Welcome to the Chair of International Management
Research on Supply Chain Management,
Sustainability and Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Acting Head of the Department of International Management is Prof. Dr. Detlev Möller
Prof. Dr. Stefan Seuring took up the Chair for Supply Chain Management at the University of Kassel but will remain affiliated with the Department


Supply Chain Management
Lectures in Winter Term 2011/12
Venue: Kassel Holländischer Platz
Arnold-Bode-Str. 8, Room 0112

The lectures will also be available online via the following link

http://ecampus.mpa.uni-kassel.de/supply_chain_11/

For the first lecture on 26. October, I would prefer you attending the class in person in Kassel!
Yet, online will be available.

Prof. Dr. Stefan Seuring



Changes at the Department
Prof. Dr. Stefan Seuring will take up the Chair for Supply Chain Management
at the Faculty of Business and Economics from 01. October 2011.
Hence, he will not be teaching in Witzenhausen any more.
(27.09.2011)



Philip Beske will stay at the Department

The following classes will be offered in the
Winter term 2011/12:

Management and Management Accounting
Lecturer: Philip Beske
Tuesday, 14-18
Steinstr, Room H 23

Any questions regarding classes, please turn to him.



Stefan Gold has left the Department of International Management
and is now working at the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland.
(01.09.2011)


Latest papers accepted or in print:


Beske, P.: Dynamic Capabilities and Sustainable Supply Chain Management,
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, accepted for publication 11. August 2011.

Beske, P., Seuring, S., Westhaus, M. (2011): Management accounting systems in supply chains –
A concept and first empirical insights,
in: Bogaschewsky, R., Eßig, M., Lasch, R., Stölzle, W. (Hrsg.):
Supply Management Research – Aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse 2011,
Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden, S. 336 – 350.


Stefan Gold successful in publishing his 6th peer-reviewed paper

Gold, S. (2011): "Bio-energy supply chains and stakeholders",
Mitigation and Adaptation of Strategies for Global Change, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 439-462.
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-010-9272-8.
(10.11.2010)

Literature review relevance recognised:

A literature review on sustainable supply chain management by
Stefan Seuring and Martin Müller (now a Professor at the University of Ulm, Germany)
was the most downloaded paper from JCLP
For the periods October to December 2009, January to March 2010, and April to June 2010.
It was the second most downloaded paper of the Journal of Cleaner Production for the periods
(1) October to December 2008, (2) January to March 2009 and again for (3) July to September 2009.
Further, the paper is increasingly cited.
After 2.5 years in print, Google Scholar lists already more than 110 citations
Currently, it is on rank 2 (!) of the most cited papers in JCLP and the lastest one published in the top 10 cited list.

Seuring, S., Müller, M. (2008): From a Literature Review to a Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Supply Chain Management,
Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 16, No. 15, pp. 1699-1710.
(03.09.2010)

The staff of the Department continues publishing papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Please follow the link for further details.


Research publication output recognised:

Prof. Dr. Stefan Seuring has been listed by
Handelsblatt, the largest daily business newspaper in Germany,
among the
TOP 100 (rank 65) for recent publications (since 2005).
(Handelsblatt Top 100 Publikation seit 2005) and among the
TOP 200 (rank 182) for life-time achievement
(Handelsblatt Top 200 Lebenswerk)

The total number of business professors and researchers evaluated in
the ranking is about 2100 in German speaking Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).
(June 2009)

International Center for Development and Decent Work
The Department of International Management is involved into a major research initiative
on Development and Decent Work.
The € 5 MIo. initivative funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
will run for 5 years.
Website of the ICDD at the University of Kassel

Initial press releases: 
Pressemitteilung der Uni Kassel 72/09 – 09. Juni 2009
Pressemitteilung DAAD

Editorial Board memberships

In September 2009, Prof. Dr. Stefan Seuring has been invited to join the Editorial Board of
Sustainable Development (Wiley)

In November 2008, Prof. Dr. Stefan Seuring has been invited to join the Editorial Board of
Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier)

In September 2008, Prof. Dr. Stefan Seuring has been invited to join the Editorial Board of
Business Strategy and the Environment (Wiley)

Both journals are frequently ranked among the top
Environmental and Sustainabiltiy Management Journals in the world.