The Hidden Hurdles of AI: Why Family Businesses Struggle to Keep Up
AI promises big gains for businesses, but family-owned firms are cautious to embrace it. A new study by Maija Worek from our study program Management & Entrepreneurship explores the challenges these companies face when adopting AI, and what they can do to overcome them. […]Read more on The Hidden Hurdles of AI: Why Family Businesses Struggle to Keep Up
Family Business – guest lectures with researchers and practitioners
Exciting guest lectures were part of the program of the Family Business specialization for Bachelor students in the 5th semester. […]Read more on Family Business – guest lectures with researchers and practitioners
Future viability through resilience and sustainability
Maija Worek from the Management & Entrepreneurship Study Programs and Patrick Rupprecht from the Institute for Digital Transformation and Strategy (IDS) presented current research findings on the topic of ‘Future viability in times of fundamental change’ at the G-Forum 2024 in Ingolstadt. One of Maija Worek's contributions was nominated for the Best Paper in Family Business Award. […]Read more on Future viability through resilience and sustainability
Maija Worek at the EURAM Conference in Bath, UK
Dr. Maija Worek, MSc represented the FHWien der WKW at European Academy of Management (EURAM), which is the largest management conference in Europe. This year it was organized at the University of Bath in the UK. […]Read more on Maija Worek at the EURAM Conference in Bath, UK
A forum for applied science
In line with the conference motto "Let's apply science!", several researchers from FHWien der WKW presented current findings on the application of artificial intelligence, sustainable innovations and digital transformations as well as business founders at the FH Research Forum 2024 in April. […]Read more on A forum for applied science
Family businesses acquire efficiently, but are not (yet) innovative
Ann-Christine Schulz from the Institute for Digital Transformation & Strategy (IDS) and Maija Worek from the Management & Entrepreneurship Study Programs present the results of an empirical analysis of 18 European family businesses in the Austrian Management Review […]Read more on Family businesses acquire efficiently, but are not (yet) innovative
“Acquiring, Founding and Transforming” at the “G-Forum”
Ann-Christine Schulz from the Institute for Digital Transformation & Strategy (IDS) and Maija Worek from the Management & Entrepreneurship Study Programs gave several presentations at the largest German-speaking conference on entrepreneurship and family businesses in Darmstadt. […]Read more on “Acquiring, Founding and Transforming” at the “G-Forum”
How meaningful is AI in teaching and exams?
At a presentation by our Competence Center for Business English at the 56th IATEFL Annual Conference in Harrogate, UK, the results and findings of an action-based research project with students and teachers from two undergraduate programs were presented. […]Read more on How meaningful is AI in teaching and exams?
Maija Worek and Manfred J. Schieber at the ISPIM Innovation Conference 2023
Maija Worek and Manfred J. Schieber presented and discussed their current research projects with an international audience at the XXXIV ISPIM Innovation Conference in Ljubljana from June 4-7, 2023. […]Read more on Maija Worek and Manfred J. Schieber at the ISPIM Innovation Conference 2023
A racetrack for sustainable motorsport in Venice
Students of FHWien der WKW present the model of an energy self-sufficient racetrack as part of an official "Collateral Event" at the Architecture Biennale 2023. As the only contribution of a German-speaking university in the project "Students as Researchers", the contribution shows how energy can be sustainably generated for motorsport infrastructure. […]Read more on A racetrack for sustainable motorsport in Venice