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Finding a topic and supervisor for your final thesis is an essential part of your degree program. There are several ways to achieve this goal:
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Departments
Business Administration - Corporate Management, Logistics und Manufacturing (N.N.)
Business Analytics and Intelligent Systems (Prof. Schiffer)
Master-Thesis Requirements: interest in OSCM and/or ML for industry, several related lectures/seminars; strong math/technical, modeling & programming skills; very good grades in math, OSCM and/or CS.
Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Prof. Minner)
Management of Digital Food Businesses (Prof. Dr. Buisman)
Operations Management (Prof. Kolisch)
Thesis Requirements: courses in the area of operations & supply chain management (OSCM). Preferred: TUM Library workshops beforehand („Zitieren statt Plagiieren“, „Informationskompetenz 1“ or Citavi/EndNote courses).
Operations Research (Prof. Schulz)
Thesis Requirements: strong background in mathematics or operations research. Master-Thesis Requirements: relevant seminars.
Production and Supply Chain Management (Prof. Grunow)
Thesis Requirements: several OSCM lectures/seminars; mandatory before start: Modeling, Optimization and Simulation in Operations Management (6 ECTS).
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Behavioral Research Methods (Prof. Pachur)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: successful completion (grade 2.3 or better) of a Bachelor's module with a focus on research methods/statistics.
Master-Thesis Requirements: successful completion (grade 2.3 or better) in one of the following Master's modules: "Empirical research methods in management and economics" oder “Consumer Behavior Research Methods” and successful participation in at least one additional module offered by the chair.
Digital Marketing (Prof. Hartmann)
Economics of Horticulture and Landscaping (Prof. Bitsch)
Marketing and Consumer Research (Prof. Roosen)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: basic knowledge of Consumer Behavior and Marketing. Strongly recommended: the module “Kenne deine Zielgruppe (MGT001499)”.
Master-Thesis Requirements: at least one theory course: Consumer Behavior (WI000739), Consumer and Household Economics (MGT000709), Food Economics (WI000948), Marketing (WI001202) and one methods course: Quantitative Research Methods (WI001174), Qualitative Research Methods (WI001174), Consumer Analytics and Data Science (WI001178). Recommended: one of the following seminars offered by the chair: Advanced Seminar: Advances in Consumer Research (WIB08001), Advanced Seminar: Sustainable Consumption (WI001179), Advanced Seminar: Risk Perception and Communication (WI001290), Seminar: Quantitative Marketing (MGT001511), Seminar: Food Marketing and Agribusiness Marketing (WI100311).
Marketing and Technology (Prof. Finken)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: good empirical skills (e.g., inferential statistics, and coding in R, Stata, or Python), independent work, above-average grades, interest in consumer–technology interaction.
Master-Thesis Requirements: complete one of advanced seminar „Technology Marketing“ (MGT001489S) / „Consumer Research“ (WIB08001) or seminar „Intro to Survey Methods & Data Evaluation“ (MGT001496S), and take the other during the thesis.
Psychology (Prof. Kehr)
Thesis Requirements: prior experience with/knowedlege of empirical research methods including basic quantative statistics (descriptive statistics, regression, mediation/moderation, etc.) and their implementation with a software of your choice (SPSS, R, JASP, etc.).
Bachelor-Thesis Requirement: successful participation (min. grade 2.3) in the module “Empirical Research Methods” (WI000261).
Master-Thesis Requirement: successful participation (min. grade 2.3) in the module “Introduction to Statistics Using R” (MGT001243).
Research and Science Management (Prof. Peus)
Master-Thesis Requirement: the module "Advanced Seminar & Tutorial: Advanced Research Methods in Leadership and Organizational Behavior".
Strategic and International Management (Prof. Hutzschenreuter)
Master-Thesis Requirement: successful participation (min. grade 2.3) in the module „Strategies in MNEs“ / „Fundamentals of Strategy“ (WI001128) or (min. grade 1.7) in the module Advanced Seminar "Strategic Decision Making & Business Simulation (MGT001426) or another chair Advanced Seminar (MGT001342, MGT001424, MGT001425), grade 1.7 or better
Strategy and Organization (Prof. Welpe)
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Entrepreneurial Education (Prof. Tryba)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: successful participation in the module „Foundations of Entrepreneurial Business“ (MGT001372) and the completed project study at the chair.
Master-Thesis Requirements: successfully participate in at least one Advanced Seminar (Advanced Topics Seminar is not sufficient) offered by the chair.
Entrepreneurship (Prof. Patzelt)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: successful participation in the module „Foundations of Entrepreneurial Business“ (MGT001372) and the completed project study at the chair.
Master-Thesis Requirements: successfully participate in at least one Advanced Seminar (Advanced Topics Seminar is not sufficient) offered by the chair.
Technology and Innovation Management (Prof. Henkel)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: highly recommended the successful participation in Empirical Research Methods and Technology and Innovation Management: Introduction.
Master-Thesis Requirements: highly recommended the successful participation in Empirical Research Methods in Management and Economics and one of our Advanced Seminars.
Corporate and Intellectual Property Law (Prof. Ann)
Thesis Requirements: above-average grades in WPR1 and WPR2 or „Grundlagen des Rechts“.
Entrepreneurial Behavior (Prof. Breugst)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: successful participation in the module „Foundations of Entrepreneurial Business“ (MGT001372) and the completed project study at the chair.
Master-Thesis Requirements: successfully participate in at least one Advanced Seminar (Advanced Topics Seminar is not sufficient) offered by the chair.
Entrepreneurial Management (Prof. Zhao)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: successful participation in the module „Foundations of Entrepreneurial Business“ (MGT001372) and the completed project study at the chair.
Master-Thesis Requirements: successfully participate in at least one Advanced Seminar (Advanced Topics Seminar is not sufficient) offered by the chair.
Entrepreneurship and Communities (Prof. Vedula)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: successful participation in the module „Foundations of Entrepreneurial Business“ (MGT001372) and the completed project study at the chair.
Master-Thesis Requirements: successfully participate in at least one Advanced Seminar (Advanced Topics Seminar is not sufficient) offered by the chair.
Family Business, Culture and Ownership (Prof. Richards)
Innovation and Organization Design (Prof. Alexy)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: successful participation in the module „Foundations of Entrepreneurial Business“ (MGT001372) and the completed project study at the chair.
Master-Thesis Requirements: successfully participate in at least one Advanced Seminar (Advanced Topics Seminar is not sufficient) offered by the chair.
International Entrepreneurship (Prof. Milanov)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: successful participation in the module „Foundations of Entrepreneurial Business“ (MGT001372) and the completed project study at the chair.
Master-Thesis Requirements: successfully participate in at least one Advanced Seminar (Advanced Topics Seminar is not sufficient) offered by the chair.
Law of Digital Goods, Commerce and Competition (Prof. Mackenrodt)
Corporate Sustainability - Brewery and Food Industry Management (Prof. Belz)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: successful participation (min. grade 2.0) in the module „Corporate Sustainability“
Master-Thesis Requirements: successful participation (min. grade 2.0) in the advanced seminar „Sustainable Entrepreneurship – Theoretical Foundations“.
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Management Accounting (Prof. Friedl)
Thesis Requirements: preferred Finance & Accounting major or former project study participants.
Entrepreneurial Finance 2 (Prof. Braun)
Thesis Requirements: preferred Finance & Accounting major or former project study participants.
Financial Accounting (Prof. Ernstberger)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: preferred project study or an elective course at the chair.
Financial Management and Capital Markets (Prof. Kaserer)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: successful participation in the module “Corporate Finance” (WI000091)
Master-Thesis Requirements: specialization in "Finance & Accounting (MMT/FIM) or should have passed two of the following six courses: Asset Management, Banking and Risk Management, Derivatives, International Capital Markets and Investment Practice, Advanced Seminar in Finance and Accounting: Cases in Finance, or Advanced Seminar in Finance and Accounting: Asset Management.
Corporate Management (Prof. Mohnen)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: highly recommended to attend the e-learning course “Get Ready for Your Degree - Advanced Library Course” offered by TUM Library.
Master-Thesis Requirements: highly recommended to attend one of the Advanced Seminars in Finance & Accounting and the e-learning course “Get Ready for Your Degree - Advanced Library Course” offered by TUM Library.
Corporate Governance and Capital Markets Law (Prof. Maume)
Thesis Requirements: demonstrate an interest in legal issues through relevant electives (e.g. “Banking and Financial Markets Law” or “EU Fintech Law”) and above-average grades in mandatory law courses: "Business Law" (Bachelor) or "Introduction to Business Law (MiM)" (Master), or equivalent courses.
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Agricultural Production and Resource Economics (Prof. Sauer)
Applied Econometrics (Prof. Farbmacher)
Thesis Requirements: successful participation in Microeconometrics (or Microeconometrics for Big Data) or an advanced seminar, project study or IDP offered by the chair.
Economics of Innovation (Prof. Hottenrott)
Economics of Energy Markets (Prof. Schwenen)
Thesis Requirements: preferred background in Energy Markets (lectures/seminars, earlier project studies).
Governance in International Agribusiness (Prof. Menapace)
Bachelor-Thesis Requirements: successful participation of the course “Introduction to Value Chain Economics (WI00108)”.
Master-Thesis Requirements: successful participation of one of the chair´s advanced seminars before or during the thesis.
Resource Economics (Prof. Ikonnikova)
Thesis Requirements: preferred background in Energy Markets (lectures/seminars, earlier project studies).
Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agricultural Systems (Prof. Cabernard)
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