Faculty and Research

€1.5 Million ERC Starting Grant
German Prize for Economics

Prof. Özlem Bedre-Defolie

Prof. Bedre-Defolie has been awarded the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant for her project: Digital Platforms: Pricing, Variety and Quality Provision (DIPVAR).

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Joachim Herz Foundation

Prof. Jan Nimczik is one of the winners of the Joachim Herz Foundation’s German Prize for Economics 2020.

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Honors & Awards

June 1, 2021: Stefan Wagner receives €135,000 DFG funding for his research on pharmaceutical patenting.
April 19, 2021: Martin Schweinsberg along with his coauthors Lara Bekhazi, INSEAD, Horacio Falcao, INSEAD, Eric Luis Uhlmann, INSEAD, won the 2020 EFMD Case Writing Competition in the category "Women in Business" for their case "The Dual Career Negotiation".
January 16, 2020: Jan Nimczik is one of the winners of the Joachim Herz Foundation’s German Prize for Economics 2020.
September 3, 2019: Özlem Bedre-Defolie was awarded the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant worth €1.5 million for her project "Digital Platforms: Pricing, Variety, and Quality Provision (DIPVAR)"

"Bleak winter ahead: Who’s to blame for Europe’s energy crisis?"

October 22, 2021 | Deutsche Welle

Christoph Burger, professor at ESMT, discusses the worldwide price explosion of petroleum products and natural gas.

"Is Luck Better Than Strategy in Cultivating Corporate Innovation?"

October 21, 2021 | YouTube

Chengwei Liu, professor at ESMT Berlin, discusses if luck is better than strategy in cultivating corporate innovation in a seminar at the Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation.

Research on diversity in organizations: new endowed chair at ESMT Berlin

October 7, 2021 | ESMT Press

Tatiana Lluent, assistant professor of strategy, is the new holder of the Volkswagen Group Junior Chair for Diversity in Organizations at ESMT Berlin.