HHL Researcher Scores in the 2014 Handelsblatt Ranking of Business Economists

[HHL gGmbH - 19.12.2014] Dr. André Casajus from HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management made it into the Top 100 in the latest Handelsblatt ranking of the most active business economists in research. The Handelsblatt business journal places the economist on rank 51 for best research performance, and on rank 94 in the category lifetime achievement.

In his research, the 49-year old focuses on cooperative games theory. This theory deals with the analysis of situations in which jointly generated profits from cooperation need to be distributed fairly. At HHL, games theory is researched within the academic group of Economics and Regulation. Together with his colleague Dr. Frank Hüttner, Dr. Casajus could publish an article in the renowned Journal of Economic Theory a few months ago.

He enjoys research very much. "Especially the mathematical aspect in games theory appeals to me. I like to think about new and old concepts, I like to make presuppositions, and I am very interested in finding proof." Converting formal results into publishable essays is also exciting for the HHL researcher. http://www.casajus.de/

The Handelsblatt ranking evaluates the research performance of more than 2000 business economists in Germany, Austria and Switzerland every two years. The study is conducted by a research team of the ETH Zurich's business cycle research on behalf of Handelsblatt. http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/oekonomie/bwl-ranking/

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

HHL is a university-level institution and ranks amongst the leading international business schools. The goal of the oldest business school in German-speaking Europe is to educate effective, responsible and entrepreneurially minded leaders. HHL stands out for its excellent teaching, its clear research focus, its effective knowledge transfer into practice as well as its outstanding student services. The courses of study include full and part-time Master in Management as well as MBA programs, a Doctoral program and Executive Education. In the Financial Times' Masters in Management Ranking in 2014 HHL's full-time M.Sc Program was ranked amongst the top 10 in Europe. In 2013 and 2014, HHL reached one of three first places for the best entrepreneurial universities in Germany in the Start-Up Radar ranking published by Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Founders' Association of German Science) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BWMi). According to the Financial Times, HHL ranks first in Germany and fifth globally for its entrepreneurship focus within the M.Sc. and EMBA programs. HHL is accredited by AACSB International. www.hhl.de