In today’s increasingly performance-driven business world, the setting of targets is more than just a planning exercise—it’s a key component of motivation, accountability, and strategy. A study by Jan Bouwens, Christian Hofmann, and Nina Schwaiger “Target Setting in Hierarchies: The Role of Middle Managers”, published in the…
Read moreTransparency within organizations plays a pivotal role in modern economic systems. Defined as the quality of information shared and processed between senders and receivers, transparency can enhance decision-making, improve market efficiency, and mitigate information asymmetries. However, achieving transparency is often complex and comes with trade-offs. The TRR 266…
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic has taken companies into uncharted territory: everyone is working from home. Online meetings suddenly became the norm. But how do you manage a company when no one is on site and everything is digital? TRR 266 researchers Hoa Ho, Christian Hofmann and Nina Schwaiger from LMU…
Read moreFrom the ski jumping hill to organizations: In a new study, TRR 266 researcher Christian Hofmann, together with Jan Bouwens and Christopher Lechner, shows that ski jumping judges favor athletes from the same nation – and highlights how these findings can be used in a corporate context. The bottom…
Read moreTaking Siemens as a case study, TRR 266 researcher Thorsten Sellhorn, along with Kathrin Oberwallner and Christoph Pelger, explored the forces and dynamics that shape corporate reporting. They find that in-company forces can be as strong as regulatory forces.
Read moreHow are firms affected by the corona crisis? Is the German governments’ support effective? The German Business Panel recently conducted its first survey and received responses of more than 9.500 firms about the effectiveness of Germany’s corona aid.
Read moreWhat happens when a firm delegates more pricing authority to its sales persons?
Read moreTRR 266‘s main locations are Paderborn University (Coordinating University), HU Berlin, and University of Mannheim. All three locations have been centers for accounting and tax research for many years. They are joined by researchers from LMU Munich, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Cologne, Leibniz University Hannover and TU Darmstadt who share the same research agenda.