» Month: March 2020

Month: March 2020

TheTen: 10 special doctorates

TheTen: 10 special doctorates

At the age of 79, Rosemarie Achenbach fulfilled her wish for academic studies and completed her master's degree in philosophy at the University of Siegen in 2004. Today, at the age of 95, she is completing her doctorate on the topic of "Death in Philosophy." "Above...

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TheTen: 10 facts on doctoral studies

TheTen: 10 facts on doctoral studies

Our editorial series "The Ten" continues. We have compiled a few facts and figures on the topic of doctoral studies for you from the Federal Report on Young Academics. There are 196,200 doctoral students in Germany.56 percent of doctoral students are men, 44 percent...

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10 Reasons – Why your home is the ideal place to write

10 Reasons – Why your home is the ideal place to write

Corona/COVID-19 has us in its grip. To avoid infection, even our PhD students stay at home. But that's no reason not to work on your dissertation! We have prepared for you the 10 reasons why your home is the ideal place to write even though libraries, offices and...

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10 Steps: Develop Business Models

10 Steps: Develop Business Models

In her presentation in the series "Practice Meets Science", Dr. Laura Reder showed a procedure model for the consistent development and verification of business models in interaction with the product development process. In the second part of the series "Ten" on the...

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TheTen: 10 challenges and chances: new business models

TheTen: 10 challenges and chances: new business models

„If you're not being disruptive consistently, someone else is going to beat you!“ Jay Farner, CEO of Quicken Loans With this in mind, companies should frequently question their current business model even in times of business success and look for new (digital)...

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10 Challenges and Chances: New Business Models

10 Challenges and Chances: New Business Models

„If you're not being disruptive consistently, someone else is going to beat you!“ Jay Farner, CEO of Quicken Loans With this in mind, even in times of business success, companies should often challenge their current business model and look for new (digital) business...

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TheTen: 10 reasons why “agile” can go wrong

TheTen: 10 reasons why “agile” can go wrong

Agility is a buzzword on everyone's lips. As a central feature of Industry 4.0 management in organizations, it describes the need for change to increase the flexibility of companies. In the future, companies should be able to act proactively, anticipatively and...

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