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36 Research & Programs
Successful project with the City of Leipzig
The Chair of Strategic Management and Organization
regularly engages in projects to
support Leipzig and the region. In 2009, one
of these projects was undertaken in cooperation
with the City of Leipzig and its Mayor
for Business, Economy and Employment, Uwe
Albrecht. In order to help the City of Leipzig
prepare for discussions with corporate and
private investors in the region, the Chair of
Strategic Management and Organization
initiated the development of a set of presentations
that combine both a convincing communication
approach and decision-enabling
Talks at conferences
Professor Dr. Torsten Wulf / Dr. Stephan Stubner /
Robert Gietl / Christian Landau
Private Equity and Family Business –
can investors add to the success of
former family firms?
Annual conference of the Academy of Management
Chicago, USA, August 7-11, 2009
Professor Dr. Torsten Wulf / Dr. Stephan Stubner /
Dirk Schneider
Executive Succession and Firm Performance –
the Role of Position-Specific Skills
Annual Conference of the Academy of Management
Chicago, USA, August 7-11, 2009
Professor Dr. Torsten Wulf / Dr. Stephan Stubner /
W. Henning Blarr / Corinna Lindow
Erfolgreich bleiben in der Krise
Quarterly Meeting of the Alphazirkel –
Forum für Familienunternehmer
München, Germany, October 29, 2009
hard facts that speak in favor of investment in
and around Leipzig. The presentations themselves
were then developed by students in
our MSc4 class as the final assignment in the
course “Problem solving and Communication.”
This course has been a cornerstone of
HHL education since its inception. It aims to
enable students to approach new problems
systematically, to develop solutions in a
structured way and to convincingly communicate
solutions. The final presentations were
prepared for three potential investor groups:
logistics companies from the USA and the
Professor Dr. Torsten Wulf / Dr. Stephan Stubner
Unternehmernachfolge in Familienunternehmen –
Untersuchungsmodell zur Analyse von Problemfeldern
bei der Übergabe der Führungsrolle
G-Forum: 13 th Annual Interdisciplinary
Entrepreneurship Conference
Leipzig, Germany, October 30-31, 2009
Professor Dr. Torsten Wulf / Dr. Stephan Stubner /
Corinna Lindow
The Performance Implications of Fit
between Strategic Behavior and
Organizational Structure in Family Firms
G-Forum: 13 th Annual Interdisciplinary
Entrepreneurship Conference
Leipzig, Germany, October 30-31, 2009
Professor Dr. Torsten Wulf / Dr. Stephan Stubner /
W. Henning Blarr / Corinna Lindow
Erfolgreich bleiben in der Krise
Quarterly Meeting of the Industrieverein
Sachsen 1828 e. V.
Chemnitz, Germany, December 10, 2009
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UK, Russian companies in the energy and
environmental industries, and automotive
companies from Northern Italy. On November
4, 2009, the student teams presented
their results in front of representatives of the
City of Leipzig. Brigitte Brück from the City of
Leipzig said afterwards: “We are grateful to
the Chair and the students for the excellent
and very valuable presentations.” Furthermore,
selected teams have been invited to
present their work in front of a larger
audience at the mayor’s office.
Professor Dr. Torsten Wulf
HHL – Center for Scenario Planning
Annual Meeting of the Roland Berger
Academic Network
Hamburg, Germany, November 6-7, 2009
Professor Dr. Torsten Wulf / Dr. Stephan Stubner /
W. Henning Blarr
The Strategy-Performance Linkage and
Organizational Ambidexterity in Small –
to Medium-sized Enterprises
G-Forum: 13 th Annual Interdisciplinary
Entrepreneurship Conference
Leipzig, Germany, October 30-31, 2009