The next step
Educating tomorrow’s academics is a key focus at KLU. In 2017, KLU was granted the right to award doctorates. Every year, we honor several new Ph.D.’s now starting their academic careers. Recently, several [...] expanding the body of knowledge, creating new schools of thought, influencing the thinking of other academics, devising and refining analytical tools and providing students with new insights they will need [...] in their future careers. What better way to achieve this than by our Ph.D. graduates working as academics at other universities?” Several former Ph.D. candidates from KLU have already found positions at
Managing uncertainty in the global supply chain: European Freight and Logistics Network F&L at KLU
waters? The European Freight and Logistics Leaders Forum (F&L) invited around 150 practitioners and academics to identify possible solutions. The KLU hosted the meeting 9 to 10 May 2019, titled “Managing u [...] the managers and entrepreneurs to benefit from the presence of the very much application-oriented academics at the meeting. F&L Secretary General Philip Evans added, “The harder the question you ask, the [...] and best practice. More information: Interview Philip Evans, F&L Secretary General Involved KLU academics: Alan McKinnon , Professor of Logistics, leader breakout session “Management supply chain risk and
KLU Professor Besiou Contributes to 8th Iberoamerican Academy Conference in São Paulo
operations in Ibero-American countries. The plenary session focused on the current debate among academics and practitioners about humanitarian operations and the challenges faced by the Ibero-American countries [...] the the 8th Iberoamerican Academy Conference. In a complex and dynamic global environment, both academics and practitioners must deal with dramatic changes in the areas of economics, geopolitics, society
SCM Executive Workshop at KLU
professor Carl Marcus Wallenburg and CBS (Copenhagen Business School) professor Andreas Wieland. Both academics are part of a joint research group (with KLU and ETH Zurich) that analyses the financial impact [...] that our SCM executive workshops are a great way to bring together top supply chain managers and academics so they can learn from each other. We are already planning the next workshop for spring 2015.” More
New Dean of Research: Maria Besiou
Humanitarian Logistics, is among the faculty who have contributed to the impact KLU has had on academics since the institution’s early years. Besiou has taken over from Professor Jan Fransoo, who returned [...] is to expand the university’s outreach by having KLU's research recognized by practitioners and academics across the world for its high standard and sustainable impact. KLU is already on this path and I
KLU ranks no. 3 in research among all business schools and universities in Germany
extremely happy with the 2014 ranking. The marketing expert himself is one of the top researching academics with a rank of 12 in the category lifelong achievement. “Research is our key mission,” said Albers [...] KLU is generously funded by the Kühne Foundation, the private university is able to provide its academics with an excellent research environment. The Handelsblatt ranking looks at all business administration
Does Firm Size Influence Sustainable Performance in Supply Chains?
partnership supported by the European Commission aiming to unite various stakeholders (food industry, academics, policy makers, etc) and to stimulate European competitiveness across the food supply chain. Michael's [...] for the European Commission (DG Research and Innovation) working with leading retailers and other academics on "Retail Innovation". more info about Prof. Bourlakis About the Seminar The KLU research seminar
Let’s Meet in Hamburg!
KLU co-hosts first German IAME conference It is one of the most important conferences for academics in the field of maritime transport: the annual conference of the International Association of Maritime [...] conference. New ways in maritime economics The presentation topics included some core areas for academics with an interest in maritime transport and ports: maritime logistics, ship finance, port economics
European Freight and Logistics Leaders Forum: We would be wrong not to be here
atmosphere with the lecture theatres and the academics. The team at the KLU has come up with a lot of interesting new ideas and contacts for us. Some of the academics, like Alan McKinnon for example, have been [...] organization. It has got practitioners, manufacturers, logistic supply operations, technologists, academics, and public policy individuals. It is all about the ability to ask questions in a confidential form
Besiou Now Associate Editor at JHLSCM
that focuses on humanitarian logistics and supply chain management. The journal is targeted to academics and practitioners in the humanitarian organizations in the public and private sectors that are involved