Two Honors for the Marketing Center Münster
The Marketing Center Münster has reason to celebrate: two researchers from the Chair of Marketing Management have recently been recognized for their outstanding doctoral work.
New Study Examines How Radical Store Transformations Affect Category Sales
A new study published in the Journal of Retailing by Marleen Hermans, Els Breugelmans, Felix Lehmkuhle, Manfred Krafft, Mirja Kroschke, and Murali Mantrala looks at how radical store transformations affect sales performance at the category level - a topic that has received surprisingly little attenti
Recent Findings Advance our Understanding of How Frontline Employees Contribute to Patient Adherence in Mental Healthcare
A new study by Victoria Kramer, Janina Wiebringhaus, Detelina Marinova, and Manfred Krafft—published in the Journal of Service Research as part of a special issue on disadvantaged and vulnerable consumers—sheds light on a question in mental healthcare and service research that remains in
MCM celebrates Varadarajan Award for Professor Sebastian Hohenberg
The Marketing Center Münster is proud to announce that Professor Sebastian Hohenberg has been named co-recipient of the 2025 Varadarajan Award for Early Career Contributions to Marketing Strategy Research, awarded by the American Marketing Association’s (AMA) Marketing Strategy Special Interest Group. The Varadarajan Award is one of the field’s most prestigious recognitions and honors scholars whose work has made an exceptional contribution to marketing strategy research and practice.
Dissertation Award 2025: Dr. Christina Okoutsidou Honored for Outstanding Research on AI Influencers
The Rectorate of the University of Münster has awarded the Dissertation Award 2025 to 13 early-career researchers, honoring the best doctoral theses of the year. We are delighted to announce that Dr. Christina Okoutsidou, a former PhD student at the Chair of Marketing Management (IfM), received the award for the School of Business and Economics.
MCM Professor Thorsten Hennig-Thurau among Top 2% Most-Cited Scholars Worldwide
MCM Professor Thorsten Hennig-Thurau is once again included in the 2025 Stanford-Elsevier Ranking of the world’s Top 2% most-cited scholars, published by PLOS.
SALTY Conference 2025 in Vienna
In keeping with its annual tradition, the academic family “SALTY,” established by Professor Sönke Albers (KLU), convened to explore the latest frontiers in marketing.
Fresh Impulses for Research: The IfM Doctoral Colloquium in Rothenberge
From August 4 to 6, 2025, the IfM (Chair of Marketing Management) team spent three days at an off-site seminar at Landhaus Rothenberge to intensively discuss current research projects. The focus was on project presentations by each team member, which impressively showcased the thematic diversity at the institute. The critical and constructive discussions provided all participants with valuable input for their future work.
Why Buzz Matters: New A Journal Article by Prof Hennig-Thurau and Co-Authors in JPIM!
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: