Barbara Mikus

Prof. Dr. Barbara Mikus has served as Professor of Business Administration, especially Industrial Management, at the Faculty of Business Administration and Industrial Engineering (FWW) of Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK Leipzig) since 2004. She held leadership roles including Dean of Studies (2007–2020), Dean of the Faculty of Economics (2012–2015), and Vice Rector for Education (2019–2024). Currently, she chairs the WW and WING Audit Committees and serves on the University Council of the Cooperative State University Saxony (2025–2030).

• Studied Business Administration at Georg-August University of Göttingen (1989–1994)
• Doctorate in Economics (1997), Habilitation (2003) at University of Göttingen
• Co-editor of Journal for Planning & Corporate Management (ZP) (1995–2004)

Her research focuses on production management, supply chain risk, strategic logistics, and sustainable manufacturing. Recent work examines human-robot collaboration (2020) and resource-based location planning (2002). Publications address decision models in risk management (1998), KPI systems (2010), and make-or-buy strategies (2010).

Key article trends include sustainability in manufacturing (2020), supply chain risk frameworks (2015), human-machine interaction (2015), and economic evaluation of logistics centers (2011). Her 1998 Principal-Agent Theory analysis remains influential in organizational economics.

She contributes to academic governance as Scientific Advisory Board member for Der Betriebswirt journal (since 2007) and Faculty Council member (current). Her career spans editorial roles at Springer-Verlag (1995–2004), research at the Institute for Business Production and Investment Research (1994–2004), and leadership in multiple national commissions.