Welcome to the Thesis Seminar of the Chair for Strategy and Organization!
This seminar accompanies the supervision of final theses at the Chair for Strategy and Organization. It is compulsory for all students to study the materials in the thesis seminar. If you have questions beyond the provided material, you can attend the monthly Q&A sessions.
The seminar contains the following components:
- Administrative information about your thesis.
- Materials (slides, videos, papers) about the (empirical) research process for self-study.
- Monthly Q&A sessions with Dr. Theresa Treffers where we discuss open questions about your thesis, if the material provided here do not answer them.
- Detailed information about submission documents together with your final thesis.
No registration is necessary for the thesis seminar.
No attendance is required for the Q&A sessions.
You do not need to present your thesis.
1. Administrative information
Please refer to our thesis guidelines for administrative information.
Thesis Guideline2. Materials about the (empirical) research process
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Slides
1_Introduction to science and the empirical research process.pdf1793.6KB
2_Academic reading & academic writing.pdf2216.9KB
3_Systematic literature review.pdf3614.4KB
4_Qualitative research.pdf670.9KB
5_Theory & theoretical contribution.pdf357.5KB
6_Hypothesis development.pdf427.5KB
7_Sampling strategy for quantitative research.pdf307.7KB
8_Operationalization and data.pdf493.4KB
9_Quantitative methods.pdf5555.9KB
10_Introduction to statistics.pdf2546.0KB
11_Meta-analysis.pdf2981.6KB
12_Publication process, problems, and solutions.pdf5341.9KB
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Videos
Surveys, experiments, and secondary data
Neuro-physiological data
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Academic papers & materials
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Literature review_EXAMPLE.xlsx159.0KB
LitReview_TEMPLATE.xlsx29.0KB
Publishing in AMJ 1 - Topic choice.pdf166.8KB
Publishing in AMJ 2 - research design.pdf48.1KB
Publishing in AMJ 3 - setting the hook.pdf106.9KB
Publishing in AMJ 4 - grounding hypotheses.pdf49.5KB
Publishing in AMJ 5 - methods and results.pdf60.7KB
Publishing in AMJ 6 - discussing the implications.pdf49.8KB
Publishing in AMJ 7 - difference of qualitative research.pdf47.4KB
The_Minto_Pyramid_Principle.pdf126.8KB
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00 Initial - ResearchWritingTips1Zuckerman.pdf41.6KB
00 Initial - ResearchWritingTips2Zuckerman.pdf239.3KB
AJE Scholar_White Papers about writing_Mar2021.pptx1123.3KB
AMR Writing Theory Presentations -2013 AOM Meeting .pdf8306.4KB
Bem 2002 writing the empirical journal article.pdf143.6KB
Cornelissen 2017 AMJ writing theory.pdf106.4KB
malik_write_good_paper.pdf121.0KB
Pasek (2012)_A Guide for the Perplexed.pdf343.8KB
Pollock and Bono (2013)_ BEING SCHEHERAZADE.pdf54.2KB
Reinartz (2015)_ Crafting a JMR Manuscript.pdf62.2KB
Scientific writing essentials_PLOS Toolbox_250321.pptx3834.0KB
The_Minto_Pyramid_Principle.pdf126.8KB
Writing service paragraphs& topic sentences.pdf112.8KB
Writing Workshop - SoM - Sept. 2017.pdf546.5KB
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Literature review_EXAMPLE.xlsx159.0KB
LitReview_TEMPLATE.xlsx29.0KB
Adams et al. 2017 IJMR grey literature.pdf459.0KB
Becker_Wie schreibe ich einen Literature Review.pdf86.2KB
ClarkClark et al2020_Extending Fisch and Blocks tips.pdf635.1KB
Fisch-Block2018_Article_SixTipsForYourSystematicLitera.pdf290.5KB
Kunisch et al. 2018 ORM impactful and rigorous literature reviews.pdf102.1KB
Palmatieret al. 2018 JAMS review articles.pdf341.9KB
Rousseau-Gunia 2015_Evidence-based practice.pdf417.5KB
Rowley, Slack (2004). MRN. Conducting a literature review.pdf174.9KB
Rynes & Bartunek 2017_Evidence-based mgmt.pdf763.7KB
Rynes, Giluk, & Brown 2007 AMJ implications for EBM.pdf186.7KB
Tranfield et al. 2003 BJoM Evidence by systematic review.pdf158.2KB
Vom Brocke et al (2019)_Reconstructing the giant.pdf217.0KB
Webster, Watson (2002). MISQ. Analyzing the past to prepare for the future.pdf317.6KB
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Crossan & Apaydin 2010_Organizational Innovation_JMS_Model paper Systematic Literature Review.pdf549.4KB
Ethical_leadership_A_review_and_future_d.pdf410.8KB
Kirsch (2018) LQ women in corporate boards.pdf1370.1KB
Theurer et al. 2018_Employer branding review_IJMR.pdf589.3KB
Vial 2019 JSIS Understanding digital transformation - A review and a research agenda.pdf817.3KB
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0_Interviews_EinverstΓ€ndniserklΓ€rung.docx26.6KB
StrΓΌbing et al. 2018 ZfS GΓΌtekriterien qualitativer Sozialforschung.pdf595.0KB
Uwe_Flick_An_Introduction_to_Qualitative_Research.pdf8356.6KB
Tong et al. 2007 Int J Qual Health Reporting Qualitative Research.pdf200.5KB
O'Brien et al. 2014 Acad Med. Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research.pdf129.9KB
Ragin_What is QCA_ppt.pdf66.8KB
Pratt 2009 AMJ Tips on writing up qualitative research.pdf70.5KB
Schneider, C. Q., & Wagemann, C. (2012). Set-theoretic methods for the social sciences.pdf1107.0KB
Tausczik, Y. R., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2010). The psychological meaning of words.pdf208.7KB
Ragin, C. C. (2009). Redesigning social inquiry.pdf133.0KB
Krippendorff, K. (2013). Content Analysis.pdf1087.7KB
Mayring, P. (2010). Qualitative inhaltsanalyse.pdf3726.8KB
Miles M., & Huberman A.M. (1984) Qualitative data analysis.pdf26150.6KB
Aguinis and Solarino 2019 SMJ transparency and replicability in qual. research.pdf6925.6KB
Bamberger, 2018 Academy of Management Discoveries.pdf131.5KB
Gioia et al. 2013 ORM qualitative rigor.pdf256.3KB
Siggelkow 2007 AMJ persuasion with case studies.pdf52.2KB
Gephart 2004 AMJ Qualitative research.pdf886.9KB
Gehman et al 2017 comparison of three qualitative methods.pdf379.2KB
Bansal Corley 2012 what''s different about qualitative research.pdf64.5KB
Morgan & Smircich 1980 the case for qualitative research.pdf9900.5KB
Lee Mitchell Sablynski 1999 JoVB Qualitative research.pdf88.8KB
Pratt 2008 ORM Qualitative research.pdf270.7KB
Pratt2008 presentation on publishing qualitative studies.ppt718.0KB
Campbell et al 2013 in-depth structured interviews.pdf189.8KB
Eisenhardt 1989 Building Theory from Case Study Research.pdf435.0KB
Eisenhardt and Graebner 2007 AMJ Theory building from case studies.pdf83.6KB
Edmondson McManus (2007) Methodological Fit in Management Field Research.pdf535.3KB
Eisenhardt 1989 Making fast strategic decisions in high-velocity environments.pdf630.3KB
Eisenhardt 2021.pdf119.9KB
Fauchart Gruber 2011_ Darwinians communitarians and missionaries.pdf194.3KB
Giesler Thompson_2016.pdf255.6KB
Gioia et al 2013.pdf287.6KB
GΓΌmΓΌsay et al 2020.pdf1074.2KB
Hertel et al 2021 - Getting more from many.pdf928.4KB
Langley 1999 Strategies for Theorizing from Process Data.pdf4225.2KB
Martin Schouten 2014.pdf525.5KB
McMullen Dimov 2013.pdf248.9KB
Morgan Smircich_1980_The case for qualitative research-5.pdf10321.2KB
Munir Philipps 2005.pdf1134.7KB
Reeves et al 2013 Ethnography in Qualitative Educational Research.pdf391.0KB
Sutton Staw_1995_What Theory is not.pdf2317.4KB
Weick_1995_What theory is not, theorizing is.pdf940.8KB
Arsel 2017.pdf169.8KB
Campbell et al 2013.pdf189.8KB
Cloutier Ravasi 2021 Using tables to enhance the trustworthiness in qualitative research.pdf712.4KB
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DiMaggio 1995 ASQ what theory is not.PDF915.6KB
Elsbach et al. 1999 AMR management theory.pdf659.9KB
Feldman 2004 JoM Theory.pdf21.8KB
Lange and Pfarrer 2017 core building blocks of an AMR article.pdf97.2KB
Rynes 2002 contribution.pdf276.8KB
Suddaby 2006 AMJ grounded theory.pdf115.7KB
Suddaby 2014 AMR why theory.pdf42.0KB
Sutton and Staw 1995 ASQ what theoy is not.PDF1759.0KB
Weick 1995 what theory is not, theorizing is.pdf407.9KB
Whetten 1989 AMR theoretical contribution.pdf143.3KB
Wicker 1985 Conceptual Frameworks.pdf1053.3KB
Wicker 1989 Substantive Theorizing.pdf1038.3KB
Wyer 2004 Personalized Theory of Theory Construction.pdf1785.2KB
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Aguinis et al (2019) ORM Best practises in data collection and data preparation.pdf213.0KB
Aguinis Vandenberg 2014 An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure.pdf1376.9KB
Ellsworth & Gonzalez 2003 Methods of social psychology.pdf362.6KB
Kirkman & Chen (2011)_ Maximizing Your Data or Data Slicing.pdf109.8KB
Multi Method Slides_Nik Franke.pdf2397.7KB
Taherdoost 2016 How to Choose a Sampling Technique for Research.pdf396.2KB
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Aguinis, Bradley (2014). ORM. Best Practice Recommendations Vignette Studies.pdf296.3KB
Antonakis et al. (2010). LQ. On making causal claims.pdf1609.1KB
Antonakis, J.et.al (2014). Causality and Endogeneity.pdf575.2KB
Croson and Gachter 2010 JEBO The Science of Experimental Economics.pdf292.8KB
Falk and Heckman 2009 Science.pdf133.8KB
Grant & Wall 2009 quasi experimentation.pdf339.0KB
Hertwig and Ortmann 2001 Behav Brain Sci.pdf504.0KB
List - 2007 - Field experiments a bridge between lab and natura.pdf306.7KB
List 2011 14 tips to pull off a field experiment.pdf1024.0KB
List, Sadoff, Wagner 2010 simple rules for experimental design.pdf1176.8KB
Meyer 1995 natural and quasi-experiments in economics.pdf892.2KB
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GonzΓ‘lez-RomΓ‘, V., & HernΓ‘ndez, A. (2017). Multilevel modeling.pdf531.6KB
Hox, J. J., et.al (2017). Multilevel analysis.pdf1486.4KB
Klein, K. J., & Kozlowski, S. W. (2000). From micro to meso.pdf111.9KB
Kozlowski, S. W. J., & Klein, K. J. (2000). A multilevel approach to theory and research in organizations.pdf4171.0KB
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Cheung & Vijayakumar 2016 Neuropsych. Rev A Guide To Conducting A Meta-Analysis.pdf358.5KB
Hunter & Schmidt 2004_methods of meta-analysis.pdf3319.2KB
Schewe, HΓΌlsheger & Maier (2014) Metaanalyse - praktische Schritte und Entscheidung im Umsetzungsprozess.pdf589.6KB
Schwarzer, G.,et.al. (2015). Meta-analysis with R.pdf440.3KB
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Akinola 2010 RIOB Measuring the Pulse.pdf198.5KB
Akinola 2019 AMD Physiological measues and creativity.pdf838.8KB
Balthazard (2012) Differentiating transformational and non-transformational leaders.pdf490.5KB
Barnes et al. 2018 JoM Archival data in micro-organizational research.pdf118.3KB
Buhrmester Kwang Gosling_2011 MTurk.PDF133.1KB
George et al. 2014 AMJ Big Data and Management.pdf390.9KB
Hill 2019 Creative Data - presentation at DC.pdf538.0KB
Houdek (2017) AMD A puppets master.pdf510.0KB
Keeler (2016) AMR Working to the beat.pdf644.7KB
Knoch et al (2006) rTMS & fairness.pdf1511.1KB
Lathi (2019) JBV fMRI and venture bonding.pdf1333.9KB
Lowe & Reckers 2012 JBE.pdf256.9KB
Murray & Antonakis ORM An Introductory Guide to Organizational Neuroscience.pdf255.9KB
Nickerson and Solomon 2020 SSRN car seats as contraception.pdf680.2KB
PerrewΓ© et al (2004) AMJ NEUTRALIZING_JOB_STRESSORS.pdf2068.6KB
Pfaffenberger (2016) Twitter als Basis wissenschaftlicher Studien. Eine Bewertung gΓ€ngiger Erhebungs-und Analysemethoden der Twitter-Forschung.pdf3394.1KB
Sprenger and Welpe Tweets and Trades.pdf435.0KB
Tausczik, Y. R., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2010). The psychological meaning of words.pdf208.7KB
Tonidandel et al. 2018 ORM Big Data Methods.pdf236.8KB
Tumasjan et al. 2011 election forecasts with Twitter.pdf331.4KB
Waldman et al. 2019 ORM Neuroscience in Org Research.pdf428.1KB
Xu et al. 2020 JoM Organic Data.pdf239.0KB
Zaniboni et al. 2019 EJWOP.pdf1335.2KB
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Field, A., Miles, J., & Field, Z. (2012).Β Discovering statistics using R. SAGE Publications.
As an excellent alternative to current statistics programs, check out JASP (freeware): https://jasp-stats.org/ For more advanced users (or wannabe pros), check out R: https://www.r-project.org/
Aguinis & Gottfredson (2010) Best-practice recommendations for estimating interaction effects_job.pdf99.9KB
Aguinis et al. (2013). JoM. Best-practice recommendations for estimating cross-level interaction effects.pdf1016.1KB
Baron Kenny 1986 JPSP Moderator-Mediator1272.0KB
Becker et al 2015 JOB Statistical control in correlational studies.pdf211.4KB
GonzΓ‘lez-RomΓ‘, V., & HernΓ‘ndez, A. (2017). Multilevel modeling.pdf531.6KB
Greenland et al. 2016 a guide to misinterpretation.pdf453.0KB
Hayes, A. F. (2017). Introduction to mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis.pdf553.8KB
Hoyt, Imel, & Chan (2008) Multiple Regression and Correlation Techniques_rehabpsy.pdf462.3KB
Hoyt, Leierer, & Millington (2006) Analysis and Interpretation of Findings using Multiple Regression Techniques_rcb.pdf268.5KB
MacKenzie et al. 2011_Construct measurement and validation_MISQ.pdf475.2KB
Spector, P. E., & Brannick, M. T. (2011). Methodological urban legends.pdf270.9KB
Wright 2003 statistics reporting.pdf247.6KB
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Anderson et al. 2017_Sample-Size Planning for More Accurate Statistical Power.pdf298.4KB
Cohen 1992_A Power Primer.pdf705.8KB
Combas 2010_AMJ_BigSamples_SmallEffects.pdf48.8KB
Faul et al. 2007 BRM GPower.pdf1463.3KB
Faul et al. 2009 BRM GPower.pdf570.6KB
GPowerManual.pdf2924.4KB
Lakens_-_Calculating_and_Reporting_Effect_Sizes_to_Facilitate_Cumulative_Science_-_Tables_20131017100642.pdf68.0KB
Lakens_-_Calculating_and_Reporting_Effect_Sizes_to_Facilitate_Cumulative_Science_20131017100643.pdf272.2KB
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Chesebro (1993)_how to get published.pdf675.5KB
Daft(1995)_rejecting manuscripts.pdf813.5KB
George 2012 publishing in AMJ non for non-US authors.pdf862.7KB
Green et al. (2016). ORM. Getting through the gate.pdf326.0KB
R&R AMJ Editoral.pdf467.5KB
Schminke_2004_Raising the Bamboo Curtain_AMJ.pdf58.7KB
Venkatesan 2014 common errors in submissions.pdf66.3KB
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Back Stopfer Vazire et. al. 2010 Facebook profile and personality.pdf175.2KB
Bardi Calogero Mullen_2008 value behavior.pdf162.1KB
Begall ΔervenΓ½ Neef VojtΔch Burda_2008 magnetic alignment.pdf2594.7KB
Cinelli et al 2021 PNAS The echo chamber effect on social media.pdf1013.0KB
Larrick Timmerman Carton Abrevaya_2011 Temper, Temperatur, and Temptation.pdf333.2KB
Lee Schwarz_2010 postdecisional dissonance.pdf69.0KB
Leung (2012) Embodied Metaphors and Creative Acts.pdf445.3KB
Rosenhan 1973 On being sane in insane places.pdf231.3KB
Salaganik Dodds Watts_2006 inequality in AI.pdf226.9KB
Vazire Gosling 2004 PID e-perceptions.pdf82.8KB
Yap et al (2013) PsychScience The Ergonomics of Dishonesty.pdf1105.8KB
Zhong DeVoe_2010 fast food and impatience.pdf152.7KB
Zhou Vohs Baumeister_2009 symbolic power of money.pdf180.9KB
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Scheel et al. 2021 APS comparing standard psych lit with registered reports.pdf920.3KB
2021_4_Replication Studies in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship.pptx9334.6KB
Anderson et al. 2015 Science Reproducibility of Psychology.pdf851.1KB
Antonakis - 2017 - On doing better science From thrill of discovery .pdf512.9KB
Bergh et al. 2017 AMLE tests for red flags.PDF653.4KB
bettis 2016 SMJ cumulative knowlegde.pdf224.3KB
Bettis 2016 SMJ replicability in strategic management.pdf224.3KB
Boyle et al. 2014 The Chrysalis effect.pdf476.5KB
Brandt et al (2014) The replication recipe - What makes for a convincing replication.pdf612.2KB
Butler et al. 2017 AMLE questionable research practices.PDF190.1KB
Byington & Felps 2017 AMLE credibility crisis.PDF715.1KB
Chen (2018, JAP Editorial) Supporting and Enhancing scientific rigor.pdf65.8KB
Colquitt 2013 AMJ Data Overlap Policies at AMJ.pdf37.5KB
Fanelli-2009-How-many-scientists-fabricate-and-falsisy-data.pdf327.3KB
Green Tonidandel & Cortina 2016_ORM_Statistical methodological issues raised by reviewers.pdf334.7KB
Hambrick 1994 AMJ WhatifAcademymattered.pdf327.4KB
Honig et al. 2017 AMLE Ethics in Management Research.PDF122.4KB
John-2012-Measuring-the-prevalence-of-questio.pdf340.7KB
Kacmar. 2009. AMJ. From the Editors; AN ETHICAL QUIZ.pdf43.3KB
Martinson-2005-Scientists-behaving-badly.pdf6162.7KB
Munaf-_et_al-2017-Nature_Human_Behaviour.pdf537.4KB
Murphy & Aguinis (2019)_HARKing_Bias in published results.pdf515.2KB
O'Boyle et al. 2014 JOM Chrysalis effect.pdf476.5KB
Petriglieri 2015 HBR What If Management Ideas Actually Mattered_.pdf367.8KB
Schachmann 1993 Science misconduct in science.pdf1133.0KB
Schmidt 1996 Psych Methods cumulative knowlegde in psych science.pdf2359.2KB
Schwab & Starbuck 2017 AMLE call for openness.PDF232.8KB
Schwab_et_al_2011.pdf255.4KB
Simmons et al. 2011 Psych Science false-positive.pdf432.9KB
Starbuck - 2004 - Vita Contemplativa Why I Stopped Trying to Underst.pdf172.0KB
Starbuck - 2006 - The production of knowledge The challenge of soci.pdf1174.0KB
Steneck 2006 Science and Engineering.pdf353.8KB
TOPGuidelines.pdf490.5KB
Tourish (2019) ALME The triumph of nonsense.pdf255.8KB
witteloostuijn 2015 popperian falsification.pdf219.3KB
Yarkoni_2020_generalizability crisis.pdf468.2KB
3. Q&A Sessions
The thesis seminar offers monthly Q&A sessions where you can discuss general open questions about your thesis that the provided materials do not cover. Hence, the Q&A sessions are not compulsory for participation.
You should still send regular updates to your supervisor and get feedback on questions that are very specific to your topic and cannot be answered in the thesis seminar.
In case you have open questions for discussion in the thesis seminar, please fill in your information in the miro board:
| Name | Date | Zoom | Zoom-Key |
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Q&A Session | November 7, 2023 2:15 PM (GMT+2) β November 7, 2023 3:15 PM (GMT+2) | ||
Q&A Session | November 27, 2023 2:15 PM (GMT+2) β December 7, 2023 3:15 PM (GMT+2) | ||
Q&A Session | January 11, 2024 2:00 PM (GMT+2) β January 11, 2024 3:15 PM (GMT+2) | ||
Q&A Session | February 8, 2024 2:00 PM (GMT+2) β February 8, 2024 3:00 PM (GMT+2) | ||
Q&A Session | March 7, 2024 2:00 PM (GMT+2) β March 7, 2024 3:00 PM (GMT+2) |
4. Submission documents with your thesis
For a successful completion of your thesis, you need to submit the following documents together with your thesis to your supervisor.
For all submissions, please provide the most interesting, inspiring and surprising content on your topic. This is not necessarily the method section of your thesis :) Surprise us and the outside world with amazing insights into your thesis topic. In the last months, you have become an expert for your topic, so please share your expertise in a professional and exciting way!!
Here is some inspiration:
Student insightsPlease send all documents per email to your supervisor and to grade management. In case, the files are too large, you can send them via Dropbox, LRZ Sync&Share, Wetransfer or similar. Submit the files marked with a star (*) additionally to this form: https://forms.gle/qJBv4adescNZfEQn9:
- Final Thesis: Thesis (as word and pdf)
- Executive summary* (as word and pdf)
- Presentation on your thesis topic (as ppt)
- Infographic on your thesis topic* (as ppt and PDF/JPEG)
- Notion page on your thesis topic* (should also contain your infographic and a link to the article if available)
Executive summary
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- Motivation to research this topic
- What we already know
- What we donβt know but would be important to know
- Your research question
- Research model/theoretical background (possibly main hypothesis)
- Your (empirical) approach to answer your research question/test your hypothesis
- Your results
- Discussion of your results
- Implications for research and practice
- Conclusion
- Key references (max 10)
Optional: Write a public article on your thesis topic
Prepare your executive summary as an article, for example, on Medium: www.medium.com or other practice-oriented and public outlets.
Presentation on your thesis topic
Please use this template for your slides and submit your file as .ppt or .pptx.
CSO_Template.pptx6028.7KB
Infografic on your thesis topic
Please submit your infografic as .ppt/.pptx and pdf/pdf and include your name.
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- CANVA: https://www.canva.com/create/infographics/
- Piktochart (https://piktochart.com/)
- Easelly (https://www.easel.ly/)
- Infogram (https://infogram.com/)
- Visme (https://www.visme.co/)
- Visualize.me (https://vizualize.me)
- Venngage (https://venngage.com/)
- iCharts (https://icharts.net/)
- infoActive (https://infoactive.co/)
- PowerPoint helpful AddIn: Poweruser (https://www.powerusersoftwares.com/)
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- Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/de/)
- Wikimedia (https://www.wikimedia.de/)
- Shutterstock (https://www.shutterstock.com/de/)
- Pexel (https://www.pexels.com/de-de/)
- Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/)
- Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/)
- Startup Stock Photos (https://startupstockphotos.com/)
- Picjumbo (https://picjumbo.com/)
- iStock (https://www.istockphoto.com/de)
- Adobe Stock (https://stock.adobe.com/de/)
Notion page on your thesis topic
Please create a private Notion page with your private email and upload the page on the link above.
You can find some beautiful templates to start your Notion page here:
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Please also include your infographic and a link to the executive summary/medium article if available.