Head of Chair
Prof. Dr. Robert Obermaier
Room WIWI 210
Innstraße 27
Phone: +49 851 / 509 - 3270
Facsimile: +49 851 /509 - 3272
controlling@uni-passau.de
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Professor Obermaier's scientific Oeuvre includes various monographs and many articles in well-respected national and international journals. His international orientation is also apparent in his regular participation in famous conferences at home and abroad.
Since 2010, Professor Dr. Robert Obermaier is the holder of the Chair of Accounting and Control at the University of Passau, and was its Vice President for Research from 2012 to 2014 and from 2020 to 2023. In this function, he was also responsible for the Graduate and the Transfer Center of the University of Passau.
Professor Dr. Robert Obermaier finished his studies of Business Administration at the University of Regensburg with the degree as a Diplom-Kaufmann (Univ.). For his doctoral thesis („Bewertung, Zins und Risiko - Anmerkungen zu Grundproblemen der entscheidungsorientierten Unternehmensbewertung und der wertorientierten Unternehmensführung“) he awarded his doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) from the Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät of the University of Regensburg with "summa cum laude" in 2003. After having habilitated in 2009 with works about „Supply Chain Management, Controlling und Unternehmenswert“, he received the degree of a Dr. rer. pol. habil. and was nominated as a private lecturer at the University of Regensburg. Since 2010 he is a University Professor and is working at the University of Passau where he is the holder of the Chair of Management Accounting and Control. Here he also worked from 2012 to 2014 as a vice president and in this function he were the speaker of the Graduiertenzentrum as well as of the Transferzentrum.
In regards to research and teaching, Prof. Dr. Robert Obermaier's focus is on management accounting and control, company valuation and value-based management, corporate planning and decision-making as well as production and Industrie 4.0. Because of his expertise, Prof. Dr. Robert Obermaier is often asked as an advisor of science and practice in these areas.
Prof. Dr. Robert Obermaier works as a guest professor at the Corvinus Universität Budapest as well as at the Türkisch-Deutsche Universität (TDU), he speaks regularly on national and international congresses and he is furtheron a requested keynote speaker.
| since 2010 | University professor and holder of the Chair for Business Administration with focus on Accounting and Control at the University of Passau |
| 2004 – 2010 | Research assistant and Akademischer Oberrat at the Chair for Business Administration, especially for Controlling and Logistics at the University of Regensburg |
| 2000 – 2004 | Research assistant at the Chair for Business Administration, especially for Production Management and Industrial Controlling at the University of Regensburg |
| 2009 | Receipt of the license to teach (venia legendi) for Business Administration and appointment to private lecturer at the University of Regensburg |
| 2004 – 2009 | Habilitation at the University of Regensburg (Dr. rer. pol. habil.) |
| 2000 – 2003 | Promotion at the University of Regensburg (Dr. rer. pol. with „summa cum laude“) |
| 1994 – 1999 | Studies of Business Administration at the University of Regensburg (Diplom-Kaufmann (Univ.) with „sehr gut“) |
| 2020-2023 | Vice President for research and transfer at the Universität Passau |
| since 2017 | Member of the Senate of the Universität Passau |
| since 2017 | Member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty for Business Administration and Economics at the Universität Passau |
| since 2017 | Member of the advisory board of the DSG (Deutschsprachiger Studiengang) for Business Administration and Economics at the Corvinus Universität Budapest |
| since 2015 | Trust lecturer of the Bavarian Elite Academy (Bayerische Eliteakademie) |
| since 2014 | Speaker of the research cluster INDIGO |
| 2012 – 2014 | Vice President for research and transfer at the Universität Passau |
| 2012 – 2014 | Leadership of the graduate centre (Graduiertenzentrum) at the Universität Passau |
| 2012 – 2014 | Leadership of the transfer and the start-up centre at the Universität Passau |
| 2010 – 2012 | Agent for the internationalisation of the faculty of economics at the Universität Passau |
since | Member resp. Chairman of so far 11 appointment committees |
| since 2010 | Leadership of the study guidance for the Master of Science in Business Administration with focus on „Accounting, Finance & Taxation“ of the faculty of economics at the University of Passau |
American Accounting Association (AAA)
Deutscher Hochschulverband (DHV)
Erich Gutenberg Arbeitsgemeinschaft (EGA)
European Accounting Association (EAA)
German Economic Association for Business Administration (GEABA)
Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte (GUG)
Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (SG)
Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (VHB)
Verein für Socialpolitik - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften (VS)
Mitglied im Arbeitskreis Digital Reporting der Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft e.V.
American Accounting Association
Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft und Einkauf (BME)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Die Betriebswirtschaft (DBW)
Die Unternehmung
Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung
International Journal of Inventory Research (IJIR)
International Journal of Mass Customization
International Journal of Production Economics (IJPE)
International Journal of Production Research (IJPR)
International Working Seminar for Production Economics
Journal of Business Logistics (JBL)
Journal of Management Control (JMAC)
Journal of Management and Governance (JoMAGO)
Logistics Research (LORE)
Schmalenbach Business Review (SBR)
Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB)
Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung (zfbf)
Zeitschrift für Controlling und Management (zfcm)
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