Together with Michael Haenlein, Professor of Marketing at the business school ESCP Europe, Thorsten Hennig-Thurau were invited to co-chair a two-day workshop on “Word of Mouth and Social Media Marketing in the Digital Era” at the University of Zaragoza in Spain. The event, in which ten doctoral students and professors presented their work in the field and got feedback from the audience and the co-chairs, was organized by Professor Dr.

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.

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.

Professor Thorsten Wiesel und Dr. Sonja Gensler werden im Februar und März 2017 einen Forschungsaufenthalt an der IESE Business School in Barcelona – einer der Top-Business Schools der Welt – verbringen.

Das diesjährige Doktorandenseminar führte das Lehrstuhlteam um Professor Krafft vom 6. bis 8. September nach Schottland. Zusammen mit zehn PhD-Studierenden und Professoren des Department of Marketing der Business School an der University of Strathclyde in Glasgow wurden methodische und inhaltliche Fragen verschiedener aktueller Forschungsprojekte diskutiert. Mirja Bues und Professor Manfred Krafft trugen zudem Erkenntnisse aus aktuellen Studien vor. Anschließend bot Dr.

During the previous week at a special session of the annual Global Sales Science Institute (GSSI), also held at Aston, Howard and Sally Stevens, co-founders of SEF, presented Professor Manfred Krafft with the 2016 Dissemination Award. Dr. Krafft is the first international recipient of this annual award, begun by a partnership between SEF and Neil Rackham to honor an individual who has advanced the sales profession through the sharing of sales specific research.