Many OECD countries aim to provide universal childcare, yet low-income families are still far less likely to benefit. Prof. Philipp Lergetporer at TUM Campus Heilbronn and his coauthors explain in a “Nature Human Behaviour” article why socioeconomic inequalities in access to early childhood education persist despite expanded childcare…
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the financial industry. It analyzes annual reports, identifies risks hidden in text data, can support asset management and financial advisory services, and automates routine tasks. Sebastian Müller, Professor of Finance at TUM Campus Heilbronn, explains the opportunities AI creates for…
Finding out whether you are a born entrepreneur with just 23 questions – the Ownership Competence Tool, developed by Miriam Bird, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at TUM Campus Heilbronn, makes this possible.
The Global Technology Forum (GTF) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) on the Campus Heilbronn has established itself as a platform for international scientific exchange. This year, once again, numerous researchers from leading universities around the world traveled to Heilbronn, a hub for research with significant societal impact and…
So far, it has been known primarily in connection with cryptocurrencies: In the case of Bitcoin and similar currencies, blockchain technology — that is, decentralized digital databases designed for transparent and tamper-proof data storage — ensures secure transactions. But blockchain can also be applied in other areas, such as supply chain…
Five days, four students from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), and one medium-sized company. This is the 1.000+ Project Week, where the focus is not on the lecture hall, but on solving a real-world industrial problem.
The Play Store is full of them: apps. Some simplify purchasing processes, others entertain us, and still others help us achieve personal goals. It is precisely this last group that interests Christine Eckert, Professor of Marketing Analytics at the TUM Campus Heilbronn. She studies “how such apps can be designed to deliver maximum value for…
In difficult economic times, companies are increasingly cutting jobs. One way to avoid dismissals is through a mutual termination agreement. Companies primarily use this to part ways with ‘unwanted’ employees. However, the agreement is often not reached on an equal footing: employees are put under pressure in order to achieve the desired…
Honest feedback can sometimes be harsh, whilst white lies are part of everyday life. But at what point does a bluff become morally reprehensible, and when can deception have legal consequences?
Sometimes important projects are conceived during a taxi ride. This is exactly what happened to Markus Haug, a PhD student at Prof. Stefan Wagner’s Chair of Software Engineering at the TUM Heilbronn Campus. Together with Aidin Azamnouri, he spent two years working on the integration of AI components into the manufacturing and testing…
