Dr. Sonja Gensler hat gemeinsam mit Dr. Alec Minnema (Ordina) und Prof. Tammo Bijmolt (Universität Groningen) den Wissenschaftspreis der niederländischen Marktforschungsvereinigung MOA gewonnen. Mit dem Wissenschaftspreis wurden die Arbeiten der drei Forscher rund um das Thema Retourenverhalten im Online-Handel gewürdigt. Der Preis wurde am 7. Juni 2017 in Zandvoort überreicht.

Immediately prior to the annual conference of the European Marketing Academy (EMAC), the 30th EMAC Doctoral Colloquium was held from May 21 to May 23 in Groningen, the Netherlands. The colloquium was organized by the European Institute for advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) and the EMAC in collaboration with the University of Groningen. Competition among all submissions for the available slots was fierce and Julian Allendorf from the Institute of Marketing was selected as one of 60 doctoral students among an overall of 136 applicants.

The article "The Showrooming Phenomenon: It's More than Just About Price" by Dr. Sonja Gensler together with Prof. Peter Verhoef (Universität Groningen, Netherlands) and Prof. Scott Neslin (Dartmouth Business School, USA) is now available at Journal of Interactive Marketing. Direct link to the article.

The Marketing Center Muenster announces their recognition by the Sales Education Foundation (SEF) as a “Top Universities for Professional Sales Education” program in their 2017 ANNUAL magazine. SEF recognizes the Marketing Center Muenster for preparing students for successful careers in professional selling and helping to elevate the sales profession. The SEF 2017 ANNUAL magazine, their 10^th edition, will be available on their website, www.salesfoundation.org, by the end of April.

Muenster’s marketing academics enjoyed a fully packed week of hard work and hard fun with “multivariate legend” Professor Dr. Joe F. Hair, who not only taught students on the intricacies of both structural equation modeling, but also gave interesting insights by reflecting on his long and successful academic career. Although Professor Hair could not fully hide his enthusiasm for partial least squares, he covered also the covariance-based approach of structural equation modeling in his course.

Together with Michael Haenlein, Professor of Marketing at the business school ESCP Europe, Thorsten Hennig-Thurau were invited to co-chair a two-day workshop on “Word of Mouth and Social Media Marketing in the Digital Era” at the University of Zaragoza in Spain. The event, in which ten doctoral students and professors presented their work in the field and got feedback from the audience and the co-chairs, was organized by Professor Dr.