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Dear Sir or Madam,

What’s “the next big thing”, where’s the next big idea right now? Companies such as IBM, Lufthansa Systems, and Siemens have charted a new path in innovation management alongside the traditional top-down methods. They use internal enterprise crowdfunding to foster and implement ideas from their organization’s core, i.e., from their employees.
 
As Professor of Digital Economy at Kühne Logistics University (KLU) I carry out research on this topic. And I’ve interviewed managers about internal crowdfunding. The results were largely very positive; here is the article. For further reading, I would like to recommend our company interview with the Head of Idea Management at the Lufthansa Group. We’re convinced – good idea management pays. Things get even more interesting when you know how to use your data to generate value.
 
So you would like to know how digital technologies help your company become more innovative and productive? Let’s talk. I look forward to your e-mail.
 
Further topics: the Zukunft.DE project closure promising an eco-friendly last mile thanks to e-transporters. Also in this issue: What’s new and exciting in our new research group on food supply chains.
 
Last but not least, this year KLU bids farewell to you with many good wishes in this video.
 
Wishing you joyous holidays and plenty of good ideas,
 
Dr. Christina Raasch
Professor of Digital Economy
 
Guest Editor
 
P.S.: Sustainability management needs good ideas, too. Be sure to get your fill in our new SuMO certificate program – early booking discount thru 15/12.
FAST TRACK
Company Interview: Lufthansa Group || News: Enterprise Crowdfunding Study | KLU Happy Holiday Video Greeting | 2021 Annual Report | Project Zukunft.DE: E-Mobility | Alumni Story: Jennifer Esterle (Humanitarian Logistics) | Food Logistics Research Group | Climate-Neutral Logistics: What’s Next after The World Climate Summit? | U.S. Consul General Visit | Closing Event Future Lab Mobility || Executive Education: Early Bird Discount on Sustainability Program | Sales Master Class March 2022 | Network Management for Logistical Processes Starts April 2022 || KLU in the Media: Selection
KLU TALKS BUSINESS
. . . with Dr. Oliver Reichel-Busch, Lufthansa Group
Lufthansa Group
The world is spinning around faster and faster. New ideas are in demand. Sometimes they grow like tender seedlings, other times with the force of a rocket. We talked to Dr. Oliver Reich-Busch, Senior Ideas Manager at Lufthansa Group, and asked him how Lufthansa finds, evaluates, and gets ideas into shape for implementation and value creation. Discover out how KLU contributes with its research in this interview…
NEWS
Innovation Management Study: Enterprise Crowdfunding
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Enterprise crowdfunding is a new way to decide on innovative ideas in companies. Employees have a budget they can use to invest in their colleagues’ ideas. Ideas financed in this way are implemented independent of management. Prof. Christina Raasch compared the strategies of companies such as IBM, Lufthansa Group, and Siemens in collaboration with other universities. Read more…
Best Wishes for 2022! Our Year-End Video Greeting
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KLU wishes you, the members of our KLU Family, our funders, partners, and companions a joyous time as the year ends and a healthy and successful 2022. And the people at our campus offer even more well-wishing for the end of the year. See for yourself…
Hot off the Press: 2021 KLU Yearbook
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Just in time for the end of the year, the 2021 KLU Yearbook presents research highlights, looks back on economic events, and reports on news from the administration, the student body, and alumni. Browse through the report, either in the browser version or download it. You’d rather hear paper rustling? E-mail to press@the-klu.org and we’ll be happy to send you a copy.
Project Zukunft.DE: Delivery via E-Mobility Could already Work
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CEP service providers, wait no more: e-mobility can work, for suppliers, too. A study by Prof. Asvin Goel and Dr. Stoffen Pottel indicates as much – it was part of the recently concluded project, Zukunft.DE and funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. One condition, however, would be for municipalities to ensure bookable charging times at public charging points. This would extend e-vehicles’ range and delivery routes. Dr. Steffen Pottel explains more about the project in this video...
More than Peanuts – How Alumna Jennifer Esterle is Fighting for Haiti
Haitian girl eating peanut paste
Kühne Logistics University graduate Jennifer Esterle (MSc Logistics, Class of 2012) was on the ground working for a local non-profit organization, Meds & Food for Kids (MFK) when hurricane Sandy hit Haiti in 2012 and brought extreme rain devastating the homes of thousands of families. This is her story, the story building supply chains in some of the most challenging environments in the world while empowering local people to improve their livelihoods. Read the interview ...
New: Food Logistics Research Group
Avocado
Climate change and animal protection are but two examples of the increasing demands on the food industry. The demand for transparency, food safety, and sustainability is high. At KLU the still young Food Research Group engages these topics on food supply chain management. If interested, e-mail Prof. Sandra Transchel and Prof. Hanno Friedrich. Read more…
Climate-Neutral Logistics after COP26
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How can logistics as we know it today be transformed towards carbon neutrality? And how can industry leaders drive this transformation? KLU’s Center for Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chains (CSLS) took the occasion of COP26 to invite international experts and a public audience to its first public event and discuss these questions with them. Read more …
U.S. Consul General Visit
University Presidents KLU and Consul General
U.S. Consul General Darion Akins visited the KLU campus for the first time. KLU is reestablishing its pre-COVID relations with the diplomatic representation of the U.S. in Hamburg. “Exchange enhances our transatlantic academic experience and helps us to jointly address shared challenges, such as global supply chain bottlenecks,” Akins said. Read more…
Five-Part Event Series Future Lab Mobility Ends
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What does mobility of the future look like in the metropoles of our European neighbors? How can commercial transport and urban logistics be organized both efficiently and in an eco-friendly manner? With a view to Paris and Vienna, the event series, which had run since fall 2019, ended on September 28 with the fifth Future Lab Mobility Forum by KLU and Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung (DVZ). Read more…
EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
Early Bird Discount: Program for Sustainable Management (Apply now)
Language: English
Date: March 2022
 
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Are you a trained professional or manager leading your company’s sustainable upgrade? Is it your job to develop sustainable solutions for services and projects? Our new part-time certificate program, SuMO (Sustainable Management and Operations), gives you the unique opportunity to acquire the conceptual basics of sustainable management flexibly and efficiently – tangible, practical, and rooted in current research. Get your 10% early bird discount thru December 15, 2021. Apply now.
 
Did you miss our SuMO after work event? Not a problem. You can watch the recording of the event here...
Master Class Sales Transformation, March 2022 (postponed)
Language: English
Date: March 23 – 25, 2022
 
Learn innovative strategies, ideas, and concepts to pave the way to success for your business. Expand your customer base, increase profitability, and learn new sales strategies specific to the needs of the logistics industry. Register now!
Certificate Programs in German and English: Network Management for Logistics Processes
Language: German (NetloP pogram)
Language: English (ENloP program)
Date: April - October, 2022
 
In 2022, KLU's renowned programs run again in six different modules at six different universities, where junior executives and project managers can gain condensed knowledge of logistics.
 
Expand your knowledge of network management and learn specific leadership and management methods. Please refer to the website for the new dates. Learn more here…
KLU IN THE MEDIA
Here you will find a selection of media contributions featuring KLU experts.
 
Brand Eins, 01.11.2021 // Containerlogistik: Boxenstopp (Paywall)
 
Hamburg News, 09.11.2021 // Wind power going green
 
Personalwirtschaft, Sonderheft "E-Recruiting", 01.11.2021 // Digitales Recruiting: Innovativ, aber potenziell unfair (Download)
 
Die Zeit, Wissen hoch 3, 04.11.2021 // 3 1/2 Fragen … an Prof. Dr. Maria Besiou
 
Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung, DVZ, 03.11.2021 //
#83 Sei auf das Schlimmste vorbereitet – wie Hilfsorganisationen ihre Logistik optimieren sollten (Podcast, in German) //
Logistikketten für eine bessere Welt (Article in German, Paywall]
 
Logistics Manager, November 2021 // Boxed In
 
Times Higher Education, 01.11.2021 // Students have spoken: why universities must pay attention to student satisfaction
 
CILT International / The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, 02.09.2021 // An Interview with Professor Dr Rod Franklin
 
The Scotsman, 04.09.2021 // Scotland’s lorry driver shortage: Image problem at heart of malaise
 
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