Chair of Management and Control

Dr. Michelle Lang

CV

2014 - 2017 B.Sc. in Business Administration, University of Goettingen
2017 Internship at Druckerei Jungfer und Verlag GmbH, Herzberg, Controlling
2017 - 2020M.Sc. in Management, University of Goettingen
2015 - 2019 Marketing Tutor at the Chair of Marketing and Retail Management, University of Goettingen
2018 Exchange Semester at the University of Dalarna, Sweden
2019 Internship at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Hanover, Corporate Strategy & Digital Transformation
2020Student assistant at the Chair of Management and Control, University of Goettingen
since 2020Research assistant at the Chair of Management and Control, University of Goettingen
since 2024Assitant professor at the Chair of Management and Control, University of Goettingen


Major areas of interest

  • Strategic Topic Setting
  • CEO Succession and Performance Turnaround


Supervised courses

  • Management and Corporate Governance
  • Bachelor seminar "M&A transactions as a strategic lever"


Conference papers

  • 2024 - 13th EIASM WORKSHOP ON TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY RESEARCH, Passau, Germany - "C-Suite Dynamics: CEO Characteristics and COO Returns" (Margerie, J.; Lang, M.; Gehrke, Y.;Wolff, M.)
  • 2023 - Academy of Management (AOM), Boston (USA) - "You Are the One: Nomination Committees and the Market Reaction to CEO Succession" (Hennig, J.; Lang, M.; Wolff, M.)
  • 2021 - Annual meeting of the International Corporate Governance Society (ICGS), Groningen (Netherlands) - "Finding a Welcomed Leader: Nomination Committees and the Market Reaction to CEO Succession" (Kemmerich, K.; Lang, M.)
  • 2021 - Annual meeting of the Strategic Management Society (SMS) “New CEOs Strategic Topic Setting – The Use of Impression Management in Capital Market Communication” (Hennig, J.; Lang, M.; Wolff, M.)