Associated Researchers
The core team is complemented by associated WU academics who research and teach at many different WU institutes:
Department of Global Business and Trade
Univ.Prof. Dr. Desislava Dikova
Institute for Responsibility and Sustainability in Global Business RSGB
Key research areas: Central Eastern Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States, Emerging Markets
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Prof.Dr. Igor Filatotchev
Department of Global Business and Trade
Key research areas: International Business, Corporate Governance, Technology Management
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Univ.Prof. Dr. Jan Hendrik Fisch
Institute for International Business
Key research areas: Strategic Management, Innovation Management, International Management
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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Kfm.Dr.rer.pol. Jonas Puck
Institute for International Business
Key research areas: International Business, International Strategy, International Organization
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Univ.Prof. Dr. Wendy Chapple
Institute for Responsibility and Sustainability in Global Business RSGB
Key research areas: Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability in Developing Markets, Systems of Governance for Sustainability, Bridging Business Sustainability Behavior to Systems-Level Outcomes
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Dr.rer.soc.oec. Jelena Cerar, M.Sc.M.A.
Institute for International Business
Key research areas: Decision-making & behavioral strategy in MNCs, The role of artificial intelligence in strategic decision-making, Research methods in international business and strategy
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Key research areas: Supply Chain and Logistics, Optimization and Operations Research, Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence
Department of Marketing
em.o.Univ.Prof. Bodo B. Schlegelmilch, Ph.D., D.Litt., Ph.D. (hon)
Institute for International Marketing Management
Key research areas: Global Marketing Strategy, Cross-cultural Consumer Behavior, Sustainability / CSR
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Department of Business Communication
ao.Univ.Prof. Dr. Johannes Schnitzer
Institute for Romance Languages
Key research areas: Business Communication, (Spanish) Language Variation
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Univ.Prof. Dr.phil. Nadine Thielemann, M.A.
Institute for Slavic Languages
Key research areas: Political and economic discourse, and their intersection (public affairs, public diplomacy, CSR) – focus on CEE, Intercultural business communication (also in the context of migration to AT), Social media in CEE
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Key research areas: Social interaction (in the workplace, meetings, intercultural settings, instructional sessions…), Multilingualism (how language learning and use are planned, managed, realized), Education (learning and teaching: languages, cultural awareness, interactional competence, IT skills, …)
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Univ.Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Obenaus (retired)
Institute for English Business Communication
Key research areas: Business Communication, Terminological Research, Cross-cultural Linguistics
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Department of Economics
Key research areas: Impact Evaluations, Development Economics
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Univ.Prof. MMag.Dr. Klaus Prettner
Department of Economics
Key research areas: Automation, digitalization, and their macroeconomic effects, Demographic change and economic growth, The causes and consequences of inequality
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Department of Strategy and Innovation
Univ.Prof. Dr.rer.pol. Anne d'Arcy
Institute for Corporate Governance
Key research areas:
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Department of Public Law and Tax Law
Univ.Prof. Dr.iur. Monika Polzin, LL.M.
Institute for European and International Law
Key research areas: Public International Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, European Law
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Dr. Jeffrey Owens
Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law
Key research areas: Challenges and opportunities associated with the digitalization of the economy, Prevention and resolution of tax disputes, Tax and good governance in a digital and open trading environment
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Department of Management
Univ.Prof. Mag.Dr.rer.soc.oec. Bettina Fuhrmann
Institute for Business Education
Key research areas: Economic education, Financial education, Educational research and evaluation of instructional quality
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Mag.Dr. Gerhard Geissler
Institute for Business Education
Key research areas: Business didactics, Entrepreneurship education, Course and lesson planning
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Univ.Prof. Dr. Maria Theresia Claes
Institute for Gender and Diversity in Organizations
Key research areas: Gender and Diversity in Organisations, Cross-Cultural Management, International Business
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Wogene Berhanu Mena, MA
Institute for Gender and Diversity in Organizations
Key research areas: Decent work in the Global Supply Chain, Labor Control in the Global Production Network of textile and garment industries in the Global South, Diversity Management in Organizations
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ao.Univ.Prof. Mag.Dr.rer.soc.oec. Jürgen Mühlbacher
Institute for Change Management und Management Development
Key research areas: Strategic Management, Change Management, Management Education
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Research Institute: CEE Legal Studies
Univ.Prof. Mag.rer.soc.oec.Mag.Dr.iur. Martin Winner
Vice-Rector for Human Resources and Digital Infrastructure | Research Institute: CEE Legal Studies
Key research areas: Company Law, Business Law, Comparative Law (CEE)
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Competence Center for Nonprofit Organizations and Social Entrepreneurship
Key research areas: Social entrepreneurship, Migration and entrepreneurship, Civil society in CEE
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Department of Socioeconomics
Univ.Prof. Jonas Bunte, Ph.D.
Institute for International Political Economy
Key research areas: Politics & Money, Sovereign debt, Export credit
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Department of Information Systems and Operations Management
Univ.Prof. Dr.rer.pol. Miriam Wilhelm
Institute for Production Management
Key research areas: Sustainability in global supply chains, Business human rights and labour rights in supply chains
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