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[Translate to English:] Peter Vandor

Social enterprises in Austria: Innovative, female, challenged during the pandemic

With the “Austrian Social Enterprise Monitor,” the Social Entrepreneurship Center (SEC) at WU Vienna presents a comprehensive study on the importance, influence, and financing of social enterprises.

[Translate to English:] Laura Pavlidis

The Constitutional Court – an Infallible Authority?

Pandemic control measures, headscarf bans for elementary school students, and the ban on assisted suicide testify to the fact that constitutional courts deal with highly sensitive social conflicts.…

[Translate to English:] Nikolaus Franke

Nikolaus Franke honored with Schumpeter School Award

The Schumpeter School of Business and Economics has honored Nikolaus Franke, head of the WU Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, for his outstanding academic achievements. The Schumpeter…

[Translate to English:] Jens Seiffert-Brockmann

Storytelling in corporate newsrooms

The more newsroom structures determine corporate communications, the greater the importance of flexibility, flat hierarchies and individual autonomy, agile project teams, and a trial-and-error culture…

[Translate to English:] Jancsary

How city administrations use collaboration to tackle the challenges of the future

Global pandemics, migration, climate change: Complex problems cannot be tackled by individual organizations and collectives all by themselves. Collaboration is imperative. Dennis Jancsary has teamed…

[Translate to English:] Josef Zechner

Josef Zechner honored with Sharpe Award

The William F. Sharpe Award for Scholarship in Financial Research is presented by the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA). The Award recognizes researchers who have most contributed…

[Translate to English:] Birgit Rudloff

Nash and Pareto: New findings in game theory

Risks and returns, price equilibria, or systemic risk – if a situation involves multiple criteria or actors, concepts such as the Nash equilibrium and Pareto optimality can help in decision-making. So…

[Translate to English:] Johanna Palcu

Personalizing masks to fight the spread of Covid

One of the most effective strategies in the fight against the pandemic is also one of the cheapest: FFP2 masks are an effective means for curbing the spread of COVID-19. So why are we seeing such a…

[Translate to English:] Alexander Mohr

Women in upper management increase sustainability

Multinational companies and their top management have a special role to play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A team of researchers from WU (Vienna University of Economics and…

[Translate to English:] Victor Wegner Maus

Mining poses danger to the climate and biodiversity

For the first time, Earth observation satellite images allow researchers to make a comprehensive assessment of the global impact of mining activities. Victor Maus from WU’s Institute for Ecological…