The article “The Influence of Social Cues on Users’ Information Disclosure Intentions – The Case of Mobile Apps” by Mirja Bues and Michael Steiner (University of Witten-Herdecke) has been accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Information Systems 2017 and for publication in the ICIS Proceedings (Jourqual: A).

From August 31 to September 1, Julian Allendorf, doctoral candidate at the Institute of Marketing (IfM), participated in the second EMAC Research Camp in Vienna. The EMAC Junior Faculty & Doctoral Student Research Camp is an initiative by the European Marketing Academy (EMAC) with the aim of raising the research capability of new/young researchers embarking on an academic career. Besides worldwide leading faculty in the field of marketing, 19 doctoral students and junior researchers were among the workshop participants.

Prof. Dr. Manfred Krafft stellte auf dem 52. BVM-Kongress am 19. Juni 2017 in Berlin die Studie „Wie man die Spreu vom Weizen trennt - Optimierte Variablenselektion für die Neukundengewinnung“ den Kongressteilnehmern vor. Diese Studie basiert auf einem gemeinsamen Projekt mit Dr. Sebastian Tillmanns und war Finalist für den BVM-Innovationspreis 2017. Unter dem Titel „Marken verstehen und weiterentwickeln – Neue Wege in der Markenforschung“ folgten rund 280 Besucher der Einladung des Berufsverbands Deutscher Markt- und Sozialforscher e.V. nach Berlin.

Immediately prior to the annual conference of the European Marketing Academy (EMAC), the 30th EMAC Doctoral Colloquium was held from May 21 to May 23 in Groningen, the Netherlands. The colloquium was organized by the European Institute for advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) and the EMAC in collaboration with the University of Groningen. Competition among all submissions for the available slots was fierce and Julian Allendorf from the Institute of Marketing was selected as one of 60 doctoral students among an overall of 136 applicants.

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.

Vom 26. - 27. Januar 2017 findet die 47. Jahrestagung der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Marketing in diesem Jahr an der Universität zu Köln statt. Professor Wiesel referiert zum Thema "Investigating Consumer’s Online Search and Decision-Making Strategies".