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The Porsche Case Challenge 2025, integrated into the OPM 692 “Strategic Sourcing” course at the University of Mannheim, concluded yesterday with the final presentations held at Porsche’s headquarters in Zuffenhausen. This annual event provides students with the opportunity to tackle real-world ...

Study explores stakeholder reactions to corporate irresponsibility at leading operations management conference

The paper “Force majeure in business relationships”, co-authored by Davide Burkhart and Christoph Bode, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Business Research.

A joint study by Christoph Bode, Stephan M. Wagner, and Moritz A. Peter on supplier contract acceptance under dependence conditions has won the Best Paper Award at the LRN Conference 2025.

This week, Prof. Christoph Bode and Mannheim Business School successfully concluded the Advanced Procurement Certificate course, which focused on key topics such as procurement strategy, supplier management, negotiation, sustainability, and risk resilience.

On April 2, the employers' association Südwestmetall honored nine talented young scientists from Baden-Württemberg's state universities for their excellent scientific work.

Ruth Schültken received the Runner-Up Award for her dissertation titled “Intra- and Inter-Organizational Misalignment Problems in Supply Management” at the IPSERA (International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association) 2025 conference. Her research addresses how discrepancies arise ...

At the IPSERA 2025 conference, Ruth Schültken and Christoph Bode were honored with the Runner-Up Best Paper Award for their paper titled “Framing Supply Chain Sustainability Misconducts: The Influence of Social and Environmental Framing on Buyers’ Purchase Intentions and Attitudes.”  In addition, ...