MCM professor Raoul Kübler (now ESSEC Business School, France) investigate how users of the metaverse communicate with and in immersive digital environments. In their article, they introduce the concept of Spatial Word of Mouth (WOM) as an extension and 3D evolution of traditional electronic WOM alias eWOM for the metaverse age.