Lena M. Fischer

Lena M. Fischer received her Master of Science in Business Administration at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. During her master‘s degree she spent a semester abroad as an exchange student at the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. After graduating, she worked for around three years as a research assistant at the Technical University of Chemnitz where she was involved in various third-party funded projects. Afterwards she took a sabbatical where she travelled through Asia.

In April 2024 Lena M. Fischer joined Mike Geppert‘s team at FSU as a PhD student.

• Expatriation & Repatriation
• Power Structures in MNC
• Networks in MNC
• Global Mobility and International Assignment in MNCs

• IMPRESS – “Development of a toolbox for pattern-based planning of hybrid value creation systems for the provision of smart services”; Project funded by BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
• MOONRISE – “Mass customization for the implementation of production-related IT systems in corporate networks”; Project funded by BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

• Berkemeier, A., Fischer, L. M., Schwarzkopf, M., & Bullinger, A. C. (2025). Hci in Service Industries. In C. Stephanidis & G. Salvendy (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction in Various Application Domains (1st ed., pp. 372–397). Taylor & Francis Group.
• Fischer, L. M., & Schwarzkopf, M. (2023). Reintegration of repatriates: a qualitative study of influencing factors in the context of communities. Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-06-2022-0030
• Fischer, L. M., Hochstein, S., Pinter, N., & Bullinger, A. C. (2022). Arbeitsgestaltung im Kontext des Transformationsprozesses vom Produkthersteller zum Smart Service-Anbieter. In GfA e.V. (Ed.), Technologie und Bildung in hybriden Arbeitswelten. 68. Frühjahrskongress der Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft e.V. (Article C.5.5). GfA-Press.
• Fischer, L. M., Hochstein, S., Schwarzkopf, M., & Bullinger, A. C. (2021). Smart Salesperson and Smart Service-Owner – New role profiles due to changed competence requirements in the context of digital work. In B. Bienzeisler, K. Peters & A. Schletz (Eds.), The Disruptive Role of Data, AI and Ecosystems in Services: Proceedings of the 31st RESER Conference (pp. 269-281). Fraunhofer IAO. https://publica.fraunhofer.de/entities/publication/dcd74908-67fd-412b-9a0c-aeeb22278057/details
• Fischer, L. M. (2021). Von Kompetenzentwicklung zum Smart Service Anbieter – ein anpassungsfähiger Kompetenzentwicklungsprozess für KMU. In GfA e.V. (Ed.), Arbeit HUMAINE gestalten. 67. Frühjahrskongress der Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft e.V. (Article B.11.3). GfA Press.