Dipl.Kfm. Maximilian Göthner

Curriculum vitae

1998 Abitur at Veit-Ludwig-von-Seckendorff-Gymnasium in Meuselwitz
1999 - 2005 Student of Economics at the University of Jena with special interest in Economics of Innovation, International Management and Operations Research
2005 Diploma in Economics at the University of Jena, Final Thesis "Erfolgsfaktoren akademischer Ausgründungen" (Success Factors for Academic Spin-Offs) (degree: Dipl.Kfm.)
since 2006 Assistant at the Chair of Professor Dr. Uwe Cantner, Department of Economics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Research interests

  • Academic Entrepreneurship
  • Knowledge Economics
  • Innovation Dynamics and Emerging Markets

Articles

  • Approaching the Agora - Determinants of Scientists' Intentions to Pursue Academic Entrepreneurship, submitted (with M. Obschonka, R.K. Silbereisen and U. Cantner).
  • "Prior Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Innovative Success", in: A. Freytag, R. Thurik (Eds.), Entrepreneurship and Culture, Springer Verlag, 2010 (with U. Cantner and A. Meder).
  • A Multidimensional Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Business Incubators: An application of the PROMETHEE outranking method, in: Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, forthcoming (with M. Schwartz).

Working papers

Books

  • "Akademische Spin-offs - Erfolgsbedingungen für Ausgründungen aus Forschungseinrichtungen" (with J. Hemer and M. Schleinkofer), Studien des Büros für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag, Bd. 22. Berlin: edition sigma, 2007.
  • "Erfolgsfaktoren für Unternehmensausgründungen aus der Wissenschaft" (with J. Hemer, H. Berteit and G. Walter), Stuttgart: Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, 2006.

Conferences & Workshops

  • FIRB-RISC Conference "Research and Entrepreneurship in the Knowledge-Based Economy", Università Bocconi, Milan, 7-8 September 2009, Paper Presentation: "Disentangling the Effect of New Venture Team Heterogeneity on Venture Success".
  • Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Babson Park, MA (USA), 4-6 June 2009, Paper Presentation: "Approaching the Agora - Determinants of Scientists' Intentions to Pursue Academic Entrepreneurship".
  • 6th International EMAEE Conference on Evolution, Behavior and Organizations, Jena, 21-23 May 2009, Paper Presentation: "Approaching the Agora - Determinants of Scientists' Intentions to Pursue Academic Entrepreneurship".
  • 12th Annual Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Conference G-Forum, Dortmund, 6-7 November 2008. Paper presentation: "Approaching the Agora - Determinants of Scientists' Intentions to Pursue Academic Entrepreneurship".
  • 5th International EMAEE Conference on Innovation, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, 17-19 May 2007, Paper Presentation: "Prior Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Innovative Success".

Seminars & Summer Schools

  • Summer School 2008 of the Graduate School "The Economics of Innovative Change", Jena, 01-10 August 2008.
  • Summer School 2007 of the Graduate School "The Economics of Innovative Change", Jena, 30 July - 11 August 2007