Master Program Business Administration (M.Sc.)

ISC, Dr. Manuela Mosburger

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Master ProgramBusiness Administration (M.Sc.)Examination and Study Regulations for the Master‘s Program “Betriebswirtschaftslehre (M.Sc.)“ (2015) as of March 18, 2016

Validity Status: September 2017

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Please Note:

This brief information about the examination and study regulations for theMaster program in Business Administration will clarify only the most importantrules and facts.

However, only the „Prüfungs- und Studienordnung“ (in the German version) will be legally binding!

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The Terms „Module“ und „Module Examination“

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Compulsory Modules

are to be completed without exception

Compulsory Elective Modules (= Specializations)

Modules/elective units are to be elected among a set of specified modules/units according to specified rules.

Module Examination

A module which can consist of multiple courses will be tested in one examination which normally consists of either one performance or two partial items of performance.

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General Structure – Modularization

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Compulsory Elective Modules

✓ FSG Accounting

✓ FSG Finance

✓ FSG Marketing und Strategie

✓ FSG Innovation

✓ FSG Leadership and Human Resources

Compulsory Modules

✓ Betriebswirtschaftliche Grundlagen

✓ Volkswirtschaftliche Grundlagen I und II

✓ Projekt Forschung und Praxis I und II

✓ Master‘s Thesis

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General Structure – Modularization

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Compulsory Elective Modules/Specializations:

Accounting

Finance

Marketing & Strategy

Innovation

Leadership & Human Resources

Compulsory Elective Modules in Psychology

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Compulsory Modules

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Betriebswirtschaftl. Methoden der BWL Grundlagen (V + Ü; 120 min. Exam; 6 ECTS-Credits)

Volkswirtschaftl. Managerial Economics 1 Grundlagen I (V + Ü; 120 min. Exam; 6 ECTS-Credits)

Volkswirtschaftl. Managerial Economics 2 Grundlagen II (V + Ü; 120 min. Exam; 6 ECTS-Credits)

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Compulsory Modules

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Projekt: Forschung und Praxis 1Forschung und Praxis I (project course + project seminar,

(written exam or seminar paper) + (presentation or oral exam); 12 ECTS-Credits)

Projekt: Forschung und Praxis 2 Forschung und Praxis II (project course + project seminar,

(written exam or seminar paper) + (presentation or oral exam); 12 ECTS-Credits)

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Compulsory Elective Modules/Areas

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I. Select two out of five compulsory elective modules

subject-specific foundations (FSG) 18 ECTS-Credits

•FSG Accounting S + PS 9 ECTS-Credits

•FSG Finance S + PS 9 ECTS-Credits

•FSG Marketing und Strategie S + PS 9 ECTS-Credits

•FSG Innovation S + PS 9 ECTS-Credits

•FSG Leadership and Human Resources S + PS 9 ECTS-Credits

At this point you have to decide regarding the focus (and whether you‘d like topursue the approach of a “specialist“ or a “generalist“).

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Compulsory Elective Areas/Specializations

➢ II. Select one out of five Specializations of and within the specialization modules comprising 18 ECTS-Credits

✓ Accounting

or

✓ Finance

or

✓Marketing & Strategy

or

✓ Innovation

or

✓ Leadership & Human Resources

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III. Select further compulsory elective modules out of the pool comprising12 ECTS-Credits

Pool:

✓ Accounting

✓ Finance

✓Marketing & Strategy

✓ Innovation

✓ Leadership & Human Resources

✓ Psychologie

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Specialization: Accounting

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Accounting I

International Taxation (Vorlesung + Übung); LS Schanz

V+Ü Written Exam 120 min SS 6

Accounting II

Umwandlungssteuerecht (Vorlesung); LS Schanz V Oral Exam 10 min SS 3

Accounting III

Performancemessung und Anreizsysteme (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Hofmann

P+SPresentation and (written exam or Assignment)

15-25 min and (60-90 min or 11.100 - max. 16.650 characters)

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Accounting IV

Advanced Accounting 1 (Vorlesung + Übung); LS Sellhorn

P+S Written Exam 120 min SS 6

Accounting V

Advanced Accounting 2 (Vorlesung); LS Sellhorn V Written Exam 60 min SS 3

Accounting VI

Empirical Accounting Research (Proseminar + Seminar); LS Sellhorn

P+SSeminar Paper and Presentation

approx. 22.200 characters and 15 min

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Accounting VII

Advanced Valuation (Seminar); LS Sellhorn S Presentation 15 min WS 3

Accounting VIII

Empirical Research in Tax Accounting (Proseminarund Seminar); LS Schanz

P+SSeminar Paper and Referat


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Accounting IX

Economics of Accounting (Vorlesung und Seminar); LS Hofmann

V+S

Presentation and (Written Exam orAssignment)

15-25 min and (60-90 min or 11.100 - max. 16.650 characters)

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Specialization: Finance

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Finance I

Investment Banking (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Elsas P+S Presentation 30 min SS 6

Finance II

Empirical Corporate Finance (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Elsas P+S Presentation 30 min SS 6

Finance III

Insurance Economics (Vorlesung und Übung); LS Richter V+Ü Written Exam 120 min SS 6

Finance IV

Bank Analysis 2: Value Based Management (Seminar); LS Elsas S Presentation 15 min SS 3

Finance V

Rückversicherung (Vorlesung); LS Richter V Written Exam 60 min SS 3

Finance VI

Versicherungstechnik (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Richter P+SSeminar paper and presentation

approx. 22.200 charactersand 15 min

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Finance VII

Value Based Management of Financial Institutions (Proseminarund Seminar); LS Richter

P+S

Presentation or oral exam and (seminarpaper or writtenexam)

(15-25 min or 10-15 min) and (approx. 22.200 characters or 60 min)

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Finance VIII

Mergers & Acquisitions and Financial Modeling (Vorlesung); LS Glaser

V Written exam 60 min WS 3

Finance IX

Aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Altersvorsorge (Seminar); LS Richter

S Written exam 60 minWS 3

Finance X

Bahavioral Finance (Vorlesung und Übung); LS Glaser V+Ü Written exam 120 min WS 6

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Specialization: Marketing & Strategy

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Marketing and Strategy I

Research Topics in Marketing (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Meyer

P+SSeminar paper and Presentation


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Marketing and Strategy II

Service Management (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Meyer



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Marketing and Strategy III

Empirische Sozialforschung (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Schwaiger


ca. 22.200 charactersand 15 min

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Marketing and Strategy IV

Consumer Research (Vorlesung und Übung); LS Schwaiger

V+Ü Written Exam 120 min SS 6

Marketing and Strategy V

Current Topics in Strategic Management (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Tuschke

P+S Presentation 30-50 min SS 6

Marketing and Strategy VI

Advanced Strategic Marketing (Vorlesung und Proseminar); LS Meyer

V+PWritten exam and presentation

60 min and 15 min WS 6

Marketing and Strategy VII

Strategie und Führung (Vorlesung und Übung); LS Tuschke

V+ÜSeminar paper orwritten exam

44.400 characters -max. 66.600 characters or 120-180 min

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Marketing and Strategy VIII

Convincing Political Stakeholder (Proseminar); LS Meyer

P Presentation 15 min WS 3

Marketing and Strategy IX

Research Methods in Strategy (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Tuschke



WS 6

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Specialization: Innovation

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Innovation I

Digital Products and Services (Vorlesung und Übung); LS Hess

V+Ü Written exam 120 min SS 6

Innovation II

Corporate Development in High Tech Companies (Proseminar); LS Hess

P Presentation 15 min SS 3

Innovation III

Funktionsbezogene Vertiefungsvorlesung (Vorlesung) und Funktionsbezogene Vertiefungsübung (Übung); LS Hess


Innovation IV

Organisaton und Management im Gesundheitssystem (Vorlesung und Übung); LS Leidl


Innovation V

Advanced Strategy and Organization in Technology Markets (Vorlesung und Übung); LS Kretschmer


Innovation VI

Electronic Commerce (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Spann

P+S Seminar paper and Written exam


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Innovation VII

Technologiebewertung und Management (Vorlesung und Übung); LS Leidl

V+Ü Written exam 120 min WS 6

Innovation VIII

Empirics of Organizations (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Kretschmer

P+S Seminar paper44.400 characters -max. 66.600 characters

WS 6

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Specialization: Innovation

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Innovation IX

Technology and Business Model Trend Analysis (Proseminar und Seminar); CDTM


22.200 - max. 33.300 charactersand 15-25 min

WS und SS 6

Innovation X

Ausgewählte Themen der Digitalen Wirtschaft (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Hess



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Innovation XI

Vertiefungsveranstaltung Electronic Markets(Proseminar und Seminar); LS Spann

P+SWritten exam and Presentation


Innovation XII

Research Methods in Innovation (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Kretschmer



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Innovation XIII

Innovationen im Gesundheitswesen (Vorlesung und Übung); LS Sundmacher

V+Ü

Written exam 120 min WS 6

Innovation XIV

Gesundheitsökonomie und Management im Gesundheitswesen (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Leidl


approx. 22.200 characters und 15 min

WS 6

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Specialization: Leadership & Human Resources

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Leadership and Human Resources I

Evidence-based Human Resource Management (Proseminar und Proseminar); LS Weller

P+SWritten exam and Presentation

60 min and 15 min SS 6

Leadership and Human Resources II

Leadership and Innovation (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Högl



WS und SS 6

Leadership and Human Resources III

Selected Topics in Organizational Behavior (Proseminar und Seminar); LS Högl

P+SPresentation and (written exam oder seminar paper)

15 min and (60 min or approx. 22.000 characters)

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Leadership and Human Resources IV

Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application (Proseminar und Proseminar); LS Horn


15 min and 22.200 characters

WS und SS 6

Leadership and Human Resources V

Strategic Human Resource Management (Proseminar und Proseminar); LS Weller

P+SPresentation and (written exam oder seminar paper)

15-25 min and (DIN A1, Arial 40 or22.200-max. 33.300 characters)

WS 6

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Compulsory Elective Modules:Psychology

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Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie fürNebenfachstudierende

V+SWritten exam and Presentation

60 min and 20 min SS 6

Markt- , Konsumenten- und ökonomischePsychologie

Markt- , Konsumenten- und ökonomischePsychologie

V+SWritten exam and Presentation


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Free Attempt and Grade Improvement

Free attempt and grade improvement

• What is a „free attempt“ (fPV)?

An exam that is taken for the first time within the normal program length, but is not passed, is considered not taken(= „free“); this can be relevant, if the number of resitopportunites is limited.

• Can you improve your grade?

A module that is passed can be retaken once for grade improvement purposes at the next regular exam date.

• Are there any modules that cannot be improved in grade?

Yes: the master‘s thesis

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Grade Improvement

• Which grade counts?

The better of the two grades counts.

• How often can you improve your module grade?

Once.

• Which exam counts, if the grades of the two attempts are equal?

The posterior one.

• Are there deadlines up to when you have to/are allowed to retake an exam forgrade improvement purposes?

At the next regular exam date.

• What does that mean, “next regular exam date“?

The next date on which the abstract course/the abstractmodule is offered or module exam is offered respectively.

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• What is to be considered, if there are several concrete courses offered for an abstract course?

The module grade can be improved, i.e. the grade earned in thecourse 1 exam can be replaced by a better grade earned in othercourses (course 2, 3, or 4) of the same module at the nextmodule exam date; please note that each module can only betaken once.

• If I am temporarily withdrawn, am I allowed to take a module exam for grad improvement purposes?

No. Only failed exams may be retaken in semesters on leave.

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• When/in which case does an attempt for grade improvement make sense?

If you had a one-off gaffe; otherwise it only meansadditional workload.

• What do I do, if I aim to improve a module exam grade?

Please register again via LSF for the module/exam alreadypassed.*

• What is the consequence if I miss to register?

Grade improvement is only possible if you are registered for the exam.*

* Please read the notes on „exam registration“.

Grade Improvement

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• Example 1:1st attempt: grade 3,7

2nd attempt: grade 3,3 => grade 3,3 counts2nd attempt: grade 3,7 => grade 3,7 counts2nd attempt: grade 4,0 => grade 3,7 counts

• Example 2:1st attempt: grade 5,0 (= fPV)

2nd attempt passed with grade ≤ 4,0 => grade improvement ispossible once.

• Example 3: 1st attempt: failed (nb); grade 5,0 (= fPV)

2nd attempt failed (nb), grade 5,0 => resit opportunity up to theend of the 6th regular semester.

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Example:

• You aim to improve the grade for Accounting I (V1 + Ü1 „International Taxation“), grade 3,7 in module exam in the summer term.

• Accounting I is offered every summer term.

• i.e. the resit must take place in the following summer term and hence canonly be credited for the identical modul Accounting I: „International Taxation“.

• Renewed registration for Accounting I

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Example:

• Registration for Projekt: Forschung & Praxis I : Forschung und Praxis 1 (PK + PS) in the winter term; offered every winter term and summer term.

• precisely: „Unternehmensrechnung und Controlling“ (Hofmann)grade 3,7

• You aim to improve the grade in this project course => You have to resit in the summer term; registration for the course „Unternehmensbesteuerung“ (Schanz) as part ofthe module Projekt: Forschung & Praxis II => no grade improvement in theproject course „Unternehmensrechnung und Controlling“ (Hofmann); grade improvement is only possible if the registration is again for the moduleProjekt: Forschung & Praxis I.

• Grade improvement in „Unternehmensbesteuerung“ is then possible once.

Grade Improvement

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Specialist vs. Generalist

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Our recommendation:

Select your specializations according to the subject-specific foundationsand project courses taken.

or vice versa

Select the subject-specific foundations and project courses according tothe favoured specialization/focus.

Specialist

Generalist

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You are identified as a “specialist“ in the diploma supplement, if you acquired

• subject-specific foundations in the relevant specialization (9 ECTS points),

• at least one project course in the relevant specialization (12 ECTS points)

• as well as more than 18 ECTS points in the specialization.

Otherwise you are identified as a “generalist“.

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Master‘s Thesis

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P : Master‘s Thesis 30 ECTS points

• 30 ECTS points for the master‘s thesis; 4th semester

• Maximum writing up period and maximum extent:

22 weeks and 150.000 – 160.000 characters incl. space characters

• Admission requirements according to PStO: none

• Admission requirements by institutes/chairs: please refer to the respective homepages!!

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Curriculum Recommendation

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1. 2. 3. 4.

Methoden der BWL 6

Managerial Economics 1 6

FSG 1 9

FSG 2 9

Managerial Economics 2 6

Projekt 1 12

Spezialisierung/Wahlpflichtmodule 12 18

Projekt 2 12

Masterarbeit 30

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Deadlines

Deadlines

• Normal program length: 4 semesters

• Maximum program length: a maximum of 6 semesters for the

completion of the required 120 ECTS points

(The provision of the last result is relevant, e.g. the submission of the

master‘s thesis.)

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Superordinate Rules

• Documentation

• Credit transfer

• Incapability to take an exam

• Deadline extension

• Registration for exams

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Documentation

Documentation of learning achievements and credits

• Available online:

Transcript of Records is updated every semester.

Overview over passed exams

ECTS points and ECTS grades

• After you passed your bachelor‘s or master‘s exam:

Bachelor‘s/Master‘s degree certificate (B.Sc., M.Sc.)

Examination Certificate

Transcripts of Records

Diploma Supplement

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Credit Transfer

Credit Transfer

• Semesters, learning agreements, and credits previously accrued at other universities or other degree courses can be credited, if there is no substantial difference in the acquired competences/intended learning outcomes.

• See the ISC website for details and the application process.

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Credit Transfer

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Deadlines for the application to credit transfers

The credits were acquired

• prior to enrolment in the M.Sc. (e.g. transfer between universities)

The application has to be brought forward by the end of the1st semester after enrolment at the LMU.

• after enrolment in the M.Sc.(e.g. study abroad)

The application has to be brought forward by the end of the 1st semester after the ECTS credits were acquired.

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Incapability to take an exam

Incapability to take an exam:

• Has to be claimed credibly immediately, at the latest before grades areannounced.

• Enforcement after grade announcement or four weeks after the examtook place is useless.

• The enforcement has to be claimed within 2 or 3 working days at a maximum.

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Incapability to take an exam

• „immediately“

…means, e.g. in case of sickness during a written exam: Please inform a supervisor, discontinue the exam, and see a physician immediately thereafter.Leaving the exam without an advice means „capable“.

• „credibly“

…means to submit a medical certificate from a physician or a hospital that describes the symptoms comprehensibly.

The relevant forms are available online on the ISC website.

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Deadline Extensions

Deadline Extensions:

• Requests for deadline extensions necessarily have to be lodged prior to the deadline expiry, not at the moment „when everything went wrong and it‘s too late“.

• Requests upon e.g. „relationship problems“, „language problems“, „employment“ and so on will not suffice.

• In case of physical or psychological illness we require a medical certificate from a doctor.

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Exam Organisation

Exam organisation

• Comprehensive exam plan:

is being released in time before the the first day of classes on the

ISC website; it comprises all compulsory exams.

• Exam registration and deregistration:

Please register online for all exams.

It is obligatory to register (and deregister respectively) for exams.

For registration and deregistration deadlines, see the ISC website.

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Registration for exams

Registration for exams:

• It is obligatory to register for exams on LSF, because it is up to thestudents to allocate the exams to the modules.

Keyword: polyvalent modules!

• In case you do not register for exams, it means disadvantages and additional efforts for you.

• Grades you improved cannot be recorded as grade improvements.

=> Always remember to register!

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Let‘s go

Enjoy your studies and good luck!

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Contact Details

For contact details and office hours, please refer to our website on

www.isc.lmu.de.

There you will find all relevant information and documents relating to the examination and program regulations, current announcements, and important dates.

For individual advice (course guidance and individual coaching)please contact: Dr. Eva Groher

Dr. Christiane Romeo (currently on parental leave)

Dr. Manuela Mosburger

Web: www.isc.lmu.de Mail: [email protected] Address: Ludwigstraße 28/VG/EG, Zi. 022

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http://www.isc.lmu.de/

http://www.ccc.bwl.uni-muenchen.de/

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