Guest Speakers

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23OCT 2025
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Guest Lecturer
Last week, the Department of International Management had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Farok J. Contractor, affiliated with Rutgers Business School, as a guest lecturer. Professor Contractor delivered a research seminar on foreign direct investment for doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers at the Department. He also shared valuable advice with junior and early-career researchers on […]Last week, the Department of International Management had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Farok J. Contractor, affiliated with Rutgers Business School, as a guest lecturer. Professor Contractor delivered a research seminar on foreign direct investment for doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers at the Department. He also shared valuable advice with junior and early-career researchers on […]
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16SEP 2025
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Doctoral seminar on cultural neuroscience
Last week, the Department of International Management had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Mai Nguyen for a doctoral seminar. Dr. Nguyen is an award-winning scholar whose work bridges psychology, intercultural management, and cultural neuroscience. In an intensive, interactive, and inspiring three-day seminar, Dr. Nguyen demonstrated how culture, environment, biology, and genetics interact to shape human […]Last week, the Department of International Management had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Mai Nguyen for a doctoral seminar. Dr. Nguyen is an award-winning scholar whose work bridges psychology, intercultural management, and cultural neuroscience. In an intensive, interactive, and inspiring three-day seminar, Dr. Nguyen demonstrated how culture, environment, biology, and genetics interact to shape human […]
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28MAY 2025
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Strengthening International Research and Teaching Collaborations
This week, the Department of International Management had the pleasure of welcoming distinguished guest lecturers and guest researchers in Nürnberg for enriching academic and teaching-related exchanges. We were delighted to host Professor Muriel Durand, PhD (EM Normandie) for the fourth time. She led a highly interactive and engaging 3-day block seminar titled Global Human Resource […]
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28MAY 2025
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Guest Lecturers from Wavestone and Audi Inspire Students
On May 22nd and 23rd, 2025, the Department of International Management had the pleasure of welcoming two distinguished guest lecturers, Dr. Carina Friedmann-Schneider (Wavestone) and Dr. Susanne Scherer (Audi AG), for the block seminar Strategic Transformation of European Firms. Sixteen students from the Master’s program International Business Studies were selected from almost 50 applicants to […]On May 22nd and 23rd, 2025, the Department of International Management had the pleasure of welcoming two distinguished guest lecturers, Dr. Carina Friedmann-Schneider (Wavestone) and Dr. Susanne Scherer (Audi AG), for the block seminar Strategic Transformation of European Firms. Sixteen students from the Master’s program International Business Studies were selected from almost 50 applicants to […]
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20APR 2023
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Corporate Finance for Multinationals
This bachelor course will be offered as a block seminar by Dr. Wim Westerman, Assistant Professor at University of Groningen (Netherlands). Upon completion of the course, students are able to evaluate and compare different professional and academic approaches towards international corporate finance problem and solve basic international corporate finance problems and mini-cases. Please see the […]This bachelor course will be offered as a block seminar by Dr. Wim Westerman, Assistant Professor at University of Groningen (Netherlands). Upon completion of the course, students are able to evaluate and compare different professional and academic approaches towards international corporate finance problem and solve basic international corporate finance problems and mini-cases. Please see the […]
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20APR 2023
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Global HRM and ethical challenges in Asia and Europe
This master course will be offered as a block seminar by Muriel Durand, Associate Professor of Cross-Cultural Management at EM Normandie (France). The participants of this seminar will get an overview of comparative HRM practices on a global scale. During the course, you will learn to understand and analyze global talent management and challenges associated […]
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