'Those were the good old days' - the marketing department team of Hannover University back in 1995 (yeah - it's actually me on the right-hand side...)
February 1998, Hannover, Germany: Ready to celebrate the doctorate!
With Dwayne Gremler and Kevin Gwinner after the presentation at the AMA Winter Educators' Conference in San Antonio, USA (February 2000)
With Dwayne Gremler at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., USA (August 2001)
With Claudia and the Gremler family in front of the US Capitol, Washington, D.C., USA (August 2001)
Some guys at the Hilton: with Dwayne Gremler, Mark Houston, and Kevin Gwinner in Washington, D.C., USA (August 2001)
Presenting the plaque: With John Walsh and Klaus-Peter Wiedmann at the AMA Summer Educators' Conference in Washington, D.C., USA (August 2001)
Celebrating the Habilitation (post-doctoral theses): With faculty colleagues Hans-Gerd Ridder, Ursula Hansen, and Kurt Jeschke (background) in Hannover, Germany (February 2002)
Teaching international - instructing a class of Tartarian students in Markstrat3 (April 2002)
With Dwayne Gremler and Kevin Gwinner after receiving the "JSR Excellence in Service Research Award" at the 2002 Frontiers in Services Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands (June 2002)
With John Walsh, Kevin Gwinner, and Dwayne Gremler after presenting a paper at the 2002 Frontiers in Services Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands (June 2002)
With Nancy Houston, my wife Claudia Thurau, Kevin Gwinner (upper row from left), Mark Houston, Dwayne Gremler and Sherri Gwinner (lower row from left) after the AMA Summer Conference in San Diego, CA (August 2002)
With Mark Houston and Rob Palmatier at Summer AMA's Awards Luncheon, San Diego, CA (August 2002)
Enjoying some post-conference relaxation with Hannover colleagues John Walsh and Tobias Frenzel (August 2002)
Over the roofs of Hamburg, Germany: with Dwayne Gremler at the top of the Hamburg "Michel" (July 2002)
Hey, we made it again!! After receiving the AMA best paper award with co-authors John Walsh and Vince Mitchell, San Diego, CA (August 2002)
Enjoying some break with Eric Arnould at the Frontiers in Services Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands (June 2002)
Meeting Markus Groth in front of the Frontiers in Services conference venue, Maastricht, The Netherlands (June 2002)
University of Hannover's marketing department goes international - with colleague Ulf Schrader at the Frontiers setting, Maastricht, The Netherlands (June 2002)
Making plans with Vince Mitchell under the San Diego sun (August 2002)
Amongst colleagues: the faculty of media management at the Bauhaus-University of Weimar (June 2003)
The new marketing department at Bauhaus-University, Weimar, Germany: Daniela Hein, Michael Paul, myself, Torsten Heitjans, Aneta Bludau, Stefan Fuchs (July 2003)
With Ken Evans at University of Missouri, Columbia, USA (August 2003)
With Venky Shankar at the AMA Summer Educators' Conference in Chicago, IL, USA (August 2003)
At Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA (August 2003)
Enjoying an American dinner ritual with Lance Bettencourt's and Mark Houston's families in Chicago, IL, USA (August 2003)
At Mizzou with Mark Houston - Columbia, MO, USA (August 2003)
August 2003 - inspecting great European Architecture in St. Louis, MO, USA (Photo by Mark Houston!)
Watch out, the Teutons are coming! With John Walsh, Klaus-Peter Wiedmann, 'George' Fassott and Alexander Haas at the Chicago Hilton & Towers, IL, USA (August 2003)
Encountering a stereotype on the way to Summer AMA - somewhere next to I-70, USA (August 2003 - photo by Mark Houston)
Inspecting globalization with Kevin Gwinner - the ALDI case study, Chapter: Manhattan, KS, USA (August 2003)
The Perrysburg Obelisk - with Dwayne Gremler, Perrysburg, OH, USA (August 2003 - photo by Samantha Gremler)
Having lunch with Sharon Beatty and David Mothersbaugh at the Summer AMA's Awards Luncheon Celebration, Chicago, IL, USA (August 2003)
Great to meet again after all these years... - with Devin Johnson at Summer AMA, Chicago, IL, USA (August 2003)
Debating German issues from a distant perspective - meeting Heinz Bulmahn in his office at BGSU, OH, USA (August 2003)
Wanna take a swim? With Mark Houston at Columbia, MO, USA (July 2002 - photo by Nancy Houston!)
When students were on strike - preparing a chilly outdoor lecture in Weimar, Germany (December 2003)
Selling Bratwurst? No -- teaching in front of the Schiller-Haus in Weimar's historic city center (December 2003)
Publicity photo, Weimar, February 2004
Welcoming Dwayne Gremler in Weimar: with doc students Torsten Heitjans and Michael Paul (March 2004)
With Dwayne Gremler and Goethe and Schiller in Weimar, Germany (March 2004)
Inspecting German history: with Dwayne Gremler in front of the The Black Bear, Weimar's oldest restaurant (March 2004)
In the footsteps of Martin Luther: with Dwayne at the Wartburg near Eisenach, Germany (March 2004)
We did it! The emotional contagion research team at Bauhaus-University (July 2004)
This photo made it into the Journal of Marketing! The design of our experimental video rental service, Weimar (July 2004)
Impressed by what our sponsors equipped us with, Weimar (July 2004)
A very special eye inspection - using an eye tracking device during the /mediengang exhibit at Bauhaus-University (July 2004)
In my office at Bauhaus-University (July 2004)
Welcoming Markus Groth at the School of Media at Bauhaus-University in Weimar (June 2004)
Practicing emotional labor -- Markus Groth, Michael Paul, and me (June 2004)
Is this the way to JM? [It was!] Making plans with Markus at Bauhaus-University (June 2004)
Congratulations to Stefan Fuchs for teaching a wonderful seminar on TV economics (December 2004)
Probing the state-of-the-art of Boston's fish restaurants -- Mark Houston, Samantha Gremler, Vince Mitchell, me, John Walsh, and Dwayne Gremler at Skipjack's, Boston, MA, USA (August 2004)
Reviving old plans with Swinder Janda at the Marriott in Boston, MA, USA (August 2004)
Grumpy old men -- at the market place waiting to be seated... Boston, MA, USA (August 2004 - photo by Sam Gremler)
Probing the state-of-the-art of Boston's Italian restaurants -- Johnny Walsh, Sharon Beatty, me, Kristy Reynolds, Jürgen Brock, Vince Mitchell, and Klaus-Peter Wiedmann at Francesca's, Boston, MA, US, (August 2004)
Hannover is some thousand miles away -- with Klaus-Peter Wiedmann at Summer AMA 2004, Boston, MA, USA (August 2004)
Meeting Philip Kotler at Summer AMA in Boston, MA, USA (August 2004 - photo bei John Walsh)
That was a hard day indeed -- having a good time with Lance Bettencourt and Todd Donavan at Summer AMA, Boston, MA, USA (August 2004)
Dining with the conference chairs -- with Victor Henning, Mike Hutt, Beth Walker, Mark Houston, and two young ladies at Summer AMA, San Francisco, USA (August 2005)
What a great lunch! Conference chair Mark Houston congratules the Overall Best Paper winners at Summer AMA, San Francisco, USA (August 2005)
Presenting the Award -- with Victor Henning at Summer AMA, San Francisco, USA (August 2005)
Enjoying some rare outdoor moments -- with Bauhaus-University's doctoral students Michael Paul, Georg Puchner, Aneta Bludau, Stefan Fuchs, Anne Knaevelsrud, Torsten Heitjans, and Victor Henning at the doctoral consortium, Lauenstein castle, Germany (September 2005)
The Art of Experimentation: producing filmed stimuli to analyze the impact of service standardization on customers, Weimar (November 2005)
A production still from the service standardization project: Bauhaus students at work, Weimar (November 2005)
A long-held dream comes true: Pretending to be a movie director, Weimar (November 2005)
Posing as director again -- during the filming of the experimental stimuli, Weimar (November 2005)
Supervising the film set with Michael Paul, Weimar (November 2005)
It's done!!! The film team with Michael Paul on the right celebrates the end of filming (where was I, by the way?), Weimar (November 2005)
Publicity photo, Weimar, February 2006
The Film Week Experience at Cass Business School, London, UK (June 2006 – photo by Jason Squire)
Obviously, I’m not the only one who’s having trouble with the London traffic! (June 2006)
Decrypting Partial Least Squares: teaching a method seminar to German doc students, Weimar (February 2006)
They survived the PLS seminar! (look for colleagues Hans-Gerd Ridder and Ulf Schrader from Hannover University on the far left and right, respectively), Weimar (February 2006)
With colleagues Dwayne Gremler, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels, Berlin (March 2006 – the Gremlers voted Weimar their #1 European spot!)
Making plans at a French restaurant with Caroline Wiertz and Vince Mitchell, London, UK (June 2006)
With Markus Grab (aka Mark G) in front of Goethe’s home after Markus’ Guru*Talk lecture, Weimar (April 2006 – photo by Victor Henning)
Discussing the film industry’s state at Weimar’s Residenz-Cafe with Bertil le Claire, head of Kinowelt (June 2006 -- photo by Victor Henning)
With movie finance guru Bernie Stampfer from Deutsche Bank and doctoral student (and movie expert) Victor Henning in front of the Goethe national museum in the heart of Weimar (June 2006)
Listening to Bernie Stampfer’s Guru*Talk lecture, Weimar (June 2006)
Field-studying the American culture with Dwayne Gremler at the legendary Wrigley Field – the Chicago Cubs did not score once! (August 2006)
Presenting a souvenir from the Cubs game, Chicago, USA (August 2006 – photo by Dwayne Gremler)
The same great procedure as every year – meeting with buddies Todd Donavan, Kevin Gwinner, Mark Houston, and Lance Bettencourt at Summer AMA, Chicago, USA (August 2006)
Enchained by movie producer Andreas Bareiss’ Guru*Talk lecture over the roofs of Weimar (June 2006 – photo by Victor Henning)
Outdoors with the next generation of German marketing scholars: Tillmann Wagner, Victor Henning, Michael Paul, and Felix Eggers (from left), Chicago (August 2006)
With colleagues Charla Mathwick (who took home the main price of the AMA Summer conference this year!), Caroline Wiertz, and Vince Mitchell near the Chicago river (August 2006)
Do you remember the incompetent waitress? Imitating serious conversation with Vince Mitchell at a Chicago restaurant (August 2006)
Debating Oscar chances for the best film of 2006 with the multi-talented Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck after his Guru*Talk lecture, Weimar (July 2006)
Bauhaus University's Media school celebrates its 10th anniversary with the Mediengang exibition, Weimar -- and we present our work on service standardization (July 2006)
When marketing research becomes alive – exhibiting our work at the Mediengang, Weimar (July 2006)
Thanks Bruce: the program of the 8th Business & Economics Scholars Workshop Summit in Motion Picture Industry Studies, Fort Lauderdale, USA (November 2006)
Experimenting with a new format: the Guru*Lab cooperation with movie producer Andreas Bareiss, Weimar (January 2007)
The Guru*Lab team (from left): Victor Henning, Andreas Bareiss, and myself, Weimar (January 2007)
Guru*Talk with Stefan Arndt, head of X-Filme, Weimar (February 2007)
What just happended? A warm and well-deserved welcome for Dietmar Güntsche, the CEO of Neue Bioskop and producer of "Das wilde Leben", Weimar (February 2007)
Guru*Lab continues -- producer Andreas Bareiss and I discuss the in-preparation movie "Feuerherz" with student participants, Weimar (April 2007)
That was a hot day -- discussing if "nobody knows anything" with Peter Körte, leading journalist from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Weimar (April 2007)
Above the rooftops of beautiful Weimar: with Guru*Talk organizer Victor Henning and guest speaker Peter Körte (April 2007)
The current movie distribution model under siege: a panel discussion as part of the Insight Out film week with Hollywood screenwriter and producer Gary Goldman, film20's Georgia Tornow, European Digital Cinema Forum's John Graham, and Andreas Kramer, head of the Hauptverband Deutscher Filmtheater, Berlin Potsdamer Platz (March 2007)
The panel crew at Insight Out with program director and medie professor Ulrich Weinberg and Petra Müller, CEO of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Berlin Potsdamer Platz (March 2007)
One of the movie industry's leading thinkers, Kinowelt founder and CEO Michael Kölmel during his Guru*Talk speech, Weimar (May 2007)
Rounding off the coldest EMAC conference ever -- with Michael Paul during the "gala dinner" in Reykjavik's famous Perlan building (May 2007)
The wine prices on Iceland are remarkable indeed-- with Cass Business School's Vince Mitchell during the EMAC conference, Reykjavik (May 2007)
Celebrating Caroline Wiertz' 20th birthday with Vince Mitchell and Ko de Ruyter from Maastricht University, Reykjavik (May 2007)
What was THAT? Tripping Iceland after the EMAC conference with Vince Mitchell, at Strokkur geyser (May 2007)
Where North America and Europe collide: at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Iceland's Pingvellir National Park, with Vince Mitchell, Michael Paul, and Jens Hogrefe (May 2007)
The Guru*Lab team during a rare break -- with Victor Henning, director Luigi Falorni, and producer Andreas Bareiss on the doorsteps of Weimar's Bauhaus-University (June 2007)
Trying to spot the Feuerherz locations with Google Earth with producer Andreas Bareiss, Weimar (June 2007)
Can there be a more inspiring ambience for marketing researchers than the Kirms-Krackow museum garden? With Cass Business School's Caroline Wiertz, Weimar (June 2007)
We didn't know the building, but decided to take a picture anyway... With Michael Paul in front of the White House, Washington D.C., at Summer AMA (August 2007)
How much are THESE movie titles worth? At the American Film Market in Los Angeles, November 2007
The participants of the 9th DeSantis Center Motion Picture Industry Research Summit -- in front of the Columbia Pictures Building, Los Angeles (November 2007)
With DeSantis participants and colleagues Suman Basuroy and S. Abraham Ravid at the American Film Market, Los Angeles (November 2007)
With Jason Squire in front of Loews Hotel in Santa Monica (see Chuck Weinberg enjoying a German car in the back!), Los Angeles (November 2007)
In the middle of the action -- with Jamal Shamsie at the American Film Market, Loews Hotel, Los Angeles (November 2007)
Being awarded as International Fellow of the DeSantis center -- with DeSantis director and conference chair Bruce Mallen, Los Angeles (November 2007, photo by Jason Squire)
With Jason Squire at the Awards Dinner of the Annual Mallen/UCLA Workshop, Los Angeles, November 2007
With Jason Squire and Suman Basuroy at the Awards Dinner of the Annual Mallen/UCLA Workshop, Los Angeles, November 2007
The pmm team at the annual doctoral colloquium at Burg Lauenstein, November 2007
Representing Bauhaus-University at the CHE convention on Higher Education Marketing, Berlin, December 2007
Trying harder: some words on higher education marketing the Bauhaus way, CHE convention, Berlin, December 2007
How we market the Bauhaus: giving a lecture at the CHE convention, Berlin, December 2007
With co-Guru*Lab host Victor Henning at the Berlinale gala premiere of the movie Heart of Fire (Feuerherz), Berlin, February 2008
With the crew & cast of the movie "Meer is nich": Thorsten Merten (actor: Lena' father), Guido Schwab (producer), Hagen Keller (writer-director), Elinor Lüdde (actress: Lena), Georg Miros (head of distribution, Kinowelt), and Marcel Lenz (producer) (from left), Weimar, March 2008
THT Simpson (photo taken by the "Simpsonizer"), April 2008
Giving the Honorary Speech at the School of Media's Graduation Ceremony, April 2008
EMAC's "special event" this year took place at the Brighton pier -- enjoying a rare sunny moment with colleagues Henrik Sattler, Caroline Wiertz, Katrin Talke, and Franziska Völckner, May 2008
We drove endless miles to get there -- but the rain and the "Sorry guys it's closed" sign were ahead of us! With Henrik Sattler somewhere in England..., May 2008
With UFA's Thomas Peter Friedl (left) and producer Andreas Bareiss over the roofs of Weimar after Mr. Friedl's Guru*Talk lecture, June 2008
Reuniting with good friends Mark Houston, Kevin Gwinner, and Dwayne Gremler (from left) in San Diego after 6 years, AMA Summer Educators' Conference, August 2008
Posing in front of my nice office at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth August 2008
Inspecting a Texas burger legend -- eating out at Kincaid's in Fort Worth with TCU colleagues Eric Yorkston, Julie Baker, Mark Houston, and Chris White, August 2008
A real city slicker! Domesticizing a bull at the Fort Worth Stock Yards, August 2008
Action research at the movies! With Mark Houston and a masked friend in front of one of our favorite places, Fort Worth, August 2008
With director Luigi Falorni and producer Andreas Bareiss at the German premiere of Heart of Fire, Weimar, January 2009
Discussing the movie Heart of Fire with the audience: producer Andreas Bareiss and director Luigi Falorni, Weimar, January 2009
Visiting good friend Dwayne Gremler at his home in Perrysburg, Ohio, June 2009
Following the footsteps of Goethe and Schiller with colleague Tillmann Wagner (Texas Tech University), Historischer Friedhof Weimar, October 2009
We found them! Posing with Tillmann Wagner and Goethe & Schiller in front of the Deutsche Nationaltheater, Weimar, October 2009
With Paramount founder Adolph Zukor during the UCLA/Mallen Conference, Los Angeles, November 2009
Some of the participants of the UCLA/Mallen Conference at Paramount Pictures studio: Mark Houston, myself, Suman Basuroy, Avri Ravid, Bruce Mallen, Jason Squire (who kindly send me the photo!), Barack Orbach, and Darlene Chisholm, Los Angeles, November 2009
New York in Hollywood -- with Avri Ravid and Jason Squire at the Paramount studio lot during the UCLA/Mallen Conference, Los Angeles, November 2009
Presenting some insights on TV rights valuation during the UCLA/Mallen Conference -- photo by Jason Squire!, Los Angeles, November 2009
Ranked as one of the most productive German business scholars by Handelsblatt magazine (2009)
Publicity photo, Muenster, May 2010
The team of the new Department of Marketing & Media at the University of Muenster (from left): Christin Voss, Ann-Kristin Knapp, myself, Anne Feldhaus, Andre Marchand, Paul Marx, and Björn Bohnenkamp, Muenster, May 2010
Inspecting the next blockbuster in a Muenster movie theater, April 2010
Will this really be a hit?, Muenster, April 2010
Posing with the Simpsons, Muenster, April 2010
Three inspiring days: the Ph.D. students and faculty members (Jenny van Dorn, Ajay Kohli, and me) of a three-day doctoral seminar in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2010
Trying to be constructive: With EMAC Doctoral Colloquium co-faculty members Caroline Wiertz and Florian von Wangenheim in the Copenhagen Metro, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2010
Celebrating a successful collaboration: With Arvind Rangaswamy at the Farewell Event for Berend Wieranga, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 2010
Honoring Berend Wierenga: with Ujwal Kajande and Gary Lilien at Berend's Farewell event at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, June 2010
The interest in social media phenomena is growing immensely: our presenting on the "Twitter effect" at the Marketing Science Conference, Cologne, June 2010
Is there a "Twitter effect"? At the Marketing Science Conference, Cologne, June 2010
Presenting our findings on the "Twitter effect" at the Marketing Science Conference, Cologne, June 2010
Does that make sense? With Henrik Sattler at the dinner reception of the Marketing Science Conference, Cologne, June 2010
Celebrating the German 4-0 World Cup victory over Argentina with Mark Houston, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, and Friedrich Schiller, Weimar, July 2010
Welcoming Visiting Professor Mark Houston at the Marketing Center, Muenster, July 2010
University of Muenster's Marketing & Media department with Visiting Professor Mark Houston attending a public screening of the World Cup semi finale, Muenster, July 2010
After a great seminar: the Media*Lab team at the Marketing Center Muenster with film producer Andreas Bareiss, Muenster, July 2010 (photo by Frederick Thurau!)
With German film producer Andreas Bareiss after the Media*Lab seminar, Muenster, July 2010
The future of marketing is bright, isn't it?! With friends Dwayne Gremler, Mark Houston, Lance Bettencourt, and Kevin Gwinner at Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, August 2010 (photo by Mallory Gremler!)
At the American Film Market 2010 with Suman Basuroy and Darlene Chisholm, Santa Monica, November 2010
With a good friend who wants to sell his new horror movie at the AFM..., Santa Monica, November 2010
Presenting the newest insights on the Twitter Effect at the UCLA/Mallen Conference, Los Angeles, November 2010
Visiting the Warner Bros. studio in Burbank, November 2010
Being among the first in Hogwarts -- studying the magic of Harry Potter with colleagues Avri Ravid, Yong Liu, Mark Houston, Sam Hui, Jordie McKenzie, and Jamal Shamsie, Burbank, November 2010
With Clint Eastwood's Gran Turino, Burbank, November 2010
Receiving the "Carol and Bruce Mallen Lifetime Achievement Award 2010 for Published Scholarly Contributions to Motion Picture Industry Studies" from the Anderson School of Management of UCLA in Los Angeles, November 2010
Celebrating Victor Henning's outstanding doctoral dissertation (and our long standing collaboration), Weimar, December 2010
With Victor Henning and doctoral committee members Michael Paul, Henrik Sattler, and Caroline Wiertz, Weimar, December 2010
The LM&M team celebrates Christmas and Victor Henning, Weimar, December 2010
After the second Media*Lab event with film producer Andreas Bareiss (right) and participating students, Münster, January 2011
With colleagues Tillmann Wagner and Tim Brexendorf at the opening event of the German Marketing Commission, Stuhlmacher's restaurant, Münster (January 2011)
Welcoming the attendants of the 41st German Marketing Conference, Münster, January 2011
Hosting the 41st German Marketing Conference, Münster, January 2011
Thanking Martin Spann for his great speech at the 41st German Marketing Conference, Münster, January 2011
Chatting with Münster colleague Klaus Backhaus during the 41st German Marketing Conference, Münster, January 2011
With Münster colleague Manfred Krafft at the 41st German Marketing Conference, Münster, January 2011
With Uschi Hansen at the Picasso Museum Münster during the 41st German Marketing Conference, January 2011
Bridging the gap between marketing theory and practice -- with Björn Bloching at the 41st German Marketing Conference, Münster, January 2011
Overseeing the sight -- with colleagues Michael Steiner, Manfred Bruhn, and Thomas Otter (from left) at the 41st German Marketing Conference, Münster, January 2011
Visiting TCU's business school -- some spring is in the air of Fort Worth, Texas, February 2011 (photo by Mark Houston)
Why so serious, Thorsten? Posing with TCU colleagues Mark Houston, Nancy Sirianni, Eric Yorkston, and Leo Nicolao (photo by Chris White!) after a wonderful lunch, Fort Worth, Texas, February 2011
In front of the Texas State Capitol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_State_Capitol) during sessions at AMA Winter Educators' Conference in Austin, Texas, February 2011
Siblings?! With academic brother Kevin Gwinner at the service marketing reception of AMA Winter Educators' Conference in Austin, Texas, February 2011
The participants of the inaugural Ph.D. Seminar with colleagues Michael Paul (Münster Univ.), Thomas Rudolph (St. Gallen Univ.), and Tillmann Wagner (WHU) at Oberwesel Castle -- what a GREAT location!, April 2011
The professors... -- Oberwesel Castle, April 2011
In front of the beautiful venue of Oberwesel Castle -- the Münster Ph.D. students and professors, April 2011
Do you recognize Chicago in the background? A moment of relaxation at the beach very close to Northwestern University, Evanston (USA), May 2011
The participants of the Emotional Labor conference, Chicago (USA), May 2011
Celebrating our joint Journal of Applied Psychology article -- with lead author Doug Pugh, Markus Groth, and an anonymous St. Pauli Girl..., Chicago (USA), May 2011
With good friend Markus Groth at the Emotional Labor conference in Chicago (USA), May 2011
Welcoming Suman Basuroy at the University of Münster!, Münster (Germany), May 2011
Suman, the Münster Castle, and me!, Münster (Germany), May 2011
After a very insighful seminar on modeling systems of equations at the Marketing Center Münster -- thanks, Suman!, Münster (Germany), May 2011
It took him a while, but it was well worth the wait -- with (former) doctoral student Georg Puchner and co-supervisor Tillmann Wagner, Weimar, June 2011
Saying Good-Bye to an inspiring location -- in front of Weimar's famous Elephant hotel with Bernie Stampfer and Andreas Bareiss, June 2011
Braving the dreadful weather conditions (see background!), on the way to the decisive goal for our Muenster faculty team against the merciless Sisters of No Mercy, June 2011
Visiting the new media company Qype with a group of Master's students from Münster University, Hamburg, June 2011
With doctoral students Björn Bohnenkamp and Fabian Feldhaus during a field trip to Hamburg's new media scene, June 2011
With a group of Master's students from Münster University after an insightful meeting with Gruner + Jahr's digital media manager Tim Nedden, Hamburg, June 2011
Co-host Andreas Bareiss and I welcome ZDF vice chairman Reinhold Elschot at the MCM in Muenster for a passionate debate about "Ratings and Quality", July 2011
After a two-day analysis of the powerful media brand "Die Wanderhure" -- the students with producer and co-host Andreas Bareiss and director Hanjörg Thurn, Münster, July 2011
How to build and nurture a media brand -- with producer Andreas Bareiss, SAT.1 program manager Patrick Simon, and director Hansjörg Thurn, Münster, July 2011
Augmenting the theory side of the 2011 UCLA/Mallen Workshop with some culinary highlights from Bubba Gump (with Mark Houston -- in Muenster "uniform"!!), Los Angeles, November 2011
Scholars at unusual terrain -- with colleagues Amit Joshi, Darlene Chisholf, and Mark Houston at the American Film Market, Los Angeles, November 2011
The 2011 UCLA/Mallen Workshop attendants visiting the Disney Studios in Burbank, November 2011
Remember those dresses? The logo tells an exciting story... At Disney Studios in Burbank, November 2011
In front of Stan Lee's office at Disney Studios, Burbank, November 2011
With Jason Squire at the Awards Dinner of the 2011 UCLA/Mallen Workshop, Los Angeles, November 2011
The most challenging audience so far -- presenting a lecture on media branding to 800+ very young students..., Münster, January 2012
THIS level of student engagement came somewhat unexpectedly..., Münster, January 2012
Presenting the key ingredient of a successful movie -- a powerful "hero brand"..., Münster, January 2012
Professors today need multiple talents -- fighting Lord Vader in front of an audience of 800+ students, Münster, January 2012
The Kinder-Uni team after the lecture -- with Ann-Kristin Knapp (who shot the other photos!), Anne Feldhaus, and Lord Vader alias Jonas vor dem Esche, Münster, January 2012
No hard feelings, Lord Vader, you're a Yedi after all! With Jonas vor dem Esche (and little Tom) after the Kinder-Uni lecture, Münster, January 2012
The Lord and the kid, Münster, January 2012
With Werner Reinartz at the German Marketing Conference in Ingolstadt, January 2012
Serving as a session chair at the German Marketing Conference, Ingolstadt, January 2012
Being seriously impressed by the design of the Audi museum -- with colleagues Marius Luedicke and Tim Brexendorf, Ingolstadt, January 2012
That was a good one! Enjoying a tour through the Audi museum with Marius Luedicke, Ingolstadt, January 2012
That reminds me of some sci-fi movie... With a group of colleagues during a tour of the Audi museum (our excellent tour guide on the left), Ingolstadt, January 2012
Nostalgia got me! Posing with my very first car (a Audi 50) at the Audi museum (even the grass-green color is a match!), Ingolstadt, January 2012
