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…
In the winter semester 2025/26, students on the International Business Studies (IBS) Bachelor's degree programme at Paderborn University took part in a so-called Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) for the first time. The Erasmus+ teaching format combines several months of virtual collaboration with a concluding international attendance phase. For the ten participating IBS students, this not only meant a new learning format, but also an intensive…
In the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of 2 March 2026, Sounia Kombert and professor Dr. Caren Sureth-Sloane analyse the economic consequences of current trade policy and tax developments under the title "Shocks from tariffs and taxes".
The article sheds light on how international trade conflicts, new customs regulations and challenges in tax administration processes - including the implementation of global minimum taxation (Pillar 2) - pose…
"BahnBonus. Every train journey counts! For the climate. And for you." - This is the slogan with which Deutsche Bahn applies its sustainable loyalty programme "BahnBonus". But is such an investment in sustainability really worthwhile? How important is sustainability from the customer's point of view? Around 30 Master's students addressed these questions in the "Capstone Course" module of the M.Sc. Management programme at Paderborn University in…
The "Process Mining" seminar, led by Prof. Dr. Daniel Beverungen, Bernd Löhr and Alexander Skolik, once again gave Master's students at the faculty the opportunity to take a practical look at data-driven process analyses this year.
Process mining is a data-based method for analysing process data. The aim is to systematically analyse and evaluate business processes so that various processes can be improved. Process mining makes it possible to…
