Business Administration
We make literature, databases and other search options for research in Business Administration available to you.
If you want to learn more about research in your field of study or need tips on academic writing and research, you are welcome to attend our courses. We are happy to offer individual advice.
Research
Databases
Databases for literature
Databases for research literature, in particular journal articles:
- ProQuest One Business – international
- Business Source Ultimate – international
- WISO – German-speaking countries and with practical relevance
- EconBiz – international and German-speaking countries
Databases for current press releases:
Statistical databases
Overview on and access to Corporate and financial databases
Publications by statistical offices and international organizations:
More databases
Use the database and information system (DBIS) to find more databases on Business Administration, in particular statistical databases, and databases on other subject areas.
E-journals
In the Electronic Journals Library (EZB) and the Primo catalog, you will find e-journals on Business Administration.
E-books
In our Primo catalog, you will find the e-books on Business or Economics which we licensed for you.
For more information on the terms of use, please refer to the Information on using e-books and databases.
Selected e-book packages
- Springer
- Oxford University Press
- OECD
- Edward Elgar
- Emerald
- World Bank
- De Gruyter
- Nomos
Research data
Publishing research data makes research transparent and reproducible. Universities, publishers and research funding organizations increasingly expect researchers to publish their research data.
The website forschungsdaten.info and the publication “Auffinden – Zitieren – Dokumentieren” (in German) offer introductory information.
If you are looking for repositories for research data, the re3data service might help. The DataCite service might be helpful for researching individual data sets internationally.
At the University of Mannheim, you can use MADATA to publish research data. For Economics and Social Sciences, GESIS operates the SowiDataNet/
datorium platform. Subject-specific Internet resources
Subject-specific portals for Business and Economics
- EconBiz – the research and subject-specific portal of the ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
- SSRN: Social Science Research Network
- Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering
- VHB: German Academic Association of Business Research
- German Council of Economic Experts
Internet resources for subject-specific research
- Research tips for writing assignments – Materials provided by the ZBW (Leibniz Information Centre for Economics)
- STW – Standard Thesaurus for Economics
Locating resources
In the Schloss Schneckenhof Library, you will find literature on Business Administration which you can use on site. The items are freely accessible and organized according to subject area. Borrowing from this collection is only possible for academic staff of the University of Mannheim.
The Central Lending Library Schloss Westflügel hosts more literature on Business Administration which you can borrow with your ecUM or your library card.
The textbook collection in the Central Lending Library Schloss Westflügel hosts multiple copies of the most important textbooks. Students of the University of Mannheim and cooperating institutions are eligible to borrow from the textbook collection.
In the Primo catalog, you can search for the literature available at the University Library.
Local research institutions
Journal Ranking
The JOURQUAL3 journal ranking is important to Business Administration researchers in Germany. It is based on a survey among more than 1,100 members of the German Academic Association of Business Research (VHB).
The rankings in the Journal Citation Reports including the “impact factors” which are recalculated every year are internationally renowned. Just open the rankings in the “Web of Science” and select the categories relevant to Business, Finance or Management.
The Handelsblatt Business Administration ranking is a comprehensive ranking of persons and departments. The evaluation is based, inter alia, on publications in journals which are weighted based on the SCImago Journal Ranking (SJR) from the Scopus database. The SCImago Journal Ranking, for example, takes the number of citations and the prestige of the journal into account.
Courses and tutorials
The University Library offers regular trainings on research in Business Administration. You can watch our online tutorials at any time. We are happy to offer individual advice.
Courses for Business Administration
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Literatur finden – Recherche in Datenbanken – German-language Ilias course with learning videos and other self-study materials for an introduction to literature research in business databases. The next face-to-face courses will take place before the Bachelor's thesis phase in FSS 2025.
Business Studies and Economics: Literature Search – English-language Ilias course with learning videos and other self-study materials for an introduction to literature search in business studies databases. The next face-to-face course will take place in FSS 2025.
Academic writing and research
The collection of the University Library includes a variety of guidebooks on academic writing and research, for example:
- “Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftler” by Ebster/
Stalzer - “Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten und Schreiben” by Marcus Oehlrich
- “Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten” by Manuel René Theisen
- “Erfolgreich recherchieren – Wirtschaftswissenschaften” by Pianos/
Krüger - “Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler” by Daniela Weber
- “Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten im Wirtschaftsstudium” by Gleitsmann/
Suthaus
At the ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, you will find more information on researching literature and academic writing and research in Business Administration.
In case of absence, please contact Dr. Irene Schumm.