Government subsidies for R&D are intended to promote projects with high returns to society but too little private returns to be beneficial for private investors. This may be caused by spillovers or a low appropriability rate. Apart from the direct funding of these projects, government grants may...

Big companies and small innovation factories possess different advantages in a patent contest. While large firms typically have a better access to product markets, small firms often have a superior R&D efficiency. In this paper I model a patent contest with asymmetric firms. In a pre-contest...

Both mergers and innovation are central elements of a firm's competitive strategy. However, model-theoretical analyses of the merger-innovation link is sparse. The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of mergers on innovative activities and product market competition in the context of...

In this study, we shed light on the unexplored potential of customer co-design in a mass customization (MC) setting to contribute to the promotion of sustainable consumption. We theoretically derive and empirically test several opportunities for companies to improve sustainable consumption and...

Diese Dissertation befasst sich mit dem Thema Innovationsökonomik. In einer allgemeinen Einführung werden wettbewerbspolitische Gesichtspunkte, die Innovationsanreize von Firmen beeinflussen, dargestellt. In drei einzelnen Arbeiten werden dann spezielle Fragestellungen intensiver...

The present thesis investigates several technology transfer channels in the context of university-industry knowledge transfer. Both traditional channels such as collaborative research or academic patenting and innovative alternatives such as broadcast search are considered. Theoretical advances...

Both mergers and innovation are central elements of a firm?s competitive strategy. However, model-theoretical analyses of the merger-innovation link is sparse. The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of mergers on innovative activities and product market competition in the context of...

Climate change and the resulting consequences require a change in production and consumption habits. As these global challenges require collective approaches, we study a business model where customers are involved in a large extent. This paper provides a qualitative assessment of a mass...

A considerable body of literature has studied the idea of producing and marketing customized goods and services according to individual customer needs, addressing the growing importance of strategies like mass customization or personalization in business practice. However, customization research...