Wirtschaftsinftik Research Themes & Priorities - Research Policy Forum Stefan Klein

2 Agenda  Taking stock … a tentative landscape  Emerging principles of organising research in the School of Business  Identifying clusters  Overall (capstone) themes

3 Input for Research Priorities Meeting, Nov. 3, needed Dear colleagues, May I ask you to submit proposals / suggestions for potential research priorities for the School of Business, or for research areas that might be worth pursuing on some kind of collaborative basis. In particular, it would be helpful if you could: - describe the title and rationale for the research theme, - comment on selected criteria from the last two pages of my presentation, which Andy sent around, ( e.g. promotion of high quality research, impact on society, contribution to education, collaboration with other institutions etc. ), and - indicate modes of research (and funding), e.g. SFI/ EU funded project, PhD training network etc., and preferred institutional setting. As I would like to use this input to prepare for our discussion on November 3, please send your submissions (if you have not done so already) no later then Oct. 31. While this might appear as a difficult and challenging request, I strongly believe that right now we have an opportunity to shape our research agenda for the coming years. It is up to us to grasp and take advantage of this opportunity.

4 The response (1/2)

5 The response (2/2)

6 Categories (tentative)  Individual researchers  Research centres/ cluster  Research groups  National institutes  Virtual project  Themes  Generic research programme

7 Principles The prevalent models of research at the S.o.B.:  Individual research and  Research in small groups (research centres) i.e. a rich and diverse ecosystem of research activities with  fluid boundaries between the groups and  multiple affiliations of individual researchers  different modi operandi (methods, aims, contributions, funding etc.)  different development stages (-> life cycle).  Research centres should be established on a 3-5 year basis, with the option of continuation, reorientation or dissolution after a review.

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9 Research nodes (tentative) 1 Intl. Sales and Brand Development 2 Centre “Compe- titive Perfor- mance of Firms 3 Innovation, Performance and Technology 4 Technology Management 5 Work, Innovation and Organisation 6 Empirical financial markets 7 Equity analysis 8 Corporate Governance, Fin. Reporting and Ethics 9 Accounting, Organisations and Society 10 Project evaluation and management 11 Centre for Natural Computing and Applications 12 Business modeling and optimisation 13 Health care management

10 Research clusters or priorities 1 Intl. Sales and Brand Development 2 Centre “Compe- titive Perfor- mance of Firms 3 Innovation, Performance and Technology 4 Technology Management 5 Work, Innovation and Organisation 6 Empirical financial markets 7 Equity analysis 8 Corporate Governance, Fin. Reporting and Ethics 9 Accounting, Organisations and Society 10 Project evaluation and management 11 Centre for Natural Computing and Applications 12 Business modeling and optimisation 13 Health care management

11 Research nodes (tentative) 1 Intl. Sales and Brand Development 2 Centre “Compe- titive Perfor- mance of Firms 3 Innovation, Performance and Technology 4 Technology Management 5 Work, Innovation and Organisation 6 Empirical financial markets 7 Equity analysis 8 Corporate Governance, Fin. Reporting and Ethics 9 Accounting, Organisations and Society 10 Project evaluation and management 11 Centre for Natural Computing and Applications 12 Business modeling and optimisation 13 Health care management Umbrella theme, capstone project: Business in Global markets”

12 Research clusters or priorities 1 Intl. Sales and Brand Development 2 Centre “Compe- titive Perfor- mance of Firms 3 Innovation, Performance and Technology 4 Technology Management 5 Work, Innovation and Organisation 6 Empirical financial markets 7 Equity analysis 8 Corporate Governance, Fin. Reporting and Ethics 9 Accounting, Organisations and Society 10 Project evaluation and management 11 Centre for Natural Computing and Applications 12 Business modeling and optimisation 13 Health care management