Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zirus, Author at MBS insights

About Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zirus

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zirus studied Business Adminstration at Regensburg and subsequently worked for Dresdner Bank in the credit auditing department for several years. He eventually started as a freelance lecturer for Munich Business School amongst others before becominig a regular MBS lecturer. He did his doctor’s degree at LMU Munich focusing on problem-oriented learn ing environments.Today, Prof. Dr. Zirus is module leader and lecturer for financial subjects at MBS and alongside works as a freelance lecturer.

MBS Investment

Why Invest Money − and If So, in What?

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zirus March 27, 2018

Part 1: Thoughts about Investing Money in Times of Zero Interest Rates 51 % of Germans save and feel happier than non-savers, because saving creates security and opens up room for maneuver. This is what […]

MBS Going Concern

The Going Concern Principle and its Significance for Accounting and Auditing

Prof. Dr. Katja Bubmann, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zirus October 18, 2017

Any reasonable accounting rules and regulations contain rules to ensure that financial statements comprise correct, non-arbitrarily originated values, and that the financial statements of subsequent years are comparable in substance and form. In the German […]

MBS Academic Writing

Academic Writing (Part 4): Plagiarism

Prof. Dr. Gabriella Maráz, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zirus October 4, 2017

Part 1: What is the truth? Part 2: Research Part 3: Scientific Language The work of a “plagiarius” (Latin for “seller of souls”) – a plagiarism – inevitably results in a grade of 5.0, and […]

MBS Academic Writing

Academic Writing (Part 3): Scientific Language

Prof. Dr. Gabriella Maráz, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zirus May 31, 2017

Academic Writing (Part 1): What Is the Truth? Academic Writing (Part 2): Research “[Traditional company budgeting] encourages management to lie and deceive […].”[1] Such a sentence is a strong statement making drastic allegations and is […]

MBS Impact Investing

Impact Investing or the Desire for “Doing Good While Doing Well” (Part 2)

Prof. Dr. Christian Schmidkonz, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zirus March 2, 2017

Our first article on the subject of “Impact Investing” (IMPIN) provided a first view of the special characteristics of IMPIN. We showed that the purpose of this new investment field is not only to achieve […]

MBS Academic Writing – Research

Academic Writing (Part 2): Research

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zirus, Prof. Dr. Gabriella Maráz January 23, 2017

Is academic writing only something for (future) scientists and researchers? Our thoughts on truth (see Academic Writing (Part 1)) have already made it clear: Dealing with academic writing and its methods is of invaluable benefit […]

MBS Academic Writing

Academic Writing (Part 1): What is the Truth?

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zirus, Prof. Dr. Gabriella Maráz September 5, 2016

None of us would call oneself a liar. We claim to be telling the truth. But do we really know this truth? We all have vested interests, perspectives and values which coin our very own […]

MBS Impact Investing

Impact Investing or the Desire for “Doing Good While Doing Well” (Part 1)

Prof. Dr. Christian Schmidkonz, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zirus August 26, 2016

The yearning for a world where people treat each other and their environment with more care and respect is probably the common wish shared by the vast majority. So far, governmental systems are the most […]

TTIP – a Fact-Based Analysis

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zirus, Prof. Dr. Heiko Seif April 15, 2016

MBS hosted the post-graduate workshop titled “Europe and the world” within the DBA program. Pressing issues around the European Union were the subjects of a scientific, profoundly fact-based examination of imminent challenges. One of the […]

MBS Germany EU

The Consequences of a German Leadership Role Within the EU

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zirus, Prof. Dr. Heiko Seif April 1, 2016

MBS hosted the post-graduate workshop titled “Europe and the world” within the DBA program. Pressing issues around the European Union were the subjects of a scientific, profoundly fact-based examination of imminent challenges. One of the […]

Brexit – Will it Come? What Britain’s Exit of the European Union Means

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zirus, Prof. Dr. Heiko Seif February 19, 2016

MBS hosted the post-graduate workshop titled “Europe and the world” within the DBA program. Pressing issues around the European Union were the subjects of a scientific, profoundly fact-based examination of imminent challenges. One of the […]

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