Anlässlich seines 50. Jubiläums lädt der Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften der WWU zu vier Kino-Abenden ins Schlosstheater. Auf dem Programm stehen Filmklassiker über Finance, Marketing, Data Analytics und Social Media und im Anschluss Gespräche mit spannenden Gästen.

1969 marks an important year for the University of Muenster for multiple reasons: Not only has it been the year in which the Muenster School of Business and Economics was founded, but also the year in which Professor Heribert Meffert was appointed professor and founded the first marketing chair at a German university. On April 1, 1969 Professor Meffert took on his new role in Muenster and initiated a successful development of marketing education and research that is still omnipresent today.

At the invitation of Prof. Thorsten Hennig-Thurau and Prof. Sonja Gensler, the students of Münster University’s Marketing MBA program had the opportunity to attend a special event with Prof. Heribert Meffert on March 26^th 2019. During his talk, which took place 50 years after he became Germany’s inaugural marketing professor, Prof.

The University of Muenster ranks among the top schools in business administration and economics in Germany based on the most recent university ranking by the German magazine Wirtschaftswoche. Professor Manfred Krafft contributed to a news article in Wirtschaftswoche on the ranking results by identifying and elaborating on characteristics that are essential to a good master’s program.

The entertainment industry, and the movie business in particular, is experiencing turbulent times. New technologies, channels, and players challenge Hollywood’s existing business models, with large numbers of consumers shifting their watching behavior toward streaming services. As part of Professor Hennig-Thurau’s master course on “Entertainment Media Marketing,” two executives discussed these changes and the state of filmed entertainment from very different angles.

Das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen unterstützt die WWU-Pläne für das erste münstersche Gründungszentrum. Mit dem Konzept „ESC@WWU“ zur Stärkung der Gründungsexzellenz ist die WWU als eine von sechs Gewinnerinnen aus der Initiative „Exzellenz Start-up Center.NRW“ des nordrhein-westfälischen Ministeriums für Wirtschaft, Innovation, Digitalisierung und Energie hervorgegangen. Die Exzellenz Start-up Center.NRW sollen sich mit Partnern in der regionalen Wirtschaft, Akzeleratoren, benachbarten Hochschulen, Technologiezentren und den Digital Hubs vernetzen.