Lehrstuhl für Mikroökonomik


Research
	The main research interest is concerned with problems and questions related to technological change. In the following we provide a brief description of our main research projects.

	Research Projects
	Structural Dynamics The Dynamics of Sectoral Productivity Distributions Productivity and Structural Change Evolution of the German Automobile Industry

	Innovation Systems The System of Innovation in Jena 2nd Order Innovations? An Actor-oriented Analysis of the Genesis of Knowledge and Institutions in Regional Innovation Systems (RIS)

	Evolutionary Economics Experimental Analysis of Innovation Strategies The Evolutionary Foundations of Production Theory Qualitative Change, Competitive Success of Firms and the Evolution of Markets Evolumetrics

	Innovation and Technology Analysis of Leading Minimalinvasive Cardiovascular Procedures

	Success and Failure of Innovative Company Start-ups

	Completed Projects Benchmarking in Public Waste Management


	Dissertation and Habilitation Projects Interaction in Local Systems of Innovation: The Case of Jena (Holger Graf) (completed: 29.06.2005) Innovation und Know-How im Industrielebenszyklus - Eine mikroökonometrische Analyse der deutschen Autombilindustrie (Kristina Dreßler) Productivity and Structural Change: An Empirical Investigation of the U.S. Manufacturing Sector (Jens Krüger) Leistungs- und Effizienzmessung deutscher Krankenhäuser - "HospiMark" (Gernot Pehnelt) (Tobias Schmidt) (Andreas Meder)

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena