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| from to | Task |
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| 1988-1992 | Research Associate at the Research Institute for Rationalization at RWTH Aachen University |
| 1992-2002 | Buderus Heating Technology GmbH, Wetzlar; various positions, most recently Managing Director |
| 2002-2007 | Managing Director, Schott-Rohrglas GmbH; Mitterteich |
| 2007-2008 | Vice President Business Segment Solar Thermal Energy at Schott AG, Mainz |
| 2008-2011 | Board of Directors, Schott Solar AG, Mainz |
| 2011-2014 | Managing Director Monier Group, Oberursel and Luxembourg |
| since 2014 | THM, Professor of General Business Administration, specializing in Organization with a focus on ERP systems |
| since 2015 | Member of the board, since 2023 2nd chairman of Smart Electronic Factory eV, Limburg |

Office hours in the summer semester of 2026:
Office hours in the summer of 2026 will only take place by prior appointment via email .
Please send me a brief message outlining your request to schedule an appointment.
study programmanagement: Medium-Sized Companies & Entrepreneurship
Head of the Department: Medium-Sized Companies & Entrepreneurship
Research Interests:
- and medium-sized family businesses
- Women as business successors and founders - Female Successors and Female Entrepreneurs
- Social entrepreneurship - Social (Impact) Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial Education
- Digital Business Models
- Innovative Teaching Methods
Own homepage:
https://www.dr-manuela-weller.de/
TH Mittelhessen is no longer responsible for the content of subordinate and linked pages.
Selected publication:
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"Marrying into the Family Business - Shinning a Light on the Roles of Wives", in: Women in Family Business - here is the link: Marrying into the Family Business Girls Power in Polish Family Businesses – The Daughters Perspective on Succession (together with Hadryś-Nowak, A.) |
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Digital Leadership – Transformation and Innovation in the Field of Conflict Between Appreciative Leadership and Industry 4.0 in Conference Proceeding International Scientific Conference on Business Digitalization, Kapfenberg (Austria) (together with Wittenzellner, H.) (double blind peer review) |
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Learning about learning: Learning Analytics – From Customer Journey to Learning Journey? In: Waldherr, F./ Walter, C. (Eds.): Forum der Lehre – Digitale Akzente setzen, Ingolstadt, pp. 98–102 (with Kraft, M.) |
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“Life is like a bar of chocolate” – a thought note from an academic perspective on succession planning at the chocolate producer Josef Zotter in: Märk, S./ Situm, M.: Family businesses and their stakeholders, pp. 81-84, Wiesbaden. |
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Defending against expectations in: Hendrich, F. (ed.): Ethics and/or Management, Festschrift for the 60th birthday of Ursula Hendrich-Schneider, Vienna, pp. 185-186. |
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The social positioning of the wife in small and medium-sized family businesses in: Haubrock, A./ Rieg, R./ Stiefl, J. (eds.): Second Aalen SME Conference – Contributions to the state of SME research, Aachen, pp. 249-269. The social positioning of the wife in the family business. A study in family-run small and medium-sized craft businesses, Wiesbaden. |
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