The paper "Foundation Ownership and Shareholder Value: An Event Study" by Achleitner (CEFS), Bazhutov, Betzer, Block and Hosseini was accepted for publication in Review of Managerial Science. Abstract: Some of the largest listed firms in Western and Northern Europe are partly owned by… [read more]

Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world. The Stern Steward Institute has been supporting the country by setting up the Lycee Schorge Secondary School in Koudougou. Star Architect and TUM Professor Francis Kéré supports the project through the architectural design of classrooms and… [read more]

Prof. Achleitner and Prof. Braun are project leaders at acatech's newly launched project "Innovationskraft in Deutschland verbessern – Ökosysteme für Wachstumsfinanzierung stärken" (Enhacing Germany's innovative capacity - Strengthening ecosystems for growth capital).  The project points towards a… [read more]

The paper "PATENT-BASED INVESTMENT FUNDS: FROM INVENTION TO INNOVATION" by Svenja Jarchow (CEFS) and Andrea Röhm (CEFS) has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Technology Transfer, Special Issue on "Economic, Technological and Societal Impacts of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems". The Spcial… [read more]

"Enabling entrepreneurs to shape a better world" is the title of the MOOC (massive open online course) which is currently being set up by the Social Entrepreneurship Academy(SEA) as a follow-on project to the 2016 MOOC. Prof. Achleitner, as one of the co-founders, is part of the introduction and… [read more]

Prof. Achleitner is part of the scientific evaluation group of the German IfM (Institut für Mittelstandsforschung) in Bonn. Having been in the previous evaluation group in 2002/2003, Prof. Achleitner will have a look at the developments of the IfM. The evaluation will be finished through the cause… [read more]

At the 2018 World Economic Forum, the New Concepts for Europe Group presented a first progress report. Prof. Achleitner is a member of the Europe Policy Group which aims at developing ideas and long-term aspirations for Europe's future development. [read more]

Professor Achleitner spoke at the 2018 Forum UnternehmerTUM in the opening Auditorium. The Forum unternehmerTUM has established itself as one of Germany's leading tech conferences with more than 600 participants. [read more]

We are happy to announce the 8th edition of the workbook "Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre" by Thommen, J.-P., Achleitner, A.-K. (CEFS), Gilbert, D.U., Hachmeister, D., Jarchow, S. (CEFS) and Kaiser, G. [read more]

We are proud to announce a new book publication co-editored by Prof. Achleitner (CEFS), Prof. Block (Trier) and Dr. Strachwitz. The book also contains a chapter by Prof. Achleitner and Prof. Block as well as a chapter by Dr. Jarchow (CEFS) and Mr. Hosseini (Trier). [read more]