Within the area of innovation management / technological change we examine the role of innovations for both firms and whole industries. On firm level, we discuss the issue with regards to planning, management and control of innovations (e.g. open innovation). On industry level, we focus on the question how innovation effect the development of industries. In our research, the automotive sector is often the focal industry since it is of high importance for Germany and faces immense challenges due to innovative pressure. Thus, recent research projects analyze the innovation activity of the automotive industry, for which we use different data sources (survey, expert interviews, and patent data).

Selected Publications:

Borgstedt, P., Kirschke, F., Neyer, B. & Schewe, G. (2016). The impact of competing powertrain technologies on the formation of automotive innovation networks. In Proceedings of the 25. Conference of the Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Borgstedt, P., Neyer, B. & Schewe, G. (2016). Paving the Road to Low Emission Vehicles. In Proceedings of the 25. International Conference for Management of Technology (IAMOT), Orlando, Florida.
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Schewe, G., Borgstedt, P. & Neyer, B. (2015). Innovationsstrategien von Automobilherstellern im Spannungsfeld konventioneller und alternativer Antriebsarten. In Proff, H. (Hrsg.), Entscheidungen beim Übergang in die Elektromobilität — Technische und betriebswirtschaftliche Aspekte (S. 59–69).
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