Faculty of Economics and Business Studies
Accounting
Course Description
Die Veranstaltung besteht aus zwei Teilen. Im ersten Teil werden die Grundlagen der Buchführung und der externen Finanzberichterstattung vermittelt. Im zweiten Teil werden darauf aufbauend die Grundlagen der Kostenrechnung besprochen. Insbesondere werden betriebswirtschaftliche Begriffsabgrenzungen, Kostenarten-/Kostenstellen/-Kostenträgerrechnung, Voll- und Teilkostenrechnung sowie die Einführung in die Anwendung weiterer Kostenrechnungsinstrumente erläutert.
Faculty
Economics and Business Studies
Department
Department of Financial Accounting
Institute for Managerial Accounting
Lecturer
Prof. Dr. Ewelt-Knauer; Prof. Dr. Arnt Wöhrmann
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
13/04/2026 - 17/07/2026
Mode and Time
Asynchronous (Recorded)
Class Format
Lecture and Turorials
Online Tool for Teaching
Stud.IP, ILIAS, YouTube
Language of Instruction
Deutsch (German)
Target Group
Bachelor
Open to students of the following field: Economics and Business Studies
Prerequisites
German
Examination Format
Take-Home-Exam
ECTS
6 ECTS
Competition Policy and Strategy (Wettbewerbspolitik und -strategie)
Course Description
The goal of the course is to develop the basic concepts of Competition Policy and Industrial Organization. The students will learn how firms can compete in markets and how to evaluate market results. Based on this understanding, the participants will learn how to analyze horizontal and vertical mergers, agreements between firms (tacit and explicit collusion as well as horizontal and vertical agreements) and how firms may abuse a dominant market position. In doing so, several key concepts will be highlighted, such as market definition, contestability, network effects and foreclosure. The students will learn how to analyze these aforementioned topics from a technical perspective and how they are evaluated in a competition policy perspective.
Faculty
Economics and Business Studies
Department
Chair for Industrial Organization, Regulation and Antitrust
Lecturer
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
13/04/2026 - 17/07/2026
Mode and Time
Synchronous and asynchronous (recorded Youtube videos)
Start date: 14/04/2026
Lecture: Mondays 10 - 12 a.m.
Tutorial 1: Tuesdays 4 - 6 p.m
Tutorial 2: Mondays 2 - 4 p.m.
Class Format
Lecture and exercise class (both online)
Online Tool for Teaching
BigBlueButton, ILIAS, Youtube recordings
Language of Instruction
English
Target Group
Bachelor
Open to students of the following field: Economics and Business Administration
Prerequisites
English B2
Knowledge in Introductory Microeconomics
Examination Format
Online Exam
ECTS
6 ECTS
Economics of Innovation
Course Description
This course gives an overview of the economic study of innovation and the production of new goods and services. Students will learn about the importance of the research and development activities of firms and how they are influenced by public policy in general and by the patent system in particular. The course introduces patent races, the economics of licensing, and the study of adoption and diffusion of new technology. A further topic concerns R&D cooperation with a focus on the working of Research Joint Ventures. Throughout the course we will discuss the Schumpeterian themes of the relation between market structure, firm size and innovation. The course will also evaluate current technology policy as implemented in various countries. A seminar-like part will conclude the course with various case studies of firms’ research and development activities and innovations with a special focus on the pharmaceutical sector.
Faculty
Faculty of Economics and Business Studies
Department
Chair for Industrial Organization, Regulation and Antitrust
Lecturer
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
13/04/2026 - 17/07/2026
Mode and Time
Synchronous and Asynchronous
Lecture: Thursdays 2 - 4 p.m.
Tutorial: Tuesdays 2 - 4 p.m.
Class Format
Lecture and Tutorial
Online Tool for Teaching
BigBlueButton and Youtube
Language of Instruction
English
Target Group
Master
Open for students of the following subjects: Economics and Business Administration
Prerequisites
English
Intermediate Microeconomics
Examination Format
Exam
ECTS
6 ECTS
Economics of Regulation
Course Description
This course deals with network industries like electricity, gas and water supply as well as with the telecommunication sector and how to regulate them. A special focus is laid on the consequences of the asymmetric distribution of information among the agents active in these sectors. Here, one might think of product markets characterized by uncertainty about qualities and prices as well as labor markets, insurance markets, or financial markets. These markets are characterized by endogenous information that is generated by some market participants' behavior affecting other market participants' behavior. As a consequence, the market mechanism may be distorted or even fail.
Faculty
Faculty of Economics and Business Studies
Department
Chair for Industrial Organization, Regulation and Antitrust
Lecturer
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
14/04/2026 - 14/07/2026
Mode and Time
Synchronous and Asynchronous (recorded Youtube videos from previous course available)
Lecture: Thursdays 10 - 12 a.m.
Tutorial: Tuesdays 8 - 10 a.m.
Class Format
Lecture and Tutorial
Online Tool for Teaching
BigBlueButton and Youtube
Language of Instruction
English
Target Group
Master
Open for students of the following subjects: Economics and Business Administration
Prerequisites
English
Intermediate Microeconomics
Examination Format
Exam
ECTS
6 ECTS
Virtual Summer School in Economics
Course Description
The module is comprised by 2 classes: Videos of the virtual lecture "Debt: Game Theory Applications'' given by Prof. Filip Vesely (University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee) and the online seminar given by PD Dr. Martin Mandler (JLU Giessen) with specific topic tba
Videos of the virtual lecture will be available on ILIAS (see link on StudIP) for streaming from May, 1st on according to the time schedule below. PDF-files of the lecture slides are available on the ILIAS site.
The virtual lecture will end with a written exam (open book) at the end of July 2026. There will also be a voluntary midterm test to prepare for the exam in this part of the class. The results of this voluntary test will not be credited for the final exam.
PD Dr. Mandler will publish the schedule for the seminar asap.
Examination/grading in the seminar will be fixed in the first meeting of the seminar. The language of all classes is English.
Faculty
Faculty of Economics and Business Studies
Department
Chair for International Relations in Economics
Lecturer
Prof. Vesely (UWM), PD Dr. Mandler (JLU)
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
13/04/2026 - 17/07/2026
Mode and Time
Synchronous and Asynchronous
Block Seminar Dates: May 1, May 8, May 15, May 22, May 29, June 5, June 12, June 19, June 26.
Class Format
Lecture and Seminar
Collaborative
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, United States of America
Online Tool for Teaching
BigBlueButton, ILIAS
Language of Instruction
English
Target Group
Master
Open for students of the following subject/s: Business Studies, Economics, International Politics, Agricultural Economics, Transition Economics/ Politics
Prerequisites
English B1
Solid background in Economics, esp. Microeconomics (BSc-level), Mathematics and Statistics/Econometrics
Examination Format
Written exam (lecture), presentation and term paper (seminar)
ECTS
3 ECTS for lecture (final exam) + 3 ECTS for seminar (presentation & term paper)
ECTS without examination
2 ECTS