Five Decades of Business and Economics at TU Dortmund University
and the importance of transfer of knowledge from universities to society. This was followed by words of welcome from Professor Dr. Manfred Bayer, Rector of TU Dortmund University, and Mr. Thomas Westphal [...] boundaries and thanked the department for the excellent way in which it covers this area at TU Dortmund University. In his welcoming address, the Lord Mayor referred to the many areas in which the city of Dortmund [...] beginnings of the department, founded in 1973 as the 11th department at the young, technically oriented University of Dortmund. With only 54 students, it began teaching as the Department of Business, Economics …
