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Important information for the courses offered by the Endowed Chair of Procurement in Fall 2026

Ruth Schültken, Christoph Bode, and Christopher Schwarz present current research at the Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA

At the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AoM) in Philadelphia, PA, Ruth Schültken was honored with the Outstanding Reviewer Award of the Operations and Supply Chain Management Division (OSCM). The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the peer review process through the ...

The grades for OPM 692 have been finalized and are now available in the student portal.

On 13 May 2026, two consultants from the global management consultancy Argon & Co joined our master-level course OPM 692 Strategic Sourcing for a guest lecture on competitive market negotiations and mechanism design. Daniel Sadrinna and Jan Budd – both University of Mannheim alumni and members of ...

At the 2026 Annual Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) in Reno, NV, Ruth Schültken presented a research paper titled “Framing Sustainability Misconduct: How Social and Environmental Framing Influences Consumers' and Professional Buyers' Buying,” co-authored by ...

We welcome Christopher Schwarz as a new external doctoral candidate researching supply chain trans­formation and technology adoption.

Another successful year for our industry-integrated teaching format

Last week, Christoph Bode and Ruth Schültken traveled to Fort Collins, Colorado, to continue our long-standing research collaboration with John R. Macdonald at the College of Business, Colorado State University. John is a distinguished scholar in logistics and supply chain management, and our joint ...