We are pleased to announce that Alexander Liß has successfully completed his doctorate. With his dissertation, he has made a significant contribution to research in our field. The entire professorship congratulates him on this outstanding achievement and wishes him all the best for the future. May this milestone be the beginning of a fulfilling and successful scientific career. Congratulations, Alexander Liß!

Prof. Sönke Sievers, together with Dominik Degen, Dr. Jens Kengelbach, Daniel Kim and Yiran Wang (all from the Boston Consulting Group), has published a paper entitled "Large Language Models and M&A: Can ChatGPT help forecast M&A activity?". The paper can be viewed here.

On Friday, June 28, Dr. Oliver Mehring from Grant Thornton will give a guest lecture on "Unternehmensbewertung gemäß IDW S1 – Ein Praxisbeispiel" in the module "Unternehmensbewertung" The lecture will take place from 14:00 to 15:30 in room Q0.101.