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Do scandals hurt music sales – or do they fuel streams?

Study finds music scandals and boycott calls have little effect on listeners' behavior. But when streaming platforms intervene, the impact is significant.

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What drives family firms’ internationalization?

New WU study shows how governance and culture shape the internationalization of family firms.

[Translate to English:] Risikobereitschaft von Führungskräften: Neuer Studienansatz widerlegt klassische Theorien

New study refutes traditional theories of executive risk-taking

NFL data and lab experiments show how psychosocial factors influence competitive decisions

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Diabetes costs the global economy trillions

Klaus Prettner studies the global and national economic costs of diabetes.

Impact Grant Research: Innovative Förderschiene für Third-Mission-Aktivitäten an der WU Wien

Impact Grant Research 2025

An innovative funding program for strengthening Third Mission activities at WU

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Gifts in the workplace: What’s allowed, and what isn’t?

Jennifer Schwab on the dos and don’ts regarding gifts in the workplace under Austrian civil law.

[Translate to English:] Studierende vor Computer

Can universities keep up with AI?

Oliver Vettori and Johanna Warm explore the challenges and potential pathways for integrating AI skills into higher education.

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The downsides of the opt-out solution for organ donations

Baris Pascal Güntürkün studies how different organ donation policies shape donor behavior.

Graphic of a knowledge graph for WU Vienna. In the center is the WU logo, from which arrows point in various directions. They show relationships such as “School type: Public university,” “Rector: Rupert Sausgruber,” and “Address: Welthandelsplatz 1.”

When AI systems learn to understand

Marta Sabou has won a prestigious grant from the Vienna Science, Research and Technology Fund (WWTF) for research on AI knowledge graphs.

[Translate to English:] Sebastian Luckeneder in Brasilien

Mining in Brazil: An environmental burden, but no stable income for municipalities

WU researchers Sebastian Luckeneder and Victor Maus are investigating the economic effects and ecological consequences of mining in Brazil.