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Leonie Riße, Studentin im Masterstudiengang Taxation, Accounting and Finance an der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Universität Paderborn, erhält in diesem Jahr das Schmalenbach-Stipendium. Die Auszeichnung wurde im Rahmen des 80. Deutschen Betriebswirtschaftertags vergeben und würdigt herausragende akademische Leistungen sowie gesellschaftliches Engagement.  Aufgrund ihres Interesses an wirtschaftlichen Themen schon währen des…

In times of increasing ecological and social challenges, sustainability is becoming more and more important for companies: not only as a responsibility towards the environment, but also as a driving force for innovation and long-term success. Paderborn University is launching a new project called "gr33nUP" to promote sustainable entrepreneurship. The aim is to support companies in systematically integrating sustainability into their business…

Paderborn University students impress in stock market simulation game For four months, students at Paderborn University traded securities - not on the real stock exchange, however, but as part of the savings banks' stock market simulation game. With a virtual starting capital of 50,000 euros, they developed their own investment strategies, observed developments on the financial markets and made buy and sell decisions in real time. In addition to…

Teaching materials from #myfirstresearchpaper now freely available on ORCA.nrw and twillo For many students, publishing their own work as a research paper is a lofty goal - and the potential start to an academic career. To support this, the teaching innovation project #myfirstresearchpaper was launched at the Department of Business Informatics at Paderborn University and has now been successfully completed after two years. The teaching materials…

Many services, such as advisory services or digital platforms, have grown over the years. They are often adapted step by step without keeping an eye on the overall system. This leads to unclear workflows, a lack of user-orientation and inefficient processes. At the same time, there is often a lack of time or expertise to systematically analyse and further develop services in day-to-day work. This is where the "Smart Service" project seminar at…

280 start-ups and entrepreneurship, more than 1000 new jobs: The funding period for the "Excellence Start-up Centre.OWL" (ESC.OWL) project, which has significantly shaped the start-up scene in Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL) since 2019, came to an end at the end of 2025. The project was implemented by Paderborn University's "Centre for Transfer through Business Start-ups" (TECUP) - which also operates garage33 - as consortium leader together with the…