Editorial Services

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management is committed to achieving the best possible outcomes in both teaching and research, coupled with the determination to adhere to the principles of social responsibility. WHU also makes a significant contribution to the field of management education research, as faculty members and academic staff take on additional tasks such as being a departmental editor or member of an editorial board.

Editor-in-Chief of Economies.

Professor Dr. Ralf Fendel, Chair of Monetary Economics


Associate Editor of the Journal of Management Development.
Co-Editor of a Special Issue of International Small Business Journal.
Editor of Small Business Economics.
Editor of a Virtual Special Issue on Crowdfunding of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.

Professor Dr. Christina Günther, IHK-Chair of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Consulting Editor of the Journal of Management Studies.

Professor Dr. Dries Faems, Chair of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technological Transformation


Editor of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 
Special Issue Editor of the Journal of Family Business Strategy.

Special Issue Editor of the Journal of Management Studies.

Professor Dr. Franz Kellermanns, Institute of Family Businesses


Associate Editor of Family Business Review.
Guest Editor of a Special Issue on "Corporate Entrepreneurship and Family Firms" of the Journal of Management Studies.

Professor Dr. Nadine Kammerlander, Chair of Family Business

Associate Editor of European Accounting Review.
Associate Editor of Accounting and Business Research.

Professor Dr. Martin Jacob, Chair of Business Taxation


Associate Editor of Finance Research Letters.

Professor Dr. Mei Wang, Chair of Behavioral Finance

Co-Editor of the Journal of Management Control (JoMaC)

Editor of the Controlling & Management Review

Professor Dr. Utz Schäffer, Institute of Management Accounting and Control

Editor of the Controlling & Management Review

Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Jürgen Weber, Institute of Management Accounting and Control

Department Editor and Advisor of Management & Business Review.

Professor Dr. Arnd Huchzermeier, Chair of Production Management


Advisory Board Member of International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management.
Advisory Board Member of the Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management.
Associate Editor of the Journal of Business Logistics.
European Editor of the Journal of Supply Chain Management.

Professor Dr. Lutz Kaufmann, Chair of International Business & Supply Management


Associate Editor of the Journal of Business.
Associate Editor of the Journal of Supply Chain Management.
European Editor of the Journal of Business Logistics.
Special Issue Editor of the Journal of Business Logistics.

Professor Dr. Carl Marcus Wallenburg, Chair of Logistics and Services Management

Editorial Board Member of the Empirica: Journal of European Economics.

Professor Dr. Jürgen Weigand, Institute for Industrial Organization

Editorial Board Member of Creativity and Innovation Management.
Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Knowledge Management.

Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Product Innovation Management.

Professor Dr. Holger Ernst, Chair of Technology and Innovation Management


Editorial Board Member of the Academy of Management Journal.
Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Trust Research.

Professor Dr. Dries Faems, Chair of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technological Transformation


Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Product Innovation Management.

Professor Dr. Christoph Hienerth, Chair of Entrepreneurship and New Business Development


Editorial Board Member of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.
Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Management.
Editorial Board Member of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.

Professor Dr. Nadine Kammerlander, Chair of Family Business


Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Business Venturing.
Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Family Business Strategy.
Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Management Studies.
Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Management.
Editorial Board Member of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.
Editorial Board Member of Family Business Review.
Editorial Board Member of Group & Organization Management.

Professor Franz Kellermanns, PhD, Institute of Family Businesses


Editorial Board Member of Family Business Review.

Assistant Professor Max Leitterstorf, Merck Finck Assistant Professor Finance of Family Firms


Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Business Economics (ZfB).

Adjunct Professor Dr. Peter Witt

Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Corporate Finance.
Editorial Board Member of the Multinational Finance Journal.

Editorial Board Member of Revue Finance.

Professor Dr. Nihat Aktas, Chair of Mergers and Acquisitions


Editorial Board Member of the Global Finance Journal.

Professor Dr. Christian Andres, Chair of Empirical Corporate Finance


Editorial Board Member of BuR – Business Research.

Professor Dr. Martin Jacob, Chair of Business Taxation


Editorial Board Member of Accounting and Business Research.
Editorial Board Member of Accounting in Europe.
Editorial Board Member of Research in Accounting Regulation.
Editorial Board Member of the Spanish Journal of Accounting.

Professor Dr. Garen Markarian, Chair of Financial Accounting


Editorial Board Member of Financial Markets and Portfolio Management.

Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf, Allianz Endowed Chair of Finance


Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance.

Professor Dr. Mei Wang, Chair of Behavioral Finance


Editorial Board Member of the Corporate Board: Role, Duties and Composition.
Editorial Board Member of Global Finance Journal.
Editorial Board Member of Management and Organization Review.

Professor Dr. B. Burcin Yurtoglu, Chair of Corporate Finance

Editorial Board Member of the Review of Managerial Science.

Professor Dr. Peter-J. Jost, Chair of Organization Theory


Editorial Board Member of Organization Studies.
Editorial Board Member of Organizational Research Methods.

Professor Dr. Jane Lê, Chair of Strategic Management


Editorial Board Member of the Journal of World Business.

Professor Dr. Miriam Müthel, Chair of Organizational Behavior


Editorial Board Member of Accounting History.

Professor Dr. Utz Schäffer, Institute of Management Accounting and Control


Editorial Board Member of Zeitschrift für Controlling und Management (ZfCM).

Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Jürgen Weber, Institute of Management Accounting and Control

Editorial Board Member of the Marketing ZFP – Journal of Research and Management (ZFP/JRM).

Professor Dr. Martin Fassnacht, Chair of Marketing and Commerce


Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing.
Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management.

Professor Dr. Ove Jensen, Chair of Sales Management and B2B Marketing


Editorial Board Member of the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science.
Editorial Review Board Member of the Journal of Service Research.
Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Business Ethics.

Professor Dr. Tillmann Wagner, Chair of Service Psychology

Senior Editor in the area of ‘Supply Chain Management’ of Production and Operations Management.
Senior Editor in the area of ‘OM-Marketing Interface’ of Production and Operations Management.

Professor Dr. Arnd Huchzermeier, Chair of Production Management


Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Supply Chain Management.

Professor Dr. Felix Reimann, Chair of International Business & Supply Management II


Editorial Board Member of Operations of Research Perspectives.

Professor Dr. Liji Shen, Chair of Operations Management


Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management.
Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Management Control.
Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Supply Chain Management.

Professor Dr. Carl Marcus Wallenburg, Chair of Logistics and Services Management