We are pleased to once again offer the module “Digital Entrepreneurship” this summer semester. This module replaces the former module “International Entrepreneurship” and is offered in cooperation with the Chair of Information Systems, in particular Information Systems Management (Prof. Dr. Daniel Beimborn).

What can you expect?
In interdisciplinary teams, students from Information Systems and Business Administration jointly develop a digital business model. The module combines entrepreneurial thinking with technological expertise and offers you the opportunity to work on innovative solutions in a practical setting.

The highlight:
At the end of the module, you will present your business idea in a pitch to an expert jury – a valuable experience that allows you to communicate your ideas convincingly and test them under realistic conditions.

Take this opportunity to further develop your entrepreneurial skills and gain practical insights into the digital economy.

Application deadline: April 18, 2026 (11:59 PM). The number of places is limited.

You will find more information in the syllabus (350.7 KB, 4 pages)(German only).

We look forward to your participation!
 

Your Team from the Chair of Banking and Financial Controlling

Link to registration

In the summer semester 2026, you once again have the opportunity to participate in the master’s module “Behavioral Finance – An Introduction and Current Issues.” Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Petko S. Kalev, you will gain in-depth insights into the psychological factors that influence financial and investment decisions.

Why should you choose this module?

Understanding behavioral patterns in financial markets – Identify cognitive biases, heuristics, and framing effects that influence investment decisions.

Practical application – Learn how irrational behavior affects market movements and how companies and investors can make use of these insights.

International orientation – The module is taught in English and is open to international students (Erasmus program).

Take this opportunity to expand your knowledge of financial markets from a new perspective.

Application deadline: April 30, 2025 (11:59 PM).
The number of places is limited.

We look forward to your participation!

Your Chair of Banking and Financial Controlling Team

Further information can be found in the syllabus (131.4 KB, 2 pages).

Great news from Thomas Schmidl, doctoral candidate at the Chair of Banking and Financial Controlling. After successfully defending his dissertation, Thomas Schmidl has completed his doctoral procedure and has been awarded the academic degree Dr. rer. pol.

In his dissertation, Thomas primarily focused on the construction of ESG sustainability ratings. This research resulted in several publications in renowned international finance journals.

The Chair of Banking and Financial Control warmly congratulates Mr. Schmidl on his success.

It is our pleasure to introduce to you a new exciting module: Case Studies in International Management. We will offer this module in cooperation with Prof. Rachel Shinnar, Appalachian State University. In this module you will work in teams together with students of the Appalachian State University on projects.

The module takes place in the first half of winter term 2025/2026. Further information is available in the syllabus (114.4 KB).

Application deadline is 5 October 2025 (23.59 h) via E-Mail. Please add a short motivation to your application. The number of students is limited.

We are looking forward to your attendance!

Your Chair of Banking and Financial Control team
 

In the upcoming winter semester, we have restructured our course Research Issues in Banking and Financial Control. Up until now, our seminar was focused on investigating current issues using empirical methods. This will now change:

In the new module Research Issues in Banking and Financial Control, taught by Matthias Muck, we will place a stronger emphasis on the content of a specific focus issue. This year, we have chosen the theme Sustainable Finance. As part of the seminar papers, students will work on questions proposed by the chair using scientific literature.

You can incorporate the module (6 ECTS) into your studies as before:

• Master's in Business Administration: Research
• Master's in International Business Administration (120 ECTS): Business Research
• Master's in International Business Administration (60 ECTS): International Business Administration
• Master's in Finance & Accounting: Methods and Research

Additionally, we are introducing the new module Empirical Data Analysis in Finance taught by Yana Sokolova, which focuses on empirical methods and their applications. This will be supported by a practice-oriented tutorial by Thomas Schmidl.

You can incorporate the module (6 ECTS) as follows:

• Master's in Business Administration: SBWL Banking and Financial Controlling
• Master's in International Business Administration (120 ECTS): Sub-area Banking & Financial Controlling
• Master's in Finance & Accounting: Methods and Research

We hope to offer you an interesting new program and look forward to a high level of participation.

You will find detailed information on our study program under: https://lnkd.in/d6YkrjNd

Chair of Banking and Financial Control - University of Bamberg

* are passionate about empirical work
* would like to write an empirical thesis or seminar paper
* would like to understand how we can work with finance models in practice

Thomas Schmidl accompanies the seminar with an exercise where students will implement the acquired knowledge with the statistical software Stata.

Further information on registration and organization is available on our chair’s homepage, on UnivIS and on LinkedIn.

The seminar is open to master students (Business Administration, International Business Administration, Finance & Accounting) as well as to exchange students. Teaching language will be English.

Registration deadline: May 2, 2024

The publication “International Stochastic Discount Factors and Covariance Risk” was included in the list “Editors' choice: notable articles (co-)authored by female researchers” of the Journal of Banking and Finance. Those involved in the publication were Dr. Michael Herold and Prof. Dr. Matthias Muck (both Chair for Banking and Financial Control at the University of Bamberg) as well as Prof. Dr. Nicole Branger (Professor at the Chair for Derivatives and Financial Engineering at the University of Münster).

The list was issued to advocate gender equality in academia and research in finance. For this purpose the editors of the journal were asked to name three articles that had been published in the journal and where female researchers were involved.

The reasons for choosing the article “International Stochastic Discount Factors and Covariance Risk” are as follows:

"This is one of more technical articles that we publish, co-authored by Nicole Branger who has been an associate editor of the journal for more than 8 years. It introduces a new affine model, encompassing the Heston model, that is more robust to sampling variation than previous models for stock market and exchange-rate joint dynamics. The Sharpe ratios for US, European and Japanese stock markets also have greater explanatory power, in-sample and out of sample." [Co-Editor, Carol Alexander]

External links:

Further information can be found on the website of the Journal of Banking and Finance

The publication can be found here.

The website of the Chair for Derivatives and Financial Engineering can be found here.

The Chair of Banking and Financial Control warmly congratulates on his success.

„This is a remarkable success for our Finance & Accounting students in Bamberg“, said Prof. Matthias Muck, holder of the chair of Banking and Financial Control, and added: „The members of the winning team have clearly proved that they do not only have a sound academic training. In addition, they are able to apply it successfully to practical questions.“

The Chair of Banking and Financial Control warmly congratulates on this success.

from left to right:  Kevin Wenzel (University of Innsbruck), Louis Vandepoele (University of Mannheim) as well as Andreas Bauer and Christoph Willecke (both University of Bamberg)

Source: Kevin Wenzel