“Subscription-based online streaming services have fundamentally changed the rules of the game in the entertainment industry,” stated Dr. Malte Probst, Senior Vice President Film and Entertainment Portfolio at Sky Deutschland, during his guest lecture as part of Professor Thorsten Hennig-Thurau's and Dr. Ann-Kristin Kupfer’s master's lecture "Entertainment Media Marketing". During his presentation entitled "Transforming an Old School Business - Can You?" on January 27, 2021, Dr.

In keeping with the tradition, the Chair of Marketing Management (IfM) was once again pleased to welcome representatives from Dow to this year's Sales Management Lecture. Unlike in previous years, the guest lecture on February 5 took place completely digital. Prof.

On Monday, January 24, Dr. Mirja Kroschke from the Otto Group was a virtual guest in the course "Consumer Behavior". In her presentation, she gave students insights into the use of artificial intelligence to holistically improve the customer experience at the Otto Group. Dr. Kroschke works as a project manager and business intelligence strategist in the Otto Group's Data Lab. She is also a familiar face at the Chair of Marketing Management, having earned her PhD there in 2017 and served as a Postdoc until 2019.

On Friday, January 22, it was time again to welcome representatives of Mars in the course “Sales Management”. The company holds a long history as a guest in this course and has provided students with many valuable insights from business practice over the course of the last years. However, the overall context of this year’s guest lecture was genuinely different. Due to the Corona pandemic, it premiered in a virtual format.

On January 14, the MCM was pleased to receive a visit and digital guest lecture as part of the course "Consumer Behavior" from the startup Generation f. The three co-founders Sophia Escheu, Julia Kirsch and Carla Schell described the process of brainstorming ideas to their pilot project and explained what Generation f is ultimately all about. In essence, their company serves as a virtual platform for sustainable networking.