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This summer semester, the Chair of Marketing Management (IfM) was again able to offer students majoring in Marketing the opportunity to participate in a project seminar in cooperation with a renowned company. Together with this year's partner, BASF Coatings GmbH, a global leader in surface solutions, 24 students worked on five exciting and current topics related to "B2B Marketing Strategy @BASF Coatings".
Dear Students,
We are thrilled to announce an upcoming event that marks a significant step towards shaping the future of sales education. As part of the CUSTMAS project (https://www.custmas.eu/), we are hosting a two-day event in Athens on Oct 2 and 3, 2024, dedicated to the development of a cutting-edge MSc Program focused on Selling and Sales Management in Digitalized B2B Markets.
Firms using a direct selling (DS) distribution channel delegate selling and sales management responsibilities to an independent-contractor distributor force. The DS firm’s inability to directly control distributors’ efforts, and the fact that most active distributors choose to work part-time rather than full-time at their DS business, makes an examination of the drivers of DS performance outcomes important for academic study and managerial insight.
Knowledge of a customer's willingness to pay (WTP) at early stages of product development is key to the success of innovations. However, since innovative products do not exist yet, only the hypothetical WTP can be surveyed, inducing a measurement bias. Unfortunately, little is known about the factors that induce this bias and how it differs depending on the method utilized in measuring WTP.
Dr. Felix Lehmkuhle, former research assistant at the Chair of Marketing Management (IfM), has been awarded the prestigious Preis der Deutschen Marktforschung 2024 for his dissertation. His research “Is New Always Better? The Future of Physical Stores" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Manfred Krafft.
In a fast-paced world where effective negotiation skills are paramount, our students recently had the opportunity to sharpen their abilities through an intensive two-day workshop, hosted by Tobias Frank, National Sales Director at Engelhard Arzneimittel. The workshop aimed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of negotiation dynamics while offering practical experience through case studies.
Over the course of two days, participants embarked on a journey to:
On April 23rd 2024, the Center of Nonlinear Science hosted the first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research EXPO by CeNoS and InterKI at the University of Münster in the Schlossfoyer. The event was aimed at researchers utilizing AI methodologies across various disciplines. The AI Research EXPO featured a poster exhibition and networking session, providing a platform for AI researchers to present their work and engage in interdisciplinary discussions. Additionally, two keynote presentations offered insights into the methodological and theoretical aspects of AI.
In the week from April 2nd to April 5th, the Chair of Marketing Management welcomed Marketing Professor Dr. Dipayan Biswas from the University of South Florida. Renowned in the field of Sensory Marketing, Professor Biswas held a PhD course titled “Sensory Aspects of Businesses: Implications for Humans, AI and Robots” at the Marketing Center Münster.