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Current and completed research projects as well as publications
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Current Projects

  • ET³

    Erkenntnis- und Technologietransfer Thüringen (Knowledge and Technology Transfer in Thuringia)

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    Image: Philip Dörr/Matthias Hügel

  • Netsurvey

    Survey on Networking in Knowledge Generation and Innovation: Rationals, Mechanisms and Policy Relevance

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    Graphic: Nils Grashof

  • InDUI

    Indicators for the Doing-Using-Interacting-Mode

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    Image: Tatjana Bennert
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Completed Projects

  • AC/DC

    Building African Capacities for the Development of Clusters

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    Graphic: Matthias Hügel

  • TechSpace

    Technological Spaces - Evolution, Potential, and Policy Implications

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    Image: Created by Starline - Freepik.com

  • GRETCHEN

    The impact of the German policy mix on technological and structural change in renewable power generation technologies

    Gretchen Workshop
    Image: Privat

  • EFFInDi

    Productivity and Effectiveness of Services

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    Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
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Publications

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  1. Performance, competition, and structural change in the university sector: the case of Germany

    Authors
    U. Cantner, N. Grashof, T. Grebel, X. Zhang
    Year of publication
    Published in:
    Journal of evolutionary economics: JEE
    This article analyzes the development of performance and structure in the German higher education sector, with a particular focus on policy measures to strengthen university autonomy (2009) and the Excellence Initiative (2006–2012). The analysis is based on data at the university level, covers the period 2000–2016, and uses a conditional, nonparametric approach to measure productivity as well as its dynamics using the Malmquist index. With regard to autonomy policy, we note that the decline in productivity growth in teaching observed since 2005, which even turned negative in 2012, could be related to the fact that autonomous universities were unable to match the growth in academic staff to the growth in graduate numbers. With regard to the Excellence Initiative and its goal of promoting research performance, we find significant differences between excellence-funded and non-excellence-funded universities. Research productivity follows a U-shaped pattern over time, with a recovery of productivity growth starting around 2010. Here, non-excellence-funded universities show stronger recovery and performance gains than excellence-funded universities, especially in quality-adjusted research. Overall, the Excellence Initiative promoted competition and structural change by enabling in particular non-excellence-funded universities to improve their performance even more.
    University Bibliography Jena:
    fsu_mods_00035894External link

  2. Mapping technology diffusion with AI: A web-based approach for tracking additive manufacturing adoption

    Authors
    J. Schwierzy, R. Dehghan, S. Schmidt, N. Grashof, H. Hottenrott, M. Woywode
    Year of publication
    Published in:
    International Journal of Information Management Data Insights
    University Bibliography Jena:
    fsu_mods_00029653External link

  3. Raus aus der Struktur- und Wachstumskrise: mit Forschungs- und Innovationspolitik

    Author
    U. Cantner
    Year of publication
    Published in:
    Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik
    Germany’s economic situation in the 2020s is alarming: recession, stagnant growth, lagging behind in key future technologies, and a widespread loss of international competitiveness stand in stark contrast to the global opportunities presented by technological transformations. Other economies are forging ahead and setting standards. Therefore, the question arises as to how economic, research, and innovation policies must be designed so that these developments become an opportunity for Germany, rather than a burden. The traditional toolkit for stimulating the economy and growth falls short and must be expanded to include a transformation-oriented research and innovation policy.
    University Bibliography Jena:
    fsu_mods_00029635External link

  4. Forschungs- und Innovationspolitik stärken

    Authors
    I. Bertschek, G. Bünstorf, U. Cantner, C. Häussler, C. Schmidt, F. Welter, H. Dauchert
    Year of publication
    Published in:
    Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik
    University Bibliography Jena:
    fsu_mods_00024872External link

  6. Entrepreneurial ecosystems: dynamics, processes and mechanisms

    Author
    M. Buratti
    Year of publication
    University Bibliography Jena:
    fsu_mods_00025217External link

  8. Empirical studies on innovation, automation and changing economic dynamics in global value chains

    Author
    H. Mohamed
    Year of publication
    This dissertation bridges innovation economics and international trade to examine how innovation both emerges from and reshapes global value chains (GVCs). It advances our understanding of the dual role of innovation: as an outcome of participation in fragmented production networks and as a driver of changing dynamics within them. Central questions include whether GVCs continue to function as mechanisms of knowledge diffusion at the industry level, and how automation—particularly the adoption of industrial robots—alters employment linkages and value capture within GVCs. The findings show that participating in GVCs fosters learning and knowledge spillovers across industries represented in patenting activity, with the level of an industry’s absorptive capacity playing a decisive role in translating international exposure into innovation gains. Additionally, the dissertation shows that automation reorganizes rather than reverses globalization. The dissertation does not find strong evidence that the adoption of robots in advanced manufacturing economies systematically reduces demand for foreign labor through import linkages. Any short-term decline in employment embodied in trade is temporary and offset by longer-term productivity gains. Furthermore, automation strengthens forward GVC participation and upstream integration. This enables industries to expand their role as suppliers of intermediate goods and capture a larger share of value-added in foreign exports. However, automation does not lead to a general increase in dependence on foreign inputs, although it can intensify interdependence within the same industry. Overall, the dissertation contributes to the empirical literature on innovation and global value chains by showing that innovation and automation reshape specialization patterns and value distribution within GVCs while preserving their role as channels of international knowledge diffusion and economic interdependence.
    University Bibliography Jena:
    fsu_mods_00034686External link

  9. Contribution-Based Inequality in Inventor Teams: A Double-Edged Sword

    Authors
    L. Dreier, M. Kalthaus
    Year of publication
    Published in:
    Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
    University Bibliography Jena:
    fsu_mods_00025820External link

  10. Rethinking regional performance: examining the role of economic growth and industrial clusters in the objective well-Being of european regions

    Author
    N. Grashof
    Year of publication
    Published in:
    Review of regional research : Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft
    While promoting the well-being of people is the ultimate goal of all EU social and economic policies, research in this area has been mainly limited to income-based measures of well-being, such as GDP per capita, especially at the regional level. Therefore, this study aims to go beyond income-based measures and examine the spatial distribution and drivers of objective well-being in European regions. To achieve this, a unique panel dataset is created by integrating regional data on objective well-being (based on the EU-Social Progress Index), economic growth, industrial clusters and knowledge structure, covering 165 NUTS-2 regions from 11 EU countries (between 2011 and 2018). Based on dynamic panel regressions using a system generalized method of moments (GMM) approach, it is shown that the economic growth promotes the objective well-being in regions. Evidence is also found that the industrial structure within regions is an additional driver. Regions with a diverse industrial cluster portfolio are more likely to have high objective well-being. However, this influence is negatively moderated by the strength of the industrial clusters, which possibly refers to size-related negative externalities. Besides the economic effects, industrial cluster structures can therefore also influence the objective well-being in regions. To promote regional well-being, regional policies should support a diverse industrial cluster portfolio rather than a regional cluster structure that is overly specialized in relatively few large industries.
    University Bibliography Jena:
    fsu_mods_00021386External link
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