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In the April/May issue 2020 of the “KMU Magazin” the practical article “Successful implementation of digitization cooperations” by Dr. Anne Busch (Endowed Professor for Microeconomics of Competitiveness, FHWien der WKW) and FH-Prof. Dr. Ann-Christine Schulz (Deputy Head of Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy, FHWien der WKW) has been published. The authors show that […]Read more on Successful implementation of digitization cooperations

A total of 70 people were connected live via video conference to the founding of the new Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy at the FHWien of WKW on 27.5.2020. The new institute is cooperating more closely with local companies and international research institutions. The founding of the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable […]Read more on New Momentum for Research on Sustainable Corporate Management

Markus Scholz, Endowed Professor for Corporate Governance & Business Ethics, took part in a virtual roundtable discussion on the question of social responsibility of the pharmaceutical industry in times of Covid-19 at the invitation of Mag. (FH) Dieter Aigner, Managing Director Raiffeisen KAG. Covid-19 keeps the world firmly in its grip and puts societies and […]Read more on Markus Scholz at Raiffeisen Roundtable Discussion on the Responsibility of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Times of Covid-19

We are pleased to announce the new date for the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS) Sustainability Centres Community Workshop. The event has been postponed to 2021 due to the Corona Pandemic. The Networking Workshop will take place in Vienna from 12 to 14 July 2021. The biennial workshop is an initiative of the Sustainability Centres […]Read more on New Date for Sustainability Centres Community Workshop

The pharmaceutical industry is particularly challenged in the Corona crisis – also in ethical terms. In order to meet its responsibility, cooperation and self-control are needed. Prof. Dr. Markus Scholz (Head of Center for Corporate Governance & Business Ethics at WKW’s Vienna University of Applied Sciences) and N. Craig Smith (INSEAD Chair in Ethics and […]Read more on Article Markus Scholz: Responsibility of the pharmaceutical industry in the Corona crisis

How to deal with the increased demand for drugs in the Corona crisis? The pharmaceutical industry is particularly challenged in the corona crisis – also from an ethical point of view. Self-control is needed to prevent the best bidder principle for drugs. In addition, politics must reform competition rules, says Markus Scholz (Head of Center […]Read more on Guest commentary Markus Scholz: Industry needs “pooling” of all forces

We are sorry to announce that, after careful consideration, we have decided to delay the Network for Business Sustainability Sustainability Centres Community Workshop to summer 2021 because of the corona virus. Please stay tuned to updates in the next few months regarding the 2021 date. We are sad about the circumstances but happy that the […]Read more on Sustainability Centres Community Workshop postponed to 2021

In the just published April issue 2020 of the magazine “Controller Magazin” a practical article by Clemens Löffler (Senior Researcher, FHWien der WKW) has been published. In the article entitled “International transfer pricing in the area of conflict between taxation and control” Clemens Löffler shows that the conflict of objectives of international transfer pricing (between […]Read more on Clemens Löffler published an article on transfer pricing

The first Strategy Morning 2020 on the topic of “Digitization in the Health Care System” took place on March 3, 2020. Anita Rieder (Vice Rector MedUni Vienna), Matthias Lichtenthaler (Federal Computing Centre) and Christine Stadler-Häbich (Roche) presented interesting approaches to the digital transformation in the health care system. The digital transformation of the health care […]Read more on Strategy Morning ” Digitalization in the Health Care System

Ann-Christine Schulz (FHWien der WKW), together with Martin Gersch, Stefan Güldenberg, Wolfgang H. Güttel, Gordon Müller-Seitz and Birgit Renzl, has written an article about “Design Challenges of Digital Transformation: Recognizing, Designing or Leaving Paths?. In this article, the researchers describe how the digital transformation is embedded in corporate strategies: Digital transformation describes the current change […]Read more on Article about Design Challenges of Digital Transformation