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A contribution from the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts on Prof Dr Caren Sureth-Sloane Hardly anyone knows more about taxes and their economic consequences than Prof Dr Caren Sureth-Sloane. The deputy secretary of the engineering and economics class has many ideas for the tax system and a vision for scientific work in her subject area. When it comes to preparing her tax return, Prof Dr Caren Sureth-Sloane is…

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This year's annual meeting of the alumni association "Arbeitskreis Paderborner Betriebswirte" (APB) took place from 20 to 22 June in Paderborn and was a complete success. 50 years after successfully completing their studies, 28 participants - graduates from 1974 and their partners - came together to look back on their time as students and learn about current developments at their alma mater. The programme began on Thursday with a guided tour of…

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Amer­ic­an uni­ver­sity group on tour through Ger­many

Every year, Prof James Eckert, Ph.D., from Western Michigan University (USA) visits Paderborn University. This is now the 13th year he has held his popular Bachelor's course "Global Business Essentials" at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics. But Professor Eckert does not travel alone from Michigan. Every year, he brings a group of American students with him who are keen to get to know Germany and its culture and university…

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Award-win­ning Mas­ter's theses res­ult in new re­search pro­ject

Paderborn graduates focus on flexible workplace concepts At Paderborn University's Chair of Human Resources Management, two outstanding theses have not only received academic recognition, but have also provided the impetus for a further research project. Graduates Johanna Horsthemke and Mona Täuber analysed the effect of flexible working models on employer attractiveness among applicants - using questionnaires and experiments on the one hand and…

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Pader­born Uni­ver­sity stu­dents hon­oured at the Ex­cel­lence For­um 2024

Traffic accidents caused by delivery services, reusable parcels in online retail or climate policy for central banks: at this year's Excellence Forum, students from the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics had the opportunity to present the topics of their own research. The Excellence Forum 2024 took place on 21 June and served as a platform for excellent students to present their academic work for the second time. In the Excellence…

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Lead­er­ship les­sons from pro­fes­sion­al foot­ball

Uwe Hünemeier visits Paderborn University Students on Prof Dr Kirsten Thommes' "Organisational Behaviour" module were able to experience football from a completely different perspective. SC Paderborn 07 co-trainer Uwe Hünemeier visited Paderborn University and gave an insight into leadership lessons from professional football. Some students were initially unable to believe that what they had learnt at university would also play a role in…

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