Research focus

The Chair of Business Administration, Public & Nonprofit Management aims to generate and disseminate knowledge on professional management in public-benefit organizations as well as in the field of general management through high-quality basic research, applied research, and contract research. This work is based on theory-driven empirical research on professional management in public-benefit organizations of the public and third (civil society) sectors, complemented by studies on general management principles and cross-sectoral governance mechanisms in various organizational contexts. Both quantitative and qualitative empirical research methods are applied.

Selected research projects

Selected publications

  • Helmig, B., Bärlocher, C. and von Schnurbein, G. (2009). Defining the Nonprofit Sector: Switzerland. Working Papers of the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project, 46. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins Univ., Dept. of Economics.