Alumni
Prof. Dr. Oliver Alexy
Prof. Dr. Oliver Alexy was a research assistant and doctoral student from May 2005 to August 2008 at the Dr. Theo Schöller-Stiftungslehrstuhl. The topic of his dissertation was titled ”Marching with the Penguin? Companies, their Employees, and Open Source Software“. From 2008 to 2012 he was a researcher at the Imperial College Business School in London. Since July 2012 he holds the Professorship for Strategic Entrepreneurship at the TU München Chair of Entrepreneurship.
Prof. Dr. Jörn Block
Prof. Dr. Jörn Block was a research assistant/doctoral student (August 2005 – March 2009) and a postdoctoral researcher (March 2011 – July 2012) at the Dr. Theo Schöller Stiftungslehrstuhl. Since August 2012 he holds the Chair of Management at the University of Trier (http://www.uni-trier.de/index.php?id=2323).
Prof. Dr. Fabian Gaessler
Prof. Dr. Fabian Gaessler was a Professor of Technology Management from April 2018 to September 2019. The research topics pursued by him included Economics and Management of Innovation, Science and Technology, Empirical Industrial Organization, Law and Economics of Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence and Digitization. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition.
Prof. Dr. Kyung Yul Lee
Prof. Dr. Kyung Yul Lee was a post-doctoral research assistant from January 2023 to August 2024. His research interests include technology and innovation strategy, product innovation, and technology search. Since September 2024, he is an Assistant Professor in the College of Economics and Business at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in the Republic of Korea.
Prof. Dr. Christina Raasch
Prof. Dr. Christina Raasch was a Professor of Technology Management from January 2013 to March 2017. The research topics pursued by her and her research group included user and open innovation, online communities, and creativity and innovative behavior in companies. Since March 2017, she holds the Associate Professorship for Digital Economy at Kühne Logistics University in Hamburg in association with the Institute for the World Economy in Kiel.
Prof. Dr. Ali Samei
Prof. Dr. Ali Samei was a post-doctoral research assistant from April 2020 to September 2021. His research interests are innovation management, Upper Echelon Theory and the role of TMT in shaping innovation, behavioral foundations of innovation, and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. Since October 2021, he is a Lecturer in Strategic Management at the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, England.
Prof. Dr. Tim Schweisfurth
Prof. Dr. Tim Schweisfurth was a post-doctoral research assistant from May 2013 to January 2018. His research interests are organizing for innovation, open and user innovation, and innovative behavior in organizations. Since February 2018, he is Associate Professor for Technology and Innovation Management at the University of Southern Denmark in Sønderborg.
Prof. Dr. Marcus Wagner
Prof. Dr. Marcus Wagner was a post-doctoral research assistant at the Dr. Theo Schöller Stiftungslehrstuhl between August 2005 and June 2009. He habilitated in May 2009 and received the authorization to teach business studies. Since July 2009 he holds the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Corporate Growth at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.
Prof. Dr. Michael Zaggl
Prof. Dr. Michael Zaggl was research group leader from August 2013 to July 2019. His research interests are distributed innovation, digitalization, and online communities. He is an associate professor for management at Aarhus University.
Evelin Winands
Since the re-establishment of the TIM Group, Evelin Winands worked as office manager and secretary of Prof. Dr. Joachim Henkel until March 2017. Beside the secretarial tasks, she administrated the internal budget, external funding, and staff related topics.
Dr. Lucia Baur
Dr. Lucia Baur was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from October 2020 until March 2023. The title of her dissertation was: "The Adoption of Low Power Wide Area Networks in the IoT Context, with a Focus on Smart Cities".
Dr. Dominic Distel
Dr. Dominic Distel was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from January 2015 to January 2017. The title of his dissertation is: " Markets for Technology in the Semiconductor Industry – The Role of Ability-Related Trust in the Market for IP Cores".
Dr. Rainer Filitz
Dr. Rainer Filitz was a doctoral student at the Theo Schöller Stiftungslehrstuhl from 2011 to 2015. The title of his dissertation is “Design, Competition, and Intellectual Property Rights”.
Dr. Moritz Fischer
Dr. Moritz Fischer was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from February 2017 to February 2019. The title of his dissertation was: " Acquisition of New Technology Firms – Pioneering Advantages and Disadvantages of Sellers and Buyers".
Dr. Timo Fischer
Dr. Timo Fischer was a doctoral student at the Theo Schöller Stiftungslehrstuhl between 2007 and 2011. His disseration was about "Managing Value Capture - Empirical Analyses of Managerial Challenges in Capturing Value".
Dr. Sonja Förster
Dr. Sonja Förster was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the TIM Group from 2019 to 2024. She conducted research in the industry project "Reconciling Strategy Making and Idea Generation" and had a leading role in developing on- and offline teaching courses in the area of Design Thinking.
Dr. Anne Greul
Dr. Anne Greul was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from June 2016 to January 2019. The title of her dissertation was: "The Role of Knowledge in the Creation and Evaluation of Radical Product Ideas: Empirical Studies in the 3D Printing and Automotive Industry”.
Dr. Philipp Hartmann
Dr. Philipp Hartmann was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from September 2016 to November 2019. The title of his dissertation was: "Profiting from Artificial Intelligence: Data as a source of competitive advantage".
Dr. Virginia Herbst
Dr. Virginia Herbst was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from December 2018 to October 2021. The title of her dissertation was: "Regulation in Nascent Industries: Perspectives on Market Entry, Innovation, and Corporate Political Strategy".
Dr. Tobias Hlavka
Dr. Tobias Hlavka was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from May 2017 to May 2019. The title of his dissertation was: "Acquisitions in the Information and Communication Technology Industry – Buyer Capabilities, Technology Hype, and Target Maturity".
Dr. Daniel Hoenig
Dr. Daniel Hoenig was a research assistant and external doctoral student at the TIM group from 2010 to 2012. In his dissertation he investigated "The Role of Patents in Venture Capital Financing - an Empirical Analysis from Different Perspectives."
Dr. Alexander Hoffmann
Dr. Alexander Hoffmann was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from January 2013 to January 2015. The title of his dissertation was: "Value Capture in Disintegrated Value Chains: The Hierarchy Strategy".
Dr. Florian Jell
Florian Jell was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from 2007 to 2011. The title of his dissertation was: "Strategies and Management of Filing Patent Applications - An Empirical Study".
Dr. Stefanie Lernbecher (née Pangerl)
Dr. Stefanie Lernbecher was a research assistant and doctoral student at the Theo Schöller-Stiftungslehrstuhl from February 2005 to January 2009. The title of her dissertation is “Freedom of action and the acquisition of profit through innovation: An empirical analysis of defensive publishing”. Stefanie Lernbecher now works as a team leader and senior project manager at HYVE - the innovation company.
Robert Lüttke
Robert Lüttke was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from October 2010 to October 2015. The dissertation is about the Linux Operating System and the motivations of external developers to contribute to commercial projects. The dissertation is in the making.
Dr. Daniel Obermeier
Dr. Daniel Obermeier was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from October 2017 until August 2022. The title of his dissertation was: "Blockchains’ Potential to Reshape the Economy: An Examination of Trust and Decentralization in SmartContract-Based Applications".
Dr. Philipp Pfingstag
Philipp Pfingstag was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from October 2013 to December 2017. The title of his dissertation was: "Economic Aspects of Synthetic Biology - The interplay Between Intellectual Property Rights, Research Tools, and Researcher Productivity". His dissertation is currently under review.
Dr. Simone Schöberl (née Käs)
Dr. Simone Schöberl was a research assistant and external doctoral student at the chair from 2005 to 2007. Her dissertation was on the topic of: ”Rethinking industry practice: The emergence of openness in the embedded component industry“. After receiving her doctoral degree she returned to McKinsey in February 2008.
Dr. Anja Schön
Anja Schön was a research assistant at the TIM group from October 2009 to October 2013. Her dissertation had the title "University-to-Industry Technology Transfer: Organizational Aspects".
Dr. Claus Schöttl
Dr. Claus Schöttl was a research assistant and doctoral student at the TIM group from December 2016 to June 2022. The title of his dissertation was: "Distributed Decision-Making in Organizations – Evidence from Idea Evaluation Systems". He was voted "most handsome alumnus" four consecutive times.
Dr. Manuel Sojer
Dr. Manuel Sojer was a research assistant and external doctoral student at the Theo Schöller Stiftungslehrstuhl from 2008 to 2010. The title of his dissertation was: ”Reusing Open Source Code: Value Creation and Value Appropriation Perspectives on Knowledge Reuse“.
Dr. Frank Spiegel
Dr. Frank Spiegel was a research assistant at the TIM group from November 2008 to July 2012. His dissertation had the title "Family firms and innovation – empirical analyses on the level of regions, firms and patents".
Dr. Annika Stiegler (née Bock)
Dr. Annika Stiegler was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from August 2009 to December 2011. The title of her dissertation was: "User-Manufacturer Integration – How User-Innovator Firms Exploit Their Innovativeness by Vertical Diversification".
Dr. Lisa Teubner
Dr. Lisa Teubner was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from November 2015 to December 2020. The title of her dissertation was: "Industry consortia in mobile telecommunications: Firm behaviour, taxonomy, and implications for practicioners and policymakers".
Dr. Katharina Tanimura
Katharina Tanimura was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from December 2012 to March 2018. The title of her dissertation was: "The patent value chain: Organizational processes, strategic integration, and implications for management research".
Dr. Michael Vetter
Dr. Michael Vetter was a research assistant and doctoral student at the chair from September 2018 to April 2021. The title of his dissertation was: "Acquisitions and Open Source Software Development".
Dr. Josef Waltl
Dr. Josef Waltl was a research assistant at the TIM group from January 2011 to December 2012. His dissertation had the title "IP Modularity in Software Products and Software Platform Ecosystems".
Dr. Johannes Wechsler
Dr. Johannes Wechsler was an external doctoral student at the Theo Schöller Stiftungslehrstuhl from September 2007 to December 2009. His dissertation was about "Openness in the Music Business - How record labels and artists may profil from reducing control".
Dr. Juliane Wissel
Dr. Juliane Wissel was a doctoral student at the TIM-Chair from March 2018 to March 2024. Her dissertation was about "Firm Compliance and Governance of Open Source Software Activities".
Dr. Hans Zischka
Dr. Hans Zischka was a doctoral student at the Theo Schöller Stiftungslehrstuhl between 2013 and 2015. His disseration was about „Patent Validity—Extent, drivers and management implications of patent invalidation“.